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We spoke with two garden experts, who urge you to avoid these common tomato growing mistakes. Here's what they had to say.
A. To keep a neat, single-stem form in staking type (indeterminate) tomatoes, monitor the plants as they develop to watch for ...
Start by locating the lowest flower or fruit cluster on your tomato plant. Below this branch is where you'll want to concentrate your pruning efforts. Remove any suckers that grow between the base ...
In this video, I show how I prune and train young tomato plants including several tomato growing tips to prevent disease and get the best crop of tomatoes possible! Support me on Patreon: <a href=" ...
How to prune tomato plants Side shoots ... The RHS suggests checking tomato plants for suckers every time you water the soil and pinching them off there and then. It’s not worth it if you ...
Horticulturalists share their tips for cultivating tomatoes that taste like summer. Plus, why the "tomato tickle" is their ...
The fewer the number of stems, the larger but fewer the fruits will be. Tomato pruning involves retaining or removing parts of the tomato plant known as suckers. Suckers are side shoots which appear ...
Pruning should start when the plants are about 1 to 2 feet tall, and it usually involves pinching away some of the cucumber vine’s lateral stems or “suckers” so the plant has more energy to ...
If they appear on the new stems, it's advisable to leave them undisturbed during the summer and wait for them to enter dormancy before shaving off any undesired growth. In any case, should you feel ...