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⬇️ What is the difference between vine tomatoes & bush tomatoes?

When we look at how any plant grows, whether it is tall and open or short and stocky, we refer to this as ‘habit’. Tomato plants have two main habits, they either grow long vines or have a more compact bush shape.

🍅 Vine tomatoes are referred to as indeterminate or cordon types. They are the varieties we train up poles or twine, either outdoors or in a greenhouse. Vine tomatoes need their side shoots pruned out regularly to maintain a single stem otherwise, they will grow into large unruly plants. Pruning will allow for more light and also more airflow, reducing the risk of fungal diseases.

🍅 Bush tomatoes are known as determinate or bush varieties. They don’t need training or support as they grow in a compact or determinate bush shape and do not need to have their side shoots removed.

🍅 A bush variety, especially dwarf bush varieties, are good for windowsill growing, hanging baskets, containers or anywhere where space is an issue. You will also find them useful if you are using a mini tunnel or cloche system and don't have the height for a tall cordon type. Don't be fooled by the size of a bush tomato, the right variety (e.g. 'Maskotka'), well grown, will produce surprisingly heavy yields from a small space.

🍅 Bush varieties are handy if you want to make passata in bulk for freezing as they produce a lot of fruit at the same time, usually a first flush followed by a lull and then a second harvest in late summer.

🍅 The vast majority of tomatoes are cordon varieties but do check the seed pack to make sure because the care of cordon or bush types is so different.

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