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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie
I had Morasky Div this past summer. It was a good tomato.
When I say "determinate" what I really mean is suitable for growing with just stakes to support them. So I'll likely be trying a few indeterminate dwarfs as well.
What seed companies call determinate seems to be all over the place in regard to the size of the plant. I've had Sunny Boy and Celebrity in the high tunnel, both of which are supposed to be determinate, but I can't tell them apart from indeterminates.
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Easy enough to tell, just count the leaves between flower trusses. Is it two or three? If three it is indeterminate. If two it is either semi-determinate or determinate. You can tell those apart by if they have a terminal bud or not.
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