Baby toms

a reasonable rule is once the first truss of fruit has set remove the branches up to the first truss , I do this Fluff although I tend to remove them one every few days. Once I have all these removed then if I feel a plant still has lots of leaves I will remove the odd one that is covering fruit from getting light. Lots of different theory's with this Fluff but this one works for me.

Fluff to answer your first question - leave the baby toms alone would be my advise and let them grow to whatever size they manage.

Sometimes I remove a lot of the leaves, other years I don't bother... seems to have little effect to be honest

Leave those teeny weeny toms alone, Fluff - you will be surprised how they grow on and once the bigger ones are ripe and eaten(!) the wee one catch up fast. I never strip out the leaves until I am picking fruit - they supply the nourishment. Then I start at the bottom and work up as they start to go "off-colour" or get too crowded and shade the fruits....but just a few at a time. Later in the season - when the days are shortening and the light is less strong - then take more of them off - especially the ones near the glass -which will cut down the sun's rays.
Happy gathering!

Ok thank you I'll do all that! Is it only the Scots who know about toms?!! :0)

Not true Fluff, but do as they say and you can't go far wrong. My first truss is now ready for picking , this is gardeners delight.

Dont remove to many leaves, i was told to leave the one directly above a truss (but remove others). This is to keep the amount of food and water being taken up by the plant and therfore the truss. Not sure if true, but i do it anyway