Grow The Best Tomatoes This Summer By Pruning! Especially If You’re Growing Indeterminate Tomatoes!

[AtlanticCanadianAstronomy]

I left most suckers on last year, got over 1100 cherry tomatoes off 2 plants. Was insane. Hard to maintain through storms etc but worth it

[louisdepointedulac]

Leaves are the factory of the plant. Cutting them this drastically will yield tomatoes with low amounts of nutrients. Think in terms of quality over quantity.

[shit_tiger]

Funny, I just watched a video yesterday about pruning suckers. They did a study and the plants that kept their suckers yielded almost twice as many tomatoes. Just saying, some additional research could be beneficial.

[stevena]

I too have been pruning my plants pretty heavily, this winter I saw a fellow who had done a study and counted his tomatoes produced on a pruned line and a line that he allowed to “bush” a little and leave the suckers in place. He got 3 times he harvest leaving the suckers in place. This year I ‘m going half/half. See how they produce. Good luck and many harvests.

[alirE]

I had hundreds of tomatoes from un pruned plants.

[mgreen]

I had no clue that you could grow new plants from suckers. Learn something new every day.

[maximpaul]

3 leaves are not enough for a plant, you shouldn't cut that many leaves too soon, as a rule : cut at most 3 leaves at a time oance at two weeks
And about suckers best moment to cut them is when they have about 2 inches
This comes from an european farmer

[ricksmith]

I have done a experiment and trimmed some and left some and wasnt a difference and we seem to get more tomatoes on the unprunned ones.

[ericafrenk]

My mind is blown rn.. listen I grew up in my grandparents garden.. and I have had many gardens in my adult life.. never not once have I seen, read, heard or dreamed about the airflow aspect of the tomato plant., and never have I ever wanted to time travel and restart this summer garden with this new knowledge.. but I feel pretty confident about this coming season of growing!!! Cheers to

[amwartwork]

ive always let mine grow wild. never bee disappointed. fed with grass water (stooped for 3 weeks. worm casting juice and wood ash.

[charmingheartphotography]

I worked at a hydroponic farm for years and we would grow our vines like this. Cleared suckers, pulled lower leaves and then lowered the lines. At the end of season a single tomato plant could easily reach over 40 feet no problem. Im OCD so pulling suckers and lowers was always one of my favorite jobs.

[riestroutman]

Few minutes ago, YouTube shows me a short with a guy saying NOT to prune the suckers, then it shows me this. Who do I believe?

[iwanttobelieve]

If you leave the upper suckers you'll get more tomatoes 🍅

[ssbhide]

If you are pruning so many leaves, how is the plant producing energy to make big tomatoes?

[bobbyquinn]

Trials have shown cutting suckers off massively reduces your harvest

[fairgolfer]

Looks pretty radical, but if you've ever had blight definitely a consideration. I'm going to trim for more airflow this year and keep the soil mulched to try and keep down blight. Thanks for sharing this video. As the comments reflect, it is a very contentious issue.

[oantech]

Somebody take those clippers away from her.. There's nothing left of that poor plant. Sun, water and fertilizer. Let God do the rest..

[rohannaeem]

Canadian summers are short, so there no need to prune, but other places like California they have long summer, so they can prunes and get more fruits.

[Jnchverse]

I'm letting mines grow free range this year and see what happens

[DJHipNaughty]

Don’t know how I got here, but now I know how to grow a tomato. Thanks!