";s:4:"text";s:2666:" Training methods vary, but the two most common methods are staking or growing in wire cages. As plants get taller, you can continue removing lower leaves up to 18 inches from the ground, to help keep the disease from spreading. This how-to video shows how to transform a wily tomato plant into a well-pruned plant. Tomato blight problems are generally less severe because of better air circulation.
Don't let that tomato plant go too wild! Staking them with a single stake keeps plants, and fruit, off the ground, decreasing the chance of disease and rotting fruit. A stake, trellis, or cage keeps fruits and foliage off the soil and allows air to circulate around the plants, reducing the likelihood of foliage blights. Start eating better tomatoes, even in a smaller space. Tomato plants are a summer vegetable home gardeners can successfully grow in containers. Companion plants: Plant with tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. Container growing: Grow tomatillos in a container as you would a tomato; you will need at least a 5 gallon (19 liter) container. One way to train tomato plants is by staking. Container tomatoes are often kept outdoors during the warm summer months. Many tomato diseases, including septoria and early blight, can be present in soils, especially in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and upper Midwest. Tomatillos can be trained but are usually allowed to grow bush like and sprawl. Determinate plants, also called bush tomatoes, grow 2 to 3 feet tall, while indeterminate tomatoes are also called vining tomatoes and grow up to 6 feet tall, but can grow as short, bushy plants when their central stems are pruned. (Pruning directs the plants' energy into fruit production rather than producing excess foliage).
Tomato varieties are classified as determinate, indeterminate, semi-determinate or dwarf indeterminate.
This subjects tomato plants to natural growing conditions, including rainfall, which can be both beneficial and problematic for tomato plants. Determinate tomato plants are those that grow to a predetermined size, produce a crop of fruit and then die.