Experienced gardeners can easily understand all the special terms, but for people new in this case it may seem difficult even to read from the first time such long names of sortotypes. However, in fact, everything is very simple, and we'll try to help you figure out what's what.
Types of Tomatoes
The determinant and indeterminate varieties of tomatoes are, in a broad sense, the designation of the strength of their growth. For better understanding, some producers and sellers of seeds began to write instead of these definitions simply "undersized" and "tall".
What does the determinant tomato variety mean in a broader sense? These are early and supernormal tomato varieties, which ripen already on the 95th day after disembarkation. Their growth is limited and it stops after forming 4-5 fruit brushes.
Plants of super-determinant varieties do not require pasynkovaniya, whereas simple deterministic bushes nevertheless need a little care so that the plant is not overloaded with fruits. In general, the advantage of such varieties is in the early and harmonious yield of the crop.
Among the best determinant varieties of tomatoes for greenhouses are the following: Alfa, Dwarf, Dubok, Golden Heart, Yamal, Sultan, Harem, Siberian early maturing, Cameo, Aurora, Grotto, Amurskaya Zarya, Alaska, Balcony miracle, Betalux, Grand, Delicacy, and etc.
As for indeterminate varieties, these are varieties and hybrids of tomatoes that have unlimited growth of stems. If they grow in conditions of heated greenhouses, then such plants can grow for more than a year continuously. At the same time, up to 50 brushes of tomatoes can be formed on each stem. Is not it fantastic?
The truth and care for this type of plant needs a special one. So, they need a constant removal of all stepsons, so that only the main stem is actively formed. Harvest such varieties give a little later than other species. Ideal for residents of the southern regions and the middle belt, but in the northern latitudes they are not very convenient to grow, because they need a lot of heat and light, respectively, you need to have specially equipped greenhouses.
The best indeterminate varieties of tomatoes for greenhouses: Wild Rose, Pink Giant, Bull's Heart , Admiral, Bravo, Orange, Bull's heart red and pink, Vlad, Jubilee Tarasenko, Yellow Giant, Bayadere, Intuition, Aristocrat, Caliber, Korolev, Pepper Red, Chinese pink, pepper-like pink, De-Barao, the Black Prince.