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Plum Regal Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Red Paste Tomatoes

Plum Regal Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Red Paste Tomatoes

Plum Regal is a determinate paste tomato maturing around 75 days from transplant. Here’s how to check if your frost window fits.

Lucky Tiger Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Green Tomatoes

Lucky Tiger Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Green Tomatoes

Lucky Tiger is a striped indeterminate cherry tomato that ripens in about 65 to 70 days from transplant, fast enough for most gardens but not all.

Harvest Moon Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Golden Tomatoes

Harvest Moon Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Golden Tomatoes

A practical guide to whether Harvest Moon’s long season fits your climate, its actual disease resistance, and how to grow it right.

San Marzano II Tomato: When to Plant the Heirlooms That Keep Coming Until Frost

San Marzano II Tomato: When to Plant the Heirlooms That Keep Coming Until Frost

San Marzano II is an 85-day paste tomato whose long indeterminate season only pays off where the frost-free window and summer heat both cooperate.

Mortgage Lifter Tomato: When to Plant the Slicers That Keep Coming Until Frost

Mortgage Lifter Tomato: When to Plant the Slicers That Keep Coming Until Frost

A look at Mortgage Lifter’s real days to maturity, which regions give it room to ripen, and the two failure modes a frost date alone won’t show you.

Marnero Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Purple Beefsteaks

Marnero Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Purple Beefsteaks

Marnero is an 80-day purple beefsteak that ripens easily across most of the US but needs a greenhouse in Canada’s shortest-season provinces.

Jolene Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Green Beefsteaks

Jolene Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Green Beefsteaks

Jolene is an 80 to 85 day beefsteak with high resistance to Verticillium and Fusarium wilt, best suited to gardens with a long, warm growing season.

Cherokee Purple Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Purple Heirlooms

Cherokee Purple Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Purple Heirlooms

Cherokee Purple ripens in 80 to 85 days from transplant, so its success depends on matching that window to your region’s frost-free season and summer heat pattern.

Blue Tonic Tomato: When to Plant the Slicers That Keep Coming Until Frost

Blue Tonic Tomato: When to Plant the Slicers That Keep Coming Until Frost

A guide to timing Blue Tonic’s long slicer season against real frost windows, with the arithmetic shown so you can check your own garden.

Black Krim Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Black Heirlooms

Black Krim Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Black Heirlooms

Black Krim ripens in roughly 80 days from transplant, and this piece checks that number against frost windows from Yukon to Louisiana.

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