That time I got banned from a gardening forum for 'bad advice' on tomato pruning

Tbh I was giving people tips for years on how to trim tomato plants. I always cut off all the suckers thinking it made the plant grow bigger fruit. Last week I posted a photo of my 3 foot tall plant with 5 tomatoes on it and some guy named Dave in Ohio commented saying I was stunting the root growth and should leave the bottom suckers. He linked a study from a university extension program from 2018. I went back and checked like 40 old posts of mine where I swore by this method. I feel like an idiot honestly. Has anyone else had to eat crow after years of giving bad advice?

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evan_dixon6714d ago

Dave from Ohio sounds like a real gardening snob, is it really that deep?

the_eva14d ago

@evan_dixon67 just ignore him and do your thing, worked for me.