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Need tomato varieties for heat/drought...help!

17 years ago

For those of you who grow vegetables in hot, dry climates--do you have any specific Tomato varieties that have proven themselve successful in intense heat, particularly. I CAN provide water, but wonder also about drought-resistant varieties.

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farmfreedom
17 years ago
check "native seed search " tucson AZ . FOR THERE wild type tomatoes .
Also remember that cold tolerance and drought tolerance are closely related . so try that strain that was developed for Greenland , Siberian varieties and check www.ARS-GRIN.GOV for varieties.
veg_grower964
17 years ago
HOMESTEAD can take the heat'thats one of it's features
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vera_eastern_wa
16 years ago
I know these aren't tomatoes, but cousins...try Tomatillos!

Vera
seedsonshirt
16 years ago
If you're still looking...

I have had good luck with Spanish-sounding varieties. They might be Italian or Mexican - who knows? In particular, Muchamiel, Rio Grande, and Tres Cantos did real well for me this year. They are smaller and not quite my preffered flavors, but they will produce for you. At least they are bigger than cherry tomatoes, which grow under any conditions...

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