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my gardeners delight tom is pushing out a LOT of side shoots making me think it could be a bush. However, the packet says it is indeterminate which is cordon. Or have I got that the wrong way round? Which ever way, s it a cordon or a bush? Thanks
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Tomato : Gardener's Delight (Seeds)
T&M say Cordon.
When you say alot - do you mean one at each armpit - or more than one at each armpit? Or do they grow back after you have nipped them out?
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It's a cordon BUT some people I know leave it to grow as a bush and they seem to do fine with that!Comment
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They grow ok as a bush but get really rampant. You are better off pinching out. Many varieties throw a lot of side shoots. It just gives you green fingers!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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Determinate or indeterminate.
Thanks peeps. I know which way I am heading now. As I* have 2, I'll do one as cordon and one as bush and see which is the better.
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Pinching out is a daily chore - Gardeners Delight will continue to throw new sideshoots throughout its life.
I grow them as cordons in the greenhouse but tend to leave a lot of shoots on the outdoor ones.
One thing to watch for is long, weak secondary stems; they will break off easily and damage the plant (especially if they produce fruit) and are best removed.Last edited by teakdesk; 13-06-2009, 12:21 PM.The proof of the growing is in the eating.
Leave Rotten Fruit.
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potasium - potash.
Autant de têtes, autant d'avis!!!!!
Il n'est si méchant pot qui ne trouve son couvercle.Comment
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I'm so confused! Mine seem to have forked.. one stem then it splits into two and has side shoots then at the top of each two they have tiny flower buds... I asked this same question in the other thread because I didn't know which would be the right one to ask it in but... if I just leave untill they have flowers and then nip out all other shoots and a few leaves, will they be ok? Thanks, Hx"Hmm, that doesn't make much sense to me. But then, you are very small... I always liked going south. Somehow feels like going downhill."
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Aye, like furtle and fossick!Originally posted by Snadger View PostIs 'armpit' a gardeners technical term then?
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Determinate or indeterminate.
Armpits. Yes, there is just one shoot per armpit. In the meantime, my "beefstake" has two arms (like the olive trees in Corfu). I shall just watch and wait.There's pleasure sure in being mad that only madmen know - AnonComment
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I need to tell you folks that furtle is now in our household vocabulary now followed by armpit. I look after some tomatoes for other folk - Roma (which I have had advice about on another post thank u) which are growing armpits on their armpits in a greenhouse!A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rowsComment
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