I am currently defoliating my plants a bit because they are so bushy that the leaves are resting on each other and unable to transpire properly and the leaves below get pretty wet where another leaf was resting on it. I am worried it will lead to mildew. I've added some more fans blowing up from the bottom of the tent as well. These plants seem to tolerate it well and the next day I cant tell I even cut anything.
As a ancedote, my mom is an avid gardener and grows cherry tomatos in a greenhouse. The tomatos have leaf branches and fruit branches. She cuts all the leaf branches off except for the top 10 and pinches off any side shoots that sprout from the nodes. This way the plant grows as a single long vine. The vines will go up the wall of the greenhouse and back down and up again a few times and only the growing tip has leaves the rest of the branches are all fruit. My point is that the top ten leaf branches support the production of fruit on the entire vine and they are super sweet and tasty.
As a ancedote, my mom is an avid gardener and grows cherry tomatos in a greenhouse. The tomatos have leaf branches and fruit branches. She cuts all the leaf branches off except for the top 10 and pinches off any side shoots that sprout from the nodes. This way the plant grows as a single long vine. The vines will go up the wall of the greenhouse and back down and up again a few times and only the growing tip has leaves the rest of the branches are all fruit. My point is that the top ten leaf branches support the production of fruit on the entire vine and they are super sweet and tasty.
