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Pinch of tomato flower and top leaves.

dpatel2130dpatel2130 Posts: 201
in Fruit & veg
Good evening, tomato plants are about 10-12 inches tall and Moneymaker variety.
Question is should I pinch of flowers and main tip?
Thank you in advance. 

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  • dpatel2130dpatel2130 Posts: 201

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    You don’t pinch them out like that,  let them grow tall,  about 6’ but you need to pick out the side shoots,  that’s the little bits that grow between the leaves and the main stalk,  you’ll need a good support for them as they’ll, get heavy when the tomatoes ripen. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    To add to Lyn, I personally remove the top stem after 4 flowering bunches.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    This shows you how to remove the sideshoots of indeterminate (ie cordon) varieties. 


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





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