How tall are your plants?

Kikaida · June 18, 2015

Just curious, most of mine are a little over 5' with my Belgian giant well on its way to 7'. My late start seedlings are only around 3'. My shortest is Martino's Roma...Maybe 1', thick, dense bush. Same with the clones I took.

PA_Julia · June 18, 2015

I transplanted out from May 2nd to the 9th. My tallest plant currently is a Brandywine Suddeth's at around five feet. Some of my competition plants would be approx. six feet or so but I prune those to one stem and top them at approx. three feet after I have a mega bloom pollinated.

AlittleSalt · June 18, 2015

Tallest is 7 feet. A Litchi

Gardeneer · June 18, 2015

Mine, those that I have planted out within 2 weeks range in height from 40" to 60". The tallest being Brandy Boy, then CP, then Big Rainbow and some cherries.
And of course the detrminants are the shortest ( Siletz, Legend, Willamette ..)
Aside from the height the weakest ones are KB, FoJ, JBT, Big Beef(OP). I am excluding, of course, the dwarfs.

Gardeneer

tnkrer · June 18, 2015

Planted out between May 15 to May 25. Tallest is 3 ft (sungold, Indian stripe, sweet ozark orange) and shortest is 18 inches (Neves Azorean Red) Will be planting out my last tomato this week and it will be 6 inches

flyfiishn · June 18, 2015

Planted out April 16th. Sungold is the highest at 6 ft. Others all almost at 5'.

Have had to start topping the sungold due to space.

pauldavid · June 18, 2015

My tallest are around 7'. Most are 4'-6' tall.

zipcode · June 19, 2015

Wow, 7 feet I reach at the end of the season, rarely more (Sungold usually).
Right now I'd guess 3 feet for big beef, with 3 fruit clusters (1 stem). By the end of the season I guess I reach like 5-6 clusters in total on larger types, and like 10 on more vigorous cherries.

Kikaida · June 19, 2015

Very interesting to see how plants develop in other areas.

b54red · June 22, 2015

My oldest plants set out the first week in April and kept to two stems are between 6 and 10 ft depending on the plant. Most are around 9 ft.

My single stem bed that was planted three weeks later has plants averaging around 8 ft with a few taller and a few shorter. It seems that the fewer the number of main stems the faster they get tall.

Bill

shelleybean · June 22, 2015

I planted out April 13 and most of my plants are around 6 feet tall now, but I have a Rose Quartz that is a monster and is almost twice that tall. My husband stuck a ladder under it to hold it up yesterday. It's flopped over the top of a Texas Tomato cage and is coming down toward the ground again. I'm trying to keep it from smothering nearby peppers and eggplant. As big as this plant is, it really doesn't have much fruit on it for a cherry. This is the regular Rose Quartz, not the multiflora. I hope it'll be worth all the trouble it's causing!

User 636 · June 22, 2015

I have containers and my yellow pears, red cherries, black krim, and black price are all about six feet tall.

Kikaida · June 22, 2015

Seems around 5-6 is the average this time of year.

akaRach · June 22, 2015

Approx. 12-16 inches. some much shorter.

Jonnyhat · June 22, 2015

6+ft except for taxi which are 4.5 and LOADED 1 plant is pushing 60 tomatoes zone 6b and a happy camper

June 18, 2015	#1
Kikaida Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 258	How tall are your plants? Just curious, most of mine are a little over 5' with my Belgian giant well on its way to 7'. My late start seedlings are only around 3'. My shortest is Martino's Roma...Maybe 1', thick, dense bush. Same with the clones I took.

June 18, 2015	#2
PA_Julia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A Posts: 2,208	I transplanted out from May 2nd to the 9th. My tallest plant currently is a Brandywine Suddeth's at around five feet. Some of my competition plants would be approx. six feet or so but I prune those to one stem and top them at approx. three feet after I have a mega bloom pollinated. __________________ Personal Best- 4.46 LB Big Zac 2013

June 22, 2015	#11
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	I planted out April 13 and most of my plants are around 6 feet tall now, but I have a Rose Quartz that is a monster and is almost twice that tall. My husband stuck a ladder under it to hold it up yesterday. It's flopped over the top of a Texas Tomato cage and is coming down toward the ground again. I'm trying to keep it from smothering nearby peppers and eggplant. As big as this plant is, it really doesn't have much fruit on it for a cherry. This is the regular Rose Quartz, not the multiflora. I hope it'll be worth all the trouble it's causing! __________________ Michele

June 18, 2015	#3
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Tallest is 7 feet. A Litchi

June 18, 2015	#4
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,916	Mine, those that I have planted out within 2 weeks range in height from 40" to 60". The tallest being Brandy Boy, then CP, then Big Rainbow and some cherries. And of course the detrminants are the shortest ( Siletz, Legend, Willamette ..) Aside from the height the weakest ones are KB, FoJ, JBT, Big Beef(OP). I am excluding, of course, the dwarfs. Gardeneer

June 18, 2015	#5
tnkrer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: MA 6a/b Posts: 352	Planted out between May 15 to May 25. Tallest is 3 ft (sungold, Indian stripe, sweet ozark orange) and shortest is 18 inches (Neves Azorean Red) Will be planting out my last tomato this week and it will be 6 inches

June 18, 2015	#6
flyfiishn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2014 Location: Northern CA Posts: 80	Planted out April 16th. Sungold is the highest at 6 ft. Others all almost at 5'. Have had to start topping the sungold due to space.

June 18, 2015	#7
pauldavid Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NE Louisiana, Zone 8A Posts: 1,179	My tallest are around 7'. Most are 4'-6' tall.

June 19, 2015	#8
zipcode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6 Posts: 1,582	Wow, 7 feet I reach at the end of the season, rarely more (Sungold usually). Right now I'd guess 3 feet for big beef, with 3 fruit clusters (1 stem). By the end of the season I guess I reach like 5-6 clusters in total on larger types, and like 10 on more vigorous cherries.

June 22, 2015	#10
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	My oldest plants set out the first week in April and kept to two stems are between 6 and 10 ft depending on the plant. Most are around 9 ft. My single stem bed that was planted three weeks later has plants averaging around 8 ft with a few taller and a few shorter. It seems that the fewer the number of main stems the faster they get tall. Bill

June 22, 2015	#12
User 636 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 36	I have containers and my yellow pears, red cherries, black krim, and black price are all about six feet tall.

June 22, 2015	#14
akaRach Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: South Ontario: Plant out date - May long weekend Posts: 32	Approx. 12-16 inches. some much shorter.

June 22, 2015	#15
Jonnyhat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Downingtown, PA Posts: 337	6+ft except for taxi which are 4.5 and LOADED 1 plant is pushing 60 tomatoes zone 6b and a happy camper