Live in New England. The absolutely best tomatoes in my garden are the ones I remember to water.

2:20 - Best Tomatoes for the South Better Boy - Indeterminate Golden Jubilee - Indeterminate Tropic - Indeterminate Mountain Supreme - Determinate Mountain Magic - Indeterminate Sweet Million - Indeterminate Arkansas Traveler - Indeterminate Brandywine - Indeterminate Punta Banda - Determinate Dad's Mug - Indeterminate 6:06 - Dry, Hot Climate (Southwest) SunMaster - Determinate Punta Banda - Determinate BeefMaster - Indeterminate Celebrity - Determinate Early Girl - Indeterminate Sweet 100 - Indeterminate Arkansas Traveler - Indeterminate Burbank Slicing - Determinate Costoluto Genovese - Indeterminate Eva Purple Ball - Indeterminate Great White Beefsteak - Indeterminate Marble Striped - Indeterminate Purple Calabash - Indeterminate 9:44 - Short Growing Season (North) Patio Choice - Determinate 4th of July - Indeterminate Early Doll - Determinate Bloody Butcher - Indeterminate Early Wonder - Determinate 11:48 - Cold Climates Northern Delight - Determinate Northern Exposure - Determinate Polar Baby - Determinate Polar Star - Determinate San Francisco Fog - Indeterminate Sub Arctic - Determinate Manitoba - Determinate Moskovitch - Indeterminate

Zone 6 Central Pa. Gold Medal, Sungold, Mortgage Lifter, Amish Paste, San Marzano Redorta, Black Cherry, Japanese Trifle, Paul Robeson, Black Krim, Cherokee Purple, Aunt Rubies German Green, Pink Oxheart, Belgium Pink, Great White, Delicious, Italian Heirloom. Love these maters!!

This is what I love about you. You include other zones, not just yours. I'm in NY and this helps so much. Thank you

I can add another tomato that grows well in the deep south humidity/heat. Chocolate Cherry. I grew it for the first time this past season. We hit 100F by May, then June-Sept. This little cherry tomato continued to bloom and produce tomatoes right through those hellish months, while all the rest of my tomato plants (even my peppers) were struggling just to stay alive. Chocolate Cherry will forever have a place in my garden.

CA 9b. Last summer was a scorcher of a summer here! Tip! if a variety that you planted is surviving even in extreme and unusual weather, Let a sucker grow about 18", cut and stick, deep in the soil (I didn't need to place in water to root). I had tomatoes through Oct. in my zone! At least you'll know that this variety is hardy in that particular weather, and you'll have tomatoes to harvest, can, or make powder in hard, unexpected weather. I had "large cherry" for months! I learned that I will only grow one plant of each variety I like, and succession plant their suckers. I mean...Yay! for suckers!!

I'm in 8b in the Pacific Northwest. I grew Sungold Cherry Tomatoes for the first time last year. I only grew one plant. It produced an amazing number of fruits, but they seldom made it into the house as we consumed them as fast as we could pick them. They are the best tasting cherry tomato I have ever had. I was a fan of Sweet Million for years and years. It's still a great tomato, but these are superior in every way. They were the last to succumb to disease in the fall too. The y are a perfect little snack tomato. I'll be planting three or four this year!

I'm zone 5a, in SWNY, my favorite tomatoes to grow are German Pink heirlooms. They are a beefsteak style tomato. My biggest fruit last season was just shy of 5lbs. Soooooo goooood!

This is really unique content! I know that is getting harder the more garden vloggers entering the space. Good job putting in the work.

Ohio zone 6. We were blown away as first time gardeners by Jersey Breeze and San Marzano tomatoes. No health issues, lots of fruit, long fruiting periods. We were picking tomatoes right up to first frost with May transplanting and no succession.

This is such a good informative video. I enjoyed reading the comments from gardeners and where they are and experiences growing tomatoes. I appreciate the fact that Brian has done some good research to help us via our growing zones. It's been hard finding good information for growing in SW Arizona.

