We plant tomatoes - which ones to choose?

Depending on your culinary preferences, but also on possibilities and availability, you can choose from different varieties of tomatoes - our little overview should help you choose.

Contents:

  1. Oblong tomatoes: Roman or lime
  2. Cherry or date tomatoes
  3. San Marzano variety
  4. Tomatoes - buffalo hearts
  5. Colorful varieties of tomatoes

Oblong tomatoes: Roman or lime

They are great for closing them completely in a jar - we use them like the ones we buy in cans, but home-made ones are much tastier and he althier.The dense flesh makes the oblong tomatoes perfect for pureeing and drying. You can also make a summer tomato soup out of them.San Marzano can also be included in this group, but they are so unique that we will pay attention to them later in the text.

Cherry or date tomatoes

Sweet, tiny tomatoes, which we eat in summer both in salads and as an ordinary snack without any additives. Both cherry and date tomatoes are perfect to put them in the pan and - after frying them briefly with garlic - add them to al dente cooked pasta. The Italian way - simple and brilliant.Loved by children who find it easier to eat them.They are also easy to take with you on a journey. Also great for kebabs and kebabs, where they are often accompanied by creamy mozzarella and basil leaves.

Which tomato varieties are most resistant to disease?

The most popular, disease-resistant varieties of tomatoes for amateur cultivation are Antares (early, spherical fruit, medium-sized, for cultivation in the ground), Złoty Ożarowski (medium-early variety, large fruit with a golden color), Gigant (medium-sized variety) late, spherical-flattened fruit, for cultivation in the ground), Pelican (early variety, large fruit, for cultivation in the ground and under covers), Grebe (early variety, large fruit, under cover), Henryka's Raspberry F1 (large fruit with raspberry color, medium late variety, for cultivation in the ground), Julia F1 (early variety, medium-sized fruit, for cultivation under cover), Lolek (late variety, large, hard fruit, for cultivation in the ground), Zorza Toruńska (very early, raspberry, for cultivation in the ground and unheated tunnels).

- explains the expert Anna Błaszczak

San Marzano variety

Ah, they're just delicious. Sweet, intense, aromatic. Their name comes from the Italian town of San Marzano and in Italy they are also very eager to eat them. They have an oblong shape, strong color and not too many pips.Perfect raw, but probably even better hot - best for pasta or pizza sauce.If what you value most in summer tomatoes is sweetness and intensity, San Marzano tomatoes will be exceptional a satisfactory yield.

Tomatoes - buffalo hearts

Magnificent, lush shape, and at the same time juicy and fragrant. They taste like the fullness of summer - they will remind you very tasty when you put them in a puree jar, but also perfect when served cold - for fresh bread with butter and for caprese salad.

Colorful varieties of tomatoes

This is not a suggestion of a specific variety, as these may be different, but it is worth taking a look at colored tomatoes - they will enrich your summer plate immensely. Yellow, black, tiger striped, followed by green and chocolate. They differ not only in color, but also in taste.It will be especially interesting with greens, which are simply unripe reds - they are perfect for dishes that require heat treatment.Fried with garlic, they taste amazing.

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