Comments on: Popular Garden Tomato Varieties & Growing Tips https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/bonnies-garden-tomatoes/ The plants you expect. The people you know. The experience you’ll remember. Mon, 19 May 2025 16:02:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bonnie Pega https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/bonnies-garden-tomatoes/#comment-310 Thu, 16 May 2019 17:18:16 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=4389#comment-310 My favorite slicing tomato is Cherokee Purple. It’s an heirloom variety with dark burgundy fruits that are rich and sweet. It’s fairly disease resistant.

My favorite cherry tomato is Sun Sugar. It has almost a citrusy back note to it and is an incredible producer.

Like I said, different people have different tastes. When it comes right down to it, ANY homegrown tomato tastes better than a store-bought tomato.

]]> By: John Meynardie https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/bonnies-garden-tomatoes/#comment-309 Thu, 16 May 2019 14:13:33 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=4389#comment-309 Well you said you could only tell us what your favorite was but not the “best” that we would have to decide. So what is your favorite and why?

]]> By: Bonnie Pega https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/bonnies-garden-tomatoes/#comment-308 Fri, 03 May 2019 12:19:49 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=4389#comment-308 Kelly, ideally tomatoes need FULL sun–six to eight hours. If you only get four or five hours, you will still get something but not nearly as much as if they were in optimum sunlight. The timing of the sun is important, too. Four or five hours of direct sun around the middle of the day is better than the same amount earlier or later in the day.

]]> By: Kelly https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/bonnies-garden-tomatoes/#comment-307 Thu, 02 May 2019 21:18:47 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=4389#comment-307 Hi Bonnie,
How many hours of sun is ideal for tomatoes, and what is the least number of hours a tomato plant can receive and still be productive? Thanks.

]]> By: Bonnie Pega https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/bonnies-garden-tomatoes/#comment-306 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:44:36 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=4389#comment-306 Janis, you can grow ANY variety of tomato in a container. Choose a container that around 18 inches in diameter and put a tomato cage in there to hold it up. You do not have to grow a special “container” type tomato. I always grow a Sun Sugar cherry tomato on my deck (that’s the one I snack on when I’m sitting out in my rocking chair drinking my iced tea). It grows to be about eight to ten feet tall.

]]> By: Bonnie Pega https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/bonnies-garden-tomatoes/#comment-305 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:40:38 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=4389#comment-305 Dan–we do have three grafted varieties this year–San Marzano, Cherokee Purple, and Mortgage.

]]> By: Don Voight https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/bonnies-garden-tomatoes/#comment-304 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:09:00 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=4389#comment-304 Love your stuff…Thanks!

]]> By: Janis Snider https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/bonnies-garden-tomatoes/#comment-303 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:41:45 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=4389#comment-303 Which tomato is best for container planting?

]]> By: Dan Mouer https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/bonnies-garden-tomatoes/#comment-302 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:17:27 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=4389#comment-302 Do you have any grafted varieties this year?

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