There are so many wonderful varieties of tomatoes out there which you can easily grow in your garden. Learn 10 varieties of tomato which you should try to grow in your homestead garden.
This post contains affiliate links: I am grateful to be of service and bring you content free of charge. In order to do this, please note that when you click links and purchase items; in most (but not all) cases I will receive a referral commission. Your support in purchasing through these links enables me to keep blogging to help you start homesteading and it doesn’t cost you a penny extra!
See Disclosure, Terms and Conditions for more information. Thank you for supporting Misfit Gardening.
Tasty Tomatoes
There’s nothing quite like having a fresh tomato right off the vine from your homestead vegetable garden. We grow heirloom tomatoes
We grow fresh eating and canning types of tomato in our garden and with a bit of trial and error we now know how many tomato plants to grow to be able to eat fresh and can enough tomatoes to last through to the following year. It’s 12 tomato plants by the way, for the 3 of us…and in case you were wondering, we can in quarts for our tomato sauce :).
1. Purple Cherokee Tomato
Days to Maturity: 90 days
Color: Purple-Red
Type: Slicing
Indeterminate
The Purple Cherokee
Buy Cherokee Purple heirloom tomato seeds here.
2. Black Krim Tomato
Days to Maturity: 75 days
Color: Purple-Red
Type: Slicing
Indeterminate
A unique flavored heirloom tomato which is great for fresh eating and cooking with. These plants grow well in containers, great for gardeners in smaller spaces. These tomatoes are one of my favorites to grow and eat and although they are suburb as a fresh eating tomato I love to roast them and turn them into pasta sauce.
Buy heirloom Black Krim tomato seeds here.
3. Azoychka Tomato
Days to Maturity: 75 days
Color: Yellow
Type: Slicing
Indeterminate
Azoychka is a sweet lemony citrus hit of flavor in a salad, sandwich or however you love to eat slicing tomatoes. The plants are quite productive and produce fruits which can weigh up to 1 lb each. If you think yellow tomatoes are bland or blah I urge you to try one of these plant in your garden.
Get Azoychka tomato seeds here.
4. Brandywine Tomato
Days to Maturity: 80 days
Color: Red-Pink
Type: Beefsteak
Indeterminate
The Brandywine
Buy Brandywine beefsteak tomato seeds here.
5. Black Icicle Tomato
Days to Maturity: 80 days
Color: Red-Black
Type: Paste
Indeterminate
Black Icicle tomatoes are from the Ukraine originally and can manage in cooler summers. The plant produces small pointed shaped red fruits which are flushed back at the top. The black icicle tomato is a rich deep flavor but needs plenty of space to grow. This variety makes a wonderful sauce for canning.
6. Amish Paste Tomato
Days to Maturity: 75 days
Color: Red
Type: Paste
Indeterminate
A classic sauce making variety of tomato! The plants produce well in a variety of growing zones. The flesh is drier than slicing tomatoes making it perfect for sauces and canning. It is the Amish Paste
Get Amish Paste tomato seeds for your garden here.
7. Mortgage Lifter Tomato
Days to Maturity: 95 days
Color: Red
Type: Beefsteak
Indeterminate
This variety produces meaty fruits weighing 1-2 lbs each with a sweet, old fashioned flavor. These make great salads, sandwiches, soups and sauces and grow well in greenhouses in cooler climates.
Buy Mortgage Lifter seeds here.
8. TigerellaTomato
Days to Maturity: 60 days
Color: Red-Orange
Type: Slicing
Indeterminate
An English tomato variety with orange stripes along the skin. Many English gardeners grow tomatoes in the greenhouse to protect them from blight and to help keep them warm for better crops. These tomatoes produce well, even in cooler climates. Tigerella
9. Roma Tomato
Days to Maturity: 75 days
Color: Red
Type: Paste
Indeterminate
Another tasty paste tomato perfect for canning and making stewed tomatoes. Roma are an early variety that is a good producer of small-medium sized fruits, the flavor is fruity and tart. Get this paste tomato started early using Wall O Water
Buy Roma paste heirloom seeds.
10. Isis Candy Tomato
Days to Maturity: 65 days
Color: Orange-Yellow
Type: Cherry
Indeterminate
The perfectly sweet cherry tomato which is fabulous for snacking right off the vine. The fruits are small and flushed yellow with orange skin and are less acidic in taste than other tomato varieties. Isis Candy is a good producer and slow roasting intensifies the flavor for savory glazes and sauces.
Buy cherry tomato Isis Candy seeds.
Which organic heirloom tomatoes
If you liked this post please take a moment to share it using the share buttons below or pin the image below to Pinterest and save it for later and join us over on YouTube to get to know me and my homestead in the suburbs or join the Facebook group for live Q&A, advice and support on homesteading or learn how you can get more tips and tricks by signing up for my newsletter and get free printables in the Homestead Resource Library.
As remuneration for running this blog, this post contains affiliate links. Misfit Gardening is a participant in Affiliate or Associate’s programs. An affiliate advertising program is designed to provide a means for this website/blog to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to websites offering products described in the blog post. It does not cost you the Reader anything extra. See Disclosures, Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy for more information.
Share this:
