Novice tomato grower - what the flip is a 'truss'?

[ProfYaffle]

Just bought my first tomato plants and apparently I have to nip out side shoots once the first truss has set.

What is a truss and how will I know when it's set??

A truss is the fruit

really?? How odd, why don't they just say 'fruit'??

Thanks boudicca!

no a truss is liekt eh collection of fruit
the stlak that holds the tomatoesin a group

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Ooh - very useful, thanks. Now what does 'set' mean?

(this was inspired by the 'are vine tomatoes a treat' debate)

vine is a marketing term imo
tomatoes grow in stalks/plants
grapes grow on vines

Very true, I hadn't thought of that. Still cheaper to grow than buy though.

I think it means when the flowers have ripened into pea sized tomatoes ?

Hooray for MN, I couldn't get this info from gardening websites I'm obviously too much of a novice to register on their radar.

Thanks