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To: cherry

Mine get pretty huge & I get tomatoes until frost (often end up bringing in green tomatoes so they don’t freeze). I think “semi-determinate” is a good description:

Celebrities are almost entirely maintenance-free. No trimming, pruning, or grooming is necessary and the plants will grow up to five feet high (depending on your soil depth and conditions). They are often called semi-determinate, which means that the tomato plant and bush grows to a certain size and doesn’t get any bigger like a bush / determinate tomato plant. But it keeps giving you new tomatoes all the way until the first frost, like a vine / indeterminate tomato. That’s why they don’t need pruning.

Guide to Growing Celebrity Tomatoes
https://www.gardeningchannel.com/guide-to-growing-celebrity-tomatoes/


127 posted on 05/13/2020 4:05:01 AM PDT by Qiviut ("I have never wished death upon a man, but I have read many obituaries with pleasure" Mark Twain)
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To: Qiviut; cherry

I’ll chime in on the ‘Celebrity’ tomato, too.

It was the ONLY tomato my FIL grew for market and sold to local restaurants. Excellent production, no cracking, good keeper, in just about any type of soil or growing conditions.


128 posted on 05/13/2020 5:36:18 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Qiviut

thx for the info....celebrity it is...


134 posted on 05/13/2020 10:38:30 AM PDT by cherry
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