Here in 8b I grow Better Boy, Beefsteak, and Early Girl. Can hardly wait for their deliciousness❤❤❤ Love the video format. Please do more of these for popular veggies and invite comments. Brian you are such an humble GENIUS!❤❤❤

I live in the low desert of AZ zone 9b.. I grew cherry Sun Gold Indeterminate tomatoes. They grew very well in the summer and had really sweet yellow tomatoes. I will be growing them again from seed.

Zone 8a, Fort Worth, Texas - a GREAT cherry tomato for us is Sungold. It's yellow/gold/orange and sweet. Very prolific. Celebrity and Early Girl have both worked well in our garden. I'm now trying to figure out the best roma type variety to grow for our area so we can can tomato sauce and salsas. Very informative video. Thank you.

I'm in the northeast, specifically New York(zone 5b). Some of my favorite tomatoes to grow here are the red Oxheart and yellow oxheart heirlooms and jet star which is a hybrid. All 3 of these are indeterminate. The Celebrity tomato that you mentioned also grows well here. Another I really like growing here is the sungold tomato. It's a cherry sized tomato and it is an indeterminate hybrid.

We're in Zone 4b borderline 3a in Minnesota. We can grow Beefsteak tomatoes, but we have to either grow our own starts or buy them to get a head start. 75 days is about the limit here, and most often we'll need to harvest, and fully ripen the remaining fruit on the plant indoors at that point, due to frost. For the last 2 yrs I've switched to more DETERMINATE tomatoes, even plant them in 2 stages 3 weeks apart, they ripen sooner and harvest period is more condensed, plus the newer breeds have compatible flavors to heirloom. I feel that the overnight dew is more of a culprit with regards to diseases. Our July and August months are relatively dry, with the exception if we enter a rainy period, but those move in quickly and move out just as fast, typically, hence I'm pin-pointing the issues to overnight dew. My favorites are: Heirloom - Ananas Noire (greenish multi-color) Virginia Sweet (yellow), Gold Metal (yellow), Curtis Cheek (red), Aussie (red), Green Giant (green). Hybrids (determinate or semi-determinate) - Beefsteak plus (red), Buffalo Steak (red), Roadster (red), Red Snapper (red), Carolina Gold (yellow), Cherokee Carbon, black (indeterminate), Paste: Plum Regal (determinate), Tachi (indeterminate but great disease resistance), Picus (determinate). Cherry: Cherry Falls, red (container-determinate, hybrid), Patio Choice, (red, determinate (hybrid), Black Cherry (black, indeterminate, hybrid), Prairie Fire, red w/yellow (ind. Heirloom, very sweet, oblong), Sunchocola (Ind., hybrid, black), White Cherry (white, indeterminate, heirloom), Super Sweet (red, indeterminate), Gold Nugget (deep yellow, sweet, hybrid, indeterminate), Perfect Flame (orange red, 3-1/2 to 4 oz., immaculate tomatoes, indeterminate, hybrid), Green Doctors Cherry (green, indeterminate, best green cherry).

I live in NC 8A. I grow Cherokee Purple, Mortgage Lifter, Celebrity, Black Cherry, Black Krim, San Marzano, Brandywine and Terrific. These do great for me.

Here in East Coast Canada (45ºN) these grow well outdoors: Sub Arctic Plenty, Manitoba, Yellow Pear, Gardeners' Delight, (Super) Sweet 100, Amish Paste, Early Girl. (Edit: zone 5b)

