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[Tomato Dirt #330] How to choose disease resistant tomatoes for your garden
March 06, 2025

Tomato Dirt Newsletter
Volume 15, Number 5

Dear Tomato Dirt reader,

Welcome back to Tomato Dirt! A couple times a month, we’ll send you this newsletter packed with tips about growing tomatoes and using them.


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FEATURE: How to Choose Disease Resistant Tomatoes for Your Garden


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Black spots appear on your tomato plant leaves.

Or one side of the plant wilts.

Or leaves turn yellow, then brow, shrivel and drop.

You can avoid all that angst when you choose disease resistant tomatoes for your garden.

Disease resistant tomatoes are varieties bred to withstand common tomato diseases like blight, wilt, and viruses.

They're labeled with codes on seed packets and in the garden center.

The large majority of disease resistant tomato varieties disease resistant tomato varieties are hybrids, meaning they are intentionally bred by crossing two different parent plants to enhance traits like disease resistance, yield, and fruit quality. (Keep reading …)


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Tomato Growing Tip: Which are the most disease resistant tomatoes?


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More Tips for Choosing Tomato Varieties

How to Choose Tomato Varieties to Grow in Your Garden What are the Easiest Tomatoes to Grow? How To Understand Tomato Disease Resistance Codes Heirloom Tomatoes vs. Hybrid Tomatoes: What’s the Difference?

That’s it for now. More next time.

Until then, happy gardening!




Kathy with Tomato Dirt
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