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Re: Pruning Tomatoes?

What is the difference between 'determinate' and 'indeterminate'
tomatoes?  Thanks, Judy

On Tue, 29 Apr 1997 09:29:47 -0700, you wrote:

>Dot, did you plant determinate or indeterminate varieties.  The determinate
>ones will stop growing at a certain point in their life and that will be it.
>Topping them off may not encourage more sidegrowth. On indeterminate
>varieties, rthey just growing until the frost gets them. Topping might work
>there but the side shoots will get long also.
>
>Are you controlling the spread with a cage or trellis or just letting them
>fall? Last year's crop here in AZ (not sqft) grew 20 feet high (like the
>greenhouse hydrophonic type) but sprawled. I planted them in September 1995
>and let the freeeze just before Christmas 1996 take them out. Use can let
>them sprawl if you use hay as a mulch so they aren't directly on the ground
>but may lose some to turtles and other creatures.
>
>Rich
>
>At 08:59 AM 4/25/97 -0700, Dot Geib wrote:
>>Hello Everyone,
>>        I have another question concerning tomatoes.  I plan to have a few
>>tomatoe plants in my SQFT garden, but I'm afraid that they might grow too
>>big. Can the growth be controlled without harming the plant by pruning it.
>>I thought that maybe I could cut the top off when it reaches the maximum
>>height I want and then start to cut back the sides.  Does anyone else do
>>this?  I'd appreciate your comments.  Thanks, Dot
>>
>>Dot Geib
>>Pitt Meadows BC Canada
>>USDA Zone 7/8
>>
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