| 1 | To prune or not to prune
That is the question...First off, know your variety! Never prune a 'determinate' type tomato, or you will lose production! Indeterminate varieties vary in their response to pruning, some reportedly have increased yields when the young plant is p |
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| 3 | What are the common tomato pests?
The following pests are considered the most common. Pictures of each of them are available on the web and can be obtained by doing a web search using the name of the pest. Additional tomato pests not covered here include cutworms, flea beetles, gra |
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| 4 | prune or not to prune?
• Posted by: ChicagoDeli37 none on Mon, Jul 2, 12 at 17:00
• 8 follow-ups, last one posted on Tue, Jul 3, 12 at 11:58
Mixed thoughts on what I should do. this season I have 6 different tomatos all about 18 inches apart. These too in front I did a few clippings of suckers but not much. I had someone explain it to me really fast But not in detail of how t |
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| 5 | Newbie needs help: to prune or not?
• Posted by: Raistlyn none on Sun, Apr 1, 12 at 11:11
• 16 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, Apr 27, 12 at 12:47
Hi everyone, This is my first time growing tomatoes and need some advice. I sowed some cherry tomatoes about 6 weeks ago. Due to space constraints ive kept about 5 of them. They are seem to be doing fine. I keep reading about people prun |
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| 6 | Great article/video about pruning tomatoes
• Posted by: nguyena1 8b on Tue, Feb 14, 12 at 21:51
• 12 follow-ups, last one posted on Thu, Feb 23, 12 at 20:08
Just posting this for all the newbies out there to tomato growing just like me. I found this article that very clearly tells you the benefits and how to prune tomatoes to 1 or 2 vines. There's also a video in the article where they show you. |
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| 7 | How do you prune your tomatoes?
• Posted by: traildad 9 on Thu, May 24, 12 at 22:07
• 11 follow-ups, last one posted on Sun, Jun 10, 12 at 19:21
Last year our Tomatoes overwhelmed our garden space and the cages fell over. I have watched some videos with advice about pruning. Some say don't do it at all to provide shade for the fruit. Some say take off all the suckers so you have a single |
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| 8 | organic tomato magic
• Posted by: jason_2007 6a on Mon, Apr 16, 07 at 2:32
• 96 follow-ups, last one posted on Thu, Apr 25, 13 at 18:36
hello all, i was thinking of buying this book, it seems almost too good to be true and the company is based in canada but after reading the website from top to bottom and with the guarantee they offer i am really considering it as i could use all |
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| 9 | Question about pruning
• Posted by: ill_gardener none on Sun, May 5, 13 at 22:02
• 7 follow-ups, last one posted on Tue, May 7, 13 at 13:24
Hello, I have some tomato plants ready to transplant to the ground. I have the following varieties, Celebrity Pink Girl Jetstar and Big boy I know the last 3 are indeterminate and celebrity is semi-determinate. My question is do I |
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| 10 | Question about tomato pollination, and pruning...
• Posted by: BigN_187 9 on Sun, May 12, 13 at 20:07
• 7 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, May 13, 13 at 5:04
So, long story short, I have four different tomato varieties growing, all compatible with each other for pollination / breeding. I have the majority planted all together in one area. All the fruit from those plants will be strictly for consumption |
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| 11 | Is this a virus? + a pruning question..
• Posted by: natalie1313 8a on Tue, May 8, 12 at 10:56
• 5 follow-ups, last one posted on Tue, May 8, 12 at 19:16
So I know there are a thousand postings on tomato leaf curl, and my understanding is that most of the time it is stress of some sort but sometimes it can be a virus. I don't know if anyone here can identify whether this is viral leaf curl from the |
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| 12 | Prune all suckers?
• Posted by: kudzu9 Zone 8b on Fri, Jun 22, 12 at 16:13
• 6 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, Jun 22, 12 at 19:41
I know that the standard advice is to pinch off all suckers that form in the crotches of the main branches. However, as I was checking out my tomato plants yesterday I noticed a plant that had tomatoes on a branch and tomatoes on a substantial si |
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| 14 | Varying your pruning practices?
• Posted by: StrawberryGirl76 UT - 6 on Fri, May 10, 13 at 11:21
• 3 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, May 10, 13 at 16:59
I've been reading up on pruning options, trying to decide what I want to do with my plants this year. I know that you shouldn't prune a determinate type (of which I'm growing only one: Bush Goliath). But I was wondering if you prune your indetermi |
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| 15 | Pruning question
• Posted by: bluegiller_killer none on Wed, May 23, 12 at 14:33
• 5 follow-ups, last one posted on Thu, May 24, 12 at 11:50
I have 2 small beefsteaks about a got tall.. First off they got hit by a little drifting 2-4-d but are still growing.. Now both of them have popped out little tomatoes.. The plants don't seem to be growing vertically or horizontally for that matte |
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| 16 | No Pruning = BER?
• Posted by: estebancelis 9B on Sun, May 13, 12 at 10:02
• 4 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, May 14, 12 at 16:52
I grow my tomatoes in EarthBoxes and the last 2 years I prunned my plants and had no BER (added their fertilizer and dolomite). This year to increase fruit yield I decided not no prune and the plants grew like gangbusters but I am getting BER. I a |
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| 17 | Early Girl Tomato Plant Wilting - Pruning?
• Posted by: cecropiia Alberta on Thu, Aug 2, 12 at 16:08
• 3 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, Aug 3, 12 at 16:36
I searched the forums and found a few answers as to why my early girl tomato plant may be wilting. I put a water plate beneath the pot and, sure enough, the low soil started sucking up the water like a shriveled sponge. Already the plant is showin |
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| 18 | Grafted Tomato Pruning Tips
• Posted by: Jenny168 none on Sat, May 11, 13 at 17:29
• 2 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, May 13, 13 at 8:15
Hi Everyone, I spoke with a master gardener yesterday who has been doing trials of grafted tomatoes since 2011. His name is Harry Olsen and he has a website called harrysgarden.org and it shows him being interviewed for local television and r |
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| 19 | Pruning to Single Stem
• Posted by: Jenny168 Zone 10 on Sun, May 5, 13 at 0:56
• 2 follow-ups, last one posted on Sun, May 5, 13 at 11:59
Hi Everyone, I live in Zone 10 a few blocks from the ocean. It stays pretty cool here and I have found that growing cherry varieties work best for me. Last year I started growing in Earthboxes and had my best harvest ever. I have two questio |
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| 20 | Pruning
• Posted by: ronnie1 on Sun, May 27, 12 at 14:49
• 1 follow-up, posted on Sun, May 27, 12 at 15:03
I have some Brandywine that are growing over the top and out the sides of my cages and have a lot of tomatoes. Can I prune the tops and the sides? Follow-Up Postings: RE: Pruning Posted by: Return to the Growing Tomatoes Forum |
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