sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
There are basically two kinds of tomato.
Cordon or "in-determinate"
Bush or "terminate"
Most varieties are cordon types and need help to get the best out of it, by growing it tall - up a stick - taking out the sideshoots - not the fruit trusses that grow straight from the stem. Most tomato growers have green fingers in summer. BUt be careful if you roll your own cigarettes because tobacco carries a virus that can infect tomatoes.
Bush varieties are bred for field-scale production and you more or less leave to their own devices.
As to planting density versus yield. The seed packet will give you the correct spacing - usually 18 inches.
I will be putting six plants along the back of my 10 foot greenhouse.
Oh wow that's all really interesting!
I AM a baccy smoker! Will washing hands first get rid - or not neccessarily?
And when do I pinch out the sideshoots?
Sorry - will Google!
My mum would tell me but she's not down for another couple of weeks.