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emileeg

Bushy indeterminates - need thinning/pruning at all for air flow/

emileeg
9 years ago

Sorry to bring up this age old debate again, but I didn't see anything as it relates to my concern.

I haven't been pruning my tomatoes at all this year and they've taken off! Thank God for y'all :) My concern is that one of my tomatoes in particular (A grafted San Marzano) is seriously going crazy!

What I'm wondering about is that it's really starting to look kind of crowded in the interior of the "bush." Is this healthy? I'd always read that being crowded is just asking for problems - is this only between different plants, not in the same plant? I have branches rubbing against each other, leaves hanging in the dirt... Plants need good air flow, right? To be clear, this is all happening within one plant - I decided to err on the side of caution and spaced my tomatoes out pretty far from each other. So, is there anything I ought to do?

I will post pictures when I can - right now it's pouring outside! #hallelujah

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