Hi I am looking for some prolific / decease resistant tomatoes

[Delerium]

Can anyone give me some varieties that are extremely prolific and decease resistant. Hybrid or Heirloom is okay. Cherry or regular fruits are fine to.

Thanks

[Redbaron]

Go check your local farmers market next spring. Might even be able to pick up some plants. Prolific and disease resistant is a general thing that varies widely according to growing conditions. California is a huge state with widely varying growing conditions. What would be prollific in one area, may be a dud in another.

[barryla61]

Check your local nurseries/greenhouses as well

[Delerium]

Thank you Redbaron & Barryla61. The reason i asked was that i wanted to start some plants from seed. I am just looking for varieties that seem to produce well in heat and have tolerance to early/late blight. Last year we had a heat wave that just killed production due to blossom drop. I've heard Big Beef & Rutgers are pretty good hybrids. Was looking for a Cherry tomato that was easy to grow and Mid/Large tomato variety as well. Any names that come to mind would be appreciated, i can look them up and see if it will do the trick for us in our region. Any California growers on the forums?

[kurt]

Originally Posted by Delerium

Can anyone give me some varieties that are extremely prolific and decease resistant. Hybrid or Heirloom is okay. Cherry or regular fruits are fine to.

Thanks

Lot of talk and testimonials regarding disease resistance of grafted tomatoe plants.Also seeing a lot of grafted tomatoe plants for sale on the web.Or if you feel like learning and experimenting try grafting yourself.

[HiPoha]

I had a fungus problem that killed off my Whopper and Sweet 100 cherry plants. Those that survived were Healani, Sungold, and San Marzano plants. The later two are also very productive in fruits if you don't mind the small size.

[Redbaron]

Rutgers is not a hybrid. It is a commercial OP heirloom. (back when commmercial varieties had flavor) And yes it is a good producer and depending on the strain, can be disease resistant too. A great general purpose tomato that is grown all over the country.

Porter is a hot weather plum type popular here in the SW. But I haven't tried it yet. I already have my seeds though. Next year I'll know if it produces like its hype.

[Delerium]

Thanks Redbaron, Kurt & Hipoha for all the suggestions/varieties and correcting me on Rutgers being a commercial op heirloom. I am going to look up Porter. The only Plum variety seeds i have is Opalka. Thanks again for helping a newbee!

[Rootwad]

Grew eight different
varieties this past season and the winners are Jet Star,Juliet and Mountian Fresh.