Forking tomatoes 2017 & 2018 & 2019

[marchogaeth]

I'm expecting s heavy forking year. One of my Amish Paste forked in its 10cm pot in a very determined way. Arm pit growth is phenomenal.

I am considering giving one of the Amish a place in the bush bed and stopping its top at about 3' and then letting the side shoots go just to see how it responds. I realise this is not forking but mine seem to be more and more like vines wanting to be bushes - determinant fluid.

[monkeyboy]

Last year my Gardeners Delight forked. I grew both stems instead of cutting one off but think it meant the plant spent less time developing fruit. This year, I thought it was developing a side stem but turned out to be a forked stem. I cut the one off that looked smaller (and no flowers) and kept the main one.

[Jonny.D]

Gardeners delight, first time it's happened for me

[veggiechicken]

Forking tomatoes 2019

Several of mine are "at it" already. Turn your back and they're forking all over the place.
If anyone is growing the Thompson's Seedless Grape toms that I shared, they're really odd. Forking and drooping, curly leaves (like Black Icicle). I thought they were thirsty, but no, they're just norty.

[Small pumpkin]

I haven't got any forkers yet
I'm expecting them to start fairly soon

[annie8]

Am going home to check my tomatoes for forking. Sure I had a bit of that last year. Interested in what you were saying about the black icicle leaves. I’m growing that for the first time and had been wondering if it was just struggling a bit with the colder overnight temps as its leaves were curling. Now I know they are meant to be curly. Thanks to scarlet I’m growing some interesting heritage varieties for the first time - black icicle, Black Russian, green grape, orange banana and white zebra. Anything else that I should be looking out for with these ?

[Thelma Sanders]

Orange banana tom has wispy leaves as well

[bramble]

The only tomato that's forked so far is Maskota.
I will leave both to carry on as there are flower buds on both.

[Bren In Pots]

My San Marzano plants seen determined to fork

[Small pumpkin]

We have a forker !

My first forker of the year is Black Russian.

[Urban]

The only tomato that's forked so far is Maskota.
I will leave both to carry on as there are flower buds on both.

You mean Maskotka? if so I'm pretty sure its a bush tomato, growing some myself

My gardeners delight have started forking, also got some crazy big double trusses on them

[Scarlet]

I've got a few forking and one that is putting out strange "extras" and they aren't armpits!

[roitelet]

I’ve got Mont Favet forking, never did it last year.

[bramble]

I've got a few forking and one that is putting out strange "extras" and they aren't armpits!

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Very strange, havnt seen this before.

[Bren In Pots]

My San Marzano plants seen determined to fork

One of San Marzanos just won't give up forking I have to check it every day.

Its not going to win