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Tomato plants
widgetwilk ann
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in Fruit & veg
Tomato plants I bought as plug plants look OK!!! but do you think I ought to nip the growing shot, the two at the back don't look to healthy but might be alright, they are in greenhouse.
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Most toms are grown as cordons so you don't pinch the tops out, but train the stem up a cane or support.
Some varieties naturally grow as bushes, but either way tops are not usually pinched out unless there's a problem with the growing tip of the plant
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Shirley is a great tom. Easy to grow and good size fruits with a good tomato taste.
Gardener's Delight has been around forever and with good reason.
I've not grown the other 2.
No need for any pinching of the tops - the tumbler will tumble, and the rest will grow up a cane.
With the exception of the tumbler, you'll need to pinch off the side shoots when they start to appear, so you just have a single stem growing up whatever you choose to support them (usually a strong bamboo cane)
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.