This is the method:
1. Mid Summer the plants are big (6 feet tall and bushy) and the heat in the greenhouse plus the size of the plants means lots of stress, and few new fruit. Besides, that is when our fields are producing heavily.
2. So, we simply cut half the plant off (the top 3 feet). We fertilize, and then the plants start producing new shoots and flowers and become more and more productive as the weather outside cools, and the temperatures in the greenhouse are 80s and low 90s in the fall.
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