Tomato varieties »The big overview

Beefsteak tomatoes - enormous in size and taste

They are the rulers among the tomato plants. The size and profitability of Beefsteak tomatoes no other variety can match. With a diameter greater than 10 centimeters, the weight of a single beefsteak tomato sometimes exceeds the 1,000 gram mark. The following overview presents the most popular varieties and their properties.

• Country Taste F 1: red fruits more than 500 grams, naturally resistant to many diseases, high-yielding
• Sandul Moldovan: light red fruits, 200-500 grams, robust variety from Russia
• Black Prince: popular, dark-colored beefsteak tomato, thin-skinned, very juicy, fruit weighing 150-350 grams
• Great White: cream-colored tomatoes with a mild flavor, 150-250 grams
• Green Helarios: the star among the green beefsteak tomatoes, seed-proof, high-yielding

Stake tomatoes - normal sized varieties at the highest level

Tomato plants with red, round fruits, weighing around 100 grams, represent by far the largest group of varieties. Since they are mostly on supportive Their most common name refers to this property. The following overview outlines the most popular representatives:

• Harzfeuer: well-proven red tomato variety, delicious fruits 60-80 grams, height of growth up to 250 centimeters
• Berner Rose: well-known variety with red fruits up to 300 grams, height up to 200 centimeters, robust and very vigorous
• Picolino: delicious fruit tomato with a high yield, up to 4 meters tall
• Sacher F1: a highlight among the dark tomatoes, height up to 200 centimeters, fruits 100 grams

Cocktail tomatoes - the universal talents

They are very popular among amateur gardeners because Cocktail tomatoes thrive outdoors, in Glasshouse and on the balcony equally wasteful. The bite-sized fruits can simply be nibbled in passing, so that even vegetable-resistant children will happily take their pick here. The following tomato plants have what it takes to be your next favorite:

• Capriccio F1: aromatic cherry tomato, growing up to 4 meters high, short Ripening time, high-yield
• Splash of Cream: round, red, up to 50 grams, with a refreshing taste
• Carabobo: oval, red tomatoes, mild in taste, height 120-250 centimeters
• The little carrots: brown, oval fruits, ripening early, hanging Grow ideal for the traffic light
• Stupice: the earliest cocktail tomato, nevertheless aromatic in taste

Bush tomatoes - little care - lots of taste

A typical feature of bush tomatoes is their broadly branched growth. Therefore, they are often referred to as vine tomatoes. Since these tomato plants are also determined in height, this results in a comparatively low effort in the care. Awkward Skimming does not apply to these Varieties of tomatoes usually. A climbing aid is also not always necessary. An overview with the outstanding bush tomato varieties:

• Balcony star: limited height up to 40 centimeters, red fruits up to 30 grams, solid, high-yielding
• Gold Nugget: golden-yellow fruits up to 15 grams, thin-skinned, seed-proof, maximum height of 80 centimeters
• Hoffmanns Rentita: popular variety with fruits weighing 60-80 grams, flexible growth up to 100 centimeters
• Dubok: very robust bush tomato, round, smooth fruits in light red, resistant and high-yielding
• Indian Mayan: egg-shaped, red fruits, pronounced fruit tips, aromatic taste, 50-80 centimeters high

Wild tomato - native varieties with a rough charm

Only a few tomato plants were able to retain their authentic character. Wild tomatoes are a shining example that it can be done without the grower's hand. The following varieties thrive in the hobby garden as well as in their country of origin. Therefore have wild tomatoes have high disease resistance and Pests. Convince yourself that these benefits don't have to come at the expense of taste.

• Humoldtii: undemanding wild tomato with cherry-sized, red fruits, normal-leaved, up to 2.50 meters high
• Galapagos tomato: rich, spicy, mild and low in acid fruits, very smooth, yellow skin
• Red Currant: popular red currant wild variety, the favorite for your children with a fruity taste
• Yellow currant tomato: rustic, yellow tomatoes on long panicles, short ones Ripening time, high yield
• Mexican wild tomatoes: provides up to 400 tomatoes, very vigorous and resistant

A rarity among the wild tomatoes comes under the variety name Tindindogo. It comes from Kenya and convinces with countless, sugar-sweet mini tomatoes. It has the reputation of being very late in a rainy season of the Late blight beaten there.

Tips & Tricks

A very special kind of wild tomato bears the creepy name of man-eater tomato. It thrives in the Fiji Islands and produces tomatoes that are 2 centimeters in size. According to legend, it was used by cannibals as an ingredient to make human flesh more palatable. Today it acts as a robust base for the under the variety name 'Poro Poro' Finishing of tomato plants, vegetable and fruit plants.