Cherry tomatos- any suggestions will be great!
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Make sure to get an indeterminant cherry tomato. Grape and Plum are two types of Make sure to get an indeterminant cherry tomato. Grape and Plum are two types of indeterminate cherry tomatoes. I don't think I would put a vining plant in with the tomato plant as it may be aggressive and choke out the tomato plant. You can always plant flowers at the base. Marigolds help keep bugs away. You could also plant herbs with the tomato plant. How great would that be to have fresh tomatoes and fresh basil with olive oil and balsamic vinegar? Oh gosh, now I am anxious for weather and planting time.
Most cherry tomatoes are vining, indeterminate varieties, but you can also buy determinate varieties. Indeterminate cherry tomatoes continue to grow and set fruit throughout the summer until the plant is killed by frost in fall.
There are a lot of miniature tomato varieties. I grow grape, sweet one hundred and yellow pear every year. They all grow very long branches. I had a yellow pear two seasons ago that grew along my fence for about fifteen feet and the plant was already about four foot high when it started growing along my fence. All three types grow very long branches and they end up using all the other tomato plants to build their canopy to support them. Make sure the pots are really huge to get maximum root and plant growth. You will need a bottle of calcium supplement to spray the leaves to prevent blossom end rot that is common in potted tomatoes. I got mine at a local greenhouse and it worked great when I noticed the first ones that were starting to ripen got it. Spray the leaves as directed and it will prevent more from getting it. You could also spray the leaves as the tomatoes start to just change color from green to prevent it. Potted tomatoes tend to get blossom end rot easily as the nutrition is washed out with the frequent watering they need to stay healthy. I hope this helps!
This page contains the best info I have found yet. Great list.
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/tomato-varieties-tall-vines-30954.html
Thanks you all for your advice! I will go ahead and look into it! Looking forward to spring!