The benefits of pruning your plants

• Late fall is a good time to prune your trees.

  
  Not only are trees dormant in the colder months, but it is also easier to see a tree's structure when there are no leaves on the branches.

• Proper pruning is vital to the health of trees and plants

  it relieves stress on trees and keeps them growing.
• Just be aware that each tree is different, and pruning at the wrong time or the wrong way can injure a tree making it more susceptible.

Pruning Your Peppers

• In your first harvest, you'll notice the peppers looking perfect, and after that the size gets smaller, shape gets wonky
  So in my experience, after the first big harvest, we usually prune all peppers, as you prune for over winter
• Solution:
  Prune just above the 3rd or 4rth node, counting from the bottom
  This will allow more light to reach lower nodes, triggering new growth.
• After pruning, we add all purpose fertilizer, mulch and water.
  In couple of weeks, new branches will grow and you'll get bushy pepper again

Pruning The Lower Branches of tomato plant

• Pruning those lower branches help tremendously if you live in hot, humid areas where plants tend to struggle with light and disease (Tomato for example).
• Try removing the branches on he botton 12-18 inches of your plant and see if it impacts your harvest
• Benefits:
  
  • Better air flow
  • Less pest damage
  • Reduce soil-borbe disease
  • Increase fruit production
  • Make harvesting easier, fruit are easier to locate
  • Make it easier to tie to a stake or trellis, thus keeping the plant off the ground