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  • #1

    Tomatoes again

    I noticed summat today that I've just been ignoring for decades...
    As the first truss forms on tomato plants a shoot branches off at a slight angle just below it. By the time the 2nd truss has formed there appear to be 2 shoots of equal thickness (in a sort of V shape). I've always assumed that was perfectly normal but summat someone said on the Vine recently has made me think it isn't. Should I be taking off those shoots when they first start?
    The problem with rounded personalities is they don't tesselate.
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    Cancel that thought!

    I've just been told it's a sneaky sideshoot. I shall be stopping them after the first truss.

    Thanks Sarah
    The problem with rounded personalities is they don't tesselate.

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    • #3
      People will be disappointed when they read this thread and find there's no question to answer any more, so to stop that happening, I'll ask:

      When you repot / plant toms deeper than the first set of true leaves, do you pull / cut them off first? Or just bury them?

      Thanks,
      MBE
      Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
      By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
      While better men than we go out and start their working lives
      At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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      • #4
        Personal choice on this one I tend to remove all side shoots before I pot on.

        Colin
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        • #5
          I nip off the leaves with my thumbhail (and the side shoots if they've developed).
          The problem with rounded personalities is they don't tesselate.

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          • #6
            If you take the leaves off, and then plant below that level, would it not increase the chances of some nasty disease-causing / carrying microoganism getting in?
            Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
            By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
            While better men than we go out and start their working lives
            At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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            • #7
              That did occur to me, but I thought the leaves might rot while attached to the plant if I just buried them. I always wash my hands first...
              The problem with rounded personalities is they don't tesselate.

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              • #8
                I'm glad I'm not the only one who's had the same thought. I know many people simply bury the leaves and I've seen it done several times by professionals on video. After all, it's done when growing plants such as potatoes. I guess it's just a case of personal preference. For me, it's just the thought of them rotting on the plant I don't like. I prefer to cut any unwanted branches off at least a few days before potting on, in order for the cut to heal so no soil bacteria gets in.

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                • #9
                  I take them off for that reason, and any that touch the compost if I cant prop em up!

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                  • #10
                    Same here, take them off and then sink and give plenty of support to what's above the surface.
                    Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                    • #11
                      So, we seem to be more in favour of removal rather than burying. I like the "remove a few days before so it heals" suggestion best though. Thanks all.
                      Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
                      By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
                      While better men than we go out and start their working lives
                      At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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                      • #12
                        Talking of wounds...

                        The wind has snapped my Piglet Willie :-( I have a couple of other toms that snapped 2 weeks and 3 weeks ago respectively and they're OK because I buried them deeply in bigger pots, but the PW's in a Morrisons bucket and I've got nowt bigger. Can I use parcel tape to hold it upright till it knits together?
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                        • #13
                          This Gardener's Delight snapped 12 days ago...
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                          • #14
                            I've used sellotape a bunch of times to hold them together until they knit. I splint it with lolli sticks on either side of the break and then tape up.

                            That first aid course I did as a kid comes in handy sometimes! lol

                            Dave

                            p.s. Why not cut the base off another pot and sit it into the Morrisons bucket as a sleeve over the plant. That way you'll gain another couple of inches in height to fill up with compost?
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by dave_norm_smith View Post
                              Why not cut the base off another pot and sit it into the Morrisons bucket as a sleeve over the plant. That way you'll gain another couple of inches in height to fill up with compost?
                              Very good suggestion. You're wasted here Dave!

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