STOP Doing This! It's Devastating Your Tomato Plants!
In today's 2 minute garden tip, I discuss a common pruning mistake that destroys tomato plants. A common mistake growing tomatoes is removing tomato leaves to ripen tomatoes faster. This is a big mistake! Not only does it harm the plant, but it will slow tomato ripening and can damage the fruits. Stop doing this! It's devastating your tomato plants!
This video discusses why pruning tomato leaves should usually be avoided and shares a few tomato tips that actually work to help ripen tomatoes faster for an earlier harvest without damaging your tomato plant and the fruits themselves.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 How Tomatoes Ripen
0:51 Pruning Tomato Leaves Is A Mistake
1:54 3 Tricks To Ripen Tomatoes Faster
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