Heirloom Tomato Seeds

Many enthusiasts are now discovering tomato seeds of old varieties, often called heritage or heirloom tomatoes. This is partly because these are not hybrid, but open pollinated tomato seeds without any genetic modification and are thus very well suited for harvesting your own seed and breeding your own cultivars - on the other hand, the colorful diversity of these almost forgotten plant varieties is simply a joy to behold.

There are red, dark purple or almost black, yellow, green white, multi-coloured, striped, pear-shaped, large and small varieties, many of which have been bred more than 100 years ago using traditional methods. While market gardening has increasingly been spawning uniform looking and pesticide resistant hybrids, these special tomatoes have survived in ecological niches, small gardens and rare seed collections without any significant changes. These old tomato varieties not only look good, but often surprise you with their fruity, sweet or juicy nuances of taste.

Some of the old varieties may not be as profitable as modern hybrids, yet many old tomatoes are very robust and can even be grown outdoors without any rain cover and will enrich your garden and your kitchen for years to come.