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The type of tomato you are growing matters. You usually prune larger yielding varieties like beef steak tomatoes to increase size, not quantity.
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My dad taught me this in 1968. On TV gardening shows they always told viewers to prick out the offshoots but he never did - and had the most glorious crop of tomatoes year after year.
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Iāve been trying to preach this for years. You canāt get more tomatoes off smaller plants. The more suckers you let sucker, the more flower clusters youāll get. Plus, pruning stresses the plant, leading to slower growth as it tries to recover from its wounds, so you set your smaller crop back later and provide entry wounds for disease entry.
Pruning should be done only at a minimum to control growth so you can manage your plantās size, as well as minor pruning to promote airflow and prevent branches dragging on the ground within the first 6-12 inches of the plant.
Aside from that, when it comes to pruning, the less you do, the more you do.
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Iām like whatās a sucker? Thank you for teaching me something new today, Iām new to gardening š©āš¾. Thanks again
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It also depends on your climate. If you have hot humid summers it's useful to prune the first 30cm of the plant and also to reduce the foliage a bit to let air through and prevent fungal diseases.
Cheers from northern Italy š
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Your supposed to prune only INDETERMINATES variants BUT when it comes to any CHERRY TOMATOES pruning is a BAD THING
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I don't prune my tomatoe plants. Never have. Grew up a country girl. We've never pruned them. We get large harvest.
Last year I had to leave town for several
weeks. I thought I'd come home to dead tomatoes. But, they had grown into huge plants. Some of them had fallen onto the ground, leaving seeds. This year they came up naturally from the fallen ones.
They were so much fun to grow.
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The reason to prune suckers is to keep the plant clean and allow it to focus energy on ripening the LARGE fruit. This is especially useful in short growing seasons where you barely have enough time to get a harvest of a big beefsteak. Cherry tomatoes are a different animal entirely. They take significantly less time to size up and ripen.
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Thank you for this! I never heard of pruning suckers off until some railroad worker told me I needed to prune them. I started doing it and I didnāt think it really helped get more flowers. A couple years later, Im finally learning that was some wrong advice. š
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Where I live, I put tomatoe sprouts in the ground with a thick layer of mulchā¦ donāt even tie them upā¦ just let them sprawl over the mulch. Donāt water them or even look at them. Half are taken by animalsā¦ and still I fill my kitchen sink twice a week for 6 weeks off 20 plants. Tomatoes like hot humid summers, thick mulch, and total neglect
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I also found that the suckers can actually help support the plant itself esp those with heavy tomatoes on them
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I have been growing tomatoes for 30 years. I NEVER remove suckers. I prune away random excess foliage to allow light in. I water daily, feed once or twice a month. Thatās it.
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I never heard of pruning tomatoes in my life until this year on here. I prune if a branch is damaged & a threat to the integrity of the plant. That's it. Period. Y'all want some good gardening tips? Pick up a gardening book made before gardening was a profitable business for everyone but you. The old-timers know their stuff. (Older than us GenX'ers! Dammit.)š
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So the 'prune all the suckers' technique works for commercial growers who care more about total yield per sq ft and not yield per plant. It does make sense if you have economy of scale to make the labor efficient, it lets you plant crazy close, like one vine every six inches.
For home gardeners, we usually care about maximizing yield per plant and even then see some advantages in not pruning - less work, more protection of the soil and fruit from the sun thanks to extra foliage.
Not everything has to be controversial, no one was lied to - different strategies for different situations.
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Yes!! I did this same experiment last year and 100% correct. I will never prune again and had the same results!
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It's almost like the plant knows what to do...
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The idea of that practice is theoretically when you prune the suckers its supposed to increase the quality of the tomatoās the plant produces.
Taste testing all 4 to see the validity might be an interesting next segment
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This is fantastic! I also saw a video showing that planting tomatoes deep, which has been the standard for yeasts, slows down plant growth. Tomatoes grow faster & produce earlier when planted at the same level theyāre at in the pot! So glad people are tasting these ārulesā & sharing!
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Removing the suckers makes sense to reduce moisture. This is especially useful in humid regions. It helps to prevent diseases
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my neglected tomatoes are doing so much better than the pruned ones. all they need is consistent water and nutrients
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