HOW TO PRUNE TOMATO PLANTS FOR BIG HARVESTS
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indeterminate tomato plants can become very large and spiral out of
control pruning not only helps control the size
of the plant but also channelizes the energy of the plant into developing more
fruit rather than leaves and stems a tomato plant has a main stem and also a
lot of offshoots called suckers these suckers or side shoots can be easily
removed by pinching them off as you see here you can also use pruners for this
purpose this is an indeterminate tomato variety that is being pruned you can
leave one or two main stems on the plant I have seen no difference in tomato
production by leaving either one or two main stems pruning is generally done for
in determinate tomato varieties but I sometimes prune determinate tomato
varieties as well especially if I'm growing them in containers it makes the
plant more manageable here you can see a determinate tomato variety being pruned
and how we are pinching of the suckers now as your indeterminate tomato plants
start growing and becoming larger they will send out more suckers so make sure
you keep ruining your tomato plants throughout the growing season and
whether you're growing in determinate or determinate tomato varieties make sure
that the base of the plant is clear prune all the leaves and remove the
suckers at the base of the plant and that will drastically reduce the number
of insects and diseases your tomato plant will get
