A new way for tomatoes

[zazen999]

I grow mine in buckets and there is usually one spare elbow I miss, I'm not sure a bucket would support them growing completely unchecked though?

Post number 70 - says they will be fine. But that's not taking any armpits out at all - just leaving them to do their own thing.

[taff]

just put a frame round the bucket, wedged into the top, or a few sticks shoved into the bucket, to the bottom, then wind a bit of string round it.

[taff]

zaz, I'd imagine watering would need to be a bit more on the money if growing unchecked in a bucket?

[zazen999]

zaz, I'd imagine watering would need to be a bit more on the money if growing unchecked in a bucket?

Mine was just watered along with all the other pots...

[taff]

Mine was just watered along with all the other pots...

haha!!
I don't know what I meant by that either, i expect i was trying to sound intelligent, fail!!!

[sarah_rance]

Okay - Newbie here confused.
To nip out or not?
General consensus is? (not that I have anything to nip out yetr )

[Thelma Sanders]

depends how you want to grow them....if they're indeterminate (aka cordon) toms then the standard is to grow up canes/string and nip out sideshoots.

If you don't nip them out they get very straggly and the fruits may be smaller, but they'll probably be shorter - if you want to grow them under plastic cloches/covers.

[zazen999]

The point of this thread...is that you don't have to nip them out...

Sarah - to save me typing the whole lot out - it's all in the thread......