[garddwr]

Hi,

Just a quick vote to see who sideshoots and who doesn't.

I didn't this year and I think I'm paying the price for it as my tomatoes are very leggy and messy in the greenhouse.

[mumofstig]

Of course it depends on whether they are cordon or bush tomatoes

[Mash Mad]

I always remove the side shoots as i find if you dont, like said, they get over crowded with the leaves and its hard to support them,
also i think you get smaller toms as well

You shoud nip em out when there about an inch   

[Yorkie]

As MoS says, it depends on whether your variety is a cordon one (pinch out) or a bush one (don't pinch out).

[Mash Mad]

Ive never grown bush toms before so thats new to me,

correct me if im wrong, do you get plum tomatoes from a bush type?

[JayG]

Ive never grown bush toms before so thats new to me,

correct me if im wrong, do you get plum tomatoes from a bush type?

Yes, there are bushy plum tomato varieties.