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Determinate and indeterminate plants, what's the difference?
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Melissa1982
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:05 am Post subject: Determinate and indeterminate plants, what's the difference? |
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Hello there. I wanted to know what the difference between determinate and indeterminate is. I have read it's the size of the plant, and then my sister said one produces fruit once and dies and the other produces fruit more than once before it dies.
I hope someone here can tell me what they mean.
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redrose
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:35 am Post subject: |
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I've heard of it when speaking of tomatoes.
Indeterminate plants:
- will grow as large as you allow them to
- have a number of branches
- will produce fruit all season long
- usually killed by frost
- generally need support or structure on which to grow
- tend to require pruning
- also known as "vining" tomatoes
Determinate:
- includes the plant completing most of its growing before the fruit are set
- fruit generally ripen at once over a period of a couple of weeks
- after which, fruit production is limited
- the plant will generally die at this point
- tend to grow only a few feet tall
- are best to be planted as container plants
- sometimes referred to as "bush" tomatoes.
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Netty
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I couldn't have said it better myself redrose!
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SongofJoy57
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Wow Red Rose!
Thank you for giving us that fine Biology lesson this AM  . . . We can tell who will be graduating at the top of her class  . . . My! I learn so much here!!!!
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redrose
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 Hehe, sorry. Didn't mean to show off. Thanks for the compliments though! I guess I've become accustomed to being thorough in my classes, it's just become habit.
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SongofJoy57
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I did not mean to embarrass you, but only to praise you  . . . I LOVE LEARNING!!!
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nan1234
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Hi Redrose,
Thanks for your information. That explains why my two potted (determinate) tomatoes died in the fall. I was thinking to move them indoor for winter.
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Palm Tree
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Gee whizz
Thanks for all the great information.
One is never too old to learn.
I certainly learned a great deal
as I did not have a clue of what those terms
really meant.
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Melissa1982
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the information Redrose! 
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