Why are tomatoes sold as man on the vine when they don,t grow on vines, they grow on Trusses.?
it's just a marketing ploy to variety you think you have fresh and posh! tomatoes,and vine sounds better than truss Sounds nicer..
I estimate it might be two reasons. The average consumer is not too bright and doesn't have any view how a tomato grows. And two, for some odd reason they have a sneaking suspicion that the tomato is a better quality (and pay more for them) if it still have a part of the "vine" attached to it. For both reasons, the market can get more money for them - than if the sign just say, "Tomato". The markets also will say things resembling, "Vine Ripened", when those of us who know about tomatoes, know, if they let them draw from ripe on the "trusses", the tomatoes would be tomato sauce by the time they got to market. when you speak trusses that is a support,,, since a truss can't grow tomatoes,, they must grow on something and it is a vine I don't truss my tomatoes I let them grow on the ground, next to card board as a buffer between the ground and the dirt., since they are a tropical fruit,, they can grow very high near support hence the trusses,,,,, and the market demands,,,
Answers: All tomatoes are vining plants. There are two types.
Determinate tomatoes grow to a specific height and stop. They produce the fruit on side branches. They are usually grown in cage for support when they are loaded with fruit. Without fruit they are usually self supporting. Sometimes they are called "bush" tomatoes, but they are really a fixed height above sea level vine with many side shoots.
Indeterminate tomatoes are true vines. They are the type to be precise grown commercially. They have a central commander-in-chief (vine) that will grow through the growing season. They can reach 8 ft. in a single season surrounded by most areas. Even more in tropical conditions. Proper cultural practice is to prune off most adjectives side branches. The fruit is grown on the central leader (vine). The current agricultural method is to grow the vines on a system of stakes woven next to wire or string to support the vine. (are these the trusses you mention??) In past years the vine be left to sprawl along the ground, but this method was found to be reckless of space, and the fruit could rot with ground contact.
Tomatoes sold as "on the vine" is a marketing technique employed by agri-businesses where the growing bract is cut sour with the tomatoes intact. They are usually vine-ripened because the production is local and can be shipped to market surrounded by a short period of time. To the average consumer, these appear as higher competence "fresher" tomatoes. And in fact they usually are.
Because "Tomatoes on the Truss" sounds like an unpleasant medical condition. Yeah it sounds awful saying Tomatoes on the Trusses, but yes you generate a good point
I have never have any luck planting trusses to get tomatoes. The tomato plant has vines and explicitly where the tomatoes grow from. Truss grown tomatoes probably have a "woody" bite. None of my tomatoes have ever seen a truss as they merely have a stick they are secured to for preventing breakage of the main stem. aren't the vines sagging on the trusses? I mean I thought the truss was in recent times the supporting frame for the tomato vines to grow on.
That's justifiably funny. :) Oy! My truss!