If you are in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 6a-8b, you should be able to grow pretty much any tomato variety you wish (with the only real limitations being watering). Zones 1a-3b will basically preclude growing any tomato with a longer than 75 day to harvest time period. Zones 9a-12b, the limiting factor is day time temps and watering, so shade cloths or some other means of keeping the temperature around the tomato plants below 110 F is required. Yes tomato plants will survive somewhat prolonged exposure to temperatures over 100-110, but production drops severely (most tomato varieties pollen becomes sterile at around 93 F). Some of the biggest factors that affect tomatoes are soil nutrient levels, especially potassium, calcium, and phosphorus and soil acidity. Soil acidity should be between 6.2 and 7, no higher or lower otherwise tomatoes have some real trouble uptaking nutrients, with the "Goldilocks" range being 6.4-6.7 where nutrient uptake is at it greatest. And tomatoes really do not like fertilizer being heavy on nitrogen which causes excessive stem and leaf growth without increasing the production of flowers and fruits . Try to keep any fertilizer at least balanced in N-P-K, 10-10-10 for example. I prefer an N-P-K of 7-8-8 or 7-9-9, as higher phosphorus and potassium increase resistance to disease and watering issues (reduces cracking due to unbalanced watering and increases tolerance to drought stress) as well as increasing flower and fruit production as well as promoting robust root growth. Making sure the tomatoes have good soil calcium levels reduces the occurrence of blossom end rot, as long as the plants have sufficient water (swing back around to potassium and phosphorus importance). This is a great video for illuminating how variety selection is very much climate dependent, which is something many first time gardeners do not realize. Picking the wrong variety for the location has led to many people giving up on gardening, because they think they are bad at it when it was just one simple (and easily remedied) mistake that led them to failure or disappointment. Another way to get the best tomato for you area, though it will take you some time, is to save seeds from the plants that did the best in your garden. After a 3-4 of years of doing this you will start to see the plants started from these saved seeds doing even better than their predecessors. I will say that you really need at least 6-8 tomato plants for this to work well, and more plants would be even better.

Lakewood, Colorado - Zone 6a. Black Beauties have done really well! And also last year I grew Napa Chardonnay Cherry Tomatoes and they went CRAZY! I DID have one summer where my Pink Jazz (also my all time favorite tomato) did SUPER - as long as you make sure to start them indoors to give them a good head start first.

This was such a great session, loved you breaking them into zones, what a great idea. My 1st real year growing tomatoes was last year. Horribly pathetic success as in North TX, we got hot in March and stayed hot until September. This year, I'm starting from seed indoors and all kinds. I just ordered Punta Banda to try, that you mentioned. Love your channel

Love your videos, they have had a huge impact on my gardening education.

I live in Seattle(8b) and every year grow Sweet Millions or Sweet 100 Cherry tomatoes and have more than we can eat from one plant. Last year I also tried Kellogg's Breakfast on your suggestion and Cherokee. They did well even though last year was a strange year for growing anything. Cold and wet into June and then some really hot days in August and September. Everything in the garden really took a long time to mature. Thought my Dahlias would never bloom and some didn't.

In central Texas, I had really good production last season from honeycomb hybrid and yellow pears. The biggest advantage was getting the plants morning sun and afternoon shade. Most of the summer I was picking 50+ tomatoes per day from 20 plants. Started indoors in late January from seed. Transplanted outside in middle March.

Wow, Brian! It's very obvious that you did a lot of research for this video! Thank you for that!! I'm in 7a (New York) and the tomato varieties that do well for me are Sun Gold cherry tomatoes (hybrid) and the Brandywine tomatoes that were mentioned in this video. And, now I'm off to go watch your aspirin spray video.

I live near Spokane Washington and I can grow most varieties that stay around 80 days. I love all the Brandywines, Kellogg's breakfast, Morgage lifter, Sungold, Chocolate Cherry, Snow White and a zillion more.

Crazy how even the same zones can vary from state to state. I'm in Zone 8b but in Central Texas. Seems like a huge difference from 8b on the West and East coasts and even from Central to East Texas! My personal favorites are Celebrity, juliet and sungold varieties. I'm trying several new ones that are supposed to be heat and drought tolerant.

I'm in zone 4A, northern New England. This will be my 30th year gardening in this spot. Some varieties I have grown successfuly are Celebrity, Jetstar, Polish Linguisa, Opalka, Amish Paste, Rio Grande, Belstar, Aunt Ruby's German Green, Mr. Stripey, Cherokee Purple, Black Krim, Japanese Trifele, Rutgers, Sungold, Sunsugar and Big Boy. The only failures I remember are Principe Borghese and Matt's Wild Cherry. There have been years when I didn't pick a single ripe tomato. I had to ripen them in the house. The last frost is usually June 1 and the latest frost I've seen was June 28. The earliest fall frost since I've been here was August 30 but September 10-15 is most common. The killing frost usually happens in the second half of September.

