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Feeling overwhelmed by all the tomato varieties out there? Whether you're flipping through a seed catalog, browsing online, or staring at the racks at your local garden center, choosing the right tomato can be daunting. But the right tomato for you depends on your garden, your kitchen, and your taste! In this episode, I break down the different types of tomatoes—by size, growth habit, breeding, and even color—so you can make the best choice for your garden this year.

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What You’ll Learn:
🍅 Tomato Types Explained – Cherry, grape, paste, and slicing tomatoes: What’s the difference?
🌱 Growth Habits 101 – Determinate vs. indeterminate vs. semi-determinate: Which one fits your garden?
🌿 Heirloom vs. Hybrid – Which is better for flavor, disease resistance, and saving seeds?
🎨 Color & Flavor – How tomato color influences taste and acidity.
☀️ Best Tomatoes for Your Climate – Top picks for small spaces, hot summers, and short growing seasons.

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0:00.0	Well, hey there and welcome back to the Beginners Garden podcast.
0:03.3	We're at the end of February, which means for me and my garden, it's time for me to start
0:08.7	planting tomato seeds indoors.
0:11.0	So I figured this would be a great time for us to talk about the most popular vegetable,
0:17.0	technically fruit, that home gardeners grow.
0:20.0	But when it comes to growing tomatoes, have you ever felt
0:23.7	completely overwhelmed when it comes time to choose a variety of tomatoes to grow? Whether you're
0:30.2	thumbing through endless pages of a seed catalog like I do, or scrolling down a website,
0:36.7	or you're perusing selections at the garden center, it's hard
0:40.4	to know what to choose. I had no idea all of the different types of tomatoes available until
0:46.8	I started shopping for seed, and all the options can still leave me frozen in indecision.
0:53.8	But I have learned that choosing the right
0:56.3	tomato can make all the difference. But what's right for you may not be right for me and vice versa.
1:03.6	You want to choose what's best for your garden, your kitchen, your climate, and your taste
1:09.6	preference. To do that, today I'm going to break down
1:12.9	all the different types of tomatoes that you can grow so that you can make the best decision
1:18.6	for your garden this year. Whether you're choosing to start from seed indoors, like I do,
1:23.7	or you're grabbing a beautiful plant from the garden center.
1:31.0	Welcome to the Beginners Garden podcast. I'm Jill and I'm so glad you're here.
1:33.4	In this podcast, you'll find easy to understand conversations about how to grow your own food.
1:39.5	As a first time gardener myself 11 years ago, I remember what it's like to feel overwhelmed. So I want to make
1:46.2	gardening so doable for you that you'll find yourself falling in love with gardening just like I did.
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409 - Tomato Types Explained: How to Pick the Perfect Tomato for Your Garden

The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Jill McSheehy

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