My Banana legs plant seems to be growing all bushy and out rather than up. It is a tangled mess of vines that I keep trying to straighten out. It seems to be fruiting well enough, but I am disconcerted about the whole bushy thing.
Any advice or comments?
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Well, I had to look up Banana Legs as I hadn't heard of that tomato variety before, but it IS a determinate plant. TZ gave a great info regarding determinates here: https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16104
If you didn't put a tomato cage around your plant when it was still small, best thing to do now would be to pound in stakes in a triangle or a square around the plant and then use twine or strips of cloth to tie ladders up the stakes to support the branches. I usually try to run the support under a fruit cluster or a leaf close to a fruit cluster to support them. Try to help spread out the branches so they all get good air circulation and sun.
If you didn't put a tomato cage around your plant when it was still small, best thing to do now would be to pound in stakes in a triangle or a square around the plant and then use twine or strips of cloth to tie ladders up the stakes to support the branches. I usually try to run the support under a fruit cluster or a leaf close to a fruit cluster to support them. Try to help spread out the branches so they all get good air circulation and sun.