Acyl sugars, terpenoids, and flavonoids - these are released by the tiny hairs on the tomato plants as you handle them, giving you a literal green thumb and then some. I learned this from Lynn Byczynski in an article she wrote for Growing for Market dot com. FYI! Here's my hand after pruning 50 of my plants. #tomatopruning #tomatohands #solanumlycopersicum #acylsugars #flavanoids #terpenoids (at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania)










