Three things to note when pruning tomato plants

We still need to pay attention to certain matters when pruning tomatoes, so let's talk about it below:

Tomato pruning precautions:

It is best to choose a sunny day with high temperature to prune branches. Pruning branches in the morning will cause too much sap flow, resulting in nutrient loss; the temperature is high at noon, the wound heals quickly after pruning, and the sap flow is less; if pruning branches is done after 4 pm, condensation at night can easily cause the wound to be infected by bacteria.

Before pruning, disinfection should be done to prevent cross infection because human hands, especially smokers' hands, often carry tobacco mosaic virus and other harmful bacteria. If disinfection is not thorough, it can easily cause large-scale infection.

Therefore, before the operation, the hands and scissors should be thoroughly washed with soapy water or disinfectant. When pruning, be selective. That is, prune healthy and disease-free plants first, and then prune diseased plants. The pruning residues should be piled up, cleaned and buried deeply, and should not be thrown away casually.

Many vegetable farmers remove all the branches from the base when pruning. The disadvantage of this practice is that once the bacteria are infected, the bacteria will quickly spread to the main trunk along the wound, and the wound is large, which is not conducive to wound healing.

The correct approach should be to leave a 1-2 cm high stubble at the base of the fork when pruning it. This can effectively prevent pathogens from invading the main trunk through the wound, and can also reduce the size of the wound, which is beneficial for wound healing.