Pinching side shoots off tumbling toms ?

I have a tumbling Tom plant which is full of flowers but also a lot of side shoots. Do I pinch them out or should I leave them being a tumbling type ?

Thanks.

Do you mind if I butt in with a question rather than starting a new thread??

I am also growing some tumbling toms - I have my eye on some pots that I can hang over the balcony/fence for them, but they are only about 4L, will these be large enough?

Last year  grew all my tomatos in 7.5 of 10L pots but they were all cordons!

Hannah

no pinch out

Thanks for the imput!

I'm planning something a little strange!

I have a little fence just outside my backdoor, I currently have two balcony troughs on the fence (they will have fuschias in them by summer) but I would like to add some round planters to the collection then it will go:
round pot (tomato) - long pot (flowers) - round pot (tomato) - long pot (flowers) - round pot (tomato)
So kind of have a mix of flowery stuff and productive stuff??  It might sound strange but I like the idea of mixing the two (but the tomatoes will need arrractive pots!!)

I was trying to compare the volume of a hanging basket which I have heard people grow them in to the size pot I'm looking at (not my strong point...)

Hannah

I did exactly the same lay year and got good crops - the lack of sun last summet meant they didn't all ripen sadly but I got loads of green tomato chutney made instead which I love! Just be prepared to water daily....

Re watering; some people put a saucer in the bottom of the basket to retain moisture. I line my tumblers baskets with strong plastic with a few holes stabbed in but above an inch or so to create a small reservoir.
I've always put 2 plants in a deep 14" basket but feed well and it werks for me. Don't know if the individual crop would be better with one plant. Probably.........