The problem is that a lot of people grow their tomato plants incorrectly in it's infancy.
The result?
The plant is unable to drink as much water as it needs to give you the best harvest. This is because the leaves and leaf branches try and take the lion's share of the energy.
Also it means the plant end up choking to death as it can't get enough Carbon from the air.
Why?
Because they're growing too many LEAFS, not Tomatoes!
Even some green fingered gardeners will be surprised to learn that tomato plants actually only require as little as three leaves to survive. It sounds strange but it's true, cutting back to just three leaves at the eight week mark will make for ideal growing conditions and run the risk of the tomato plant becoming diseased.
At the 8 week mark, most people will have about 40 or 80 leaves! This is serious trouble for the tomato plants. Here's why.
1. The tomato leaves and the leaf branches suck away all the food, water, and energy from the fruit! They need to be removed so that the food, water, and energy goes into the flowers(the fruit)
2. The tomato leaves form a thick coating around the entire tomato plant. This prevents the flow of fresh air to the plant! You'd think the tomato plant could breathe, but it's suffocating!
The tomato plant needs a constant flow of fresh air! The air needs to be re circulated about 60 times per minute. The leaves inhibit this process.
3. If the weather becomes too humid, the huge jungle of leaves offers a nice damp area of fungal diseases and all kinds of other nasty stuff to form and kill your plants within 48 hours or less.
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