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Tomatoes
A quick guide to tomatoes:-Start tomatoes from seeds indoors, five to six weeks before planting outside.-When buying plants, choose sturdy plants up to a foot tall.-Transplant outdoors after all danger of frost has passed and the soil has warmed.-Stake or cage plants at the time of planting.-Pick all the fruit and bring it indoors before the first frost at the end of summer.
Bush-type (determinate)Roma tomato plant in garden surrounded by mulch growing next to other plantsBush-type Roma tomato plantBush-type plants do not need pruning, staking or trellising.Their top or terminal growing point ends with flowers and fruit.Typically, they reach 24 to 30 inches in height.The plants stop growing and produce a set number of fruits that all ripen within a four- to six-week period.If you want to have a large harvest for canning, plant a few bush-type plants and pick many fruits at once.If your garden plot is small or you plan to grow tomatoes in containers, bush-type plants may be the only option.
Vining (indeterminate)Indeterminate Big Beef tomato plant with red and green tomatoesVining Big Beef tomato plantMost tomato varieties are vining.Vining plants need support such as cages, stakes or trellises.Their top or terminal growing point grows continually with the leaves.Flowers and fruit grow on the side branches along the stem.They grow to three to five feet long, sometimes more.Vining tomato plants will continue to produce flowers and ripen fruit until the weather becomes too cold.
Tong, C. (2022). "Growing tomatoes in home gardens".
https://extension.umn.edu/vegetables/growing-tomatoes#choosing-tomato-varieties%2C-types-and-growth-habit-173311