I am in the Pacific Northwest zone 8B I have been successful with San Marzano, early Girl, Sweet 100’s and Sweet Millions. I plant them earlier than most of my gardening friends, i have them in pots and they are watered with irrigation. Great info!

Thank you for an excellent idea. East Tennessee starts out hot and very humid until about July. Then it seems to stop raining for the rest of the summer, gets even hotter, and everything gets crunchy. The idea you gave me was to start a second batch inside for a hotter dryer zone. You are the best!

I grew Roso Sicilian heirloom in zone 6 - NY; they grew very well, taste fantastic and are such pretty tomatoes. This type of content is absolutely amazing. I've tried growing some items ok for the zone, but they didn't do so well. I hope you continue to provide such information! Thank you

Finally! Thanks for the video, very helpful! We need to choose the varieties based on the weather. It is extremelly hard to grow many varieties in the deep south because of the humidity. I shared your video in our mississippi backyard gardening group.

I'm in NC, 7b so we have long, hot, humid summers. Better Boy, for years, has been my absolute workhorse, but last year they faltered for the first time ever. A couple of heirlooms that did great for me were Arkansas Traveler and Dester. Delicious also did pretty well.

I live here in central Washington, with very hot summers, as we live in the desert. I have grown super sweet 100, Husky cherry reds, mortgage, lifter, yellow pear, and tiny Tim. those are the ones so far that I have grown, and all the tomatoes I have growing have produced well.

Boston here, zone 6a, we've had great success with Roma, San Marzano, Mr. Stripey, better girl and surprisingly Oxheart did amazing and were huge! For cherry size: Sweet 100s, yellow pear are mostly what we stick with and have had great success to the point we have random cherry/grape tomato plants springing up in our shrub bed so we let them grow, too.

Thanks for all the great videos Brian! I am in Alberta Canada and am in zone 3a. I always start my tomatoes in my house in late February. Love my viparspectra lights. I transplant to larger pots as needed. My tomatoes go into the garden the first part of June and have always produced lots. I have had good success with Bush beef steak improved, big beef hybrid, health kick roma as well as other roma tomatoes. I order from a seed company in Manitoba Canada, that is close to the same zone as me and have had great success with all the seeds varieties from them.

I'm in 8b in Washington state. The Siletz tomato was developed to be able to grow on the Oregon coast which rarely gets over 70°. It's a great early slicer variety coming in at around 60 days if I'm remembering correctly.

Southern end of the central San Joaquin Valley in California, zone 9b. Summers here are hot hot hot and dry! Best success with Early Girl, Better Boy, and Celebrity, fav cherry tomato Sweet 100. These are the tomato plants you will typically find in Bakersfield and vicinity nurseries and garden centers.

Zone 8B Seattle. I wouldn't have thought that a little green cherry tomato would be so sweet and tasty (to me, the sweetest I've tasted). They grow very well here! Green Doctor Cherry. Where they come up with these names gives me the giggles!

I've raised tomatoes in south Texas and east Texas. Celebrity has always been my favorite.

Maryland zone 7a here. Our star last year was Orange Jubilee which tasted great and handled heat and disease like a champ. Oregon Spring did surprisingly well. Most determinate tomatoes grow well here - I usually do a mix of Roma VF and San Marzano. Cherry varieties do so well that I don’t even have to start them; they just come up like weeds. My standards that I do every year are beefsteak, Brandywine, Cherokee purple, early girl, and better boy. Kellogg’s breakfast is also great, but I’ve had trouble finding seeds.

This is a video I have not come across yet. Something new! Thank You!! Very informative. I am in southernish western Oregon. In the green zone. We do have days over 100 degrees, and it seems like the summers are getting shorter. The air here is so clear, that when the sun is shining, even if the temp is 60, it feels like 90, when standing in the sun. I have only had good luck with cherry tomatoes. Bigger tomatoes just don't have time to grow, but they are supposed to.

