'Nick',

The leaves on the bottom branches of your tomato plants tend to become
'spent' as the season progresses and their removal will add to the
circulation of air around your plants and consequently help to prevent
disease. I don't think you will improve the crop by doing this, unless
indirectly.

An interesting site: http://tinyurl.com/f4gj


Regards,
Emrys Davies.





"Nick Yull" wrote in message
...
Is it true that you should remove the lower leaf stems at the bottom
of a
tomato plant to improve the crop of tomatoes.