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Tomato Pruning Update

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About 4 weeks ago, I pruned back my tomato plants by half in anticipation of
our October freeze.  It worked well.  I picked the vines clean this weekend,
and the fruit that remained after pruning sized up beautifully.  I picked
green tomatoes, those with pink streaks and almost ripe ones.  I've been
doing this for the past month, and all ripen nicely in the house.  A couple
of the beefsteak types I picked this weekend weighed over 2 pounds.  When I
pruned, I removed all growth back to green tomatoes the size of a lemon or
bigger.  All flowers, newly set fruit and fruit smaller than a lemon were
removed.  I figured the small stuff didn't have a chance to mature.  I'm
pleased with this pruning technique and will use it again next year.
Doreen Howard
Zone 5b-Central Illinois, where the fall foliage is gorgeous today!


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