At 11:35 AM 6/1/2000 -0700, you wrote: >It's my first time growing heirlooms...they seem so spindly. Is this >normal? The Early Girls I see at places like Home Depot look to be more >compact. Also, I had transplanted my plants to large pots and most of their >lower leaves turned white and wilted. All the new growth looks fine though. >I used potting soil and watered with some Miracle Grow. Should I have >avoided the fertilizer? > Some of the chain stores are selling quite bushy tomato plants. How did they get that bushy? The top was pruned out of them. Margaret L