Tomatoes Fresh from the garden tomatoes are low in calories, provide plenty of vitamins and minerals, and produce amazing crops in moderate space. Tomato varieties are indeterminate or determinate. Indeterminate varieties grow and bear fruit until frost, often reaching heights of 6 feet or more.
Determinate varieties stop growing when fruit sets on the terminal bud.
Growth habit of determinate tomatoes is compact and fruit tends to ripen over a shorter period. Do not prune determinate varieties. Days to germination 8-10. Grow in a sunny window. Transplant outdoors when seedlings have 5-6 leaves.