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 pruning superfluous. They also provide a rich harvest of delicious, small fruits. Not to forget their uncomplicated maintenance throughout the season. Get to know the premium varieties here:
- Balcony star: 40 centimeters high, 30 grams of light fruits, short ripening time
- Primabell: 25 centimeters small, lush fruit hangings, ideal for the small bucket
- Tumbling Tom Red: delicious red fruits, seed-proof, hanging tomato variety for the traffic light
- Gold Nugget: Growth height up to 80 centimeters, mild, golden-yellow fruits, 10-15 grams
- Snowberry: grows to a maximum of 100 centimeters, support required, countless, tiny fruits
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Cocktail tomatoes - the ideal balcony vegetables
With a height of up to 250 centimeters, cocktail tomatoes represent the 'golden middle ground' between bush tomatoes and stick tomatoes. So it is hardly surprising that they thrive just as magnificently on the balcony as in the bed and greenhouse. We have put together recommended varieties for you:
- Angora Super Sweet: Growth height up to 2.50 meters, red fruits 10-20 grams, solid
- Bellastar F1: Growth height up to 2 meters, popular date tomatoes up to 20 grams, a successful hybrid
- Black Cherry: Growth height up to 2.50 meters, tasty, dark variety that likes a warm location
- Cuban Yellow Grape: Growth height 2.50 meters, yellow fruits up to 20 grams, firm and high-yielding
- Black Zebra Cherry: Fruits with mahogany-colored and green stripes, 1 meter high, solid
- Floridity F1: Growth height up to 2 meters, thin-skinned, red fruits up to 20 grams
Tips & Tricks
In the planter, balcony tomatoes are more threatened by waterlogging than in the bed. You can easily avoid this cliff in maintenance by creating a drainage system at the bottom of the pot. Broken pottery shards, for example, make an excellent buffer material that allows excess irrigation water to run off quickly.
