Removing the shoots tomatoes...???!!

confusedroast

Just spoke to my friend who said once the tomatoes get established I need to remove some of the shoots - my tomatoes have three parts and there are shoots in the middle too...why and what is she going on about?

misskool

you need to remove the side shoots. it's the extra stem that grows between the main stem and the shoot. like so,

confusedroast

WOW thanks so much - having the picture has really helped me :money:

boultdj

Confusedroast, if you want more tomatoe plants 4 free remove the side shoots very carfuly and pot the biggest 1's on,they will droop to start with but will pick up soon + give fruit 2-3 weeks later than parent plant,that's what i did last year with some of my plants.

realfood

It really depends on which type of tomato you are growing. If it is an indeterminate type for the greenhouse, yes, take off the side shoots.
However, if it is a bush determinate type, then leave the side shoots on.
Do you know the name of the tomato?

Furny

Hi
I'm bumping this thread because it didn't make sense to start a new one.
I'd like to repot my Marmande tomatoes today as i have 5 ranging in height from 1.5 inches to 3.5 inches together in a 4 inch pot & im starting to see the roots through the bottom of the pot.
What size pot would they individually be best to go in to please & do the stems need to be partly/mainly buried up to the true leaves as i've read conflicting advice & OP has asked this also on another thread yet with no response.

Thanks a lot in advance.

boultdj

Put each 1 in 2 a 4inch pot 4 now, as 4 the roots bit a tomatoe plant will send out extra roots from the main stem if its under ground, so if you want to just pot on and firm down to just under first set of leaves the plants will be quite happy. hope it helps.

Furny

It does thank you so much as i want to get on & get them done while i have a little bit of spare time.