Woops, yes, it looks as if you have taken off some lower leaves too. But that is not a problem if (as others have said) you plant it a bit deeper next time, and ti will put out extra roots from the buried bit of stem.
OMG....I'm just rubbish!!! I still have 6 more to do so need to get this right.
I shouldn't have cut off the long 'side branches' (can't think of a better way to describe them) but should have only taken off the little shoots that were coming off them? Is that right.....I think it is??
If so, then I'll do the others later and learn from this one
Difficult to be sure from the photo, but it looks to me as if the larger lower bits you cut off were actually just single leaves rather than new shoots. I don't think the plants would have big side shoots at this stage. Don't be in a hurry to take off any more - let them grow on a bit and they should make themselves a bit clearer.
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OOh that's useful to know! Thanks for that (I haven't taken any side shoots yet - kept chickening out!)
Woops, yes, it looks as if you have taken off some lower leaves too. But that is not a problem if (as others have said) you plant it a bit deeper next time, and ti will put out extra roots from the buried bit of stem.
OMG....I'm just rubbish!!! I still have 6 more to do so need to get this right.
I shouldn't have cut off the long 'side branches' (can't think of a better way to describe them) but should have only taken off the little shoots that were coming off them? Is that right.....I think it is??
If so, then I'll do the others later and learn from this one
PS Thanks for your patience
Right here we go, fingers crossed I've got it right.......
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Thanks again
Difficult to be sure from the photo, but it looks to me as if the larger lower bits you cut off were actually just single leaves rather than new shoots. I don't think the plants would have big side shoots at this stage. Don't be in a hurry to take off any more - let them grow on a bit and they should make themselves a bit clearer.
Ahhh , thanks Scroggin. I think I've got it now
It's no wonder I've never had success with tomatoes before, I've been taking off the wrong bits 
Thanks again everyone