There are two main types
of tomatoes
– determinate
(they stop growing
once they reach
a certain size)
and
indeterminate
(they never stop growing
and never stop
producing tomatoes).
Before this year,
I had only grown
determinant tomatoes.
This year,
the seeds I had harvested
from grocery store tomatoes
all grew into
indeterminant tomatoes.
I assumed the process
for the two
were the same.
I placed tomato cages
around them.
I didn’t prune them.
I waited for
the big harvest week.
The tomatoes
quickly outgrow their cages.
They sprawled everywhere.
They continue to flower
and produce fruit.
I totally f*cked up
growing them.
All that could have been
prevented
if I had simply ASKED
if there were any differences
in growing them.
Don’t assume
a new scenario
will be similar
to a scenario
you’ve already faced.
Ask!