44 Best Tomato Varieties to Grow in Your Garden, From Roma to Brandywine

More than 10,000 tomato varieties are available, and knowing the best types to plant in your garden can help you grow tasty tomatoes for different purposes. Some, like globes, are larger for slicing and putting on sandwiches, while paste and sauce tomatoes are more petite and less watery. Taste levels are different, too; some are sweeter, while others have a richer tomato flavor. Plus, colors (such as yellow tomatoes), sizes, and shapes can also vary,

Certain tomato types grow well in containers, while others need lots of space for roots to spread out. Another option is to choose heirlooms vs. hybrids. Heirlooms are types grown for over 50 years; they maintain their characteristics and are naturally pollinated by bees and birds (open-pollination). Hybrids are artificially designed varieties bred by crossing different types to develop disease resistance, taste, or other characteristics. Like most hybrids, the seeds do not grow true to type.

Tomatoes are grown as annuals in USDA hardiness zones 2 through 10. They require at least six to eight hours of sunlight daily and rich, sandy loam soil. Most tomatoes generally produce a crop between 40 and 70 days after transplanting them into the garden. Review these determinate and indeterminate varieties, for tomatoes that ripen simultaneously or produce throughout the season. Here are 44 of the best tomato varieties for home gardeners to grow.

San Marzano

San Marzanos (Lycopersicon esculentum 'San Marzano') are exceptional heirloom paste tomatoes. Their sweet, less acidic flavor and fewer seeds than other varieties make them ideal for stewing or saucing. Because this variety is determinate, the fruit ripens all at once—making them perfect for cooking up a big batch of marinara sauce or salsa.

• Name: San Marzano

• Type: Determinate

• Use: Canning, sauce

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 6-8 ft. tall, 2-3 ft. wide

• Days to Maturity: 85-90 days
  

Yellow Brandywine

Yellow Brandywine (Solanum lycopersicum 'Brandywine, Yellow') produces golden-to-pale orange tomatoes with a bright, intense flavor weighing up to two pounds each. They are good for eating sliced raw or as an ingredient in sauce. Stake Yellow Brandywine tomato plants well to support long vines with heavy fruits. This tomato is a potato-leaf heirloom.

• Name: Yellow Brandywine

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer, salad

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 6 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 90 days
  

Early Girl

Named for its relatively short harvest time, Early Girl (Solanum lycopersicum 'Early Girl') offers tennis ball-sized slicing tomatoes that are excellent on sandwiches or salads. It also provides disease and pest resistance, making it a go-to for the season's first crop.

• Name: Early Girl

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 6-8 ft. tall, 2-3 ft. wide

• Days to Maturity: 50 days
  

Lemon Boy

Mix things up with this mild, sweet, slicing tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Lemon Boy'), beloved for its beautiful yellow color and bright flavor in a salad. As a bonus, this tomato variety is resistant to several plant diseases.

• Name: Lemon Boy

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: Over 4 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 72 days
  

Roma

Roma (Solanum lycopersicum 'Roma') is a classic plum tomato. It is perfect for canning and saucing, as the oval-shaped fruits with dense flesh and few seeds ripen around the same time rather than throughout the growing season.

• Name: Roma

• Type: Determinate

• Use: Sauce, canning

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 3-5 ft. tall, 2-4 ft. wide

• Days to Maturity: 76 days

Tip

Determinate tomatoes are more compact plants (bush tomatoes) that thrive in containers.

Green Zebra

Often referred to as an heirloom tomato, the Green Zebra (Solanum lycopersicum 'Green Zebra') variety is a hybrid of four different heirloom varieties. Known for their striped green skin, Green Zebra will add a pop of color and a tangy flavor to your next heirloom tomato salad.

• Name: Green Zebra

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 4-6 ft. tall, 2-3 ft. wide

• Days to Maturity: 75 days
  

Cherokee Purple

Known for its large, sweet fruits and blush pink skin that fades to green, Cherokee Purple (Solanum lycopersicum 'Cherokee Purple') is an iconic, hearty heirloom tomato, perfect for eating raw or for use in tomato-based sauces and soups. This disease-resistant variety requires a strong trellis, as its vines can grow up to nine feet long.

