Trying to figure out where to place my tomato plants and recalled one being determinate so I figured I could stick those on the back side of the fence I have peas trained to and they’d be inter-planted with Ice Queen head lettuce which will be gone before the tomatoes get too big.
Problem is, a couple of websites say Rosella is determinate and other websites say indeterminate. RareSeeds where I got them doesn’t specify determinate/indeterminate for their maters. In the comments section most people talk like it’s indeterminate but one person said they grow like a determinate.
This spot I want to put them will be tough to access once plants are full size so I figured determinate would work well there. Some websites say they’re small enough for containers. Some actually list Dwarf Rosella but I don’t know if they’re something different or not. Some comments on RareSeeds talk like they get huge. Pics aren’t much help. Most people take pics of the clusters or individual fruits. Just about all of the whole plant pics are labelled dwarf rosella or are obvious that they’re not full grown plants.
Make up my mind people.
Rareseeds has them at 24” spacing. Guess I’ll look up the other five varieties and see what’s said about them for size. Either that or stick some peppers back there and put tomatoes in the open. Just gotta check peas/lettuce/peppers compatibility.
If ‘Rosella’ is an heirloom tomato from Rare Seeds (Baker Creek), I would err on the side of it being INDETERMINATE and give it plenty of room.
Thompson and Morgan says:
“This cordon variety can be grown in the greenhouse, or in a sheltered, sunny spot outdoors. Height: 200cm (79”). Spread: 50cm (20”).”
https://www.thompson-morgan.com/p/tomato-rosella/tt38814TM If the same as what you purchased from Rare seeds (And there is no guarantee of this!)
It is clearly a semi indeterminate! (Or a category fluid Semi Determinate? ?)
I would assume at least 6 feet high and will need staking. Good luck!)