Indeterminate tomatoes are characterized by a relatively tall, vining growth habit that requires trellising or caging for optimum growth. Indeterminate varieties also will continue to ripen fruit until frost and can grow 6-10 ft tall depending on the variety and conditions.
* 6-12 foot tall plants
* Benefit from support and pruning
* Ripens fruit until end of the growing season
* High yield in small area
We use a type of Florida weave to support our indeterminate tomatoes. The materials needed include tall metal t-posts or wood stakes and bailing twine. We also prune suckers up until the first flower cluster to improve fruit quality, increase airflow and make trellising easier.
Other tomato growth habits include: Dwarf, Determinate, and Semi-Determinate.
We know that classifying tomato growth habits in ways other than simply indeterminate and determinate is surprisingly controversial. We do this primarily for the convenience of predicting what growing method would be best. It is true that tomatoes are technically either determinate or indeterminate. ;-)
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Solanum lycopersicum. Red Paste. 60 days. Indet. This tomato had us at Hello! Vigorous vines produce a truly multi-use tomato. Oxheart shaped but much earlier than any other oxheart we have grown. When irrigated well it is incredibly juicy, sweet and delicious, and very high yielding of 8-12 oz fruit. Produces extremely well late into…
Solanum lycopersicum. Orange. 65-70 days. Semi-det. In our 2018 tomato trial, this orange tomato surprised us with its sweet flavor, which enthusiastically earned it a spot in our catalog. Justyna is a great multipurpose tomato, excellent in salads, salsas and sauces. 2-3″ tall, plum shaped, 1-2 oz fruit are bright orange with a little pointy…
Solanum lycopersicum. Pink. 60 days. Indet. Bushy plants produce big, pink, 3-5″ slicer tomatoes that weigh 8-16 oz. Very early and reliable. Gorgeous and delicious. Sarah thinks this is our best tomato (*objectively*) and Andrew thinks it is one of our favorites (subjectively). Does very well even in cool, shady gardens. Ripened a tasty 1…
Solanum lycopersicum. Yellow Paste. 70 days. Indet. High yielding, thick-walled, yellow paste type with 2-4 oz fruit that is also good eaten fresh. Similar to de Berao types. Seems to be fairly disease resistant and does not suffer from blossom end rot. Holds quality exceptionally late into the season and is perfect for making yellow…
Solanum lycopersicum. Purple/Brown. 75-80 days. Indet. Productive, medium-large, 4-7 oz slicer with dark purple-brown chocolate color. Much better in our growing conditions than Cherokee Purple, which is similar. Tastes great with a rich flavor that develops even in cool summers. Yields heavy and late into the season. One of our favorites for flavor and appearance,…
Solanum lycopersicum. 85 days. Indet. Large, perfect 10-16 oz globes have a really sweet, rich flavor. Late to come on but very productive once it gets going. The flavor is just incredible, making it well worth the wait. We all have our ideal red slicer criteria and this one meets ours for flavor, size, texture,…
Solanum lycopersicum. Red Paste. 80 days. Indet. A Transylvanian tomato with exceptionally rich and sweet flavor. Late but productive. Large, meaty, pear shaped 8-12 oz fruit are good for eating raw or for sauce, and taste incredible when roasted with basil, salt and olive oil. Received from seed steward Maria Nagy in Turda, Romania, during…
Solanum lycopersicum. 75-80 days. Indet. A great market tomato that rivals the hybrids. Bushy plants produce bright scarlet red, big and juicy, 8-10 oz fruit. Flavor is balanced and excellent. Martian Giant is a good choice for a main season tomato. The yield is a little late but very high. Collaboratively developed by Peace Seeds,…
Solanum lycopersicum. 75 days. Indet. A high quality and high yielding medium-large, round, main season red slicer from Russia. Skin is always blemish free and slightly shiny. Meaty beefsteak type with dense, tasty flesh great for slicing fresh or canning. Fruit size is fairly large, but not giant, averaging around 12-14 oz. This variety is…
Solanum lycopersicum. Maroon/Brown. 75-80 days. Indet. Big, 6-14 oz beefsteak fruit are dark orange-red with some elusive purple shades. Tops are greenish-brown. Striking unique colors and an excellent smoky rich flavor. This is a really great tomato. Latvian heirloom we originally sourced from Madeline McKeever of Brown Envelope Seeds in Ireland.
Solanum lycopersicum. Red. 65-70 days. Indet. Another great Siberian tomato, Minusinsk Lion holds the perfect balance of giant fruit size and early ripening. These large red slicing tomatoes are definitely a surprise as we have seldom seen a tomato variety that produces so much so fast. Minusinsk Lion is not as early as a lot…
Solanum lycopersicum. 70 days. Indet. Dwarf Another round, red, mid-season tomato? It takes a lot for a tomato to impress us these days and Nevsky surely did. Dwarf plants with good disease resistance produce fruit that hold late into the season when all other varieties succumb to wet, cold weather. Attractive, meaty, round, slightly flat,…
Solanum lycopersicum. 65 days. Indet. Another excellent European tomato. A medium-early variety with tall plants that are loaded with perfectly round, brilliant red fruit weighing 3-4 oz. The firm, flavorful fruit keep well once picked, making Oldendorf Red an excellent salad tomato for market farmers. Very productive when grown outdoors. Consistently holds better quality late…
Solanum sp. Orange Currant. 65-70 days. Indet. Produces immense quantities of miniature (¼ – ½”) tomatoes similar to other currant types but with good orange color and split resistance. Skin is thick, but flavor is excellent, fruity and sweet. They delightfully pop in your mouth! Tiny fruit holds quality for a long time both on…
Solanum lycopersicum. Maroon/Brown. 75-80 days. Indet. Gorgeous color of deep red blended with chocolate-black that is rightly associated with delicious flavor. This category of tomato (which includes Sarah Black, Mavritanskite, Lila Sari, Sokolades and many others) is typically so rich, sweet and almost smoky that one would be justified in giving up all other tomatoes….
