At present, the lowest distance between the surface of the flowerbed and the glass in my hotbed is 50 cm. This means that the tomato plants that I will plant must not be too tall. I will plant them at the end of March and they must not grow to a height of more than 50 cm until May 15.
Of the fourteen varieties whose seedlings I have behind the window, there are twelve determinants that should not be a problem with height. But I think in general, there are tastier varieties among indeterminate tomatoes, and I would like also to grow these in that hotbed in future. But keeping indeterminate varieties low is a problem. This year I am testing two such varieties (Start F1 and EM Champion). When their seedlings had eight leaves, I cut off the top behind the fifth (or fourth leaf) and planted it. Today, these seedlings look like this (Start F1 on the right). Their growth is about 14 days late, but I hope that these plants at the time of planting will have flowers just like other varieties.
Vladimír
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