Tomato Pruning

This will be the first year that I am able to work with these plants from beginning to end. In the Hot House this year we have planted Sun Gold and Bummble Bee cherry tomato's. The plants are raised on a system that Mr "A" has developed over the past years and is one that everyone that has worked with tomato's in the past says is the best they have seen. In regards to production and efficiency, and over all organization this is the method to learn and use. The plants have been planted 30 inch's apart in the middle of the raised beds and given an opportunity over the last few weeks to establish themselves. Drip tape is the irrigation we will be using and has been laid down on both sides of the plants. Once we were sure that we would not need to replace any more of the plants after the initial transplants and we had given the plants the time to get themselves going, it was time to prune and trellis them all. First off, all the plants were pruned, starting from the bottom and working towards the top, all "suckers" were removed from each plant to assure the plants would continue to grow straight up. Once I was satisfied with each plants appearance we trellised them all to the twine we had earlier hung down from above.