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Re: How to Prune Tomato Plants?

At 12:21 PM 5/1/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Last year was my first year as a gardener. I grew my tomatoes up a wire
>(4" x 4") trellis, but didn't trim off anything as it was growing. I did
>get some tomatoes, but not nearly as many as I think I should have.
>
>I gather this is because I didn't do any pruning. My question is,
>exactly how am I supposed to prune tomato plants? That which branches do
>I cut off, and how many, etc. This year I'm growing several tomato
>plants inside those conical wire frame supports, and a few others up
>strings hung down from a wooden frame. I started with small Home Depot
>plants which are now 1 to 2' high.
>


It seems like you'll find as many gardeners who swear about pruning, and
just as many who swear AT it.  It's easy to try a little experiment.
Assuming you're growing more than one tomato plant, just divide your
plantings into 2:  on half of the plants, prune those suckers; for the
other half, let them grow free.  Come the end of the season, you'll have a
good idea as to which method is better, if any.



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