Pruning: Removing Tomato Suckers

Jon Traunfeld, director of the Home and Garden Information Center, prunes a tomato plant by removing it's suckers.

For more about tomatoes, read our vegetable profile: http://growit.umd.edu/VegetableProfiles/Tomatoes.cfm

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Shot and edited by Brett Wooldridge, Sam Nassau, and Emily Heimsoth.

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[alberto111111111111]

WITH THIS VIDEO  I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT TOMATOES PLANTS, THANK YOU.

[sphinxdance]

watched alot of tomato pruning videos but this was the best!

[pamtime22]

Good close up shots of the tomato plant and its parts. Some other videos that I have seen are confusing because they don't have the close up pics like your video. Thanks for clearing this up. I live in central Florida, where growing tomatoes is a challenge, any suggestions would be appreciated.

[staceynine]

this is the best video i have seen concerning removing sucker plants, the hows and whys. i never knew that the suckers could be replanted for fruit. thanks a lot.,

[samplejunkie84]

@shawnio buwaaaaahahaha

[proudveteranswife]

The best video for pruning your tomatoes! Thanks for sharing! :)

[shawnio]

when did MONK become a tomato gardener

[heettreet]

ok,, call me crazy ,,,, i tried every level of sucker removal ,,,, never had much product change ,,,,and ,, the tomato tasted better with all the suckers left on,,go figure

[FNGFASHA]

I just recently planted an "above ground garden". I have three cherry and three beef steak plants. The cherries are about 4 inches tall and the beef's are bout 6 to 8 inches tall. At what height do I start to remove the suckers? PS I plan to steak them as opposed to using the round fencing, if that makes a difference...

[JustinJustin1000]

it can plant again?