i ussually get 10+ ft tall tomator plants!!! i'm only 5'8", kinda hard to harvest them now that i have the facilty to grow them on a wire fence! can they be pruned to stay a certain height? will i get more fruit?
2007-03-07 05:18:33 · 7 answers · asked by bearfox_traders 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Yes they will. Just be sure not to "sucker" them. Some people may advise this to you but that will defeat the purpose. Just cut the top out of them just before they get to the height that you want them to be.
Chances are you will not get more fruit but it may depend on the variety you are growing.
bwg
2007-03-07 05:29:57 · answer #1 · answered by Bates Water Gardens 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is possible that pruning the middle will make it bush out, as it does with most plants. However, in addition to that if you want more fruit, you need to pinch off the sucker branches-that is the ones which have very few flowers, or no flowers. This increases fruit production, and improves the overall health of the plant.
2007-03-08 15:21:34 · answer #2 · answered by porkchop 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you prune the terminal buds (the buds on the tip) your tomato plants should "branch out" more. But you won't necessarily get more fruit. Use a good flowering fertilizer to get lots of blooms, and then make sure your tomatoes have plenty of light, warmth, and good, well fertilized soil to support those blooms. If you want earlier, bigger fruit you can "sucker" your tomato, or prune out some of the side shoots around the leaf nodes. You'll actually get fewer fruit, but the plant can dedicate more energy to each fruit it does bear, so you'll get bigger, better developed fruit.
2007-03-07 13:30:58 · answer #3 · answered by openmic_soups 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My tomato plants got taller year after year as shade from both my neighbors and my trees got taller. The less sun they get the more spindly the became. I can no longer even have a veggie garden in my yard. I do not know if this is the case in your situation but ensure them full sunlight and fertilize them with a product like super bloom.
2007-03-07 16:11:15 · answer #4 · answered by bumblgator5 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes from horticulture experience you can trim back the limbs of tomato plants and they will stay a certain size and your fruit will be bigger and better tasting.
2007-03-07 13:36:43 · answer #5 · answered by brian p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start traing them now before the flower blooms and yes you'll steal have tomatoes and they will probably be bigger
2007-03-07 13:31:53 · answer #6 · answered by dodgeum43 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They get bushier.
2007-03-07 20:25:17 · answer #7 · answered by hopflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