Outdoor tomato varieties?

[jackarmy]

I grew Red Alert and outdoor girl this year, both did well but red Alert was outstanding and early, will deffo be growing next year.

[toomanytommytoes]

Perhaps an early determinate variety that should ripen before the blight arrives? Urbikany and Latah have done well for us outside in the coastal North West.

Here are some determinates I noted down when looking for 2019 varieties, said to be of good taste and suitable for cooler climates: Grushovka, Kimberley, Koralik, Maglia Rosa, Manitoba, Sasha's Altai and Yaponskiy Karlik/Japanese Dwarf.

[Scarlet]

Perhaps an early determinate variety that should ripen before the blight arrives? Urbikany and Latah have done well for us outside in the coastal North West.

Yes, I grow latah in a pot as it's usually gone over by the time some of the larger/ slower to fruit varieties have even thought about producing. Started early these have fruited as early as June for me.

Choosing cooler climate toms are a good option - Russian/ Ukrainian varieties are often a good choice for growing outside.

[Penellype]

Red Alert and Balconi red are bush varieties that I have found do well outside. Balconi Red is small enough to be grown on the windowsill until after the first flush of fruit and will produce a 2nd flush if potted up outside.

[SarrissUK]

I grew loads of different varieties this year, and essentially, by early June all my tomatoes were pushing everything else out of the greenhouse, and I still had to put ten or so plants outdoors. The outdoors one didn't do very well, despite the most wonderful summer I've ever experienced. So... more greenhouses!

[Bumblingbroccoli]

Our outdoor toms did amazingly well this year. I emptied growbags onto the soil, covered with black matting a pksntec through it, with a 2 litre empty water bottle buried in the soil beside each plant so I didn't over water or splash stems too much. As result these varieties did brilliantly outside:

Sungold
Defiant
Lemon drop
Red pear
Principe di borghese
Red cherry
Golden sunrise

The only one that wasn't that good was gardeners delight but it did fine in the greenhouse.

[mcdood]

Gardeners delight worked well for me outdoors this year but I think I may have been spoilt by the dry weather.