In our latest YouTube video, we take you on a tour of what tomatoes grew well at Gardenerd HQ in 2025. It was a great tomato year here (unlike the last few) and these varieties made it possible.
Check out what grew and put it on your list for next year. Tomato season will be back in no time!
Tomato Tour 2025 – Varieties That Worked
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Resources
Here are sources for the tomatoes mentioned in the video:
Canestrino – our friends at Hudson Valley Seed carry it here
Black Vernissage – look to Heirloom Seed House for seeds here
Stupice – Victory Seeds always has these guys on hand
Purple Zebra F1 – this All American Selections winner is available from a number of vendors. Check them out here
Gold Dust – one of the original seeds we got from Tomato Fest
Kellogg’s Breakfast – an old standard, even though we don’t get too many of them. Find them at Seed Savers Exchange
Roman Candle – find seeds for this beautiful paste tomato at Reimer Seeds
San Marzano II – this improved strain is available from Johnny’s Select Seeds
Striped Roman – Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply offers this seed (we make a few cents if you use this link)
Russian Queen – try Ohio Heirloom Seeds for this one. Our usual source’s website (Renaissance Farms) is down at this writing
Sunrise Bumblebee – can be found at Siskiyou Seeds and other great sources
Napa Chardonnay – our favorite and winner for the year (and every year). Get seeds from the original breeder here
We hope you enjoyed the tomato tour of 2025. Add these to your shopping list for next year (seed catalogs will be here before you know it). You’ll enjoy growing these as much as we did.
