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z_willus_d · July 12, 2011

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Yes, those trade-offs were what I had in mind. But, what you didn't address directly was the proposition that a lone truss with one or two or more tomatoes will suffer if there are no branches/leaves in the locality of the truss. I've got plenty of other branches/leaves above for overall photosynthesis energy generation, but it's not clear to me if the lack of branches in the locality of that bottom truss will result in a minimizing of available nutrients/energy for the tomatoes on the isolated truss? Or, rather, does the truss branch draw from a communal pool of energy/nutrients of sorts, meaning distance to nearest branch/leaves does not matter, short of the previously mentioned shading/scalding concerns?

What do you think?

Thanks,
-naysen

July 12, 2011	#3
z_willus_d Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Eastern Suburb of Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,313	Dice- Yes, those trade-offs were what I had in mind. But, what you didn't address directly was the proposition that a lone truss with one or two or more tomatoes will suffer if there are no branches/leaves in the locality of the truss. I've got plenty of other branches/leaves above for overall photosynthesis energy generation, but it's not clear to me if the lack of branches in the locality of that bottom truss will result in a minimizing of available nutrients/energy for the tomatoes on the isolated truss? Or, rather, does the truss branch draw from a communal pool of energy/nutrients of sorts, meaning distance to nearest branch/leaves does not matter, short of the previously mentioned shading/scalding concerns? What do you think? Thanks, -naysen