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KarenO · November 30, 2017

It varies Nan. What variety specifically are you researching?
If you are asking how long does a standard definite determinate plant produce ripe tomatoes I would say again average over about 3 weeks in my experience and usually at the end of the season ie late August/ September . That’s me, a home gardener picking ripe tomatoes.
Commercial field producers of tomatoes, who grow for processing do not concern themselves with niceties such as ripening. They would purposefully not allow them to ripen but would mechanically harvest at mature green stage and then gas them ripe all at once. Tomato Flavour is not much of a concern nor is quality.
I think you will find the DTM on most any available tomato variety. If so, add about 3 weeks for first to last ripe. No plant I have ever grown ripens all if it’s fruit simultaneously.
KarenO

November 30, 2017	#9
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,922	It varies Nan. What variety specifically are you researching? If you are asking how long does a standard definite determinate plant produce ripe tomatoes I would say again average over about 3 weeks in my experience and usually at the end of the season ie late August/ September . That’s me, a home gardener picking ripe tomatoes. Commercial field producers of tomatoes, who grow for processing do not concern themselves with niceties such as ripening. They would purposefully not allow them to ripen but would mechanically harvest at mature green stage and then gas them ripe all at once. Tomato Flavour is not much of a concern nor is quality. I think you will find the DTM on most any available tomato variety. If so, add about 3 weeks for first to last ripe. No plant I have ever grown ripens all if it’s fruit simultaneously. KarenO Last edited by KarenO; November 30, 2017 at 12:46 PM.