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Hi everyone, should I remove this side shoot, seems a shame as it has flowers on it. Feels like I am asking a daft question, because surely the name of the game is to get fruit from it? Should I be removing the side shoots sooner?
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Hi everyone, should I remove this side shoot, seems a shame as it has flowers on it. Feels like I am asking a daft question, because surely the name of the game is to get fruit from it? Should I be removing the side shoots sooner?Last edited by Jonthefish; 25-05-2013, 11:15 AM.Please don't tap the glass
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By side shoot I am referring to the tiny stem where the first bud is apperaingPlease don't tap the glass
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I'd wait maybe another week then remove pop it in a bowl/cup/container of water wait till it roots and wallah free tomato plant
In the following link you can follow my recent progress on the plot
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What sort of tomato is it - a vine or a bush?
It looks like a bush tom from your photo - so I'd leave it
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You don't have to remove side shoots, it's just easier to manage the plants when they get to a large size. So if it's a cordon variety they grow tall and will need supporting, having lots of side shoots adds to the weight and you can't access the fruit so readily. If it's a bush variety then they will remain compact and support isn't a problem.Comment
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That's a cracking idea Darcyvupua, but I don't want anymore plants, I would like fruit. So I should remove the shoot still?Please don't tap the glass
2013, first year of trying to grow food for the table, any advice certainly welcomed.Comment
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It's a vine variety, make sense not having the plant too top heavy, which was my concern. Ok I will leave the flowers on and use my nogging in not allowing the plant to become too heavy on top by pinching out some of the later side shoots.
Phew I was getting worried about loosing a tomato :-) thank you everyone.Please don't tap the glass
2013, first year of trying to grow food for the table, any advice certainly welcomed.Comment
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Don't do anything till you tell us what variety it is.Comment
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And do you have a photo of the whole plant?Comment
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Ok hold on (jon runs to the green house, jumps over Jack Russell (called Eric).....it's called a F1 orangino.Please don't tap the glass
2013, first year of trying to grow food for the table, any advice certainly welcomed.Comment
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Bloody hell, runs back to greenhouse to take pic (loving this really)....Please don't tap the glass
2013, first year of trying to grow food for the table, any advice certainly welcomed.Comment
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growing me beauties, grow. :-DPlease don't tap the glass
2013, first year of trying to grow food for the table, any advice certainly welcomed.Comment
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Right, JTF. First tip - stand your tomato up and don't leave it horizontal
Second - Orangino is a grafted plant according to this Get Ahead With Grafted Veg | Hayes Garden World It says you should remove side shoots but your plant seems to have forked. My money is on leaving everything to flower and fruit
Mary and Rosie say Hello to Eric!Comment
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You have two choices. Either remove it or don't. It's only the UK that removes side shoots, everyone else leaves them be. To be honest, with the summer we are having, I'd save every flower if I could. I don't remove side shoots myself, after working out that the tomato knows best. I grow them up nets and let them do their thing.Originally posted by Jonthefish View Post
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The shoot on the left with the flower truss doesn't appear to have a leader, but the one on the right does.
I would pinch out the sideshoot that is forming between the leaf and the flowers, and grow the other shoot on as the main leader.Comment
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