Oak Summit Nursery choices

Short season tomatoes by habit and use

Start with your growing space and how you want to use the fruit. Plant habit matters as much as colour when the season is short.

Fast choices

Need Good starting choices Why
Earliest garden crop Manitoba, Lida Ukrainian About 58 to 70 days, with strong short season fit
Very small container Tiny Tim, Fat Frog Compact determinate plants for patios and small spaces
Compact sauce tomato Dwarf Saucy Mary Dwarf plant with meaty green ripe paste fruit
Drying and preserving Principe Borghese Compact plant with dense fruit and low water content
Sweet snacking Sun Sugar Early orange cherry fruit on a vigorous vine

Determinate and dwarf

Compact plants and a concentrated crop

These suit containers, smaller gardens, and growers who prefer less trellising. Dwarf can describe a short sturdy plant even when it keeps growing through the season, so read the product habit.

Indeterminate

Long vines and continued harvest

These need support and keep setting fruit until frost. They suit gardeners who want repeated fresh harvests and can provide a cage or trellis.

Short season choices in stock

Use the tomato seed catalog to browse all current choices by size, colour, use, and plant habit.