Tomatoes - vegetables are rather capricious: they need a sufficient amount of sunlight, moisture, proper planting and top dressing. However, some truck farmers also produce a tomato leaf pruning. So, let's figure out whether there is a need for this procedure and how to properly cut tomatoes in the garden.
Do you need to trim the leaves of a tomato?
The plant in the tomato is rather dense, which means that it is inevitable that some plants will cover the stem and leaves of the other from the light source, that is, shade. As a result, the plant will stretch and cover with new leaves, that is, to spend nutrients not on the growth of fruits, but on the growth of the tops. It is logical that tomatoes in the end will not be large. And it happens so, the fruits on the thickened bushes do not appear at all.
The pruning of tomatoes is also caused by a reduction in the risk of various diseases . By the way, the procedure for circumcision of excess branches is called pasynkovanie, that is, the removal of unnecessary shoots - "stepchildren."
How to trim tomatoes in the open ground?
On the open ground, they are pruned, usually in late July or early August. At this time, the first fruits are already fastened, but excess shoots only began to appear.
If we talk about how to properly cut tomatoes in the open ground, first of all, the stepsons of the very first, lower sinus shoots are removed. They remove just that escape that is located in the corner formed between the trunk and the lower shoot. As to how to cut off stepsons of a tomato, then excess is carefully twisted, so as not to damage the fragile skin of the stem. Although many site owners are using a pruner or a sharp knife.
In addition, leaves are removed to remove the ground. They cover the base of the stem from sunlight.
Crop and those parts of the bushes that are located on the outskirts of a tomato. Tomatoes do not need leaves that are placed in the shade or shade the rest of the plants themselves. Removed and shoots that are from the sun
Also, we need to elaborate on how many leaves can be cut off from a tomato. Experienced gardener, practicing circumcision, generally recommend removing all the leaves, except those two or three that are located above the brushes, as they provide their food. As a result, the tomato shrub that undergoes pruning is reminiscent of a palm tree, in which all the greens are located in the upper part.
Pruning tomatoes in the greenhouse is carried out according to the same rules as in the open ground, however, start it earlier - in early summer.