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Post by prairiegardens on Sept 14, 2017 7:40:56 GMT -5
What does dwarf indeterminate mean?
I've been looking for a small determinate black fruited tomato to grow under lights in winter and apparently there are none, but there are a few black fruited dwarf indeterminate. Looking for something bigger than Tiny Tim, but not so huge it won't share the light.Preferably something lucious.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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Post by walt on Sept 14, 2017 12:37:03 GMT -5
Dwarf means shorter distance between leaf nodes. Indeterminant means it will contiue growing and blooming as long as conditions are good.
Sorry I can't corrrect spelling today. I left my glasses at home.
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Post by prairiegardens on Sept 16, 2017 14:24:50 GMT -5
Ok so I knew the difference in terms of fruiting, but was wondering if there was any sort of height limit to be called dwarf...like a horse is considered a pony if it's under 14.2 hands. In tomato world, then, it's just a relative thing. just means that a tomato that would normally grow to 7 feet might only get to 5. So not really much help in planning for verticallly limited space. Thanks.
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Post by richardw on Sept 16, 2017 15:13:27 GMT -5
I'm sure there must be a black dwarf tomato thats come from the Tomatoville dwarf breeding program. Dwarf tomatoes are normally a stocky fat stem plants that dont get much over 1.5m tall, they can be either indeterminate or determinate, potato or regular leaf.
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Post by prairiegardens on Sept 17, 2017 7:58:08 GMT -5
The dwarf tomato breeding project says the website was demolished by a server crash and to contact project leaders. Tatiana lists some but so far nothing under 3 feet which is pushing it a bit for the space. I don't have the sodium lights so was hoping to find something quite compact, not over about 2 feet tall.
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Post by richardw on Sept 17, 2017 13:56:12 GMT -5
Do you mean the dwarf tomato breeding project via Tomatoville
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Post by prairiegardens on Sept 18, 2017 7:53:30 GMT -5
It was just linked to as the dwarf tomato project, but is likely the same, had contact info for either the Northern or the Southern Hemisphere. Can't reference it directly. That's a members only thread and I never got any response to three requests to join over the past 5 years or so.
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Post by paquebot on Sept 23, 2017 17:29:46 GMT -5
Don't look for "dwarf", look for determinate. Dwarf varieties are now so popular that anything under 4' tall is being called a dwarf. That's especially true of some Russian and Polish varieties. I should think that some Russian determinate would be what you are looking for. I grew a number of them a few years ago but none were black.
Martin
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