Rebel, the Missouri pruning did help on them especially when they were smaller.
It seemed that on some of the plants they just didn't grow very fast or look very healthy when limited to one stem. Others actually set more fruit than the multiple stem ones which I don't understand. I do know that the ones that were doing so badly have improved incredibly since I allowed another stem to develop.
The varieties that excelled with the single stem will be kept that way but with some of the so so plants I am making a few changes. I am allowing an extra stem to form on many now that they are over 4 feet tall and have set a lot of fruit. There is also a lot more room in some spots due to some of the plants dying from fusarium and leaving big gaps. I also replanted in a lot of the gaps but not all. I am still keeping all of the ones that don't have the extra space at one stem except the ones that reacted so bad to the single stem.
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