Knowing how to choose determinate or indeterminate plants is an important part of growing tomatoes. You’ll see these words on seed packets, or on the tabs for tomato seedlings in your local nursery. But what do they mean? And why would you choose one over the other? This is a subject that befuddles many new gardeners, especially when […]
A friend told me this morning that he had a couple of tomato plants that successfully survived our mild California winter. They were full of flowers, but no fruits. “I’m concerned the flowers are not getting pollinated,” he said. Rattling the cages I reminded him that tomatoes self-pollinate. This means that both male and female organs are […]
