How to Prune Tomatoes to Improve Production and Plant Health




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Summary: <p>Today’s podcast, post and YouTube videos are particularly timely.  In the Small Scale Life Facebook Group, our friend and new gardener Alex has a great question:</p> <p>“My tomatoes are so out of control and are completely shading my peppers. I have at least 10 peppers that have stopped growing and those are my favorite.  Can I cut back the tomatoes? Can I attempt transplanting the peppers? At this rate the peppers are not going to grow so these are my only two options besides just pulling them.” – Alex from Illinois.</p> <p>There is no need to pull the peppers!  I think we can figure out a way to aggressively prune tomatoes and get more sunlight to those peppers.</p> <p>Be advised: by aggressively pruning, you will get more tomatoes from your plants!  I think you can handle it though.</p> <p>For more information about How to Prune Tomatoes, head over to Small Scale Life ([smallscalelife.com](<a href="http://www.smallscalelife.com)" rel="nofollow">www.smallscalelife.com)</a>) for the post, videos, pictures and more! </p>