Have I wrecked my tomato plants.

Without seeing your plants it is hard to say but probably not. What I normally do is work up from the bottom of the plant - I cut away the leaves so that the sun can get at the toms that have reached a good size and I then repeat the process as the tomatoes on each truss develop.

Ive got some roma plum in one side of my greenhouse border that I was under the impression not to take side shoots out, They are so dense its near on impossible for any sun to get through to them but the problem is because of the denseness its hard to know what im pruning. I keep having a little snip here and there so hopefully i can get some light through to them.

nb

got my 1st ripe tomato yesterday though so theres hope yet.

Mine are looking denuded ? due to me having to clear away leaves and stems hit by blight.

Cheers,     Tony.

I did some seasonal work at a veg box company a few years back & we were told to take the leaves off gradually from the base up, leaving one leaf below the first truss until the fruit was a good size, then removing leaves to one below the next truss etc.  It seemed to work, so I do that for mine now.

when this question came up on GQT the other day, Bob F recommended leaving the leaves if they are still green.

Does sun actually ripen tomatoes? Or does the plant do that? We Should Be Told...

sav