[Spana]

Some of the fruit trusses on my Shirley tomatoes in the greenhouse have continued to grow at the end .  I've been picking them out but found one this morning that I'd missed and it has continued to grow and is now setting a second truss, if you know what i mean.
Anyone know what has caused this, under or over feeding, too hot greenhouse, or is it just the variety.
Thanks

[beansticks]

It is common with a few varieties,not sure what causes it,unless it is something to do with removing side shoots.The plants only objective is to produce seed.Personally i always remove this extra "truss".

[Kristen]

I've got some tomatoes this year that are even sprouting from the middle of their leaves ...

... I take off all such shoots, if they get to the point of setting a truss the weight tends to be insupportable (compared to normal trusses).

However, I wonder if it would solve the problem of getting extra trusses once the plants have reached the roof?

[mumofstig]

I don't know what's going on but the toms seem to be doing some very funny things this year. Can't just be coincidence, can it?
I have some Tigerella that should be smallish, round and stripey...that are plum shaped and stripey :blink:
and some gardeners delight that are still small, but ribbed like a beef steak

[Deucecoup]

My tigers are doing great but my yellow pear toms are ok apart from they seem to have 1 round beef tom on each plant!!

All very odd.

[strangerachael]

All my tomatoes have the most amazingly large/long trusses on them, some dividing into two, I have never had such a heavy crop, both inside and outside 

[ynysmonron]

My marmande toms have got realy heavy first trusses (thirteen fruits) but the second and third trusses have only two or three fruits?

[Spana]

My marmande toms have got realy heavy first trusses (thirteen fruits) but the second and third trusses have only two or three fruits?

Mine are a bit like that.  I put it down to that very hot spell we had- seems a long time ago now - when the fruit didn't set too well.