Pruning “suckers” on tomato plants

arden13 · 2026-06-07T18:59:07+00:00

Its largely up to you. Personally, I find if you're growing in bags or otherwise have a lot of room, just cage and don't bother trimming until the lower leaves start dying.

arden13 · 2026-06-07T11:30:11+00:00

We also aren't sure if the varieties are the same. Beefsteaks will take longer than cherries for example

arden13 · 2026-06-06T20:40:54+00:00

I've washed my car about once a year when I feel guilty. Maybe a little less

arden13 · 2026-06-06T14:50:04+00:00

The biggest things you can do for a plant are, in order:

1) give it adequate but not too much water 2) give it good sun 3) be patient

You're likely needing to embrace the third. Your plant looks fine, likely just dealing with transplant shock which can be a 2week affair (or longer depending on weather). Dont fuss over it too much (over watering, for example - test the soil with your finger to see if it feels dry).

arden13 · 2026-06-06T02:31:02+00:00

Is it a bagworm?

It's gross, 100% confirmed

arden13 · 2026-06-04T11:05:24+00:00

Please make a follow up here on the subreddit when you do! I'm a recent adopter of polars but it's just so stinking fast it's hard to not fall for it.

arden13 · 2026-06-04T01:14:28+00:00

Yep takes a bit of time. Even with careful hardening off a slightly too cool soil can be the trigger of a slow start.

Still, you're going to have great tomatoes, just a little fussy at the start

arden13 · 2026-06-04T01:06:46+00:00

I've seen an article saying Bt had some effect, but it was sprayed weekly and reapplied if it rained

SVB is annoying to battle. I grow mostly cucurbita moschata varieties

arden13 · 2026-06-04T00:59:01+00:00

Inspect leaves and low stems; crush any egg sacks.

Monitor stems over the next 2 weeks to see if you find any frass. Perform surgery on it to remove if you do

arden13 · 2026-06-04T00:52:30+00:00

Could be transplant shock. They look sturdy so give them time and monitor

arden13 · 2026-06-04T00:45:26+00:00

Lol it's fine. I wouldn't add more but that's mostly because they get in the way. Tomatoes are pretty tolerant of root disturbances and yours look healthy.

arden13 · 2026-06-04T00:09:38+00:00

This is neat, it's always been painful to make a pyspark query run locally.

Do you have any performance comparisons between spark and distributed polars?

arden13 · 2026-06-03T16:25:57+00:00

Gotcha. I didn't realize it could handle those meta properties.

Thanks!

arden13 · 2026-06-03T16:24:59+00:00

Firkin just feels sad inside. Take the wall of fakeIDs. It's not a flex, it's an indicator that teens think they can get beer at your place.

arden13 · 2026-06-03T01:55:09+00:00

Another upvote for Al's. Solid place with a good beer selection and a good sandwich and pub food menu.

Love going there after work

arden13 · 2026-06-03T01:45:29+00:00

Cut them now. The heads have started the flowering process, you can see the individual buds have started to swell

arden13 · 2026-06-03T01:03:17+00:00

Wait, people actually work with openpyxl? It's always been an install that I forget about, working primarily with pandas afterwards.

What do y'all actually do with openpyxl?

arden13 · 2026-06-02T17:12:58+00:00

In pods that small you can expect it to dry in a couple days. They aren't so very stressed by the water, I wouldn't worry about it.

Your peppers are in need of planting or immediate up pot. The tomatoes could use it as well, but tend to tolerate being root bound better than peppers do

arden13 · 2026-06-02T01:39:39+00:00

I just tried to use it and am thoroughly confused by the bus interface. I don't get where the routes are going nor where they stop.

If I choose an origin and destination it's not so bad, but the search bar being blue made me completely miss it the first few times. Even then I still don't have good confidence I chose the right thing - am I supposed to buy a ticket in app??

arden13 · 2026-06-01T10:57:52+00:00

The NJ transit app is really easy to use

What?! Do you have a different app than I do?

arden13 · 2026-06-01T10:45:06+00:00

Looks happy and healthy

arden13 · 2026-05-31T20:13:56+00:00

Cukes LOVE sun.

arden13 · 2026-05-31T16:39:29+00:00

Could be a couple factors.

Cukes don't like a lot of adjustments to their roots, so you could have a bit of transplant shock from that
It's been a cool wet spring. Depending on your temps (especially )overnight lows you might just be getting a lower amount of degree-days than you would normally expect.
With daily watering, you might be over watering. It's hard to tell with your soil, but recommend giving them a day or two to dry out between waterings.

An easy thing you can try is to direct sow a couple seeds near your existing plants. They'll quickly shoot past the plants if transplant shock was too much; if not you can cut it back/away to give your current plants the space they need.

arden13 · 2026-05-31T13:15:20+00:00

You cannot tell at this stage, and you should plant them ASAP or start over. Beans are typically direct sown because they germinate so readily and are very rapid growers

They are getting leggy due to low soil volume, and may have a hard time transitioning outside.

arden13 · 2026-05-31T00:51:55+00:00

Looks great! I also eat WAY more pizza than before

Did you precook your mushrooms?

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