Tomato plants - Proven performers for Florida's climate

Once your raised bed or container is filled up with foolproof soil mix and ready to be inhabited with food plants, it's time to choose the proven varieties of plants that will thrive in Florida's climate. Healthy and plentiful veggie crop or victory in the garden depends on the choice of the right variety.

Note: Always avoid buying nursery plants that aren't even labeled by variety, no matter how luscious the images on the packaging might be.

University of Florida keeps testing tomato plants for

• pest resistance
  
  
• disease resistance and
  
  
• fruiting potential

As a result, UF's recommended varieties for growing in Sunshine State are as follows:

• large fruit tomato varieties
  
  
• Better Boy
  
  
• Bragger
  
  
• Celebrity
  
  
• Duke
  
  
• Flora-Dade
  
  
• Floradel
  
  
• Floramerica
  
  
• Manalucie
  
  
• Solar Set
  
  
• Sun Coast
  
  
• Walter
  
  
  
  
  Celebrity Tomatoes
  
  
  
  
• small fruit tomato varieties
  
  
• Chelsea
  
  
• Cherry
  
  
• Florida Basket
  
  
• Micro Tom
  
  
• Patio
  
  
• Sweet 100

Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes

And - guess what!
September is the right time to plant tomatoes in Florida.



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