This is the best way to produce healthy, delicious-tasting fruit, though this important task is often overlooked.

Why Do People Skip Pruning?

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Donna Letier ofGardenuityagrees, noting that pruning allows more light to reach critical parts of your plant.

Pruning will direct energy toward creating and ripening fruit instead of making more leaves, she says.

With the help of our experts, weve determined the key steps.

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Close up of woman hand pinch off excessive shoot sucker that grow on tomato plant stem in greenhouse, so tomato plant gets more nutrition from soil to grow tomatoes.

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