Bush VERSUS Vine

Vine cucumbers can climb and sprawl out forever it seems. They produce A LOT of cucs at once. They need a place to grow (up fences, up a tripod, across a LONG garden row). 

Bush cucumbers are great for container gardening and smaller spaces.

I grow both because I enjoy the varieties each produce and having cucs throughout the season. 

Vining tomatos require tomato cages or stakes or another means for them to sprawl and grow to prevent them from breaking. Vining tomatos grow and ripen until a heavy frost kills them. 

Bush tomatos ripen at once and are great for smaller spaces or containers.