indeterminate stopped growing

nessie · February 13, 2010

My first post. Not sure it's in the right place
I'm growing 5 Sasha's Altai plants in pots. All look healthy and now have set tomatoes, except one plant has stopped growing. Indeterminate plants are supposed to continue to grow, but the one plant has decided it's big enough. I have pinched side sprouts back but not the central stem. How do I encourage it to start again?

darwinslair · February 13, 2010

Growing them in pots will stunt their growth.

Tomatoes are naturally an indeterminate plant, but all determinate varieties come from the tendency for them to be determinate on occasion, and for that tendency to then be exploited and selected. If you want a determinate Sasha, save seed but keep that seed separate from the others.

How tall did it get? If it is at least medium sized I would be interested in some seeds for next year.

Few indeterminate varieties will reach their true potential for me in pots. I generally reserve my pots for my semi-indeterminate types which only reach about 4 feet or so.

Tom

dice · February 14, 2010

My Sasha's Altai only got to 3 feet high the year I grew it, but it
kept producing tomatoes until frost.

dustdevil · February 23, 2010

Maybe give it a shot of nitrogen fertilizer to encourage growth. Like people, sometimes genetics results in a shorter plant than the norm. Also, the soil under it might be slightly different than the soil under the others.

February 13, 2010	#1
nessie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: phoenix,az Posts: 1	indeterminate stopped growing My first post. Not sure it's in the right place I'm growing 5 Sasha's Altai plants in pots. All look healthy and now have set tomatoes, except one plant has stopped growing. Indeterminate plants are supposed to continue to grow, but the one plant has decided it's big enough. I have pinched side sprouts back but not the central stem. How do I encourage it to start again?

February 14, 2010	#3
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	My Sasha's Altai only got to 3 feet high the year I grew it, but it kept producing tomatoes until frost. __________________ -- alias

February 13, 2010	#2
darwinslair Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Lake Minnetonka MN Posts: 229	Growing them in pots will stunt their growth. Tomatoes are naturally an indeterminate plant, but all determinate varieties come from the tendency for them to be determinate on occasion, and for that tendency to then be exploited and selected. If you want a determinate Sasha, save seed but keep that seed separate from the others. How tall did it get? If it is at least medium sized I would be interested in some seeds for next year. Few indeterminate varieties will reach their true potential for me in pots. I generally reserve my pots for my semi-indeterminate types which only reach about 4 feet or so. Tom

February 23, 2010	#4
dustdevil Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: WI, USA Zone4 Posts: 1,887	Maybe give it a shot of nitrogen fertilizer to encourage growth. Like people, sometimes genetics results in a shorter plant than the norm. Also, the soil under it might be slightly different than the soil under the others.