![]() ![]() If you plan to use a stick to stake your tomato plants, you'll probably want to keep an eye on the plant and prune out suckers as it grows so that you don't have to keep adding stakes to the same plant to hold it up.You'll probably want to grow it so that it climbs some type of trellis if you go this route, or possibly inside a tomato cage. ![]() If you prune only the first few suckers, your plant will still have a lot of branches.This can be very productive, but you'll need to check your plant for new suckers daily in order to keep up with pruning. If you prune to a single stem, you'll need to trellis the plant up a string or a trellis.There isn't a right or wrong way to do it pruning is a matter of personal preference. If you choose not to prune, your tomato plant will most likely still produce well, though you. Prune a few branches off each tomato plant every 2-3 weeks to keep plants healthy, allow better airflow, protect them from disease, and encourage fruit production. Some gardeners remove all of the bottom suckers, as well as some (but not all) of the ones that form above the first set of fruit. It is better to prune less off the plant more often than to prune a lot off all at once. Others focus only on removing the suckers below the first set of fruit that forms. Some people remove all suckers, which results in pruning the plant to a single stem. You don't necessarily have to remove all of the suckers, but you'll get more fruit if you remove at least some. Decide How You Are Going to Prune Your Plant ![]()
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