CAN YOU HELP me with MY TOMATO PLANTS?

Can I trim back my tomato plants? What to avoid?

CAN YOU HELP me with MY TOMATO PLANTS?
i heard u can break the small limbs near the main stalk off. To make the other tomatoes grow bigger. good luck
Reply:Just trim back the parts that look a little brown and the leaves that have been eaten by bugs.





The best thing I've found is if you use your left over food that you would normally throw away as fertilizer. (IE coffee grounds, chicken clippings, egg shells, veggie stems, etc)


It's rank when you're mixing it and laying it out but if you mix it with your normal soil, it makes your plants grow real nice.
Reply:Nope sorry, I don't know anything about tomatoes, other than that they are nasty.
Reply:I wouldn't trim them back. You can use stakes or cages to support the growth. If you trim them back, you might lower your yield of tomatos...
Reply:You can tie them with gardening tape.
Reply:I'm not quite sure what you mean. You shouldn't really want to trim back tomato plants. They won't be there next year, regardless. Just stake them and tie with twine. Also, I do know that you should remove "suckers". These grow from the ground, near the base of the plant, but are not actually part of the plant itself. They should be pulled out or cut. Other than that, I don't know.
Reply:YIKES! Don't ever use meat products in compost!!! Can you say magots and flies?!





eggshells are fine - fishheads/guts are the BEST.





As the tomato plants grow - just tie them up - usually tie up the heaviest branches. Be careful not to "strangle" any of the plants other branches.

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