• Name: Cherokee Purple

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 4-6 ft. tall, 2-3 ft. wide

• Days to Maturity: 80 days
  

Golden Roma

Like red romas, yellow romas (Solanum lycopersicum 'Roma Golden') are meaty, dense, and flavorful, with few seeds. Use these prolific plum tomatoes to make a sweet, golden pasta sauce.

• Name: Golden Roma

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Sauce, canning

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 4-6 ft. tall, 2-3 ft. wide

• Days to Maturity: 75-90 days
  

Black Krim

This Ukrainian heirloom tomato (Solanum lycopersicum ‘Black Krim’) is known for its deep reddish-purple skin, squat shape, and ruffled shoulders. Its tangy, robust flavor makes it perfect for slicing into a garden salad or adding to a BLT.

• Name: Black Krim

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 4-6 ft. tall, 2-3 ft. wide

• Days to Maturity: 70-90 days
  

Indigo Blue Beauty

Solanum lycopersicum ‘Indigo Blue Beauty’ beefsteak tomatoes are a unique deep blue color with a meaty texture and are best used as a slicing or salad tomato. These medium-sized tomatoes are mild, juicy, and delicious. Their blue color indicates the presence of anthocyanin, the antioxidant that makes blueberries great for disease-fighting.

• Name: Indigo Blue Beauty

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer, salad, sandwiches

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Well-drained

• Mature Size: 4 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 80 days

Yellow Pear

Tiny, pear-shaped tomatoes in a bright yellow color grow in thick clusters on plants with vines that can grow over eight feet in length. Use Yellow Pear (Solanum lycopersicum 'Yellow Pear') to add color to tomato salads or snack on them out of hand.

• Name: Yellow Pear

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Snacking, salads

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 8-12 ft. tall, 2-3 ft. wide

• Days to Maturity: 80 days
  

Blush Tiger

Get an early harvest with these compact yet prolific cocktail tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum 'Blush Tiger'). The fruits are 2 to 2.5 inches long and have a juicy, sweet flavor and snappy texture. Use them fresh in salads and sandwiches or cooked into sauces. Plus, the plants are compact enough to grow in containers.

• Name: Blush Tiger

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Snacking, salad

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 3-4 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 60 days
  

Sungold

Sweet and low in acid, these prolific orange cherry tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum 'Sungold') are a favorite amongst home gardeners. They are great fresh or in pasta sauce. Be sure to use strong stakes or cages, as the vines can grow up to 10 feet long.

• Name: Sungold

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Snacking, salad

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 6-10 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 55-65 days
  

Zebra Cherry

Grow these unique cherry tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum 'Black Zebra Cherry') in a hanging basket to save space and show off clusters of colorful fruits with firm, deep red flesh. These tomatoes are perfect for snacking.

• Name: Zebra Cherry

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Snacking, salads

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 2 ft. wide

• Days to Maturity: 70 days
  

Striped German

This bicolored yellow and red striped variety (Solanum lycopersicum ‘Striped German’) has a flat pan shape with ribbed shoulders. It features a complex, fruity flavor with a smooth texture. These tomatoes can get large, some weighing up to 2 pounds. Use these tomatoes in salad or sandwiches to show off their flavor.

• Name: Striped German

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer, salad, sandwiches

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Well-drained

• Mature Size: 5 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 78 days
  

Pink Brandywine

This centuries-old heirloom (Solanum lycopersicum 'Brandywine') makes up for lower-than-average production with big, flavorful fruits and beautiful deep pink skin that can weigh in at over one pound each. The plant is known for its smooth-edged "potato leaves." This all-purpose tomato is excellent for eating raw, sautéed, grilled, and stewed. Brandywine tomatoes are also a perfect choice for making tomato juice.

• Name: Pink Brandywine

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 4-6 ft. tall, 2-3 ft. spread

• Days to Maturity: 78 days
  

Sweet Million

Sweet Million cherry tomatoes work brilliantly in fresh salads, snacking, or a pop of flavor. These classic tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum 'Sweet Million') are among the easiest and most delicious tomato varieties to grow. Harvest the prolific red fruits frequently to keep production going until the last frost.

