The title balcony tomato should not be given lightly. In order for tomatoes to thrive in pots and boxes, special requirements have to be met. We have discovered the perfect varieties for you - compact, high-yielding, robust and above all delicious.

Bush tomato - the middle name of every balcony tomato

Bush tomatoes offer all the advantages that a hobby gardener expects from balcony tomatoes. Their limited growth guarantees a compact habit that makes time-consuming pinching unnecessary. They also provide a bountiful harvest of delicious little fruits. Not to forget their uncomplicated care throughout the season. Get to know the premium varieties here:

  • Balcony Starling: 40 centimeters high, fruits weighing 30 grams, short ripening time
  • Primabelle: 25 centimeters small, lush crops, ideal for small containers
  • Tumbling Tom Red: delicious red fruit, firm to seed, hanging tomato variety for traffic lights
  • Gold Nugget: growth height up to 80 centimetres, mild, golden-yellow fruits, 10-15 grams
  • Snowberry: grows to a maximum of 100 centimeters, requires climbing aids, countless tiny fruits

Cocktail tomatoes - the ideal balcony vegetable

With a growth height of up to 250 centimetres, cocktail tomatoes represent the 'golden mean' between bush tomatoes and stick tomatoes. It is therefore not surprising that they thrive just as well on the balcony as they do in beds and greenhouses. We have compiled recommended varieties for you:

  • Angora Super Sweet: growth height up to 2.50 metres, red fruits 10-20 grams, open to seeds
  • Bellastar F1: growth height up to 2 meters, popular date tomato up to 20 grams, a successful hybrid
  • Black Cherry: growth height of up to 2.50 metres, delicious, dark variety that likes a warm location
  • Cuban Yellow Grape: 2.50 meters tall, yellow fruits up to 20 grams, seed-solid and high-yield
  • Black Zebra Cherry: fruits with mahogany-colored and green stripes, growth height 1 meter, open to seeds
  • Floridity F1: growth height up to 2 meters, thin-skinned, red fruits up to 20 grams

tips and tricks

In the planter, balcony tomatoes are more threatened by waterlogging than in the bed. You can easily avoid this cliff in the care by basically creating a drainage at the bottom of the pot. Broken potsherds, for example, make an excellent buffer material that allows excess irrigation water to run off quickly.

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Vegetable garden