On my journey of growing tomato plants, the isles have become really congested leading to the lower leaves to have disease and pest due to lack of air circulation and sun shining through.
To counter act this, I've had go through and HARD trim or prune the plants. Hard pruning means to cut all lower leaf arms below the top approx. 2ft of the plant. This allows sun light pass through, increase air circulation and leads to disease control.
As an update to where we are as of July, Since we are growing our tomatoes suspended by a string, I also go through and lean my plants to allow for longer growth utilizing the tomato hooks.
Here are some very good shears:
Dramm 18025 Stainless Steel Compact Shear
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here are the J-hooks that are used to provide extra support for the fruit trusses or branches
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