Bush tomatoes

[Rosyred]

Got given three plants and would like to know if I leave the side shoots on as they are a bush? I usually grow moneymaker where you take them off.

[Rosyred]

[MrsKP]

my packed for Totem F1 says no need to side shoot but staking may be required when the bush is full of fruit.

8)

[saddad]

You can side shoot any tomato and increase it's stem length a bit, but bush toms shouldn't be messed with as unlike indeterminate toms they will stop naturally at a short length/height! If you do you just get small weedy plants with very few toms!
:)

[Rosyred]

Many thanks i'll leave them alone and see what happens.

[cleo]

Moneymaker???-sorry an old joke with me ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

That's probably what I had last year. I came down with a horrible chest infection just after planting them, and ended up letting them sprawl and create a tomato jungle. I still got lots of toms, at least till the blight struck.

[Rosyred]

I'm growing money maker this year as well as I know I could get them to grow. ;)