When you talk about summer one thing pops into the minds of most gardeners, tomatoes. Tomatoes are an easy source of vitamins and minerals.
It is not entirely know how tomatoes were found but it is said that Europeans thought that the tomato but because the tomato had poisonous characteristics and made people sick it was not very popular.
Tomatoes are very popular today and if you find yourself trying to decide on what type of tomato to choose from then you are not alone. There are literally hundreds of different types of tomatoes that you can choose from.
When growing tomatoes you have to decide on how you will grow your tomatoes. There are 3 different options to choose from.
First are the hybrid tomatoes which are a mixture of two different types of tomatoes. The good news is that the plant will remain relatively the same the issue with this is that the seeds may not produce anything at all. If you want to use the same seeds year after year then you will need to use open pollination tomatoes.
Next are the open-pollinated tomatoes which are produced from pollination of insects, birds and wind for example. Open pollination is also considered to be heirloom tomatoes, the only issue with this is that the seeds can be used year after year but the characteristics of the seed may change i.e.: size, color and taste may not be the same.
The second last option is heirloom tomatoes which are handed down from generations to generations. Heirloom tomatoes are essential so that the seed companies and the government will not be able to take control of the seed circulation.
So if you are trying to decide what types you want to buy here a few popular names of tomato cultivars either hybrid, open pollinated or heirloom.
Here are a few tomato cultivators the beefsteak, the 1884, the goliath, the super fantastic. These are just a few of the hundreds of types that you can buy. So enjoy.