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Old April 20, 2008   #16
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I don't know if this is the best thread to pose this question, but here goes: I bought and planted a Rutgers Select plant yesterday, mistakenly thinking it was indeterminate (evidently some varieties of this one are indeterminate). Anyway, I am wondering how long it will produce. I was hoping to grow one super-huge tomato plant, sufficient to supply me with enough tomatoes during summer. Will I just get my last tomato in July and that'll be it? My understanding is that the determinate plants only get up to four feet tall, and production is limited. I grew a Celebrity a while back, but I can't remember how long it produced; I do remember that it didn't get very big.
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Old April 20, 2008   #17
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I like Extreme Bush, Patio King, and Silvery Fir Tree. They are all dwarves. SFT is tart, but much better than the store. EB has high production, and great taste with smaller fruits. PK has great taste, production, and 5 oz or so fruit. I have also grown Heatwave II, Solar Set, and Solar Fire, alothough productive, doesn't quite have the taste.

Sioux is very compact indet. productive, great taste, and some heat tolerance.
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Old April 20, 2008   #18
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Clear Pink Early
Bradley (semi-determinate)

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Old April 20, 2008   #19
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Note that Lime Green Salad and New Big Dwarf are not Determinate but Dwarf or Tree type tomatoes - compact, with a thick central stem - they behave like a very short, stout indeterminate in that they bear all season, unlike true Determinates that tend to give up a large, central crop then fade away.

Taxi and Southern Night are two of the better Determinates I've grown.
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Old April 20, 2008   #20
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One nice thing about our cooler summer weather is determinates don't ripen all at once, and most give nice tomatoes into October.
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