The truss on tomato plants is a group or cluster of smaller stems where flowers and fruit develop. Emerging usually at or near the point where a primary stem meets a secondary or a leaf stem, trusses produce yellow flowers from whose centers small green tomatoes eventually appear.Click to see full answer. Also, how many trusses should a tomato plant have?We are approaching the time of the season when we’ll decide how many tomato trusses to allow on our tall varieties, and when to pinch out the growing tips. A rough guide is: Four trusses for plants grown outdoors. Five or six trusses for plants in a greenhouse or polytunnel. what is first truss on tomato plant? The truss is the stem which carries the flowers which then turns into your first ‘branch’ of tomatoes. What Dr S said. So you basically wait until the flowers on that truss have formed little tiny green tomatoes behind them, and then start feeding. Don’t do it sooner, or you’ll get lots of leaves and no fruit. One may also ask, are truss tomatoes better? Truss tomatoes, like most vegetables, have a low kilojoule to volume ratio so they can help fill you up without filling you out. Pad out your meals with extra salad to help trick your brain into seeing a satisfying serve size and help keep a healthy weight.How tall do truss tomatoes grow?It’s time to plant out the young vines when they’re about 15-20cm (6-8in) tall, the flowers of the first truss are just beginning to open, and the risk of frost has passed.

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