Pruning Tomatoes
This year, finally, my tomatoes are doing really well. I was curious about tips for pruning. Last year my heirlooms got so tall they were unstakable and became a big jungle of tomatoe plant mess. Is it recommended ever to cut the tops of the plants in order to promote more bushyness and flowering? I do prune the sucker shoots but wasn't sure what else to do.
Thanks in advance.
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Permalink Reply by Samantha Gorelick on -
Hi Kim,
The Hudson Valley Seed Library has some really good tips on this over at their site. Some of the noteworthy points I learned from them are to only prune when the plants are dry on a sunny day, and to get rid of stems that are touching the ground (helps prevent disease), as well as to clip the unnecessary shoots that come off of the primary stem (which it sounds like you already know). Oh, and don't throw the clippings in your regular compost just in case they carry blight.
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