Why we prune tomatoes Hello Neighbor One of the quickest ways to overwhelm a new gardener is handing them a pair of pruners before they understand what they’re actually cutting. Tomato pruning sounds complicated at first because people throw around terms like suckers, topping, airflow, determinate, indeterminate, and disease control all at once. But once you understand why we prune tomatoes, the whole thing becomes much easier to manage. You are not trying to make the plant l