07-30-2022, 11:10 AM
Lorell,
The yellow leaves can be from several reasons but, yes, remove them and don't compost them. Besides blights, nutrients, etc., it may be just old leaves. I mix a tsp of baking soda in a quart of water with a squirt of dish soap as a sticker. Spray you leaves front and back early on. This will help keep viruses at bay. It raises the leaf surface ph to where the viruses won't thrive.
Depending on you plant variety. Keep up to 3 main stems on indeterminates then remove suckers as they form. Determinates need less pruning and cherry tomatoes don't require pruning. I prune the lower branches on all my plants and keep the plants open enough for air and light to get through.
The yellow leaves can be from several reasons but, yes, remove them and don't compost them. Besides blights, nutrients, etc., it may be just old leaves. I mix a tsp of baking soda in a quart of water with a squirt of dish soap as a sticker. Spray you leaves front and back early on. This will help keep viruses at bay. It raises the leaf surface ph to where the viruses won't thrive.
Depending on you plant variety. Keep up to 3 main stems on indeterminates then remove suckers as they form. Determinates need less pruning and cherry tomatoes don't require pruning. I prune the lower branches on all my plants and keep the plants open enough for air and light to get through.