On 2015-08-03 5:22 PM, Je�us wrote:

>> ?? What energy? The plant gets its energy from the sun. The leaves are
>> what absorb the sun's rays and use it to transform the other nutrients
>> to a form of energy the plant can use.
>
> I know for a fact that the technique works on tomatoes and other crops
> as well (assuming we're talking about thinning out shoots and fruiting
> buds). Yes, the leaves provide energy from the sun, but the plants
> still expends a lot of energy growing lots of fruit, rather than
> fewer, better ones where the smaller/inferior ones have been removed.
> Same with fruit trees.
>


I am thinking of times past when friends grew their own and plucked off
the buds so that energy would not be wasted on flowers and the plants
would grow more leaves.