Show TRAINING THE TOMATO VINES if trimming Is done in midsummer the yield of the fruit Is increased fifty nine per cent very few amateurs practise trim ming tomato vines but if this la done midsummer the yield of the Is aery greatly increased experiments show that the increase jue to trimming reached as high as 9 per cent and the gain by eight was jaery marked of course in milder climates this work should be done earlier the plants were grown under ordinary field culture and they were started in the green house april 1 planted in the field june 1 and beaded back july 24 august 8 and september 5 at each trimming the leading branches were shortened about six inches and most of the side shoots below the first clusters were removed the others being shortened and the thus freely admitted training tomatoes on vines to run from five to ten feet high Is becoming a common practise this method in creases the yield as the sunlight reaches all of the fruit and makes picking much easier it Is not difficult to train vines in this way |