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Old July 28, 2013   #1
Desert Jonathan
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Default Hot Dry Desert Climate Tomato's.

Hello everybody.
I'm looking for tomato seeds/varieties that both grow and produce well in a hot dry desert climate. I live in Tucson Arizona where we grow the most beautiful rocks you'll ever lay eye's on.

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Old July 29, 2013   #2
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Well we have quite a few Arizona and desert Southwest posters here. I am in a hot inland SoCal climate. I think most of us probably don't try to grow much in August although I do still have tomatoes with fruit on them they take a real beating once the triple digit heat sets in. I am growing a tomato called Flamenco this year supposedly bred for SW conditions. Seems to be holding up pretty well. I found it on a seed site called Nativeseeds.org which might be of interest to you.
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Old July 29, 2013   #3
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Thank you linda i'll look it up. I got so tired of just "accepting" whatever they had to offer at my local garden centers that i decided i could do better by buying my own seed and starting from scratch. It's been an interesting journey learning that there really is more out there if i just look.
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I'm trying Porter Improved this year in the Verde Valley 3500' elev. and 34.56 lat.
I have also had some success with Oaxacan pink tomatoes and Roma's. Everything else has been a disaster: Better Boy's, Early Girls etc.)
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Old March 1, 2018   #5
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You might also consider varieties reported to do well in desert conditions -- Baker Creek lists a couple of tomatoes from Iraq that might meet your needs. (I haven't tried them, nor do I have experience with Baker Creek; reviews on this seller seem to be mixed here on Tomatoville.) Another variety that I've read does well in hot, dry weather is El-Amar. Good luck!
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