Pruning tomatoes

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I've grown tomatoes for several years, I have a polytunnel, I usually grow chilli's as well and mainly concentrate on those and neglect the tomatoes if I'm honest.

This year I decided against chilli's and got some plum tomatoes growing.

I know lots of people prune or pinch som e of the stems, I've watched a couple of not great YouTube videos.

And tips or advice?

 

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Ok so forgive me, but....

You have a main stalk growing up, fine. Then you have ones growing sideways, and you leave them?

The ones between the main stalk, and the ones going sideways you take out?

I will tie them to a cane, I normally do. It's just in previous years I've tried to tie them up (without pruning) and I end up with ginormous plants. As for crop, some years I've had more than others but I do specifically remember last year having huuuuuge plants with not that many tomatoes.

I've seen in people's greenhouses that have nice straight organised plants which is what I'll attempt this year. I haven't got the biggest polytunnel it's only 4x6 ft so it'll make it better as some years I've barely been able to get in it.

I'm growing plum tomatoes this year, as I much prefer those, see what happens

 

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Thanks for all that.

I'll give it a go this year.

I have been growing chilli's for years, some years very successfully, I grew a load of Dorset Naga chilli's one year and got tons of fruit and they were ferociously hot.

But I find with chilli's if you get a bad batch of seeds your screwed and you won't know until the end of the season plus they are a little more sensitive to the weather I think.

My tomatoes have always done ok, other than I end up with giant uncontrolled plants in my polytunnel.