Tomatoes my way.

[bramble]

With all the discussion about tomatoes i thought i would tell you what i do with mine. I allow two leader shoots to grow on instead of the usual one. I stake both of these and allow them to grow until they have formed 5 trusses of fruit and then i stop them. I find that this method gives me ten trusses of fruit per plant when the days are long and sunny and gives the fruits every chance to ripen rather than allowing the plant to grow on with seven or eight trusses on the one stem at which time it will be into the autumn with less chance of them ripening.
I'm sure there will be those who disagree with me for various reasons but it certainly works for me.

[JennieAtkinson]

Thanks Bramble - I'm going to give it a go on one of my plants. Little experiment!

[Alice]

Thanks Bramble. Wish I had read this earlier as I took a leader off one of the outdoor Marmandes today.

[JennieAtkinson]

Probably three plants - I see they have decided to give it a go themselves!

[bramble]

Good luck Jenny, its always worked for me.

[bramble]

Sorry about the wrong spelling JENNIE, my daughters name is also Jennifer and so we shorten it to Jenny.

[JennieAtkinson]

No need to apologise Bramble - I don't get called Jennifer at all these days - used to be my Mums prelude to a telling off !