Growing your vining (indeterminate) tomatoes

up a stake helps to keep plants tidy and encourages earlier and better fruiting. This method restricts growth to one main stem: •

tie the stem to a stake as it grows;

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pinch out any side shoots that appear between the stem and leaves (from the leaf axils); •

when 3-4 trusses have formed (or 5-6 if you’re growing in a glasshouse), cut the main stem so the plant can put all its energy into fruit development and ripening.