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Originally Posted by jlwalke12
Thanks for the advice. I also have another question. The owner of the store said that he wants plants that have a thick stalk and lots of blooms and even small fruits on them. To get a thick stalk does that depend on the variety or how deep you pot them up or both?
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So in other words, the owner doesn't care about the customer. A tomato plant with lots of blooms and fruit on it has switched from the growth/root stage to the blossom/fruit stage and will not easily switch back. The customer will get a poor crop. No offense, but if I saw a bunch of transplants with fruit on them, I'd high-tail it out of there and head to Calloway's.
If he wants the seedlings to have a thick stalk like Bonnie's transplants, then you will need to grow the seedlings like they do, in 40-50 degrees and with frequent application of growth inhibitor chemicals. You can use an oscillating fan to make the stems on your tomato transplants a bit thicker, but you'll never be able to reproduce the "Wal-Mart/Lowe's/Home-Depot" type thick stems without growth inhibitors. This is from someone who used to work at Bonnie's.