Growing in North Idaho
Make certain you don’t prune out any leaf stems that will expose developing fruit to full sun. Removing those leaves can cause sunscald.
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Indeterminate tomatoes will produce many sucker branches during the growing season.
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On the left is an unpruned, indeterminate tomato plant. Note the lower leaf stems and various sucker branches. If left unattended, the overgrowth could lead to disease. On the right is the same plant after pruning. The lower leaves and suckers have been removed.
Candace Godwin
There’s one topic that everyone who grows tomatoes has an opinion about — and that’s pruning. To prune or not to prune? Ah, good question...
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