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Post by daylilydude on Sept 21, 2017 10:11:17 GMT -5
Is your main crop of tomatoes "Determinate or Indeterminate"... and why?
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Post by paulf on Sept 21, 2017 14:56:40 GMT -5
100% indeterminate. Not only because I only grow heirlooms/OP and they are almost all indeterminate, but also I like to have a tomato crop from first ripening to frost. Ripe and done works for some but not for us. Commercial growers want the crop ready to be picked all at once and folks that do all their canning/preserving at one time like lots to be ready. We freeze some for winter and eat or give away the rest and like to string it out.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Sept 21, 2017 15:20:26 GMT -5
100% indeterminate. Not only because I only grow heirlooms/OP and they are almost all indeterminate, but also I like to have a tomato crop from first ripening to frost. Ripe and done works for some but not for us. Commercial growers want the crop ready to be picked all at once and folks that do all their canning/preserving at one time like lots to be ready. We freeze some for winter and eat or give away the rest and like to string it out. This exactly.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Sept 21, 2017 15:45:49 GMT -5
I'm also an indeterminate only grower. I have no reason to want a large number all at once.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Sept 21, 2017 17:16:01 GMT -5
I should amend to say that I DO want and get a large number all at once, but that is from planting anywhere from 60-100 tomato plants in a season. So I get a few from each plant at a time. I don't differentiate between sauce/paste/fresh eating tomatoes, they are all delicious for all of those purposes. My end products are all the more delicious because of the variety of tomato that went into them in the first place.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Sept 21, 2017 17:48:04 GMT -5
I prefer indeterminates for all the reasons others have stated. But in practice I end up with a mix of determinates and indeterminates because many of the tomatoes that have been bred for hot, humid climates are determinate.
I just have to hope that all of my determinate plants don't pick the same week to ripen!
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