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Originally Posted by b54red
I usually clip them off if I have a good fruit set because the tomatoes they produce though usually larger than normal are not great slicers and are just plain messy to deal with. They frequently ripen very unevenly so one or two lobes will be over ripe and another may be still green. Of course I miss a few and I also like to get an occasional monster for showing off.
Bill
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Same here. Plus I've noticed that if I leave them, it tends to stall or slow the fruit set on the plant until the monster has been harvested. I'd rather have fewer more uniform smaller tomatoes than an ugly, catfaced, partially useable large one.