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Tomatoes
Can anyone give a very simplified explanation of pruning tomatoes? I've read sites but... it just doesn't really sink in.
I put two of my indeterminate plants into cages that are now seeming too small. What to do? They are growing taller than the cages, and there are some pretty big limbs with flowers far outside the support. I can't see how I could remove these cages and put in bigger ones without damaging the plants.
Re: Tomatoes
This is why I stake my tomatoes instead of using cages.
I also don't really prune. However, if you want to prune, it's more of a bushy-ness issue/helping airflow & less of solving your height problem. You just cut off the shoots that grow between the main stem & the branches.
This is the first year I've tried cages, and I just put them on two of my plants -- and of course, they happen to be my two biggest plants! They were teeny when I stuck the cages on and they are already 4 feet tall and about 2 feet wide, and we really haven't begun to hit our growing season yet.
I am thinking of trying wire cutters to get the cages off and stake them.
I've never pruned either but these two plants are bushy as heck. Both are grape tomato plants, which I've grown before, but not these varieties.
I sucker my tomatoes, between the main stem and the branches (for lack of a better word) new branches will start to grow. I pinch those off to keep them from getting too bushy.
I use both stakes and cages. Last year I had the same problem you are having and my tomato plants were monsters. I left the cages but ended up adding stakes to help support the cages and to give the branches outside of the cages some support. I think I ended up with a cage and 4 6' stakes on each plant. This year suckering and bigger cages have really helped.
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