How To Prune Tomato Plants
Vegetable farmers have debated for years about whether they should prune tomato plants. Many gardeners are so careful about their pruning tomatoes, while others could care less. So who is right? Generally pruning your tomato plants promotes the health of the plants and the quality of the fruit they produce. I have had prosperous tomato crops when I pruned it, and also when I didn’t prune my tomato plants. Here are some advantages and disadvantages of pruning the tomato plants: Some Tomato Plants Pruning Advantages: Cut off the “suckers” from a tomato plant will support the plant to focus its strength on the growing fruit instead of the leaves, producing better, healthier fruit. This is a method clearly called “Pinching off”. It is arranged by pinching off the short branches that form in the like alphabetic “Y” among the central stalk and a branch. Pruning each branching off from the base of the tomato plant that is reaching the ground serves to ward off diseases and e