Tomatoes and Peppers

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Question
I have tomatoes and peppers in an Earth box. This worked very well for me last year. But I was wondering if I should "prune" them? Last year someone asked if I cut off the limbs that were not producing, and I had never thought about it. Is this something I should start doing? Thank you for your time.

Answer
Barb:
It is not necessary, but there are some benefits. I've got an article about the subject on my blog:
http://mygardentotable.com/vegetable-gardening-101/pruning-tomatoes/

Here's another article: http://mygardentotable.com/2010/06/20/training-tomato-vines/ note that this is a young plant - , you may have a harder time determining what is a sucker vs. productive stems if your plants are larger.

By the way, peppers should not be pruned, and neither should determinate-type tomatoes, so make sure you know which type yours are. Feel free to follow up if you have more questions.

Elyse

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