Tomatoes keeling over under the weight help

rms1

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Well may I suggest you go and have a look at how you are supposed to train tomato plants, because it doesn't look as if yours have been trained at all.
Then your next year plants can be sorted out properly.

I can see what looks like lots of ends of side shoots coming out of your small bush, it may be that it's supposed to be grown as a bush, but I suspect not from the size of the tomatoes on it.

I think the photograph is a bit confusing, I took it against some ivy that covers the wall and there is another plant in a pot next to it. The pots are 8" wide. Here is a new picture, as you can see I have supported the trusses that are falling over and I will do that with the others. One more question, should I be picking off some of the excess leaves?

ALIBOBSY

looking out at my plant now, I have removed many more branches and leaves than you. You need to let the air circulate, helps the toms to ripen and to help avoid desease. I relly thin them out once the toms start setting and especially remove any leaves that look yellow or spotty around the edges just in case. So far they all look healthy, just waiting for some of them to turn red.

ali x

ukbill69

Use some green metal ties from wilko, get the top of stem and tie to canes all the way down, I usually do this where growth is.

katholicos

I've removed loads and loads of leaves from mine and my toms are supported with a garden cane (if need be) and there are heaps of green toms on all my plants. It is my understabnding that the more leaves there are the less the air can circulate and also the plant puts it energies into growing leaves bigger and bigger rather than into growing the toms.

rms1

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

looking out at my plant now, I have removed many more branches and leaves than you. You need to let the air circulate, helps the toms to ripen and to help avoid desease. I relly thin them out once the toms start setting and especially remove any leaves that look yellow or spotty around the edges just in case. So far they all look healthy, just waiting for some of them to turn red.

ali x

OP is off to the garden scissors in hand

unhappy_shopper

I have tied mine with garden twine to clothes' line at various points, so they are well supported. May be you could try that approach. :-)