How to Prune Tomatoes for MASSIVE Harvest

Learn the secrets to pruning tomato plants for a larger harvest and healthier plant. Once I started using these methods I went from hardly any tomatoes to bushels of tomatoes that provide my family of four a year's worth of tomatoes.

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[MelissaKNorris]

Thanks so much for watching! Are you growing tomatoes this year?

[JohnJude-dped]

Late season pruning has improved my average size and giving my largest of the season tomato and because your gardening is partly clean up your late season cleaning is partly done before the horrible weather hits.
Thanks for the teachings

[HackberryRidgeHomestead]

You are my FAVORITE homesteader!! You are so informative, I have all your book and have learned so much from you!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge ❤️

[debralauesen]

This is by far the best video I have seen regarding tomatoes! I learned so much! Thank you

[gdw]

Thank you so much for the pruning info.

[dragoncarver]

I have 24 Amish Paste tomato plants. Winding the vines around anchored baling twine. They are almost 5 ft as of today. No leaves below the first fruiting stem. You should see all the tomatoes !! Some leaves I cut the tips off to give more air flow where they overlap between plants. Between the first and 2nd fruiting stem I took one to two leaves off. Too many leaves removed may hold back the plant as that is what converts sunlight to energy for the plant. Last year I had 14 plants and picked 18.5 lbs from them, made 7.5 quarts of sauce. If all goes well I will certainly surpass that !! Just an aside... the seed I used was saved from my harvest last year.

[FermentedHomestead]

Thank you for sharing! It has been an unseasonably cool summer for sure

[SozoSeasonFreedom]

What a wealth of information. Thank you!

[dougriggs]

Hello first off thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. In your pantry stock up you said you make your own mayo do you have video on it .thanks again

[jojow]

Melissa, thank you for the generous gift of sharing so much information with everyone who finds your channel. You cover the important points very quickly and all of those tips have helped me harvest an abundance of wonderful produce. Thank you and God Bless your kind and generous Spirit.

[DailyLifeandNature]

Great 👍 idea how to prune tomatoes 🍅 to get yields of fruit, thanks for sharing to us such an amazing informative and educational

[bassmanjr]

Like this lady! It is hilarious that is is late July and she is wearing a jacket in the rain. :) We popped some tomato plants in the ground and did nothing except a Florida weave. Ours are loaded down with 10-20 on every plant and we harvested a ton already. We pay for it with tennessee heat and humidity though....

[adamsalicki]

We are in Australia, and just sown our first tomatoes in a greenhouse a week ago so they will be ready to transplant by the time the weather warms up here. Really appreciate your work and the detail you are willing to share

[jeremiedvaillant]

Thanks so much! This is really helpful!

[tchavis]

So informative! Thank you. I'm growing jalapenos, basil, strawberries, tomatoes, zucchini and lettuce. Waiting to add more to my garden.

[debammann]

Awesome, learned some cool new stuff about tomatoes!

[sixstringcity]

Yes ! Have 21 Roma Tomato plants going since April in PNW. I count 142 green tomatoes so far. Very good video- as always 🙏🏻

[msmoha]

This is a very good guide! I have let mine get out of control! I will be cutting some back for sure!

[tombaker]

I have a brandywine plant as well. One other year we grew brandy wine and it had very few fruits but those we did have were HUGE. This year it looks as if the plant is not going to get very big but it already has several fruits on it. I like your comment that we are always learning - and I would add the conditions are often changing. We have had very dry conditions and I am guessing that is why our garlic harvest was disappointing. Thanks for your great videos!

[happyrapture]

Planted 28 tomato plants this year. Early girls, Roma, a few black cherry, and another type I can not remember off the top of my head. I have only had a few ready to pick so far, but seem to be producing well. I'm grateful, I need to replenish my pantry selves. Trim my tomatoes the same way as you do. Will you be doing more canning videos by chance? I enjoy your videos.