You can use either the growing tip at the end of the main stem, or the growing tip at the end of a sucker.

However, a "branch" which consists of nothing but leaves is not a growing tip, and will not grow into a plant. (Technically it's not a "branch," but a single compound leaf. The small "leaves" on that "branch" are known as leaflets.)

[Okay, there are some varieties that occasionally grow stems at the end of a compound leaf, but that's rare, and you can't expect it to happen with 99% of tomato varieties.]

Here is a picture showing the parts of a compound leaf:

Here is a link that might be useful: http://sanangelo.tamu.edu/agronomy/tomato/leafanat.html

Thank you. Thank you. Was it Carnigee (sp?) the steel rich guy, that said "you don't have to be smart, you just hire smart people".

You're welcome. I don't know if Carnegie said that, but he did say, "It was from my own early experience that I decided there was no use to which money could be applied so productive of good to boys and girls who have good within them and ability and ambition to develop it as the founding of a public library."

When I was in library school many years ago, we were taught that the patron saint of libraries was St. Andrew Carnegie....

Wouldn't take much research since it is being discussed in at least 2 other posts on this same page. One with pics. ;)

Dave

*"Wouldn't take much research since it is being discussed in at least 2 other posts on this same page. One with pics.
Dave"*
Gee Dave, I'm sorry I asked. Maybe we should shut off all questions and make this a place fow searching past answers only.