Tomato plants may be determinate, semi-determinate, or indeterminate in habit.
Determinate varieties are compact plants which are often smaller than the indeterminate varieties. Each shoot on a determinate plant ends in a flower cluster, and consequently a fruit cluster. Determinate tomato plants tend to produce fruit all at once.
Indeterminate cultivars are vining or sprawling in habit. The shoot tips continue to grow and flower clusters are borne in the leaf axils of the expanding shoot. Indeterminate tomato plants yield fruit over a long time.
Determinate tomatoes, which grow on the ends of branches, tend to ripen earlier than indeterminate tomatoes because the fruit receives more heat and sun.
Determinate varieties are compact plants which are often smaller than the indeterminate varieties. Each shoot on a determinate plant ends in a flower cluster, and consequently a fruit cluster. Determinate tomato plants tend to produce fruit all at once.
Indeterminate cultivars are vining or sprawling in habit. The shoot tips continue to grow and flower clusters are borne in the leaf axils of the expanding shoot. Indeterminate tomato plants yield fruit over a long time.
Determinate tomatoes, which grow on the ends of branches, tend to ripen earlier than indeterminate tomatoes because the fruit receives more heat and sun.
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