Yellow tomatoes: the best varieties & planting tips

Hey, are those yellow tomatoes? We introduce you to the tastiest yellow tomato varieties and tell you everything you need to know about taste, cultivation and harvest.

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

The best yellow tomato varieties

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 sunny 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. It doesn't bear very many fruits, but the few taste deliciously aromatic and fruity-sweet.
• 'Gelbes Birnchen', also called 'Yellow Pearshaped', forms many small pear-shaped fruits. It is a very old variety, but still a classic in home gardens. The plants are extremely robust and healthy, their fruits taste mild, sweet 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 reliably bears its golden yellow fruits in the greenhouse and under rain protection. 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. Their small sweet yellow fruits hang en masse on the plant. It is one of the cocktail tomatoes and can therefore be grown with several shoots. It is also very suitable as a pot tomato under a rain canopy.
• 'Goldita' forms many round, almost orange fruits with a uniquely delicious aroma and lots of fructose - one ideal sweet tomato for the balcony and garden, which is less susceptible to disease and has particularly pretty leaves owns.
• One of the most beautiful tomatoes is probably the 'Golden Bumble Bee'. This yellow, red, orange and pink striped cocktail tomato certainly has the potential to become one of your favorite varieties too. It scores with an early and long-lasting yield and a fruity-sweet taste.
• 'Schneewittchen' is an incredibly vigorous and at the same time robust and healthy tomato variety. The sugar-sweet, light-coloured fruits on the cocktail tomato, which can reach a height of 2.5 metres, are as white as snow, or at least almost as white.
• 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 and the plant bears masses of small, round, golden-yellow fruits. The plant should not be pinched, it is best to just let it grow. The variety is very disease tolerant and vigorous.

Yellow lettuce tomatoes

• A color variation of the well-known De Berao is the 'De Berao yellow'. It is also called 'Lamp' and forms large plum-shaped fruits. It is ideal for outdoor use and can be worn easily even without rain protection.
• 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 that doesn't bother you at all when you're munching on 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 are lemon-shaped, but taste mildly sweet and aromatic. She feels particularly comfortable in the greenhouse, but also under a rain cover.

Yellow beefsteak tomatoes

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

Planting and caring for yellow tomatoes 

Just like their red relatives, yellow tomatoes are planted in the greenhouse from 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 twisted metal. The max out of yellow lettuce and beefsteak tomatoes is important for good fruit formation; a maximum of two shoots are left for this purpose. Yellow cocktail tomatoes also tolerate three or four main shoots on one plant. Tomatoes are thirsty fellows, which is why this mulching particularly worthwhile, because you save a lot of irrigation water. Throughout the season, the plants need large amounts of minerals and nutrients, they are best supplied with a primarily organic long-term fertilizer in a sustainable and long-term manner. Our Plantura organic tomato fertilizer is particularly suitable for nutrient-hungry sun worshipers and offers your tomatoes all the essential nutrients in granular form for easy application.

Harvesting and use: when are yellow tomatoes ripe?

With yellow tomatoes, it is sometimes not so easy to tell when the pretty fruits are ripe. The easiest way is to squeeze the fruit slightly. If it sags and feels soft, it's time to harvest. Yellow cocktail tomatoes are particularly good 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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