The TRUTH About PRUNING TOMATOES! Tomato Tips!

Pruning tomatoes for better health and Harvest! Exposing the truth about a tomato myth. Teaching how to prune tomatoes. Tomato tips!
The LIE You've Been Told About PRUNING TOMATOES!

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[Shyeena]

I have 53 Tomatoes on **ONE** BUSH! I'm proud 🤗 I learned about this 2 years ago! Honestly, this year I have one EARLY GIRL I bet is a Guinness World Record! I hard pruned it and I no longer pinch off suckers - unless I want another Tomato Plant - WELL, I WISH I COULD POST A PHOTO - 53 Tomatoes RIGHT NOW ON **ONE** BUSH!! Its probably only 20 inches tall and is so heavy I've had to lend lots of supports. They are all going to ripen within a week now so I will be making a family favorite - SALSA with fresh home grown Cilantro. I cant wait!

[GrowingOrganicTvShow]

That’s awesome I always was annoyed by that people think that myth is true

[gerrymarmee]

Glad to know they are called “lateral stems”! 😀 going to try rooting them out!

[brendabumgarner]

Thank you, Rose. This video has been very helpful. All these years I've been cutting off what I thought were suckers. Guess I was the sucker!!!

[kenchetwynd]

Wow, what a great video - so well explained and straightforward! I hit "Subscribe" the second I finished watching. I am relatively new to growing tomatoes - could you maybe explain how I tell a leaf from a lateral branch? Sorry if you have already answered the same question.

[joanneganon]

Thank you Rose, I trust your knowledge 🐦.
JO JO IN VT 💕😄

[rock-canyon-foodscaping]

thank you for sharing another perspective on pruning tomatoes. definitely will try rooting those to get more plants.

the way i see it there is no "lie" or "correct" way to do it. it depends on the situation.

pruning all the shoulders off is more labor intensive, but can increase yield per square foot (especially if tomatoes are trained vertically as a single vine). you will need more plants.

the method demonstrated gives a higher yield per plant, but less yield per area. and requires less maintenance.

so maybe the question is: are you limited by time, or space?

[thehydrosource]

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[LauraMichelGreenRaven]

Is the new growth coming up from the ground around my raspberries and elderberries considered suckers?

[elisabethb]

I prune similarly to you because where I live the growing season is relatively short (we can't put our tomatoes out safely for a while still). If I prune the fruit bearing stems, I will have way less fruit. My indeterminate plants will never reach 10 feet tall before the cold sets in again. I do start pruning the lateral stems nearer to the end of the season if they won't have time to develop full fruits though so that the plant can give energy to ripening the existing fruit 😊

[DsHomestead]

Good video thanks for sharing the way you do your tomatoes.

[Mammafly]

Thanks for the tip. But how do you stake your tomatoes?

[MNTNSTARZ.]

FINALLY!!!! Someone who speaks common sense!
I'm 60, have been helping in gardens and growing my own since I was tiny.
I had never heard of pruning tomatoes until YouTube videos.
Needless to say I was horrified that people were wasting time doing something so unnecessary.
I've never pruned tomatoes, only thing I cut off a growing plant is a severely damaged or diseased part.
I have always had an over abundance of fruits.

[hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r]

Haha...or something comes and literally removes over 20 tomatoes out of your 25, then you have a very hungry caterpillar. LOL

[Citystead]

This video is certified 100% great! Educate them Rose! #roseknows

[dollyperry]

Remove suckers and you get less fruit but bigger. Leave suckers and you get more tomatoes, but smaller. Its all personal preference. Also, suckers is a term that is in our American verbiage and I don't think you'll be able to change it now :) But you know how I love tomatoes :)

[heavenly-dreamsdairygoats]

Well said Rose. You always do well with a informational video. Thank you for sharing. Till next time God Bless.

[MoonsOverMayhem]

I had no idea! Great info. I've only grown them a few times and I always thought I was supposed to prune out the "suckers". This was very timely, Im going all in on tomatoes this year in hopes of enough harvest to preserve a years worth of many tomato based pantry items, and they will all be going into the garden soon!

[justme-uwbz]

Those tomatoes sire grew quick from your planting video, I love how they look after pruning.

[HaywireHomestead]

I place my off shoots directly in the soil and water they usually take just fine. Thanks so much for sharing