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Please help bushy tomatoes

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BonestoBones · 04/07/2020 14:23

DP has an allotment which I've just taken over as he has no time. Anyway the tomatoes have gone mad. They are really big and bushy and I think they may need thinning out but I have no idea whether to do this or not or even how. Can I thin bushy tomato plants. They are grown in a green house if that makes a difference. Any advice would be appreciated.

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goingoverground · 04/07/2020 14:42

Do you know the name of the tomatoes? You need to know whether they are a determinate, indeterminate or self determinate variety.

Redlocks28 · 04/07/2020 14:43

I have had a recent lesson in this-you need to remove the auxiliary (armpit!) stems from the main branch.

BonestoBones · 04/07/2020 14:52

There are a couple of varieties. One is definitely a money maker or similar name. Not sure on the others. They are wild, they have many branches now rather than one tall one with off shoots. I have ended up tying them up as I wasn't sure if I could break them off. They no longer look like one plant per pot if you know what I mean.

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PotteringAlong · 04/07/2020 14:55

You can get bushy type tomatoes.

goingoverground · 04/07/2020 17:21

The moneymaker will need support and pruning. Here's a video on how to prune them:

It's a bit difficult to know what to do if you don't know what type the others are.

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