Master List of Disease-Resistant Tomato Varieties for the Home Garden
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Master List of Disease-Resistant Tomato Varieties for the Home Garden
Master List of Disease-Resistant Tomato Varieties for the Home Garden
Summer is too brief to not have homegrown tomatoes. Whether you live in the suburbs, the city, a farm, stead, a farm, townhouse, condo or apartment... you can grow some tomatoes!. But what if you live in a hot humid climate, where tomato plant diseases, fungus, virus, bacteria are prevalent and your plants die after a few weeks of tomatoes?
Part of the answer is crop rotation, garden hygiene, proper watering techniques (see this page for details of all these tomato disease-management approaches ). But it makes as much of a difference to choose the most disease resistant varieties.
Below is our master Disease-Resistant tomato varieties list, certainly the most complete on the internet (if I've missed any - tell me)and send photos of your tomatoes!
And this page explains how to easily, inexpensively grow your own tomato plants from seed, for about 50 cents per plant ,
So scroll down to find your perfect homegrown tomatoes for this year's garden!
Where to buy the seeds
Click the name of the tomato in the Variety name column - if it is blue, that's a link to an online seller of the seeds. You can get more information, see photos, etc. I look for the best prices at the most reliable sellers and sources I can find, like Amazon, Burpee, etc. I use this list every year myself! And, in many cases, the se online prices are as good or better than local stores.
Plant growth
- Determinates bear a crop all at once and stop.
- Indeterminates keep growing and producing until frost
Days to Harvest
This is a general estimate under best conditions of how many days after your transplant the seedlings into the garden or contain until you harvest the first tomato.
Tomato size
We've broken it down into the general size categories:
- Small - less than 7 ounces, usually a cherry or pear tomato for salads - Size of a marble up to a ping pong ball
- Medium - Usually a slicer or an early tomato 8 to 11 ounces, golf ball to tennis ball size
- Large - 11 to 15 ounces, almost a pound, tennis ball to almost baseball size
- Very large - over 1 lb, could be the size of a softball
Disease Resistance
See the table at the end of the table. If your area gets frequent rains and it is hot and humid, you definitely need the disease resistant varieties.
Related Pages
- How to Grow Tomatoes in Your Yard or Patio - Everything you need to know
- Starting tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, broccoli, lettuce and other vegetables from seed at 1/10 the price at Home Depot, Lowes, Wal-Mart or the nursery
- Tomato plant diseases - symptoms and what to do.
- Master List of Heirloom Tomato Varieties
Master List of Disease-Resistant Tomato Varieties
and to purchase seeds)
<7 oz Small
8 - 11 Oz Medium
12 - 15 large
>15 Very large
Determinate or Indeterminate.
- See abbrv key following this table
10-12 oz. with good flavor. lower in acid, resists cracking.
High heat tolerance and high
yield, large, meaty fruits that up to a pound. 
10-16oz (284-454g) Burpee
hybrid around for decades, but always reliable. Resistance to Verticillium Wilt, Fusarium Wilt Race 1, Nematodes
AAS Winner. Old-time tomato flavor, early to bear, and highly disease resistant. A good choice in any
climate.Ferry-Morse
Beefsteak with improved disease resistance.
7 ½ to 8 ½ ounces, with old-time tomato flavor, an improved variety of Big Beef, bigger and sweeter.
says it has flavor of Brandywine heirloom tomato with a tidier growth habit, improved disease-resistance and bigger, earlier yields. Large pink fruits up to 5
1/2" across. They claim it has more disease resistance than Brandywine heirloom, but I have not seen any difference in years I grew both.
AAS Winner. , 2 1/2 to 3 inches in diameter, average 6 to 8 oz
Classic Roma type paste tomato, 5-8 oz, Excellent for canning, pastes, and sauces.
Compared to "Mortgage Lifter" above, it has increased disease-resistance, more uniform fruit,
ripening. Becomes red with Large, 10-14 oz. fruits, although slightly smaller than the original Mortgage Lifter. The plants are much more
productive. 6-7 ft. tall plants bear until frost. Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
San Marzano hybrid
Improved Roma, with better disease resistance. fruits that are nice and meaty, with very few seeds.
Well-known paste-type tomato, perfect for sauces, pastes and ketchup.
10 oz tomatoes, with Resistance to
Verticillium Wilt, Fusarium Wilt Race 1How to save money and grow better tomatoes
Start you own tomatoes from seed! This year the Bonnie plants at Home Depot, Lowes and Walmart are selling for around $5 PER PLANT. That is INSANE! With my method you can grow your own for around 50- cents per plant!
You can also choose tastier and more disease resistant varieties. IT is SO easy - when you know these tips and tricks. See this page
Tomato disease abbreviations
Tomato disease descriptions and what to do
See this page for Tomato diseases, their symptoms and what to do
References and more information
- Tomato Diseases and Disorders in the Home Garden from Penn State Extension
- Growing Tomatoes in the Home Garden Rutgers Cooperative Extension
- Growing Tomatoes Univ. of Maryland Extension
- Organic Gardening from the NC Extension Gardener Handbook
- Vegetable Gardening: a Beginner's Guide NCSU AG-12
- Growing Tomatoes in Containers by Penn State Extension
- Excluding and Repelling Problem Wildlife from the Garden U of Mass, Amherst
- Epsom Salts: Miracle, Myth, or Marketing? WSU Extension PDF
- Soil Temperature Maps and interactive tools by location
- Watering the Vegetable Garden from Clemson
- Nematode Assay Forms and Information
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