From southern New Mexico desert. I’m a relatively new gardener so my tomato issues have been more which soil to use, how to water and fertilize, etc rather than tomato varieties. However I had best luck in 90’s and beyond temperatures with sugar rush cherry tomato. My favorite tasting one too. Because our spring temperatures turn to hot summer temperatures so quickly, our extension service recommends smaller tomato varieties like early girl and cherry tomato varieties.

We live in coastal Alabama. Zone 8b. I like Homestead Tomatoes. It is a heirloom developed by the University of Florida in the 50’s. It is semi determinate and op. It was bred to withstand heat and continue to set fruit in the summer heat. 8 oz meaty tomato with good taste. 80 days to maturity. Happy gardening y’all!

Maple Valley, WA. Zone 8b. We have the best luck with Sungold Tomatoes

I'm in zone 10a in southwest Florida & the Everglades tomato, which is a current style tomato, is prolific and very sweet. The Purple Cherokee is a great one to grow in our area as well!

I live in Brooklyn, NY zone 7b. I’ve grown early girl 2 years in a row. Love it.

Florida has one native species that is believed to be derived from tomatoes brought by Spanish explorers in the 1500s; the Everglades tomato. It’s an indeterminate that produces very small fruit, like a grape or cherry tomato. It easily survives year round and is naturally disease and pest resistant.

This video is VERY helpful. I love lower part of Texas so this will help because I have been terrible about getting disease. Or my tomatoes splitting

Hi I live in Southern California zone 9b/10. You are spot on recommending Sweet 100 and Sungold cherry tomatoes. I also grow San Marzano Lungo, Paul Robeson, Carbon, Black Prince, Kellogg’s Breakfast, Cherokee Purple, Stupice (crazy producer)! This year I’m trying a new variety Cherokee Carbon. It’s combined the best of two varieties that grow well here. Can’t wait to try it! Thanks for including everyone in your video. You’re cool, dude!

I’m in the mountains of northern Utah. 5a. I’ve had good success with many varieties but Early Girl, Roma, Better Boy, Celebrity are usually safe bets. My favorites are Brandy Boy, Cherokee Carbon, and Old German. We have to start our tomatoes in “Wall o Water” because of our cold nights in the spring. Love your show. 🌺

I live in Oklahoma and the Arkansas Traveller grows extremely well in our heat.

I am in MN, and "gardening" entirely in containers. Over the last few years, I have tried about 8 kinds of tomatoes. My favorite so far, are Sun Gold, and lemon drop, and I will be growing them again this year. All I have tried,grew well, but my Roma's didn't have much of any flavor.

Zone 5A. Southeast South Dakota. 2022 Growing season, I winter sown some old Roma tomato seeds I had and they grew pretty good. I also grew 3 heirloom types from Seed Savers. Cherry Roma, Red Zebra and Brandywine. They all did pretty good growing here, despite the drought, wacky off-and-on cold spring, and hot dry summer. One thing that I didn't have with my tomato plants was pests. I am starting earlier this year (indoors and outdoors) and hoping this very snowy winter will help with moisture that we so desperately need here throughout the growing season. Thank you for what you do!

Northeast Alabama. We grew Jetstar, Rutgers and San Marzano with success. We have ordered Tomberry, the worlds smallest variety, and Domingo, one of the worlds largest varieties. We couldn't get Giant Domingo but I will keep trying. We will grow all of the varieties mentioned this year. Thank you for all of your videos on BOTH channels!

I grow in hot humid Oklahoma zone 7. Found a tomato that really holds up and produces dome even sets blooms when it hits 90 degrees if I shade in afternoon…Bella Rosa. Sold in Totally tomatoes catalog. Good luck garden buddies! Thank you Brian for all your help Brian… I am a fan!

We live in the TX Hill Country and had horrible heat last year. Our best producers were Brandywine and Kellogg’s Breakfast. We had shade cloth up starting in April.

Here is KY we are blessed to be able to grow just about any tomatoes. I have grown the full spectrum from determinate to indeterminate. KY depending on where you are at has zones 7A, 6A, & 6B which I can say I have grown in all 3 zones. Heirlooms, Hybrids, Open Pollinated, etc. all grow great here.

