Remove extra leaves and flowers: simple life hacks to increase the yield of tomatoes

If the location is sunny and the soil is rich in nutrients, then the tomatoes germinate vigorously. Often a culture forms so many shoots and flowers that it puts all its energy into them. In the end, it produces many fruits, but the fruits ripen slowly, writes deavita.com.

Stress weakens plants and they often fall prey to pests or diseases. This is why removing leaves and flowers makes sense. Regular removal of excess flowers, stingy shoots and leaves keeps plants strong and healthy. They produce smaller but more fragrant and fast ripening fruits that grow very large. In addition, thinning the leaves can improve air circulation so that the remaining leaves dry out faster and are less likely to be attacked by fungi and bacteria.

When the first flowers of the tomato plant appeared, you can start thinning. In exceptional cases, for example if the plant is growing too densely, you can also start earlier. As a rule, the royal flower is removed first, then the plants need to be cut back every 10 days. Stop doing this one to two weeks before harvest. This gives the plants enough time to form leaves over the fruit, which will protect them from the strong rays of the sun and rain. By the way, in good weather, pruning should begin as early as May. Then young and short shoots can be identified particularly quickly. By the way, in May you can use these shoots as cuttings and thus propagate tomato plants. This way, young plants will have enough time to grow and develop roots during the summer.

Cherry tomatoes and cocktail tomatoes grow quickly and densely. So that they do not spend all their energy on side shoots, they should be cut off. So you can improve the quality of the fruit - they will become tastier and stronger in flavor.

Recall that tomatoes do not like when their leaves are wet.