5 Tomato Pruning Mistakes You Must NEVER Make Again

In this video, I share the top 5 tomato pruning mistakes you must never make again when growing tomatoes. Extreme care should be taken when pruning tomatoes, but the internet has taught gardeners to do terrible things to their tomato plants. This video will teach you how to prune tomato plants the right way while avoiding the bad tomato pruning advice that has become too common.

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0:00 Introduction
0:56 Mistake #1: Pruning Indeterminate Tomatoes
4:53 The Problem With Single Stemming Tomatoes
9:25 Mistake #2: Pruning Determinate Tomatoes
12:49 Mistake #3: Sanitizing Equipment
15:37 Mistake #4: Removing Lowest Leaves
21:28 Mistake #5: Using Fungicides
25:44 Adventures With Dale

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