My Better Boy finally, FINALLY is producing a few good tomatoes now that the heat has died down - but the weight has broken two branches - the branches are still connected and alive so I hope the tomatoes ripen.
Didn’t have a structure for it to climb. It appears more rigid and prone to breakage than the Big Beef and the Bush Early Girl.
The tomatoes should ripen regardless of the vine. I had some that the wind blew into 180 degree angle. Even though that vine dried up, the tomatoes matured.
Place two sticks (or pipes) on either side of the plant in a 60 - 45 degree angle to the ground.
Lace twine into a net/ mesh like structure between the sticks using twine, cloth, pantyhose, etc.
Lean the offending branches against the net/ mesh.
The sticks and mesh will help to support the heavy branches until the fruit matures.