I keep coming back to this post!!! Thank you

This is my first year growing tomatoes here in Texas. I tried some in containers last summer with little success. This year I’m trying different varieties and establishing a drip irrigation system so hopefully I’ll get better results. I also went and watched the aspirin video. Thanks for the tips! I’m keeping a garden diary for future help. 😊

Love this info! I'm in 5b Iowa, and last season was bad for everyone I know. I tried mortgage lifter and only got one (1) tomato! In previous years, I grew early girl and celebrity in a container on my deck. Fruit supply was pretty consistent despite my poor watering habits. This season, I've added drip system, I'm going to use Kellogg raised planter mix and so far I have started Kelloggs Breakfast inside under grow lights in solo cups. I'm learning! Thanks Brian

I'm in NW CT, zone 6a. Last year did great with Sunchocula & Juliet (a perennial winner here) for cherry tomatoes and 4th of July. Beefsteak & others are iffy. Had pretty good luck with Burpee's Supersauce for paste. This video gives a clue about why the Brandywine didn't do so great. I'll try others this year.

I live in Lanai City, Hawaii, Zone 12a. We constantly battle leaf spot and other fungal diseases. I will have to try some of the hybrid tomatoes you talked about for hot, humid weather. I had very little success growing any larger tomatoes until I started spraying weekly with aspirin and hydrogen peroxide spray. Doing that I have had good success with Dr. Wyche Yellow, Abe Lincoln and Pineapple tomatoes. Grape and cherry tomatoes seem to all grow well, especially when I spray them regularly.

I live in zone 7b and enjoy learning about gardening from you. Thank you

I’m in zone 6 and grow most of my tomatoes in containers. I have most success with cherry and medium sized tomatoes. I love Chocolate Cherry Tomatoes! I also love Blush Tomatoes but find the plant more finicky than other tomato plants. I had great success with Silvery Fir Tree Tomatoes and they are delicious eaten fresh. I also tried Kellogg’s Breakfast Tomatoes because of your recommendation I believe and they were an instant favorite as well. I have tried dwarf tomatoes and they are great for growing indoors. I was picking tomatoes from my plant with snow outside 😊

I’m in South Texas. This record heat year I have had trouble growing ANY tomatoes but in the past I’ve had the best success with Celebrity and Lemon Boy. Also the Yellow Pear cherry tomato grows and produces like wildfire! These do still crack if you have inconsistent watering, but they are some of the best tasting tomatoes I’ve grown. Great video - I took notes and will be looking for some of these varieties for the future.

Thanks for the list! It has been a while since our last real garden, but I remember sweet 100's growing like crazy here in NC! I grew Romas with good success, but had a lot of problems with splitting with most sandwich tomatoes. Will have to try your suggestions!

Great video! I'm in zone 6, Ozarks of MO and grew San Marzano last year. They never quit! I wasn't expecting much but was so surprised. Lots of seeds from those to start this years plants

Wyoming here and in our high and dry climate it's beefsteak, brandywine, golden pear and large sweet cherry. Those have worked out best for me but you have to start them indoors in feb/Mar. They have amazing flavor if all goes well.

I grew up in the Sacramento area and we had a roadside market that we sold vegetables and the tomato that we grew was Ace VF55. It was a great tomato with good size fruit. I now live on the North coast of California near Eureka where it never gets above 70 degrees and a lot of humidity, I'm still growing Ace VF55 but in a greenhouse and it works great. Last year I had tomatoes until Dec

Bless you. I needed this type of video. i live in Phoenix AZ and tried for the first time gardening and it was a bust on tomatoes. I now know it was the wrong type of tomatoes. It didn't help either when our temperature was between 116 to 118 degrees. With this very helpful information it gives me hope that I will be successful this year. Thank you.

Zone 6b love jetstar, medium size and very tasty. Tiny Tim grow great year round in my aerogarden, but they also transplant great into outdoor containers or into my garden beds.

I live in a suburb of Sacramento, Ca. Tomatoes that do well here that I grow every year are: San Marzano, Amish paste, cherokee purple, brandywine, berkely green tie dye, German green, chocolate stripe. Black cherry do well here too. Loved the video. Thanks again.

