It is time to show your tomatoes some tough love, as September is the month to start topping tomato plants to guarantee your late-season harvest. Stopping plants in their tracks is never the most enjoyable task of the season, but it comes with tangible rewards.
The priority when growing tomatoes shifts come September. You don’t want to encourage lots of new growth; instead, the focus is on ensuring plants can ripen all the fruit they already have before the end of the season. This is done by topping tomato plants and removing the growing tips.