• Name: Sweet Million

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Snacking, salad

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 3-5 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 60 days
  

Beauty King

These luminous heirloom slicers (Solanum lycopersicum 'Beauty King') are a dwarf cross between Green Zebra and Big Rainbow tomato varieties. They have tons of flavor and gorgeous bi-color flesh to match, and they are good to use fresh and sliced in sandwiches and salads. The fruits can grow as large as 1 pound each.

• Name: Beauty King

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 4-7 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 75-90 days
  

Black Prince

Native to Siberia, this early-ripening heirloom (Solanum lycopersicum 'Black Prince') is ideal for growing in cooler climates. It can be eaten raw or cooked in many ways, such as roasted, simmered in sauce, and on the grill. Provide solid stakes for its long, robust vines.

• Name: Black Prince

• Type: Determinate

• Use: Salad, slicer

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: Over 4 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 60-70 days
  

Dr. Wyche's Yellow

Grow this rare heirloom tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Dr. Wyche's Yellow') known for its sizeable orange-yellow fruits. Unlike some yellow heirlooms, which can be milder in flavor, this one is meaty, tangy, and robust with fewer seeds. Use it fresh in salad, sandwiches, and salsa.

• Name: Dr. Wyche's Yellow

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 4-6 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 80 days
  

Black Beauty

Black Beauty tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum 'Black Beauty') are great for slicing into salads and sandwiches and can be used in sauces, roasting, and canning. They are dark, meaty, and rich-fleshed with anthocyanin, an antioxidant also found in blueberries and blackberries.

• Name: Black Beauty

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer, salad, sandwiches

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Well-drained

• Mature Size: 3 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 80-85 days

Oxheart

These beefsteak-style tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum 'Oxheart') are named for their unique heart shape, hefty size (1 to 2 pounds each,) and dense, meaty flesh. Eat them fresh or cook them in soups or sauces.

• Name: Oxheart

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Sauce, salads

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 6-8 ft. tall, 2 ft. wide

• Days to Maturity: 88 days
  

Basinga

This beefsteak-type yellow heirloom (Solanum lycopersicum 'Basinga') produces an abundance of sweet, hefty fruits around half a pound each. This low-acid tomato works well in sauce. Provide good support for this indeterminate variety.

• Name: Basinga

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 4-6 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 80 days
  

Datterino Tigrato

A rare small tomato from Italy, Datterino Tigrato (Solanum lycopersicum pomodoro 'Datterino') sports colorful, reddish-green skin with an almost metallic sheen. Abundant fruits are sweet and flavorful for cooking or eating raw.

• Name: Datterino Tigrato

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Sauce, salad

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 2-3 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 90 days
  

Better Boy

This popular variety (Solanum lycopersicum ‘Better Boy’) is easy to grow thanks to its disease resistance. The fruits have shiny, smooth skin in a classic red shade and a balanced tomato flavor. Use this tomato fresh in salads, sauces, soups, and stews.

• Name: Better Boy

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer, salad

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 5-8 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 70-75 days

Pink Accordion

This distinctive mid-season tomato, Pink Accordion (Solanum lycopersicum 'Pink Accordion'), is named for the pronounced "ruffles" that extend from the shoulders to the blossom end. The fruits are mild in flavor and slightly hollow, making them great for stuffing.

• Name: Pink Accordion

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer, stuffing

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: Up to 10 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 80 days
  

Indigo Rose

Indigo Rose (Solanum lycopersicum 'Indigo Rose') is a cluster of shiny, antioxidant-rich fruits that ripen first purple over green and then deep red. Support these sweet yet tangy tomatoes with stakes or cages. Use these versatile tomatoes in salad, eat them fresh, or cooked into sauces.

• Name: Indigo Rose

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Salad, snacking

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 5 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 65-plus days
  

Raspberry Oxheart

Sizeable, bold-flavored fruits (Solanum lycopersicum 'Oxheart Raspberry') ripen mid-season and weigh around half a pound each. The dense, meaty flesh makes this heirloom an excellent sauce tomato; however, its rich flavor makes it a stellar tomato to eat raw.

• Name: Raspberry Oxheart

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer, sauce

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 5 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 75 days
  

Pineapple

Huge golden fruits streaked with pink can grow as large as 2 pounds, with sweet, citrusy flesh that is great for salads or sandwiches. Pineapple (Solanum lycopersicum 'Pineapple') combines the low acidity of a yellow tomato and the tangy taste of a red one.

