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When you’re looking at seed catalogs or browsing the store shelves, look for these key words to help you pick your best tomato!

Growth habit: determinate

Determinate varieties, also called ‘bush’ tomatoes, grow to about 3-4’ tall. They do not require support, but can benefit from a compact cage or trellis. These tomatoes produce all of their fruit within a short time, usually two to four weeks. By ripening within a short time you can be sure to have enough produce for canning or processing, without having to wait weeks to build up enough tomatoes (and risk the first ones going bad by the time you have enough).

Seed type: hybrid

Hybrid tomatoes are created by crossing different varieties of tomatoes to create a plant with specific qualities from the parent plants, such as size, flavor, and even disease resistance. The seed saved from hybrid tomatoes will not produce the same tomato plants that they were saved from.

Tomato type: paste

‘Roma‘ and ‘Viva Italia’ sound like they'd be a great addition to your garden!