[borderowl]

Hi folks!, two of my tigerrella plant stems seem to have separated into two leaf stems with no main stem growing up. Is there something wrong or will a main stem form again?
Thanks Kev

[JayG]

You probably now have two main stems - it happens from time to time despite pinching out all the side-shoots of cordon tomatoes, especially in less than ideal growing conditions.

Keep pinching out further side-shoots, provide necessary support, and regard it as a bonus (if the weather improves!)

[viettaclark]

I found last year that Tigerella thinks it's a bush and the same is happening this year.
I pinched out the side shoots on 2 and let 2 "do their thang" and the yield was similar but the unpinched plants were very sprawly and needed a couple of extra stakes.
Lovely tomatoes!

[compostqueen]

I wouldn't worry, it happens, well it does with mine    You'll still get toms. I like Tigerellas for grilling for my breakfast as they keep their shape

[Growster...]

Lucky you with two pops at the main stem - Tigerella is a very tasty tom indeed!

Assume its greenhoused, so you could even get up to six or seven trusses at a pinch...

[Beano]

Thanks for that. I had mixed up  tigerella and yellow plants. Now I know which one is the tigerella. The one that has divided into two.

[borderowl]

Thanks for the help, but I'm still a bit confused! Only one truss has set before this happened, so I'm wondering where another truss will grow from? all my other plants have formed three trusses and look great!

[mumofstig]

If it has split into 2 as we think it has - Then each of the 2 stems will start to make trusses , so you will have, in effect, 2 cordon toms, sharing a root - if that makes sense 

like this one that split into 2 near the bottom

[shokkyy]

One of my Alicantes has kind of forked right at the top. Neither one of them stands out as a lead shoot, it's just forked into two equal shoots. I'm dithering whether to leave them both there or not, but frankly I'm hesitant to take off anything this year cos everything's struggling so much to grow