Ask ten tomato growers how they prune their plants and you'll get 10 different answers. Minimum. Throw cherry tomatoes into the mix and the options get a little overwhelming. And that's because cherry tomatoes really do require a (slightly) different pruning and trellising strategy to get the best harvest for a reasonable amount of effort.

In this video, we'll provide a practical and evidence-backed strategy for pruning indeterminate cherry tomatoes *without* getting bogged down in every possible option. You'll learn the when, why, and how of all four major pruning conditions: early flowering, lower leaves, pruning suckers and creating leaders, and ongoing maintenance.

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