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Originally Posted by jjjankovsky
what would Mother Nature do?
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Well Mother Nature also would not cut the flower off after fruits have emerged, remove all the pups to thin the mat, prop up a heavy bunch of fruit so it doesn't bend the p-stem, put a plastic bag around the fruit to speed up ripening... should I continue?
My point is not just that your logic is flawed, but that you really didn't answer the poster's question in a helpful manner. Sorry to call you out, but this type of know-it-all, indirect answer stuff is getting old.
That being said, I don't personally know how this will affect the ripening of the fruit. I don't believe it will help. I've heard that the living tissue of the p-stem actively photosynthesizes, so maybe it is still able to help, but I do not know for sure.