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Old February 9, 2013   #1
Ms. Jitomate
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Default Thigmomorphogenesis: tomato stimuli

I read in this forum about thigmomorphogenesis and I have been using a feather to touch my tomato seedlings twice a day, especially when they were spending more time indoors. They are now spending more time outdoors and are being moved by the breeze, so I'm thinking I may not have to use my feather anymore. They are starting to look great and they are growing nicely. At what point, or rather height, do commercial growers who use a mechanical stimuli stop touching their tomato plants?
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Old February 10, 2013   #2
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I think it's best to maintain physical contact all the way thru till "death-do-us-part".
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I only do this while my tomatoes are in the greenhouse. not once they are outside and exposed to the wind.
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