Beginner Gardening: Cherry Tomato pruning help required., 1 by vanita79

vanita79 wrote:
Hi All,

It's been a little over 2 weeks and my plant is already 3ft above soil. (I just did not prune but staked it first and re-potted as the roots had started getting visible.

The good news is it has also already formed it's third set of tomatoes). After the second set I did pinch one set of the smallest leaves besides the tomato branch but it continues to grow tall.

There have been a few suckers I pinched out some but I am letting others grow as the plant has quite a gap between the leaf sets and the central stem is also too thin (I think it does get thicker as it supports more stuff around it).

Diana, you are right about the light. I have kept it indoors as it's too hot outside (the night temperatures are just not cool enough. I don't think it likes the direct sun. This is what it looks like after a while in full sun (1st picture). Should I be worried as starting today it stays outside and the night temperatures are still not cool.

Cville gardener, I have a question for you, you said you pinch side stems. I did accidentally break the side stems but no suckers have appeared in the area. Is there anything I can do encourage more suckers at this stage because the leaf branches are quite thin and flimsy and I managed to accidentally break two of the lower branches.