Everglades tomato seeds

Everglades Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Warm Season Vegetable (cannot tolerate any frost)

Full Sun to Part Shade

Best in ground or larger raised beds

Low fertility requirements 

Easy to grow if weather is warm or hot

Everglades tomatoes are from Florida, and are THE tomato in super hot humid climates. Not your climate? Do not despair, they are an old variety that is genetically resilient, and I suspect they will thrive in most climates that are at all suitable to growing tomatoes, and probably some that aren't! 

The cherry sized tomatoes are sweet and tomato-ey, with a bit more seeds than in a regular cherry tomato. This makes them excellent at reseeding and coming up as volunteers all over your garden, but also makes them extra nice for chicken feed -- chickens adore them (and our girls are super picky.)

They grow pretty much like any tomato, you can train them up but they are often more vigorous and if not cut back they can overwhelm nearby plants (or other tomatoes) to a degree more than a regular tomato, but nothing major. 

However, I typically let them sprawl all over, untrained (not tied up). This is especially good if you have mulch on your ground. They are so easy going that I just let them do their thing that way -- they are great for the super lazy gardener and those wanting self-sowing permaculture plants. Great at filling in the gaps in your permaculture food forest before the perennials get well established. 

They are also more tolerant of shade than any other tomato I have grown, and they have grown for me successfully in the cracks of the driveway, as well as in poor soil where I stuck them in a cardboard mulch (just cardboard on top, which I don't recommend!). 

They also continue to produce until frost more so than any other tomato I have grown. They don't tend to "peter out" like so many other tomatoes. They are more resistant to pests and diseases. I find they don't get bland and mealy in the fall when the weather cools, they maintain good flavor. 

This is now our favorite tomato to grow, and a big hit with our toddler.