Side stems affect plant vigor. As a tomato grows, side shoots, or suckers, form in the crotches, or axils, between the leaves and the main stem. If left alone, these suckers will grow just like the main stem, producing flowers and fruit. Suckers appear sequentially, from the bottom of the plant up.
The perimeter of a two-dimensional shape is the total distance around the shape, or the sum of the length of its sides. By definition, a square is a four-sided shape with four straight sides of equal length, and four right (90Â°) angles.
The perimeter of a shape is defined as the distance around the shape. Since. we usually discuss the perimeter of polygons (closed plane figures whose. sides are straight line segment), we are able to calculate perimeter by just. adding up the lengths of each of the sides.