Taking proper care of your tomatoes is essential to having a great harvest. By taking good care of your tomatoes you can greatly increase the amount of fruit you get.
The first tep is to make sure your plant gets plenty of air. You do this by stringing it up in rows. Do not use the metal tomato cages ad they just compact the tomato and don't let it grow very well. The best way is to put metal posts in the row every eight feet or so. Then get some good string, or better yet, baling twine and weave it in and out between the plants. See the video to the left for a better demonstration on how to do this.
To prune your plants you need to realize that a tomato plant wants to grow large and fast, but if you don't keep the growth in check, you will have a beautiful green tomato plant with few tomatoes.
So what you want to do is look in your plant and when you see a "V" where the two stems shoot off from each other, you want to pinch off any part of the plant that is growing there. This way you will encourage your tomato plant to set fruit rather than set foliage. Watch the video above for a better visual on how to do this.
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