Solanum lycopersicum. 70 days. Indet. Tall plants produce red, ruffled, fluted, 3-4″ fruit weighing 3-4 oz. A high yielding and beautiful tomato similar to the Italian variety Costoluto Genovese but earlier to mature. Good flavor with an excellent, slightly tart bite, Petrillo is perfect diced and thrown fresh into pasta or salad. Ripe fruit keep…
Solanum lycopersicum. Maroon/Brown. 75 days. Indet. Dark, 2-3” fruit weigh 2-3 oz and have a full-bodied meaty taste. Not a true black tomato, but very dark red with chocolate shoulders. Fruit ripens in clusters of 4 or 5 and can be harvested by snipping the cluster stem. Sometimes a name is all you need to…
Solanum lycopersicum. 70-75 days. Indet. High quality, red greenhouse tomato bred in Germany for biodynamic agriculture. Seemingly endless clusters of 6 or 7 fruit can be harvested vine ripened by the bunch. The tennis ball shaped, 3 oz tomatoes make us think, “Wow! Can a tomato be more round?” Fruit begin ripening mid season and…
Solanum lycopersicum. Pink Striped Cherry. 70 days. Indet. This 2012 release from Artisan Seeds in California is a great addition to the cherry tomato patch. Pink with yellow and orange stripes. Large fruit (for a cherry) are very eye-catching and fill pints quickly. Firm, round fruit are crack resistant and hold well off the plant….
Solanum lycopersicum. 75 days. Indet. A very delicious main season fresh slicing tomato. The medium-large, bright red globes are 5-7 oz and very productive. Selected for greenhouse production, Piroka also performs well outside. Great as a salad tomato or sliced on sandwiches. We want to grow it every year, the flavor and texture just can’t…
Solanum lycopersicum. Yellow Cherry. 60 days. Indet. Small, golden pear-shaped fruit have good mild sweet flavor that is better than the common Yellow Pear. Big plants produce heavy yields late into the year. A multiflora type which can produce ripe fruit in clusters of up to 100 or more! Originally from a Polish gene bank,…
Solanum lycopersicum. Red Paste/Drying. 70 days. Indet. Classic Italian sun drying tomato. Red pointy plums with thick flesh and skin. Often listed elsewhere as determinate, we’ve designated it as indeterminate because its’ viney plants grow tall enough for a trellis, and yield very late into the season. Principe Borghese are usually dried for winter use,…
Solanum lycopersicum. Pink. 70-75 days. Indet. Potato Leaf. This is one of the more common tomato varieties that we feel compelled to add to our catalog because it’s just so excellent. Beautiful, giant, pink fruit that no tomato lover could possibly resist. Earlier to mature and more productive than the classic Brandywine, Pruden’s Purple still…
Solanum lycopersicum. Purple Striped Cherry. 70 days. Indet. Similar to Pink Bumble Bee but purple with green marbling and a more oval shape. Productive, short indeterminate vines produce over a long season. Large cherry fruit are crack resistant and hold well off the plant. Flavor is less sweet than many cherry tomatoes but has a…
Solanum lycopersicum. 80-85 days. Indet. Large, 5-6″ wide, 16-24 oz beefsteak fruit. Plants are very vigorous and have very leafy, thick growth. Originally from Cluj, a city in Transylvania, Romania. Many Hungarians live in Romania and the name Kolosz is the Hungarian name for Cluj. Puszta means prairie. Good thing Andrew looked that up because…
Solanum lycopersicum. Red Paste. 70 days. Indet. Vigorous, medium-sized, 2-4 oz, multiuse Roma with great flavor. Quadro was bred in Germany for late blight resistance, and for growing outdoors or in the greenhouse. High yields late into the season. Moderately juicy paste is good for many uses – we love it for salsa! Blocky, almost…
Solanum lycopersicum. Orange Cherry. 60 days. Indet. This is our ongoing endeavor to replace the ubiquitous Sungold F1. It has been an adventure because many gardeners and plant breeders over the years have tried to recreate the sweet, fruity, orange cherry tomato without success. Santiam Sunrise is comparable in flavor to Sungold with a similar…
Solanum lycopersicum. Purple/Brown. 75-80 days. Indet. Sturdy 6′ vines, good yield of 3-4″ flattened globes. 8-12 oz fruit are purple-black-maroon with green shoulders and slight cracking on the top. Taste is excellent, possibly the best of this color type. Rich, deep flavor, some sweetness, smokiness and extra complex flavors. Schwarze Sarah in German. A German…
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