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Originally Posted by Dark Rumor
Do you remove the suckers?
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If Determinat, I just do some lower leaf branch pruning and clean up, mostly. Also if I detect some weak suckers , I nip them too as they will have no chance to bear fruits. But let most healthy branches stay.The reason is that, in DET plant each branch has a limited fruiting potential. So by having more branches you will get bore fruits, at intervals.
If Indeterminant:
I prune every thing that grow within 12 -18" from ground. Then I keep 3 and at the most 4 branches. Some tomato plants naturally "fork out". That is you see two branches growing in a "V" form. I don't consider such branching as "Suckering". Those are keepers. Sucker grow much later from leaf nodes. Those are the ones that I prune.
Gardenee