Pruning technique

elight · March 6, 2015

The following link has been posted here before: http://translate.google.com/translat...ur_2-tiges.htm

... yet I never hear of anyone actually pruning in this way. I will be pruning some tomato plants in my square foot garden that are growing up a trellis. They have two feet each, so I'm planning on pruning each to 2-3 growing tips.

Questions:

1. Is there a benefit to cutting each growing tip after the third set of flowers, and then continuing to use a sucker as the growing tip for that branch?

2. Is there a benefit to cutting the main stem above the third sucker and allowing the third sucker to take the place of the main stem?

3. Is this stuff worth worrying about at all, or should I just use my judgment to prune enough so that the plants do not get out of control and maintain enough air circulation?

March 6, 2015	#1
elight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Allentown, PA Posts: 349	Pruning technique The following link has been posted here before: http://translate.google.com/translat...ur_2-tiges.htm ... yet I never hear of anyone actually pruning in this way. I will be pruning some tomato plants in my square foot garden that are growing up a trellis. They have two feet each, so I'm planning on pruning each to 2-3 growing tips. Questions: 1. Is there a benefit to cutting each growing tip after the third set of flowers, and then continuing to use a sucker as the growing tip for that branch? 2. Is there a benefit to cutting the main stem above the third sucker and allowing the third sucker to take the place of the main stem? 3. Is this stuff worth worrying about at all, or should I just use my judgment to prune enough so that the plants do not get out of control and maintain enough air circulation?