I had this problem with potatoes a few years back overfed the soil, plenty of foliage potatoes small, if your plants have roots down into the the compost it could be the answer.
The genetics of tomatoes have been greatly changed by selective breeding and it is the genes which are the underlying reason for this sort of thing occasionally happening. As usual, I have some plants which developed a growing point at the tip of a flower truss, one which produced a truss from the stem of an otherwise normal leaf, and several which 'bifurcated', where the main growing point split equally into two. Interesting read here:
That that is a very interesting article @BobTheGardener , thanks for sharing. I have wondered why they didn't breed out the excessive suckering.. figured it was just linked to something like sweetness. That has been my experience.. the sweeter the tomato the more suckers. My sun sugars sucker a bit less than the sun golds, and the chocolate cherries even less that either of those.
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