How to Prune Tomatoes for Earlier Harvests, Higher Yields & Healthier Plants

Simple pruning tips for indeterminate tomatoes.

OYR is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost, mulch, and compost tea. No store-bought fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, compost activators, etc. are used.

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[nicchauvin]

It's so nice to find a video where the host sounds like they actually had a script or thought out what they were going to say, instead of rambling on and on. Job well done!

[rayswoodshop]

I have two Tomato plants growing in my basement that I started from the suckers on the mother plant that was in the garden. Got blossoms ...yay !

[ejej]

Wow, other videos take 2 to 3 times as long to give you the same information. Excellent work, OYR!

[jeanlaikan]

It is nice listening to someone who talks about tomatoes & has a lot of tomatoes on his plants too.

[LearnToGrow]

Your tomatoes are looking so healthy!  Great tips here, thanks for sharing Patrick!

[PlantSugar]

Pruning is one of the most undervalued techniques out there. Thanks!

[AussieMaskedOwl]

Thank you so much for explaining suckers so clearly. You are the first experience of gardener I've come across who shows and explains it in a way that truly made sense for me. Great vid!

[CountryLivingExperience]

Excellent video! A wealth of information. Thank you.

[lilmissmonsterrr]

very well presented. to the point yet full of info, simple yet extremely helpful. no frills. exactly what I needed. thanks!

[winnieo]

Direct and well-articulated presentation.

[castleofcostamesa]

What a nice video and lush, beautiful garden, it’s a piece of paradise!

[Kikipotamus]

I had to watch five videos on this topic before finding yours--which explains identifying suckers much better than those other videos. Thank you. You're a good teacher.

[katy]

I appreciate the advice. I am always reluctant to prune anything in our garden but these tips give me the confidence.

[maureentrainor]

This is the first video that showed me exactly what I needed to do.
Believe me I have watched MANY!
Thank you!

[smeghed]

The length of those clusters is amazing and your plants are looking very healthy.

[naturallivingdesigns]

Another awesome video! Thanks for I have been an organic farmer for over 12 years now and I must tell you a tip an Old timer taught me. Spray milk(I use raw milk but any milk will do) at a ratio of 1:10 milk to water every couple weeks all over your tomato plants. When I started doing this my tomato and pepper yields tripled in quantity. They also seemed to me to taste sweeter. What it does is not only give the plant more calcium and other needed minerals it also helps strengthen the cell walls which help fight off fungus. It also attracts beneficial wasps that eat the larva of worms and other pests! I look forward to your next video!(-:

[TheSno]

Best video for tomato pruning I have seen. It helped me understand thank you!

[StaceyHerewegrowagain]

Great video!! I love growing cherry tomatoes and making fresh homemade sauce with it! Thank you so much for sharing, this was such a great video to watch!!

[nicholec]

Fantastic info. First person I have found that actually shows what exactly topping a plant was. I figured that was it, but it's nice to see it done. You got straight to the point and I appreciated the info. Hopefully you will have other videos.

[briannoie]

Wow! Amazing yield you have there! Plants are looking great. Thank you for the tips and good luck!