Don’t Prune the Suckers on Your Tomatoes-Here’s Why You’ll Get More Tomatoes If You Don’t

[thevinecrime]

Thank you my friends don't understand why I leave them and when I want a new plant I just pop one off put it in soil and I don't have to do seeds and they grow so fast I love using them to do more plants faster and to keep the growing quality and continuously have tomatoes

[sarahkirbach]

I’m with you. I really don’t prune much at all & I get a lot of tomatoes 🍅

[myperspective]

Best and clearest explanation of this sucker jazz... Thank you so much!❤

[Ambmitch]

Yes! This has been my experience, and I have never heard anyone else say it!

[avstryker]

I have always done the same thing and I get huge harvests.

[bebbles]

I always considered the extra useless leaves the real suckers😂

[charlottemyers]

dang it!! Most EVERYONE said to take off suckers. It is so confusing. To me IT MAKES SENSE TO KEEP SUCKERS FOR MORE FRUIT. I DID NOT take off all, but I did ALOT of them! ugggg. Common sense! It was the MEN THAT SAID TO! I TOTALLY GET IT!! RRRR

[juliegogola]

Determinate tomatoes don't need all of that pruning at all, just the ones that would be low down on the stem.

[krisyallowega]

Do you know what I tried? Well I will tell you! Instead of pinching off the suckers and tossing them in the compost bin. I pinch them off and root them. Then pot them up or plant them somewhere else in the garden. As the season draws to a close, I will save the pinched suckers to grow indoors until spring.

[gabrielbailey]

Thank u I'm always saying just this stop pruning off the so called suckers
Thanks

[Amanda-fezf]

I prune indeterminate tomatoes and don't with determinate. Both tomatoes I prune all leaves up to the first fruit. Too many leaves will increase disease and pest issues. I always tell people "do you want to grow leaves or tomatoes?" 😂