Easiest Foolproof Tomatoes To Grow in Your Region? (growing, trees, south)

[Fisherman99]

I have a 10 by 20 foot garden plot at the local community center in Southern California (Coastal Region). Is usually sunny and mild, but sometimes foggy and overcast. Name your easiest and your region as well!



Easiest Varieties I grow are...


1.) Better Boy (good flavor/heavy yields)

2.) Early Girl (early good flavor/heavy yields)

3.) Celebrity (lower yield but good flavor)


4.) Cherry Tomatoes (most varieties)

[jacqueg]

Here in the Puget Sound area, cherry tomatoes do best for me. I love Chocolate Cherry.

We have a pretty long growing season, but we usually don't get enough of the really hot weather that tomatoes love so much. Cherry tomatoes don't seem to mind that situation as much as those beautiful big slicers do.

[Hemlock140]

Originally Posted by jacqueg

Here in the Puget Sound area, cherry tomatoes do best for me. I love Chocolate Cherry.

We have a pretty long growing season, but we usually don't get enough of the really hot weather that tomatoes love so much. Cherry tomatoes don't seem to mind that situation as much as those beautiful big slicers do.

Same with cherries here. Our growing season is shorter at 586' elevation and with less sun due to the 100' fir trees. As well as the chocolate cherry do, the best for me is Sun Gold, they just keep on producing. The biggest we can grow is Early Girl and Black Prince but we don't get many and they ripen late.

[NewbieHere]

OP, I have those on your post every year. Plus I have Stupice, comes back every year from my compost, cant get rid of it. But I also have 10 different varieties too. I always have Brandywine, Beefsteak, this year I’m adding Mortgage Lifter, Black Krim, Cherokee Purple, Big Rainbow, Abe Lincoln, Aunt Ruby’s German Green, and many more. I have a big box of seeds waiting to be sprouted. Lol

[eureka1]

This is NORCal and everyone around here plants Early Girls.

[BostonMike7]

I plant nothing but cherry tomatoes here in MA as it's what I and the wife like to eat the most. I plant 10 plants, and they usually grow to over 6-7 feet tall. I have to harvest every day during the peak period

[Cambium]

Hmm, easiest? I've grown over 20 varieties so its tough for me to pick "an easy" one since the cherries and med size ones usually grow well.

Would be easier to mention the hardest ones to grow.


Cuor De Bue was impossible. It's imported directly from Southern Italy. I think it's because the climate there is different than here and that's why they didn't do well.


Beefstakes. Anything large that needs time to grow. Growing season is too short and soil temp not hot long enough here for those things to thrive.

[oldgardener]

Western Washington - Roma and Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes for me. My sister does well with Early Girl.

[Aredhel]

I do well with Jet Star, Jubilee, Chef's Choice, Golden Boy, and most cherries. Back when I was starting my own plants from seed, I also liked Druzba, Persimmon, and Azoychka.

[GhostOfAndrewJackson]

In cherry:

Sunsugar (F1), Sungold (F1)

For a slicer:

Black Giant (heirloom black). I highly recommend black giant if you can find it (hard to find). It is very early and produces all season even at low temps. It ripens about a week after the first SunGolds or SunSugars which is very early. It is my earliest slicer and I grow 30-60 varieties a year. I am down to my last seed, I hope it will germinate so I can preserve more of this awesome variety.

By the way, someone mentioned Chocolate Cherry (op) that is an excellent cherry style tomato. Though a cherry it is fairly large and actually has real tomato taste. I cannot recommend it enough. It ripens about with Black Giant.