It’s the beginning of March and that is the time I start my tomato seeds. I love trying new varieties every year, but I always grow a few I’ve grown before because they are so good that I just have to grow them again. I will be growing 20 varieties this year and these are the 4 I’ve grown before which have found their way into my 2019 garden plan.
Sungold
This is a favorite by many, me included. It has been grown in my garden for many years. It’s a beautiful orange/gold color that is super sweet and great for snacking on. It’s known as a hybrid but there are some varieties out there that are said to be de-hybridized which allows you to save seeds and grow them year after year without having to buy them.
Fertunia
This is a gigantic Italian paste tomato from my friend, The Modern Day Settler. You can’t find this in stores anywhere as it’s a family heirloom that has been grown in her family for generations. You don’t need very many of these big guys for a batch of tomato sauce. I grew it in 2017 and missed it last year so will be growing it in the garden this year.
Barry’s Crazy Cherry
This is a beautiful yellow cherry tomato I discovered last year from Wild Boar Farms and it’s a must have in my garden from now on. It’s the most productive tomato variety I’ve ever seen and it’s amazingly sweet too. If you haven’t grown it, you must!! I entered it into the fair last year and it got a 1st place ribbon.
San Marzano
San Marzano is a very popular roma type that is great for sauces. They may not be large but they are great tasting and the skins come off super easy. I’ve tried a few different roma type tomatoes but didn’t purposefully grow this one last year. I let it grow as a volunteer in the onion bed and it was more productive than I had expected though there were still a lot of green tomatoes left on the plant at the end of the season. They ripened up pretty well in the window. Since it did so well last year I decided to grow it again.
In addition to the above I’ll also be growing:
Autumn’s Sunrise
Bibbi
Blondkopfchen
Blue Beauty
Blue Cream Berries
Comstock
Cosmo
Garden Peach
Litt’l Bites Cherry
Matt’s Wild Cherry
Mortgage Lifter
Painted Lady
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye
Pink Vernissage
Pork Chop
Tiger Pear
If you have any favorite varieties you grow in your garden every year or have grown multiple times, let me know what they are!
Can you please send me some seeds of Fertunia, Blue beauty, San Marzano and other heirloom tomatoes in smaller amounts of each of the variety. I really like these tomatoes to grow. With best regards and wishes.
R. Yaorei
India.
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Sorry just saw your comment. I don’t ship seeds outside of US.
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I’m interested in the Fertunia seeds. Can I please have some more information on how to to purchase/acquire. Thank you
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They aren’t sold anywhere but I can sell you some if you are in the US.
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I would be interested in some fertunia seeds if you are still offering them for sale. You have inspired me to find some since I normally just go for the Amish paste. Thank you for the info! I am in Ohio.
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Hi there. Sure. Send me a message on my feedback form or send me an email and I’ll get your address and send you more info.
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Hi there, I too would love to purchase some of your Fertunia seeds. I’m an Italian Nona who makes sauce, Passata. I live in the US.
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