Thursday, February 9, 2012

I have cherry tomato plants and they are growing like crazy. Is there any pruning required for them?

No, just find a way to support the vines when they get fruit.

I have cherry tomato plants and they are growing like crazy. Is there any pruning required for them?
well here's one tip: if you cut off some of the flowers you will get fewer fruit but they'll be bigger!
Reply:Before they flower if you pinch off the top two leaves on each upright growing stem they will then start to fill out so they become more bushy rather then tall and straggly, that way they will produce more tomatoes from the increased number of growing stems. You should pinch them out once and let them carry on growing if in a few weeks they are still going mad and there are no flowers pinch them out agin. Never do this once they have flowers as they will need all their growth to produce tomatoes from the flowers.
Reply:Nope. Put a tomato cage over the plants (less than $2 each at any garden supply) and let 'em grow like gangbusters. Happy salad-making!


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