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Prune Tomatoes?
I have been watching a lot of garden shows this season (Martha, Rebecca,
Victory Garden, HGTV etc.) and I recently heard two things about pruning tomatoes. One was that you should cut all side branches from tomato plants. Not laterals but if there are laterals that branch out further. Supposedly these just suck energy away from tomato production. Secondly, somewhere it was said that you should lop off the first blooms on a tomato plant because it will ensure bigger better tomatoes down the road. It seems to me that if this is true, it might only work for indeterminate tomatoes not determinate ones. Can anyway shed light on either of these two pieces of wisdom? "MLEBLANCA" wrote in message ... In article , (Fleemo) writes: Following the advice in the book "Square Foot Gardening", I've planted my tomatoes closer together this season than ever before. Now I have six large tomato plants all growing together to form one giant tomato bush. Should I prune the tomato plants back to prevent overcrowding of the limbs? -Fleemo If the past three days are an indication of summer-to-be, then you shouldn't prune at all. Tomatoes will be sunburned without a good cover of leaves in our 100+ temps. If later on, it seems to be too much of a jungle in there, you can selectively prune off a few leaves to let in some air and light. Emilie NorCal |
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