Optimum Management of Fresh Market, Field-grown Tomatoes, Part 2

摘要

How you are growing tomatoes (staked or ground culture) and your market (shipping or direet market; wholesale or retail) determine the type of tomato to grow. There are three tomato growth habits: determinate, indeterminate and semi-determinate. Determinate types are relatively small, often referred to as bushy or compact. Each short branch ends in a flower cluster and the plant does most of its growing before any fruit are set. The tomatoes lend to ripen at onee, usually over a short two-to three-week period. After most of the tomatoes are harvested, the plant yellows, and additional production is limited. If grown upright, the plants are seldom more than two to three feet tall. Some examples of this type include Pik-Red and Pilgrim. In general, many of the earliest varieties are determinate types.