On 8/3/2015 3:35 PM, Je�us wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 17:26:22 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Oh... I have no idea what the benefit would be doing that?
>
> Which reminds me of my first tomato crop when I moved here - they were
> growing well, and fruiting well too - then they got hit with a few
> hard frosts. The plants went black, lost their leaves, but the young
> green fruit remained. Well, those fruit kept on growing and
> maturing... into the nicest tomatoes I can I ever recall eating. I
> can't explain why that is, but they were just fantastic and made the
> best tomato sauce/ketchup.
>

Are you DENSE?

They developed more sugar, similar to an ice wine.

Same thing makes chiles extra tasty.