Should I prune a sucker/shoot from end of truss?

MSchep · May 10, 2020

This is my first year growing Orange Oxheart, and I've noticed it has a propensity to grow new shoots/suckers from the end of the first few trusses, after the truss has about a half dozen flowers. This is new to me. One seems particularly sturdy, and I've let that one continue, but another on a truss that is pointing downward has had to bend itself around to start growing up again in a rather flimsy way.

I'm doing some pruning of suckers in general, though not to single stem. My question for these particular suckers at the end of a truss is whether it is beneficial for the fruit to keep those, or if it is fine to prune them like other suckers? e.g. does the fruit on that truss rely more on energy from that sucker to mature, or will the rest of the plant handle it if removed?

Thanks!

May 10, 2020	#1
MSchep Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Los Gatos, CA Posts: 70	Should I prune a sucker/shoot from end of truss? This is my first year growing Orange Oxheart, and I've noticed it has a propensity to grow new shoots/suckers from the end of the first few trusses, after the truss has about a half dozen flowers. This is new to me. One seems particularly sturdy, and I've let that one continue, but another on a truss that is pointing downward has had to bend itself around to start growing up again in a rather flimsy way. I'm doing some pruning of suckers in general, though not to single stem. My question for these particular suckers at the end of a truss is whether it is beneficial for the fruit to keep those, or if it is fine to prune them like other suckers? e.g. does the fruit on that truss rely more on energy from that sucker to mature, or will the rest of the plant handle it if removed? Thanks!