tomatoes how many trusses

[staris]

i can just about see the sixth truss on some of my tomatoes , i was wondering if i should pinch them out now.

[staris]

[davyw1]

Are they in a GH or outside

[tim]

For Pete's sake - when & how did you start them?? And where are you?
We have 2 or 3 trusses on our Cordons indoors.

[staris]

sorry i forgot to say they are in a polytunnel, i'm in the northeast, durham.

[manicscousers]

we only stop ours when the hit the top of the polytunnel (7') , some people let them go along the rails :)

[davyw1]

Some i let grow to the max (top of the GH ) others in the poly tunnel higher if they are bearing fruit. Others that i want for the show bench i will stop at the 5th or 6th truss.
You have to remember that where we are it gets colder quicker than the south so the growth time is not as long.
I suggest you experiment a bit, let some grow on and  stop some find what suits you.

[staris]

good idea davy, i'll stop some and let some grow and see how it goes, my tunnel gets full sun from morning till night so i may be able to let them grow a bit more  :)

[amphibian]

Most of mine have five or six trusses on; if you count the micro embryonic trusses; this is outdoors in Kent. I'm not going to stop them yet, they're only 3' high.

[kitty]

For Pete's sake - when & how did you start them?? And where are you?
We have 2 or 3 trusses on our Cordons indoors.

hahah!
me too tim....
in my little tunnel i have a few varieties...but one of the beefsteaks(sanmarzano)has two trusses emanatingfrom the stalk,at the top-but there doesn't appear to be a continuation of that stalk=just leaves....could it be a duff'n?should i hoik it out?
the others are growing normally-and i've never seen this mutant before....has anyone else?
kitty
xx

[northener]

Beefsteak ones i've read somewhere to stop at 4 -5 trusses. My Beefsteak have always been poor so i'm trying it this year.

[Barnowl]

Surely the bigger the tomato variety the more effort they take to ripen therefore the fewer the trusses that should be allowed before pinching out - or am I spouting nonsense?

[davyw1]

Surely the bigger the tomato variety the more effort they take to ripen therefore the fewer the trusses that should be allowed before pinching out - or am I spouting nonsense?

Far from nonsense as i see it a tomato is allowed to grow by the effort you and the plant puts into it for example taking of the leaf stems below the first truss directs more feed into the tomato which would also aply if you nip out the growing tip.
If you let the tomato grow on to its maximum hight then to get the feed to the fruit you would remove some of the leaves between trusses.
When the tomato cant take on any more it will then ripen, tomatoes ripen in the dark which is aided by humidity.