Tomatoes now: flowering trusses, remove?

[ddiogyn]

My cordon tomatoes (all Garderners' Delight) are just now beginning to become red, however, there are still trusses with tiny berries and further up with flowers open/yet to open. Should i remove these, since there's no point letting the plant put energy into them when they probably won't have the time to mature?

Thanks!

[Tomatoking]

Have you nipped the head of the plant out! I usually take the smallest last truss off when I do this, and leave a few leaves above the last truss.
Once you stop the plant the fruit will mature quicker anyway.

[ddiogyn]

Hallo Tomatoking, yes i stopped all my tomatoes (including bushes) about a week and a half ago. On the cordons, there are at least two leaf branches above the last truss.

Am tempted to nip off all flowers and very small tomatoes, as i think i have enough full-sized or nearly-full sized ones to satisfy my needs (should they redden up). Would doing this speed up ripening of the rest, do you reckon?

Thanks

[Tomatoking]

Probably slightly ddiogyn, go for it lol.

[salilah]

I found when I "stopped" the cordons, they immediately charged off and created lots of strong sideshoots!
Also, a couple of varieties (GD I think, not sure of other) when stopped, created a massive truss with loads and loads of flowers on - so the greenhouse is more jungle-like than ever!
S