Hitting the re-set button for determinate tomatoes? - Page 2

JohnWayne · June 11, 2012

LOL This is starting to seem a little like the question- If a cat always lands on its feet, and toast always lands butter side down, what happens if you tie toast to a cats back and drop it ?
What strikes me as odd is that I've heard that tomatoes are perennials. So if you plant an indeterminate at the equator you get tomatoes year round ? And a determinate you get what ? One crop a year or one crop and its done forever ?

BigBrownDogHouse · June 11, 2012

I thought I had once read, and I thought it was on this forum but I could be wrong, that determinates already have it in their DNA to produce so many flowers and that was it. An interdeterminate would keep on going with producing as long as the weather and its health permitted and so on.

I thought it came up when questioned about pruning a determinate.

I could be very wrong so don't jump on me. I thought I saw that here a while ago.

It's an interesting topic!

WVTomatoMan · June 11, 2012

There are some determinates that are actually semi-determinate for lack of a better term. If you just let them go they will produce a second, but smaller crop, and sometimes even a third. One variety that comes to mind that does that is Lucky Leprechaun. Perhaps others know of some other varieties that will produce multiple crops. But, like others have said for the most part true determinates are one and done.

Randy

p.s. Laughing at JohnWayne.

June 11, 2012	#17
BigBrownDogHouse Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Northern Illinois ZONE 5a...wait now 5b Posts: 906	I thought I had once read, and I thought it was on this forum but I could be wrong, that determinates already have it in their DNA to produce so many flowers and that was it. An interdeterminate would keep on going with producing as long as the weather and its health permitted and so on. I thought it came up when questioned about pruning a determinate. I could be very wrong so don't jump on me. I thought I saw that here a while ago. It's an interesting topic! __________________ Brian

June 11, 2012	#16
JohnWayne Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Hickory,North Carolina Posts: 470	LOL This is starting to seem a little like the question- If a cat always lands on its feet, and toast always lands butter side down, what happens if you tie toast to a cats back and drop it ? What strikes me as odd is that I've heard that tomatoes are perennials. So if you plant an indeterminate at the equator you get tomatoes year round ? And a determinate you get what ? One crop a year or one crop and its done forever ?

June 11, 2012	#18
WVTomatoMan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: West Virginia - Zone 6 Posts: 594	There are some determinates that are actually semi-determinate for lack of a better term. If you just let them go they will produce a second, but smaller crop, and sometimes even a third. One variety that comes to mind that does that is Lucky Leprechaun. Perhaps others know of some other varieties that will produce multiple crops. But, like others have said for the most part true determinates are one and done. Randy p.s. Laughing at JohnWayne.