Check frequently for caterpillars and mites, and control with natural sprays as needed. Obtain the best flavor by harvesting when the color has fully developed. Indeterminate tomato varieties grow tall and may produce fruits for more than one season. Determinate varieties stop growing as they fruit and bear for a month or two. Space the plants 12 to 24 inches apart or grow one to a container.
Peppers grow tall and produce brittle branches.
It's best to stake plantings to prevent wind damage. Leaf spots can be controlled with natural copper fungicides and aphids with soap sprays as needed. Plantings may grow for several seasons. Most are left to develop a fruit 2 to 6 inches long and up to 4 inches in diameter as determined by the variety. Most turn from green to red when fully mature.