I've had very good luck in New England (MA/RI) with San Marzano and Pomedoro heirlooms. They're exclusively what I grow and get very good size. The San Marzaon are my favorite for canning, and they make great summer time sauces straight from the garden to the stove. I'm holding one of San Marzano's in my Profile Pic.!

For anyone new to deep southeast Florida, just remember that our tomato growing season is winter to spring. I start my seeds outside the first week of November, plant out in mid December and expect to be done by mid June. Wild Everglades (blueberry size) will continue to grow and produce for longer. I agree with Brian that cherries do much better here. For mid size, I’ve had great harvests from Homestead, Green Zebra and Black Strawberry (a little smaller), all from Bakers Creek.

I am in Southern Calif. Zone 9b. I tried Sweet 100 didn't do well for me. The SunGold cherry and the Kellogs Breakfast performed really good for me. It will be my second year growing from seed but will keep trying. I will be able to get dripp irrigation with will help me with consistent watering a problem I had last year with high Temps of 116, 108 and high 90s.

Thank you so very much Brian. In zone 5/6a and still trying to figure out what does good. I have had good years and bad ones. It all depends on what kind of mood Mother Nature is in for the season

I'm in Missouri, 6b. Last year I did succession planting of determinants. I started with Early Girl then Phoenix, because the latter is a hot-set and we can get quite hot in the mid-summer, which has negatively affected production in the past. My last ones were Celebrity. The Phoenix plants actually put forth a second growth of foliage and fruit in the fall while the Celebrities were producing, which was a nice surprise.

I live in Auburn, WA and grew Siletz tomatoes last year and had a bumper crop. They were developed in Oregon for the Pacific Northwest, and I plan to grow them again this year.

I am now in zone 8. My absolute required tomato for heavy!!! production are Japanese Black Trifele. These are insane production for a backyard. I pick the green toms in Fall and ripen inside. If it has shiny skin, it will ripen. Popular cherry are chocolate cherry. The flavor is Super dense. An heirloom that is a heavy producer. Aunt Ruby's German Green. An heirloom, it is a moderate producer, but amazing green tomato flavor. It stays green at ripe stage. All of these are heirloom and 80 days to ripen. B

Zone 5b - S WI/IL border……Celebrity last year did phenomenal and Sun Sugar cherry tomatoes always do fabulous…one of my favorite Orange Amish tomato does great as well

I learned a LOT!! Have been struggling with tomato varieties here in zone 10b-11. Thank You A LOT!!

What a great video! Just another one of yours I've saved to my gardening internet pages. I am growing Roma VF and Beefsteak this year. I am hoping to get the Romas canned and eat the beefsteak fresh. Last year we had indeterminate cherry tomatoes. I did not have the right set up for those suckers! Up, up, and away they grew! So this year I"m sticking with determinate Roma container type (I believe I planted 16 of those and 5 of the beefsteak). HAPPY GARDENING EVERYONE!

I live in Iowa. I don't get enough sun in my yard due to neighbor's trees to grow anything well besides cherry tomatoes. The Super Sweet 100's do pretty good.

I’m in zone 4 in the southern half of Minnesota and I have successfully grown pink brandywine, black brandywine, celebrity, Roma, big rainbow, German pink tomatoes to name a few. With climate change Minnesota barely has springs anymore. We get about three weeks of nice spring WX in May and then jump into 90°F in June and the rest of summer. We had a severe drought last summer 2022 and a drought the year before 2021. Thanks for all the helpful tips. I’m so glad I found this channel. Great information. EDIT: also have grown supersweet 100, Cherokee purple, favorite and pineapple, stupice tomatoes.

Thank you! This was very helpful. I’ve been watching your videos especially on tomatoes. I live in northern NV and it is very difficult to grow things. Our soil is very alkaline - even in the raised beds, which tells me it’s probably the water causing it. I’m going to give tomatoes another try in containers. With your videos, I pray I’m finally successful this year.

Thanks for the advice. I recently moved near Atlanta, GA and didn’t have a clue which varieties to plant. When I lived in Riverside southern CA, Better Boy, Japanese Pink, and several heirlooms did well, but cherry tomatoes from bird-dropped seeds in the hedge were by far the most productive.