• Name: Pineapple

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer, salad

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: Up to 6 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 85 days

Earl of Edgecombe

This mid-sized orange tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum 'Earl of Edgecombe') is known for its smooth flesh and balanced flavor. It comes to us from England via New Zealand. Plant it if you're looking for an heirloom that is resistant to problems like blossom-end rot and cracking. This tomato is best eaten raw.

• Name: Earl of Edgecombe

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer, salad

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 6-8 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 73 days
  

Pink Berkeley Tie Dye

Pink Berkeley Tie Dye (Solanum lycopersicum 'Pink Berkeley Tie Dye') tomatoes are dark purple with green marbling. They have a sweet, rich, dark tomato flavor and are about 8 to 12 ounces in size. Plants average between 5 and 8 feet tall; this tomato variety is suitable for slicing and adding to sandwiches, salads, and burgers.

• Name: Pink Berkeley Tie Dye

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer, salad, sandwiches

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Well-drained

• Mature Size: 5 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 65-75 days

Bush Early Girl

This compact, vigorous Early Girl hybrid (Solanum lycopersicum 'Bush Early Girl') is a bush type perfect for growing in cooler regions or small spaces. It's also resistant to common tomato plant diseases. Best as a slicing tomato to savor raw, this versatile tomato also tastes great in soups and sauces.

• Name: Bush Early Girl

• Type: Determinate

• Use: Slicer, sauce, canning

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 2-4 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 54 days
  

Marglobe Improved

Bred for strong disease resistance, this firm, flavorful tomato (Solanum lycopersicum  'Marglobe Improved') is excellent for turning into tomato sauce since fruits will all ripen around the same time.

• Name: Marglobe Improved

• Type: Determinate

• Use: Canning, sauces

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 3 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 70 days
  

Tasmanian Chocolate

This heirloom variety (Solanum lycopersicum 'Tasmanian Chocolate') is perfect for growing in containers or raised beds where space is at a premium. This variety produces heavy, juicy fruits, ideal for BLTs and salads. Be sure to use substantial stakes to support these fruits.

• Name: Tasmanian Chocolate

• Type: Determinate

• Use: Slicer, salad

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 3 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 80-85 days

Sun Sugar Yellow Cherry

As their name suggests, these little golden tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum 'Yellow Cherry') offer sweetness in each bite—perfect for salads or sauces. Easy-growing, disease-resistant plants produce an abundance of fruit throughout the season.

• Name: Sun Sugar Yellow Cherry

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Salad, snacking

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Sandy loam

• Mature Size: 7 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 75 days
  

Bush Beefsteak

'Bush Beefsteak' (Solanum lycopersicum 'Bush Beefsteak'), also known as 'BushSteak,' produces a harvest 62 days after transplanting. It produces deep red 8 to 12-ounce sweet tomatoes with a rich beefsteak taste, most often used sliced in sandwiches and salads. The compact, bushy plants are a good choice for containers where you can't grow the larger varieties.

• Name: Bush Beefsteak, BushSteak

• Type: Determinate

• Use: Salads, slicer

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Fertile, well-drained

• Mature Size: 2-3 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 62 days

Cold Set

In about 65 days, 'Cold Set' (Solanum lycopersicum 'Cold Set') produces the first harvest of 4-inch red, round tomatoes. Catalogs claim that you can sow the seeds directly into your garden and that the seedlings can withstand temperatures as low as 18 degrees Fahrenheit. Still, indoor sowing is generally a better bet. These tomatoes are bred in Canada. Use them sliced in salads, salsas, sandwiches, and sauces.

• Name: Cold Set

• Type: Determinate

• Use: Sandwiches, salads, slicer

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Well-drained

• Mature Size: 6 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 60-65 days

Manitoba

This Canadian variety (Solanum lycopersicum 'Manitoba') is a vigorous grower that produces a crop around 65 days after planting. It produces heavy yields of 3- to 4-inch round red fruits with a tangy, very "tomato-ey" flavor. This variety works well for canning or eating raw.

