in the plant profile series of videos
today we will look at a determinate
tomato variety that's easy to grow in
containers and small spaces
let's look at the red pride hybrid
tomato and remember that this is not a
comprehensive guide to growing tomatoes
this is a plant profile for the Red
pride hybrid tomato only so we planted
this tomato plant around july we got the
plant from a local garden store and then
use this container this 16 inches wide
and 16 inch high container that holds about
five to seven gallons of soil and within
five days you can see that the plant
grew very quickly and even produce some
small tomatoes that you can see here the
potting mix that we're using is a
standard 30-percent peat moss 30-percent
compost and thirty percent perlite
with some tomato fertilizer mixture into
the soil
and since it was very hot during july
this year i also used some mulch to
protect the plant from the intense Sun
and that way I don't have to water the
plant a lot
and about 20 days since planting you can
see that a lot of tomatoes have now grown
on the plant and the one tomato on the
top that you can see is the one that's
most exposed to the Sun and let's see
how that tomato grows
now you can see that the plant is very
short I mean this plant is about like a
foot in height and it has produced a lot
of tomatoes and in about 30 days you can
see that some of the tomatoes have ripened
on the vine and this one tomato that
we're harvesting right now you can see
that it looks pretty good but it does
have the other side a little affected
from the Sun so you can still use the
other side of the tomato the side that
you're seeing but because of a lot of
Sun you might see some tomatoes that
might be affected
now all the other tomatoes were fine
in this plant and you can see that the
tomatoes are medium to large sized
Tomatoes as you can see here they do
have a little bit of cracks on their
side but it's not significant to cause
any mis-shaped fruits as you can see here
the plant produces tomatoes in these
huge clusters and the plant is still
about a foot tall as you can see and it
keeps producing these large tomatoes
right at the bottom of the plant and
this is why i highly recommend this
plant if you're growing in small spaces
in containers and this plant grows very
well and produces a lot of tomatoes
I've not even used any cage or support
for this tomato plant
it's a bush type tomato plant that's
determinate it doesn't have any
indeterminate vines it just confines
itself to growing into a small space
and still you can see that it has
these large number of fruits and as you
can see here all these tomatoes have
ripened on the vine and vine ripened
Tomatoes sun-ripened tomatoes are the
best tasting tomatoes you'll ever get
and as far as insects and diseases go
this plant wasn't attacked by any
insects and as far as diseases i did not
see any kind of fungal diseases in this
plant so overall it's a very
disease-resistant plant that produces
large clusters of tomatoes does not
produce a lot of foliage as you can see
here it's just a lot of tomatoes and the
plant is just about a foot high as I
mentioned and I did remove some of the
dead leaves from the bottom part of the plant
to keep it clean and I've noticed that
it also improves the tomato production
for the plant
so all in all I highly recommend this
tomato variety
this is a small plant it still produces
a lot of fruits a lot of medium to
large-sized tomatoes that are excellent
in taste it reminds me of the mountain
pride hybrid tomato that I reviewed
earlier if you haven't watched that
video do check it out
this plant is very close to that it is
still a lot smaller than the mountain
pride hybrid tomato
so all in all I highly recommend that
you grow this tomato plant try it out
I'll try to post a link to the seeds in
the video description
so there we have it folks that was our
plant profile series for the Red pride
hybrid tomato if you like this video do
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