Tomato help please.

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I have a tomato that is a heritage variety, that I've not grown before. It has large, beefsteak type fruits.
The trouble is that the fruits are too heavy. The stems* have half-snapped and I wonder if they will totally come away.
What do I do to save them?

.* Not the main stem of the plant; that's tied in to a bamboo. It's the stem to the fruit.

In the past I have tied the stems (to each fruit, or the bunch depending) up so they aren't bent over, back to the cane but at an angle of maybe 45 degrees upwards, you can adjust until you see the stems are straight. Best catch them when they start to buckle.

My beefsteaks are terrible this year all going to blossom end rot, the joys of gardening!

I've never grown large tomatoes, but I know with melons (I think) they sometimes support them in ladies tights fastened to a cane, maybe something similar would work for your tomatoes?

Thanks. I was hoping that I wouldn't get an answer along the lines of "do this for each and every fruit" 😥😥😥

I can't remember the last time I wore tights!

Right after the end of universal masking in the pandemic I saw a blog post where someone was using left over face masks to support plants (think it was small squash in that case), so that might work?

I built a frame and have tied them in to that. It’s working for now!

Ooh, face masks is a good idea. I'm currently eyeing up one of those mesh things that supermarkets put oranges etc in.

Caramelty's idea of a superframe, rather than just bamboo, might be an idea. I have some offshoots rooting in water so I could try it on them.

Thanks, vipers. I've now got a variety of 'hammocks' and '45 angle before they collapse' going on.
I've got a horrible feeling that selective fructicide may also be an another answer but I'm holding off on that for the moment.