There are many benefits to heavily pruning your tomatoes late in the season. Removing a large portion of the plants can help prevent foliar diseases from developing or stop them from spreading by exposing the plants to sun and air.
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It removes new growth and undersized fruit that has no chance to mature. This encourages the plants to fully ripen mature green and underripe fruits.
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Finally, it allows easy access to the plants to assess health and remove damaged or diseased fruit.
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