On June 30, 2008, I planted one tomato and one bell pepper plant. In 2005 I got a bumper yield, did not try in 2006, 2007 was not good - reluctantly I decided to put in a limited effort venture this year.
Point about celebrity tomato
70 days from setting out plants until first fruits mature.
Produce about 40 tomatoes per plant
Resistant to Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Verticillium wilt, Fusarium wilt races 1 and 2 and root knot nemotodes.
Expect firm, 8-ounce crack-free fruits
Performs well in almost every region and under adverse conditions. Good blight tolerance and foliage cover. Determinate.
“determinates” ripen over 3-4 weeks on bushy vines that usually need no staking. “Indeterminate” vines continue to grow and produce fruit all season until frost. The large vines need support.
Determinate tomatoes are varieties that grow to a fixed mature size and ripen all their fruit in a short period, usually about 2 weeks. Once this first flush of fruit has ripened, the plant will begin to diminish in vigor and will set little to no new fruit.
Determinate tomato varieties are often referred to as “bush” tomatoes, because they do not continue growing in size throughout the growing season. They are generally smaller than indeterminate tomatoes, with most growing to a compact 4-5 feet. Pruning and removing suckers from determinate tomatoes is not recommended. Despite their compact size, staking or caging is still recommended, since the concentrated fruit set can contribute considerable weight to the branches.
Many paste or roma tomatoes are determinate varieties. Some others bred to be determinate include: Celebrity, Marglobe and Rutgers.
This is tomato on 5th July 2008
Pic of bell pepper as on July 05 2008
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