Western Washington area north of Seattle. Early Girl and Sungold have proved best for me.

Quebec, 4b. Cherry inderterminate: Goldkrone, Super Sweet 100 did great. Matina is my earliest producer by July 20th. Beefsteak bush, Siberian and Manitoba determinate did very well. Rosela Purple Dwarf and Cherokee Purple do not produce much. I will seed San Marzano this spring, I hope to do good sauce. Thank you for sharing your knowledge Brian, I love your work!

I live in Port Alberni 7B zone. I successfully grew San Marzano tomatoes last year following your guide lines. Thanks

Gardening, or trying to, in the mountains of New Mexico. Thank you so much for this video! Not only do we battle warm days, cold nights, we also have elk that love gardens. Oh, how I miss Illinois gardening. Thank you, again...!

Mountain Merit Hybrid has done very well for me in Ontario Zone 5/6. It's a determinate variety that grows about 5 ft tall, but it doesn't stop producing fruit. It mostly stops producing foliage after reaching 5ft, but the fruit production is continuous. It produces from early August to early November (first frost) for me. Minimal diseases, and sweet, firm 6-8 oz fruits. Sweet Million and Sweet 100 does well for me in terms of cherry tomatoes but Midnight Snack did even better.

I'm in south-central Indiana and indeterminate tomatoes do better than determine for me but I still grow both. My favorite is all the beef ones and hubby's favorite is sun gold cherry . But I always add a different variety every year to experiment of course.

We've grown most every tomato in my part of Indiana. Our weather is bi-polar: cold then hot, humid then dry. We're going to try Roma determinate this year along with a couple of indeterminate slicing tomato plants. We make our own sauces and salsas, along with crushed tomatoes and juice for use during the winter. IMO, what you plant depends on your growing season and what use you're going to make of your produce. Indeterminates can be hit or miss on producing enough at one time to turn into a canner full of product. But for someone who just wants enough during the growing season for salads and sandwiches, the longer harvest cycle of an indeterminate is probably the best choice.

Here in the Southeast, specifically in upper SC, we’ve had good luck and plant every year the Better Boy & Early Girl. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us❣️

My favorite tomato is officially named "Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter Tomato". Yes, that is the actual name. It is a large beefsteak style heirloom variety, and they are absolutely delicious. If you are unfamiliar with them I highly suggest you look into them, and not just for the history of the name. (But the story is worth reading on its own, lol)

I live in North Texas zone 8a. I have learned that for here, determinate tomatoes and cherry tomatoes do best. I do not even attempt indeterminate. I have found that shorter term tomatoes will also thrive here in our climate. This year I plan to try Early Girl tomatoes which are 60 days. I will plant them in the early spring and hope for a nice harvest until it starts getting too hot to produce flowers. There are two other types of tomatoes that do well in this heat and those are Heatmaster and Phoenix. I did Heatmaster last summer and had pretty good results from them although my Roma tomatoes did better and produced all summer. This year I am also adding Phoenix to see how they do. I will do two plantings, one in the spring and another one in mid July to have a fall harvest. Nothing grows well here in the heat during June, July and August.

I moved to North Carolina (7b) last year and HAD to put in a small veggie garden while deciding where to put the permanent one for this year. I went to the farmer's market and found someone selling German Johnson tomato plant starts. I did some research and found they were discovered in West Virginia and developed in North Carolina. The plants did awesome, the fruit was delicious. They did crack a bit but I really liked them.

A great variety I grow in 5b is Sheboygan. Originally from Eastern Europe, it was named for the area the immigrants settled. It's a hardy paste variety great for canning. Huge success in my Eastern Indiana garden.

Very good video. I tried aspirin spray and neem oil spray that you recommended. Plants didn't have any issues!! No disease! Few bugs! And I grew multiple varieties, even heirlooms. All produced well up until the first unexpectedly early frost hit here in Ks. I will be using your methods and products you recommend this year also. Thank you for the time you take to help us struggling gardeners. Your advice has been so helpful to me and I've been gardening about 35 years. I learn something new everyday. God Bless you and your family!