• Name: Manitoba

• Type: Determinate

• Use: Slicer, preserves

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Fertile, well-drained

• Mature Size: 6 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 65 days

Gardener's Delight

This very productive old German heirloom variety (Lycopersicon esculentum 'Gardener's Delight') produces its first crop around 65 days after planting. The red cherry tomatoes are so sweet that 'Gardener's Delight' is also commonly called 'Sugar Lump.' The plant bears clusters of six to twelve tomatoes all season long. Eat them raw as snacking tomatoes or roast them to accentuate their sweetness.

• Name: Gardener's Delight

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Salads, snacks, sauces, soups

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Rich, moist, organic

• Mature Size: 4 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 65-70 days

Matina

'Matina' (Solanum lycopersicum 'Matina') is also a German heirloom. This cool-weather tomato produces a crop in about 70 days. The potato-leafed plants bear clusters of 3-inch red, round tomatoes throughout the growing season. The tomatoes have an excellent beefsteak flavor and can be used in canning, salads, salsa, slicing, sandwiches, and sauce.

• Name: Matina

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Sandwiches, sauces, cooking, salads

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Clay to loam

• Mature Size: 6 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 70 days

Silvery Fir Tree

'Silvery Fir Tree' (Solanum lycopersicum 'Silvery Fir Tree') is a Russian variety with unique, silvery-gray, carrot-like foliage. These compact plants are an excellent option for those wanting to grow tomatoes in containers, even hanging baskets. About 58 days after planting, it produces a crop of smallish orange fruits.

These fruits have a lot of gel for their size, and the mild flavor of the flesh balances the tang of the gel. Eat them raw, in sauce, roasted, canned, or frozen. 'Silvery Fir Tree' was introduced by Seed Savers International in 1995.

• Name: Silvery Fir Tree

• Type: Determinate

• Use: Snacks, slicer, sauces, roasting, canning, freezing

• Light: Well-drained

• Soil: Full sun

• Mature Size: 2 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 58-plus days

Sophie's Choice

This Canadian cold-tolerant variety (Solanum lycopersicum 'Sophie's Choice') produces a heavy crop of small to medium 6 to 8-ounce fruits about 55 days after planting. The fruit of 'Sophie's Choice' has orangish-red skin, a deep red interior, and a tangy flavor that works well for salads, sandwiches, and sauces. The compact plants grow to about 24 inches tall, making this a good option for container growing or small, square-foot gardening.

• Name: Sophie's Choice

• Type: Determinate

• Use: Sandwiches, slicer, salads

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Fertile, well-drained

• Mature Size: 2 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 55 days

Tip

When growing tomatoes in colder climates, plant early-season varieties. This type is bred to grow well in cooler weather.

Subarctic Plenty

"The world's earliest tomato," Subarctic Plenty (Solanum lycopersicum), produces a harvest of 4-ounce red, round fruits about 42 days after planting. The tangy little tomatoes are great in salads and larger than cherry or grape tomatoes for slicing onto sandwiches. It was bred in Canada and is a good, disease-resistant variety.

• Name: Subarctic Plenty

• Type: Determinate

• Use: Salads, snacks, sandwiches

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Well-drained

• Mature Size: 4 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 42 days

Costoluto Genovese

The Costoluto Genovese tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Costoluto Genovese') is an Italian variety that is large, red, flattened, and ribbed tomato with a slightly tart flavor. This indeterminate heirloom-type fruit is used in sandwiches and snacking. This versatile tomato also works well for sauces, soups, juices, or canning.

• Name: Costoluto Genovese

• Type: Indeterminate

• Use: Slicer, salad, sandwiches

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Well-drained

• Mature Size: 6 ft. tall

• Days to Maturity: 80-85 days

Learn More

Once you've chosen which tomato varieties to plant in your garden, learn everything you need to know to help them thrive all season.

• Beginner Tips for Growing Plumper Heirloom Tomatoes

• Why Tomatoes Split and Ways to Prevent It

• When and How to Prune Indeterminate Tomatoes for the Best Crop
  

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most popular variety of tomato?

Better Boy, Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, and Roma tomatoes are among the most popular varieties.

How many varieties of tomatoes are there?

There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes, including determinate, indeterminate, beefsteak, heirloom, slicing, saucing, and cherry types.

What is the easiest tomato variety to grow?

Cherry tomatoes are the easiest to grow from seed, with high germination rates, rapid growth, and disease-resistance.

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