Before you buy any tomato plants or seeds, you should decide whether you want to grow determinate or indeterminate tomatoes.

You might want to plant both indeterminate and determinate tomatoes if you've got the space. You may have noticed different tomato varieties being labeled determinate or indeterminate. What do these ...

Now is a perfect time to plant tomatoes. Question: I love homegrown tomatoes and I want to grow as many as possible all summer long. How do I make that happen? Answer: Tomato starts have been ...

Tomatoes come in many different varieties and the main types you see described are indeterminate and determinate. They are also commonly referred to as cordon and bush tomatoes. Knowing the difference ...

The Penn State Extension of Berks County Master Gardeners will be featuring questions and answers to inquiries received through their Garden Hotline. Q: I’m new to buying tomato seeds but I’d like to ...

Determinate tomatoes grow to a fixed size, produce fruit all at once, and are ideal for canning and compact spaces like containers. Indeterminate tomatoes grow continuously, need strong support, and ...

Discovered some new information about tomatoes the other day that I didn’t realize before. We have always heard of determinate and indeterminate tomatoes. This information says there are also two ...

Q: If I plant indeterminate tomatoes can I crop the top to keep them from growing tall? Carolyn Byers, email A: Pruning an indeterminate tomato to make it bushier is possible but you’ll be fighting ...

Q: I recently moved to Redding from the Bay Area and I am ordering my tomato seeds. Because this is a much hotter climate, I’m not sure if my old favorites will produce well. Can you recommend some ...

Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables for gardeners, being easy to grow in containers or in the ground. Home-grown tomatoes can offer superb flavor and texture since they don’t have to ...