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Question by Donna: What tomato plant do you recommend to be grown in Zone 7?
It seems like every year I try a different type of tomato and can’t seem to come up with a favorite. What do you like and why? I live in the southeastern corner of Washington State so it has to be something that can be grown in Zone 7. Thank you in advance for your input and information.
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Answer by Joseph C
A type of plant called “beefstake.”
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“beefstake” the best tomato ever.
You should be able to grow any tomato sold at your local nursery.
I live in Seattle area and grow several each year. I’ve gotten these to ripen well
Early Cascade–reliable production and a staple for my home canning every other year.
My favorite I grow every year is Stupice 60-65 days. This cold-tolerant tomato ripens sweet, red, slightly oval, 2 inch fruit.
“Stupice consistently gets high marks for taste throughout the summer. Pumps out fruit over the entire season. Bred in the former Czechoslovakia. Indeterminate potato leaf variety. Stupice–proven the most productive and disease resistant tomato in all Seattle Tilth trials. Some say the skin is too thick, but just go out and buy one of those amazing knives that are sold at the Puyallup Fair.”
Sun Gold 65 days -I dried a lot of these
Gold Nugget – early golden cherry tomato. Very sweet!
Saucy–a canner
http://www.territorialseed.com Oregon based company lists these
Oregon Spring–one of the best at growing under cool conditions; can be planted outside in April. Large fruits. However, the plant is bushy and prone to blight.
Celebrity–a consistent winner of taste trials. The fruit is often at its peak ripeness in September.
Golden Treasure–ripens inside in Nov.- Dec., the longest lasting and best flavor of all the keeper varieties. (Especially better than the Calgene Tomato.)
Sun Gold–tropical orange fruit with a flavor that has consistently won it top honors at all taste trials. Cherry in size and very productive.
Better boy is a good one. I live in zone 4 Oregon spring is another. Erly girl is another. These are indeterminate plants. That means they grow tall and need to have a support that they can be tied to. The others that are low bush type determinate. Such as siberia are not bad. I prefer the indeterminate ones as one can prune branches off them and let air flow around them. This keeps disease away. I have grown all of the above. Had 300 pounds from 31 plants last summer
Beefsteak is good but Brandiwine is my favorite