Hot Dry Desert Climate Tomato's.

Desert Jonathan · July 28, 2013

Hello everybody.
I'm looking for tomato seeds/varieties that both grow and produce well in a hot dry desert climate. I live in Tucson Arizona where we grow the most beautiful rocks you'll ever lay eye's on.

Sun City Linda · July 29, 2013

Well we have quite a few Arizona and desert Southwest posters here. I am in a hot inland SoCal climate. I think most of us probably don't try to grow much in August although I do still have tomatoes with fruit on them they take a real beating once the triple digit heat sets in. I am growing a tomato called Flamenco this year supposedly bred for SW conditions. Seems to be holding up pretty well. I found it on a seed site called Nativeseeds.org which might be of interest to you.

Desert Jonathan · July 29, 2013

Thank you linda i'll look it up. I got so tired of just "accepting" whatever they had to offer at my local garden centers that i decided i could do better by buying my own seed and starting from scratch. It's been an interesting journey learning that there really is more out there if i just look.

volare71 · March 1, 2018

I'm trying Porter Improved this year in the Verde Valley 3500' elev. and 34.56 lat.
I have also had some success with Oaxacan pink tomatoes and Roma's. Everything else has been a disaster: Better Boy's, Early Girls etc.)

HudsonValley · March 1, 2018

You might also consider varieties reported to do well in desert conditions -- Baker Creek lists a couple of tomatoes from Iraq that might meet your needs. (I haven't tried them, nor do I have experience with Baker Creek; reviews on this seller seem to be mixed here on Tomatoville.) Another variety that I've read does well in hot, dry weather is El-Amar. Good luck!

July 28, 2013	#1
Desert Jonathan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 130	Hot Dry Desert Climate Tomato's. Hello everybody. I'm looking for tomato seeds/varieties that both grow and produce well in a hot dry desert climate. I live in Tucson Arizona where we grow the most beautiful rocks you'll ever lay eye's on.

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July 29, 2013	#2
Sun City Linda Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SoCal Inland Posts: 2,705	Well we have quite a few Arizona and desert Southwest posters here. I am in a hot inland SoCal climate. I think most of us probably don't try to grow much in August although I do still have tomatoes with fruit on them they take a real beating once the triple digit heat sets in. I am growing a tomato called Flamenco this year supposedly bred for SW conditions. Seems to be holding up pretty well. I found it on a seed site called Nativeseeds.org which might be of interest to you.

March 1, 2018	#4
volare71 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Verde Valley, Az. Posts: 13	I'm trying Porter Improved this year in the Verde Valley 3500' elev. and 34.56 lat. I have also had some success with Oaxacan pink tomatoes and Roma's. Everything else has been a disaster: Better Boy's, Early Girls etc.)

March 1, 2018	#5
HudsonValley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Hudson Valley, NY, Zone 6a Posts: 626	You might also consider varieties reported to do well in desert conditions -- Baker Creek lists a couple of tomatoes from Iraq that might meet your needs. (I haven't tried them, nor do I have experience with Baker Creek; reviews on this seller seem to be mixed here on Tomatoville.) Another variety that I've read does well in hot, dry weather is El-Amar. Good luck!