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Determinate tomatoes grow to a fixed size, produce fruit all at once, and are ideal for canning and compact spaces like containers. Indeterminate tomatoes grow continuously, need strong support ...

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Determinate tomato plants are for early tomatoes and are usually short and stocky, growing to a maximum height of 5 feet. They grow well in containers and often don’t need stakes or a cage.

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However, if you’ve harvested your Romas already, go ahead and pull out the vines to make room for something else.

Determinate tomato plants are often referred to as low growing. These plants grow to 3 or 4 feet tall, flower and set fruit at the terminal growing point and side shoots, and do not grow any taller.

Determinate tomato plants should not be pruned, because they tend to form a compact and bushy plant. Pruning may continue weekly during the early part of the season, every two weeks later on.

The recommendation is to grow as many as 10 plants per person to produce enough for cooking sauces. To have fresh tomatoes all season, three or four plants should suffice.