*2.7. Fruit Yield*

First harvest began on 1 February 2019, 78 DIT. Clusters of tomato were harvested when 4 out of the 5 fruits in the cluster had become red, twice a week. The harvested fruit was graded according to commercial grading standards [22]. The fruit number and weight for marketable and unmarketable fruit were recorded from 1 February 2019 to 17 May 2019. On 22 May 2019, the plants were strip-harvested. During the strip harvest, all tomatoes regardless of ripeness stage were harvested and used during calculations. The plants were topped (growing head removed) 4 weeks before the strip harvest. By the time of strip harvest, all the clusters of fruit on the plants had reached full size but had still not reached commercial harvest stage yet (80% red). Throughout the manuscript, yield data from 1 February 2019 to 28 February 2019 are designated as February; yield data from 1 March 2019 to 31 March 2019 are designated March; yield data from 1 April 2019 to 30 April 2019 are designated April; and yield data from 1 May 2019 to the strip harvest on 22 May 2019 are designated May.
