After taking part in the dwarf project for many years I looked back in my records to see if there was a relationship between certain varieties and how tall the plants actually did get.
Not amazingly it seems like the further along the development the shorter the plants got. Some F1s were six feet tall and by stage F5 or greater they maxed out at 4 ft.
A few of the varieties in my garden never got below the 5 foot level but still showed all the traits of a dwarf since the parents varieties grown the same year in the garden could have been 7-9 feet in height since they were inside six foot cages and fountained over the top.
And for the record, none of my tomatoes, be they dwarf or giant, ever, ever get pruned...top, bottom or sides. The plants are in control and I never try to control them other than a cage to keep the leaves off the surface which I heavily mulch for plant health reasons.
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