![]() Indeterminate tomatoes should be planted 12-24 inches apart for smaller varieties such as cherry and cocktail and 18-24 inches apart for larger varieties such as heirloom and beefsteak varieties. This is an important consideration when looking into tomato companion planting. One of the most important aspects of tomato pruning is to ensure your plants have enough airflow to prevent disease and ample space to grow. If you are short on space in your vegetable garden, pruning tomato plants will help to keep them under control, creating more space for other plants. In addition, removing leaves allows better air flow around the plant, so reducing the chance of diseases developing when leaves remain wet, and also allows more sunlight to reach the ripening tomatoes. 'You may have fewer fruit on a pruned plant, but they will be bigger,' explains Amy Enfield. ![]() ![]() Pruning – or pinching out side shoots – should result in the tomato plants producing larger fruit and earlier in the season. Pruning tomato plants helps them to put their energy into producing fruits rather than producing more foliage. 'When I first started growing tomatoes, I largely left them to their own devices, occasionally tying them to their supporting canes, not realizing that the cordon varieties need pinching out in order to thrive,' says keen grower and Period Living editor Melanie Griffiths. Indeterminate tomato plants do benefit from being pruned for a number of reasons. (Image credit: Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash) Do tomato plants need to be pruned?
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