What is a determinant variety of tomatoes?

The choice of seeds for planting is now so great that an inexperienced summer resident or a beginning gardener can easily get confused and acquire a variety not suitable for growing conditions. On the packaging, it is usually indicated that tomatoes should be planted in the open ground or grown in a greenhouse, whether the ripened fruit is suitable for pickling or if it is better to eat them only fresh. In addition to all this information, on a package with seeds there may be a word incomprehensible to beginners-vegetable growers: a determinant or an indeterminate variety. What does this mean?

To understand what a determinant and indeterminate variety of tomatoes is, remember that tomatoes, among other things, differ in the nature of growth.

Indeterminate varieties have a powerful main stem that does not stop developing and can reach 2.5 meters in height. They differ in the high yield of the crop, which gradually ripens.

The determinant varieties of tomatoes are a small-sized species, which means that the bush develops more in breadth than in height. The main stem of this type of tomato ends with an inflorescence. Most tomatoes of determinant varieties mature at the same time. The advantages of such a tomato are primarily that they are often premature. This is important for cold regions, where earlier ripening is one of the main requirements for tomatoes. After all, in areas with a sharply continental climate, growing healthy vegetables can be quite difficult because of the lack of sunlight and daylight necessary for plants. That is why among the tomatoes of Siberian breeding, determinant varieties predominate. Growing up, they form a small compact shrub that will begin to bear much faster than its counterparts of an indeterminate type.

Determinant tomato varieties for greenhouses

Among the determinant varieties, a tomato for greenhouses should be distinguished:

1. "Honey Saved" is an early determinant plant, the fruits of which have an original and a rare orange color. The bush reaches a height of more than a meter, the fruit has a weight of up to 400 g. Very sweet to taste tomatoes are recommended for dietary nutrition.
2. "Olya F1" is a high-yielding hybrid that will allow you to get up to 25 kg of tomato from 1 square. The maturity is about 100 days. The average rounded fruit weighs an average of 100 g. The plant is unpretentious, so it can be recommended for cultivation even for novice growers.
3. "May early . " This determinant variety of tomatoes is suitable for both greenhouses and open ground. The plant begins to bear fruit at most three months after emergence. Small tomatoes, weighing 50 grams, are perfect for canning.
4. The "Siberian ripening" variety brings medium-sized, bright red fruits. It has good cold resistance and stable yield. From the time of emergence to fruiting must pass about 120 days.

Determinant tomato varieties for open ground

Among the deterministic varieties for open ground are, in particular, the following:

1. Tomatoes "Bakery" are a high-yielding variety that brings large bright red juicy fruits weighing up to 600 g. Forms a small sprawling shrub up to 80 cm in height. In pasynkovanii does not need.
2. "Ultra-rash" is one of the best determinant varieties of tomatoes, because its first fruit appears after 75-80 days. Tomatoes of this variety have a small size and are excellent for pickling and canning, as well as for fresh consumption.
3. Grade "Bullfinch" forms a neat little shrub 30-40 cm in height, which does not require pasynkovaniya. Medium-sized red round fruit can reach a weight of 150 grams.
4. The "red rocket" is a medium-determinate tomato variety that yields fruit 115 to 130 days after emergence. Small red pear-shaped fruits are remarkably suitable for canning .