Intensive tomato training techniques bolster argument for lollypopping and defoliation

[deadclawsjerome]

I was just doing some research on intensive tomato planting, and found that they are employing some of the techniques that are heavily debated in cannabis cultivation. They major analogy starts at 4:45, but the whole video is fascinating and relevant.

 

[Jjgrow420]

I just finished doing this to my tomato plants.

 

[jondamon]

I was just doing some research on intensive tomato planting, and found that they are employing some of the techniques that are heavily debated in cannabis cultivation. They major analogy starts at 4:45, but the whole video is fascinating and relevant.

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[Creature1969]

It's been common knowledge for a LONG time that you prune suckers/side branches from tomato plants but NOT from Cherry tomato plants.
This is not debated as it's simply proven. Also, some of the common things to do with tomatoes outdoors, you don't do indoors, like stripping lower leaves for instance.
With weed, not so much. Not much bro-science with tomato farmers.

 

[Jjgrow420]

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[xtsho]

He's talking about indeterminate tomatoes that keep fruiting. Determinate tomatoes that have most of the fruit ripen at the same time I leave alone as those suckers produce fruit and the plants don't keep growing like indeterminate varieties. So if you employ those pruning techniques with some tomato varieties you will reduce the yield. I grow both. I trim the suckers off the beefsteaks but leave the roma's, siletz, and other bush varieties alone except for removing leaves that are close to the ground.

 

[Jjgrow420]

He's talking about indeterminate tomatoes that keep fruiting. Determinate tomatoes that have most of the fruit ripen at the same time I leave alone as those suckers produce fruit and the plants don't keep growing like indeterminate varieties. So if you employ those pruning techniques with some tomato varieties you will reduce the yield. I grow both. I trim the suckers off the beefsteaks but leave the roma's, siletz, and other bush varieties alone except for removing leaves that are close to the ground.

Very true some varieties like Roma and Amish paste bush instead of grow tall. I have some neat varieties this year, yellow pear being one of them. We (the wife) lol makes sauce that lasts us the year. All organic. This soils been worked on since the 60's when grandmom used to garden in the very same spot

 

[Southernontariogrower]

Always strip my tomatoes three nodes from top and bury deep when replanting. Huge rootballs and more fruit. Only done with indeterminates, havent grown many determs in last few years. But works awesome.