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Idiot's guide to tomatoes?

elsien
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I'm growing cherry tomatoes (sweet million) the first time from seed. Last year I bought a couple of plants to grow on which were ok but I never quite understood what I was meant to be pinching out when and they got a bit sprawling with the stems breaking due to the weight of tomatoes on the end.
As my seedlings are now on the second set of leaves, some timely advice would be helpful.
Thanks
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  • sussexbaker
    sussexbaker Posts: 123 Forumite
    Hiya Elsien

    Probably best to Google it as they'll have images as a reference for you. Basically you pinch out the shoot that grows between the main stem and a branch.

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    I grew Sweet Million's last year and I had a number of stems break due to the weight of tomatoes, it really produced an abundance of them!
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