摘てき心しん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

thinning buds and branches; pinching off; disbudding

Gardening term for removing excess buds or shoot tips to improve growth, shape, or fruit quality. Often used with する as a suru-verb.

• トマトの摘てき心しんをすると、実みが大おおきくなる。

  If you pinch off the tomato shoots, the fruit will grow larger.

• この時じ期きに摘てき心しんすることが大たい切せつです。

  It is important to do thinning at this time of year.