In article , JennyC
writes
A friend saw some tomatoes growing in a nearby garden. the owner had
removed nearly all the leaves.......
is this a good idea ? Will the plant put all its energy into the fruit
instead of foliage ??

Some people also do that to grape vines. It is said to help first
trusses/bunches to form up and ripen, but we have never done it. We just
don't think it is any way to treat plants without good reason. We began
picking our first tomatoes three weeks ago and we are already bagging
and freezing surplus crops from Alicante plants sown as seed in mid-Feb.
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Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.