[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Dick]

Peggy, if you are getting vegetatve growth rather than fruit, I too would 
like to know how to reverse it.  I have a tendency to dump on the fertilizer 
that, if I've gone overboard, results in excessive vegetative growth and 
little to eat. The plant, fat and sassy, percieves that there is no need to 
reproduce and doesn't.

Tomatoes, if not frozen, will continue to produce for a long time. Try to 
flush or wear-out the nitrogen.

Dick Gross\Master Gardener Volunteer
University of Arizona Maricopa County
Cooperative Extension

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Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:06 AM
Subject: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page


> Peggy
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> peggyalexander at qwest.net
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> It looks like I "over nitrogenized" my tomato plants.  I have tall, 
> beautiful tomato plants with very few flowers.  Is it too late to correct 
> this and if not, what should I do?  I planted them all with banana skins, 
> heavily composted the soil around the transplants, then put more compost 
> on top of the base of each plant.
>
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