I planted some lack of interest plants, some bell peppers, squash, and basic tomatoes of early girl and celebrity, no heirloom tomatoes, nothing of special interest, I’m not obsessing with getting the most out of them, I’ll water them and just see what ordinary produce will come out of it.
My something to do but not getting into it planting.
The Amish plant their tomatoes and then ignore them. No watering, pruning, fertilizing, etc. and they always have healthy yields.
You’re just channeling your, ‘Inner Amish’ this gardening season. ;)
We’re not doing a whole lot this year either. Two Bush Goliath tomato plants, one zucchini, one yellow squash, some red onions, bell peppers, jalapenos, and one cayenne pepper. Everything in earth box containers with cedar mulch.
Very dry spring in southern AZ, only two or three light rains since January. Just a couple of 100-degree days so far.
We have been growing cherry tomatoes of different varieties in upside down buckets that hang off the overhang of the garage. They really produce a ton of sweet tomatoes. 🍅 and are really easy to care for- no weeding or anything. Just water em. We were eating them well past the first frosts too.
Here is what we used to use (we just use buckets now with a hole drilled in bottom that the plant works down through)
I’ve had pretty good luck with those Celebrity tomatoes. They don’t seem to require a lot of care, and hold up well. Production for me has been fair. Taste is ok, but nothing like better varieties. Early Girls fade early for me (no surprise) and are bland, similar to most store-bought tomatoes.
For taste, of what you are most likely to easily find, I like Best Boy tomatoes (determinate, but grew tall like crazy for me last year, so I still had to cage or stake them), and Better Boys (indeterminant) a close second with longer production.
IF you are lucky and can find them locally, taste-wise, for me, what I think were Golden Jubilees are best: Sweet and tangy, but still not overly acidic. However, they are a bit harder to find. Menards did have them from Bonnies, in 4” pots this year. I bought a couple pots, so I should be able to confirm if what I was enjoying last year really were Golden Jubilees.
For me, since we usually have more than enough tomatoes, it’s more about taste than production. :-)