There are more than 10,000 Tomato varieties worldwide!
Tomato World Records
There are a number of word records broken with Tomatoes.
1. Tallest Tomato Plant – according to the Guinness World of Records, a UK company in October 1999 reached a height of 19.8 meters (65 ft).
2. Most Cherry Tomatoes grown on a single stem – Douglas Smith from the UK, broke the world record by growing 1269 cherry tomatoes on one plant stem in Sept 2021.
3. Heaviest Tomato – grown by Del & Julie Faust from USA in October 2022. The Tomato weighed 11.65 pounds. (Approx 5 kg).
4. Most Tomatoes on a single tomato plant – Douglas Smith from the UK, broke this record in August 2022 by harvesting 5891 tomatoes off a single tomato plant.
How to Choose a Tomato Variety
It’s difficult to know where to begin on choosing a Tomato variety. I find it’s easier when the tomatoes are broken down into Types of Tomato and then there’s not so many to choose from.
1. Choose your Tomato Type
A Tomato Type is a description of the shape or size of a tomato.
Here are your choices:
1. Small and Round – Cherry Tomatoes (small, round, they are quick to grow and you get lots of them.)
2. Small and Long – Plum Tomatoes (like cherry tomatoes but longer).
3. Medium – Salad Tomatoes.
4. Large – Beef Tomatoes (big, steak tomatoes have a meaty texture)
5. Extra Large – Giant Tomatoes (very large & the size of your hand).
2. Choose your Tomato Colour
- Red
- Orange
- Yellow
- Green
- Brown
- White
- Purple
- Black
3. Choose your Final Planting Location
- In the Greenhouse – Any tomato can be grown in a greenhouse but there are specific varieties that need a greenhouse and don’t like being grown outdoors.
Greenhouse Only Tomato Varieties: Any Beefsteak varieties. They need light & heat to grow to their large size.
- Outdoors in Raised Beds – these are varieties that like the outdoors temperatures.
Outdoor varieties like: Outdoor Girl, Gardeners Delight. Most Tomatoes can be grown outdoors.
- Outdoors in Pots – these are more compact, bushy plants that are not too tall.
Pot Tomato Varieties: Lizzano, Tiny Tim, Micro Tom, Losetto, Orangeto, Baby Boomer.
- Outdoors in Hanging Baskets – these are trailing varieties with small cherry or currant size tomatoes.
Hanging Baskets Tomato Varieties: Tumbling Tom, gartenperle, Tumber F1 & Hundreds & Thousands.
4. Choose your Tomato by Feature
There are some features that you may use to choose your tomato variety.
- Blight Resistant – these are varieties that are able to survive through the tomato disease Blight.
- Examples of Blight Resistant Tomatoes are: Crimson Cherry F1, Crimson Crush, Crimson Plum, Losetto, Lizzano, Romello F1 & Mountain Magic F1.
Other Reading on Tomatoes:
Part 1 📕 Tomatoes – Origin, Nutrition and Reasons to Grow.
Part 2 📗 Tomatoes – How to Sow Tomato Seeds with Short Sowing Video
Part 3 📘 Tomatoes – How to Choose a Tomato Variety to Grow
Part 4 📙 How to Pot On your Tomato Seedlings
💦 My Tomato Greenhouse setup with Growbag watering system – l’ll be using this again this year as it was so successful.
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