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Bush Tomatoes

ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
in Fruit & veg
Having only ever grown cordon tomatoes, some of my supposed cordons are turning out to be the bush variety.

So, how do I go about looking after them, do I leave the side shoots and just let it do its thing?

Ta very much.




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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Basically ‘yes’   … and once the fruit begin to ripen it can be a good idea to thin out a bit of the foliage just to improve air flow. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    If you get particularly tall side shoots you can build a tee pee of canes with string around to tie them to to give support 
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    edited May 2022
    @Dovefromabove and @purplerallim Thanks...will keep an eye on them and thin as needed.
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