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Which of the Hundreds of Tomato Varieties Should I Plant?

You are welcome to use this article on yourwill still produce plenty of fruit and the
website or in your newsletter as long as youtomatoes will tend to grow larger than those
reprint it as is, including the contacton  an  unpruned  plant.
information at the end. Website URLs must be
active links. You are welcome to use thisTo prune an indeterminate tomato plant,
article  with  an  affiliate  link,simply pinch off the little shoots, or
"suckers" that grow out from the main stem in
Tomatoes are such a staple in the modern dietthe crotch between the stem and each leaf
that it is hard to believe there was a timebranch. Each one of these suckers can grow to
when this versatile fruit was once thought tobecome another big stem and would grow its
be poisonous. Thankfully this member of theown tomatoes and eventually grow its own
nightshade family has been known forsuckers. But you don't want your tomato plant
centuries now to be a delicious and healthfulto waste time and energy by growing all those
addition to our diet and is now one of thesuckers. By pruning off most of them, the
most  popular  garden  vegetables.plant will devote more energy to producing
ripe,  juicy  tomatoes.
For many people, tomatoes are the most
challenging, yet desirable, vegetable crop toSince you'll want more than one main stem for
grow. But a ripe, juicy homegrown tomato istomato production, allow the suckers nearest
so delicious and nutritious, people will gothe bottom of the plant to grow. These will
to great lengths to produce as many as theyhave more blossoms and will be easier to
possibly can in their gardens. One look attrellis than suckers that sprout higher up on
the pale, hard, orange baseballs that grocerythe plant. Pruning will also improve air
stores pass off as tomatoes will also explaincirculation through the plant which can help
why so many gardeners eagerly await the firstprevent disease problems, especially in humid
ripe  tomato  from  their  gardens.weather.
Considering that tomatoes are a tropicalOnce you decide whether to grow determinate
fruit native to South America, it's amazingor indeterminate tomato varieties, it's time
that we can grow them at all in northernto peruse the garden centers or seed catalogs
climates. Yes, the tomato is technically ato find the seeds or plants that will produce
fruit since it grows on a vine. There areyour prized fruit. Although a few of the more
literally hundreds of tomato varieties outenlightened garden centers are now selling a
there to choose from but there are only twowider variety of tomato plants, many still
types of tomato vines; determinate andoffer only a few of the old standby hybrid
indeterminate.varieties such as "Big Boy" and "Early Girl".
Determinate tomato varieties grow more as aYou'll have more varieties to choose from if
bush, growing only to a certain height andyou decide to start your tomato plants
producing most of their fruit all at once.indoors from seed. Imagine growing tomatoes
Determinate varieties are most suitable forwith names like "Cherokee Purple" or
gardeners who are interested in canning"Mortgage Lifter". Add more color to your
tomatoes since the crop will ripen over afavorite tomato salsa recipe with yellow
relatively short period of time. Determinate"Garden Peach" tomatoes, "German Pink" or
tomato varieties are also a good choice for"Green Zebra". For stuffing tomatoes, try
gardeners with limited space available, and"Striped Cavern", and for salads grow some
some determinate varieties are well suited to"Christmas  Grape"  tomatoes.
container growing and are an excellent choice
for  the  patio  garden.If you plan on preserving tomatoes to enjoy
over winter, you will want a meatier tomato
Determinate tomato plants should never besuch as "Martino's Roma" or "Amish Paste" for
pruned, as this will severely limit thesauces. "Wisconsin 55" and "Ace" are two
number of blossom sets the plant can produce,varieties that are especially good for
thus reducing the number of tomatoes on thecanning or freezing. There are even varieties
plant. However, an indeterminate variety willthat have a lower acid content for the folks
continue to grow and will keep producingwho can't eat a high-acid tomato, and
fruit for the entire life of the plant, or upvarieties that have more Vitamin C than
until frost. Each new set of blossoms willoranges.
grow farther up the vine as the plant grows.
Indeterminate tomato plants also require aTomatoes are one of the most versatile garden
bit more care to keep the plants manageablevegetables. There are as many ways to prepare
in  the  garden.tomatoes as there are tomato varieties.
Whether you like to eat them fresh out of the
In order to keep these big plants fromgarden like an apple, or you make your own
sprawling all over the ground and creating anspaghetti sauce or tomato salsa, whether the
impenetrable mass of foliage, indeterminatevariety you grow is red, orange, yellow,
tomato varieties should be pruned andpurple, white or striped, tomatoes are the
trellised. A tomato plant that is restrictedmost useful and tasty garden vegetable.
to producing on only two to four main stems



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