"Snag" wrote in message
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PrecisionmachinisT wrote:
"Snag" wrote in message
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heirloom varieties will breed true . If you save seeds from say a
"Rutgers" tomato , that's what you'll get next year when you plant
'em .

Only if there's no other tomato varieties planted nearby.

Well Doh ! I planted three varieties this year , ands didn't save any
seeds . Yet . The Rutgers is the only one still producing , which I find
odd . Info I got from the net and other sources was that it was a
determinate strain and would fruit one big buncha 'maters and then no more
. I was gonna bag 'em and tag 'em and toss 'em in the freezer .


Well, I'm not sure about the "one big buncha 'maters and then no more" thing
but from what I inderstand, the term "determinate" generally refers to plant
terminal height.

To elaborate, "indeterminate" varieties will continue to grow in height for
as long they have mechanival support and the the weather permits, sometimes
reaching heights in excess of 25 ft....IOW, basically, as long as it doesn't
topple over from the weight, the sky is the limit.

--whereas "determinate" varieties might reach a max height of say 4 ft or
so--and even if your cages are 6ft tall they still never will reach the top
of the cage even if you grow them for several years and under completely
artificial environmental conditions...