But make sure each plant has its own space to grow. There are many different cherry tomato varieties, and there are also determinate and indeterminate tomato plants. Each kind requires specific plant ...

Determinate (Bush) Tomatoes: These varieties have a more defined growth period. They grow to a certain height, set all their fruit within a short window (usually 4-6 weeks), and then stop producing.

"Determinate tomatoes are bush varieties because they do not produce continuously nor continue extending in length," Funk says. "These are for when you want a lot of tomatoes at once, such as Roma ...

A related determinate type, called 'Bush Early Girl', is also available. Among the indeterminate 'Early Girl' tomatoes, two varieties are available for purchase: 'Early Girl VF' and 'Early Girl VFF'.

So often thought of as a summer vegetable fruit, tomatoes actually improve as the summer progresses, so tomatoes bought at the beginning of autumn will have a most intense flavour. The flavour ...

Do tomatoes need deep pots? Yes, they do. Make sure your pots are 18” deep (for determinate tomatoes) and 24” deep (for indeterminate varieties) as the minimum. How many tomato plants can you plant in ...

Here are some pointers for harvesting your tomatoes. Ripe tomatoes are susceptible to being damaged by the rain. Once the tomatoes start ripening, check the vines almost daily in order to harvest them ...