The key to a large harvest of tomatoes is to grow plants with deep, extensive
root systems and full leaf canopies. Here are two ways to help your tomato
plants be as healthy, and productive, as possible:
Pick off all flowers until the plant is at least 1-foot tall, that way the
plant doesn't devote energy to forming fruit before its roots and foliage
have filled out.
Prune all the suckers as they start to grow. Suckers are the sprouts that
come up between two main vines. Suckers grow quite long before producing
their first flower cluster. By removing them, you allow your plant to use
that energy to produce additional flower clusters elsewhere on the plant.
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