Yellow tomatoes: the best varieties & planting tips

Oops, is that about yellow tomatoes? We will introduce you to the most delicious yellow tomato varieties and reveal everything you should know about taste, cultivation and harvest.

Yellow tomatoes shine particularly brightly and conspicuously between their red relatives. From creamy white to golden yellow, there are varieties in all color gradations and sizes. The yellow tomatoes often taste fruity and sweeter than many red varieties and are therefore particularly suitable for those with a sweet tooth. We'll introduce you to the best varieties, give you tips on planting and explain how to recognize ripe fruits.

The best varieties of yellow tomatoes

The almost white, light yellow to golden yellow fruits can be admired in every size and shape. We have put together an overview of the best yellow varieties for you.

Yellow tomatoes: old varieties

• ‘Brandywine Yellow‘ originally comes from the USA and is a sun-yellow color variation of the well-known red ‘Brandywine‘ tomato. With a weight of up to 500 grams, it is one of the larger beefsteak tomatoes. Although it does not bear a lot of fruit, the few taste deliciously aromatic and fruity-sweet.
• ‘Yellow pear‘, also called ‘Yellow Pearshaped‘, forms many small pear-shaped fruits. It is a very old variety, but still a classic in the home gardens. The plants are extremely robust and healthy, their fruits taste mild, sweetish and tomato-like.
• The ‘Golden Queen‘ is one of the few round, yellow salad tomatoes. In addition, it originally comes from Erfurt, so it is one of the very rare German varieties. It bears its golden yellow fruits reliably in the greenhouse and under protection from the rain. As with most yellow tomatoes, it tastes mainly fruity, mild and sweet.

Yellow cocktail tomatoes

• The ‘Yellow Date Wine‘ is another pear-shaped yellow tomato. Its small, sweet yellow fruits hang on the plant in masses. It is one of the cocktail tomatoes and can therefore be grown with several shoots. It is also very suitable as a potted tomato under a rain canopy.
• ‘Goldita‘ forms many round, almost orange fruits with a uniquely delicious aroma and lots of fructose - one ideal snack tomato for the balcony and garden, which is less susceptible to disease and particularly beautifully shaped leaves owns.
• One of the most beautiful tomatoes is probably the ‘Golden Bumble Bee‘, in German “Golden Bumblebee”. This yellow, red, orange and pink striped cocktail tomato certainly has the potential to become one of your favorite varieties too. It scores with early and long-lasting yield and a fruity-sweet taste.
• ‘Snow White‘ is a tremendously vigorous and robust and healthy tomato variety. White as snow, or at least almost, the sugar-sweet, light-colored fruits present themselves on the cocktail tomato, which is up to 2.5 meters high.
• One of the few yellow wild tomatoes is the ‘golden currant‘ or ‘yellow currant tomato‘. As with almost all wild tomatoes, the taste is strongly tomato-like and the plant bears masses of small, round, golden-yellow fruits. The plant should not be maxed out, it is best to simply let it grow rampant. The variety is very disease tolerant and vigorous.

Yellow salad tomatoes

• A color variation of the well-known De Berao is the ‘De Berao yellow‘. It is also called ‘small lamp‘ and forms large plum-shaped fruits. It is ideal for outdoor use and is easy to wear even without a rain cover.
• The ‘Garden Peach‘ is a very special light yellow tomato because, like peaches, there are many soft hairs on its skin. It feels incredibly velvety and fluffy, but it doesn't bother you at all when you eat it. It also tastes wonderfully fruity and sweet, almost like a melon. The plants are robust and disease-resistant, making them very suitable for outdoor use.
• ‘Lemon Plum‘ is an old Russian variety. Its bright yellow fruits have the shape of a lemon, but taste mildly sweet and aromatic. She feels particularly at home in the greenhouse, but also under a rain cover.

Yellow beefsteak tomatoes

• The popular yellow ‘pineapple tomato shines from the end of July with yellow-orange-red marbled large fruits. Its taste is reminiscent of pineapple, it tastes so fruity and sweet. Everything for Pineapple tomato, on the different varieties and tips on cultivation can be found in the tomato profile.
• ‘Azoychka‘ is one of the rare completely yellow beefsteak tomatoes. It comes from Russia and ripens early in mid-July. It is uncomplicated, easy to care for and robust, like most Russian varieties, and has a pleasantly sweet and fruity taste, mild and juicy.
• ‘White Queen‘ is so bright yellow that it looks almost white. As soon as the 400 gram fruits are creamy white in color, they are ripe for picking. Like all white varieties, it tastes mildly fruity and very sweet. In any case, it is an eye-catcher in the greenhouse, where it feels most comfortable.

Plant and care for yellow tomatoes 

Just like their red relatives, yellow tomatoes are planted in the greenhouse around the beginning of May and in pots or directly in the bed from mid-May. A potting soil specially tailored to the nightshade family, like ours Plantura organic tomato soil, supports growth and fruit set. With the exception of yellow wild tomatoes, all plants need a support, such as a stick made of wood or coiled metal. That Skimming of yellow lettuce and beefsteak tomatoes is important for good fruit formation, you should leave a maximum of two shoots for this. Yellow cocktail tomatoes can also handle three or four main shoots on a plant. Tomatoes are thirsty people, which is why that Mulching especially worthwhile, because you save quite a bit of irrigation water. Over the season, the plants need large amounts of minerals and nutrients, they are best supplied sustainably and long-term with a mainly organic long-term fertilizer. Our Plantura organic tomato fertilizer is particularly suitable for sun worshipers who are hungry for nutrients and offers your tomatoes all the essential nutrients in granulate form for easy application.

Harvest and use: when are yellow tomatoes ripe?

In the case of yellow tomatoes, it is sometimes difficult to tell when the pretty fruits are ripe. The easiest way is to squeeze the fruit lightly. If it gives way and feels soft, it's time to harvest. Yellow cocktail tomatoes are particularly suitable for fresh consumption, but can also be easily dried and preserved. Larger tomatoes add color to salads and bread, but can also be used to make yellow sauces and soups.

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