Fancy growing blue tomatoes in your garden next year?
Plant breeder Tom Wagner has been working the last few years on a few different lines of blue tomatoes. These are breed using traditional techniques, and are completely natural. He has some extra seeds to share with interested gardeners who would like to buy them, try them and report back to him on their experiences.
More information can be found in this article in the Christian Science Monitor blog.
It would be cool to grow some blue tomatoes, I wonder if i can get some seeds from here.
~fer:
I think Tom would be happy to hear from you.
blue. why? flavor, or show?
Hi Chidy,
Not flavor. I think some of Tom’s tomatoes taste good, but many of the earlier blue tomatoes didn’t taste good.
Yes show. There are white, red, orange, purple, yellow, stripes and so on, but until now no blue. Blue is a surprisingly nice color for a tomato.
Blue fruit has more anthocyanins than other colors. This is an anti-oxident and is believed to be very healthy. Our ancestors ate a lot more blue fruits and vegetables than we do, and it’s believed this is an important reason why what they ate is healthier than modern foods.
The blue color protects tomatoes from sunscald. For those of us growing tomatoes in places where the ozone layer is thin, this is very important and means we don’t have to do other things to protect the tomatoes.
Hi,
Would like to buy a few seeds of the blue variety’s if possible. Avid planter here…lolol. Mostly heritage. Just started my late variety’s today…last year lost most to late blight, so starting earlier for early production. Hope all is well and hoping to hear from you soon. thanks!
Kat
Hi Katrina,
You have to contact Tom Wagner himself. You can find more information in the article I linked to here, but I’ll also send you an email with his email address.
hey pat how much for a few seeds always intrested in trying somthing new abd different . plus the health benefits also thanks
Hi Jason, I don’t have any seeds. You should contact the breeder directly, his blog is:
http://tatermaterseeds.com/
pretty cool..I would love to try and grow some. I am just gardener by hobby…no pro, but I love unique plants, fruits and veggies!
Hi Stefanie,
Tom is selling these tomatoes on his new seed company website. Some of the tomatoes on this page are blue:
http://newworldcrops.com/wp/shop/f2f3-tomatoes/
Consider them experimental, but if you are interested in trying them there’s no reason not to.
I would love to try the blue tomoatos. Very interested
Hi Allison,
I’m afraid I don’t have any spare seeds, but you might try newworldcrops or just have a look around the internet. There are lots of other people with blue tomato seeds by now, I’m sure you can find someone…