Bush or Intermediate?

[Cloud]

Which do you prefer Bush or Intermediate Tomatoes.
The reason I ask is that I have always grown Inermediate Toms but have a few bush Toms this year.
The bush toms look scruffy and after a windy coulpe of days are preety windswept yet my intermediates are fine.

[Hilary B]

Surely it depends on the one you like the flavour of? I always grow Gardener's Delight, because they are easy, and my OH really likes the smaller tomatoes. This year I also have Super Marmande, because while I enjoy the Gardener's Delight, I also like big tomatoes for sandwiches etc.
I currently have a tomato jungle against the back wall of the house. Must get all the growth-points stopped, and start feeding them<g>

[lynda66]

haven't worked that one out yet ..... but next year i'm going to try a few different sorts of tomatoes planted at the right time ..... and hopefully i'll be able to answer that then currently im trying to grow a couple of different varieties, and the exciting bit is ..... i have no idea what type they are .... ie i lost the packet of one, and the other lot came in a little pouch ... i'll take more notice next year ..... i thought all tomatoes were big tall things, i never knew you could get tall or short ones.

[Cutecumber]

Just to be clear, there are three types of tomato -

determinate (bush)
semi-determinate, and
indeterminate (cordon)

The middle one is literally a bit of both.

They all have their place - depending on where you can grow them - but I personally struggle with the middle category - rampant, sprawling plants which sprout from every available node. I have spent a long time today trying to work out which way is up on a San Marzano plant. They are bullies!

So, for me, bush or cordon - as long as it's clear!

[Cloud]

My San Marzano plants are rampant!!!!

[Comfreyfan]

Relieved it's not just me battling with San Marzano plants! Loads of leaves, not so many tomatoes - well I think, it's difficult to see (haven't started feeding them yet either). First tomato nearly ripe on a really rubbishy looking Red Cherry plant (despite feeding). Very excited by my first ever Tigerella tomatoes - they look lovely - how do they taste?

[Alison]

Grew San Marzano a couple of years ago, huge plant but surprisingly little fruit - tasty though. Not grown it since.

This year have cordons in the greenhouse and bushes outside - works best in that the cordons take up less plan area space (premuim in the greenhouse) and the bushes are more erm bushy (!) and can cope with the weather better - I grow mine in a border, probably a different view if grown up a wall.