The Huge, Glaring Problem With Determinates!

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Nobody says whether a determinate has a concentrated fruit set or produces all season. Without this information, how can one ever select a determinate?

I mean, it's a REALLY BIG DEAL if your plant is going to produce for 2 weeks or 3 months! Why is this the best kept secret ever? Anyone who considers growing a determinate has to know one way or the other. Yet tomato descriptions rarely specify.

Sometimes seed sellers will say "produces over a long season", or "has a concentrated fruit set", but I have not seen ANY sellers describe the production of more than a few of their determinates.

I was trying to research a suitable determinate with concentrated set for my 2018 garden. It's maddening how far I had to go to find out length of production for each tomato considered.

Does everybody else just not care how long a tomato will produce? How does anybody ever buy determinate seeds or plants?

If there is a way to find out the production time of determinate tomatoes, please let me in on the secret!

Frustrated,

Nan