Pruning Tomato Plants: Why More Branches DO NOT Equal More Fruit

I got inspired to do this video after I finished pruning my tomato plants, again. Those things grow so fast, always sprouting up new limps. After attempting to grow a garden for the past 3.5 years, I've learned some very valuable and hard lessons along the way. This year I've been more successful due to all my previous failures of "what not to do'. This is the first year I've had an abundance of fruit or any harvest for that matter. I've learned you've got to do your research, and don't stop trying just because one or two things didn't work. Hence, this year, I finally have tomatoes growing, along with pest, but that's not going to stop me. Frustrate me, probably so, but I didn't come this far to just give up.
Part of growing tomatoes is pruning. At first I thought, "why cut it if it was meant grow?", but just because it can, doesn't me it should. Growing more branches or splitting off into multiple large branches can slow down a plants harvest. But as I'm discovering, it depends if you are growing determinant or indeterminant tomatoes. At one point, I thought this was too much information to learn and retain, but surprisingly, the more I practice what I learn, the more I understand what to leave alone and what to let grow. From my understanding, determinant tomatoes have a certain height they will grow, but they tend to be BUSHY..., which I actually think I prefer over the Indeterminant tomatoes that grow more as a vine. The reason I'm not crazy about the vine is you will need to setup a structure that will support not only it's continuous growth of 8 to 10 feet, but also it's weight when it begins to produce tomatoes. Trust me, I've already learned that you can't just certain materials to support the weight, like jute. I will use jute to stop branches from falling to the ground, but not to support the weight of the plant itself in a hedge. A hedge is one of the 3 methods I'm testing when it comes to growing and supporting tomatoes. The other 2 are a canvas netting materials, and the other are wooden post that are CLEARLY not high enough. But you live and you learn. Hence when my blog is called "learning urban homesteading."
I hope this video encourages someone out there, whether you're gardening or not, to not feel discourage because it appears like different places in your life are being cut back. If you do happen to have tomatoes, you will know exactly what I mean.
Thanks for watching!

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Beautifully said, and beautiful video! Thank you, and God bless! Come back to making videos!

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