Don’t be afraid to prune your tomatoes! These are indeterminate tomatoes, which produce long vines with tons of side shoots. Sometimes when I find a forked vine, like this, I’m tempted to allow both forks to keep growing. But this always results in crowded tomato plants, so lately I have been biting the bullet and cutting off one of the forks. I really prefer to keep my tomato vines pruned to one main stem, at least when the plants are just starting out and then just starting to set fruit. By th

Starting indoor hydroponic tomatoes, indeterminate and determinate. 4 kinds of tomatoes, Roma tomato, black cherry tomato, large red cherry tomato, and floradade tomato. Indeterminate keep growing very tall where determinate stop and flower. Indoors we need to top and prune them. Both should be pruned into one or 2 main stems. Tomatoes are day neutral and don’t care what light schedule they get to flower so it’s key to prune them indoors to help them flower. I had 2 that were over 2 years old, t

🍅 Determinate vs. Indeterminate Tomatoes: What’s the Difference? 🍅 When it comes to growing tomatoes, one of the first things to consider is whether you want to plant determinate or indeterminate varieties. The main difference between these two types is how they grow and how they should be trellised. Determinate tomatoes, also known as “bush” tomatoes, have a compact growth habit and tend to reach a certain height (usually 3-4 feet) before stopping. They produce a large crop of fruit over a re