Add a sunny touch to your garden with yellow tomatoes!
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Red tomatoes may be the most iconic tomato color, but yellow varieties add a cheerful pop of sunshine while being just as delicious! From shades of pale lemon to deep gold, yellow tomatoes offer their own unique flavors. They are sweeter and taste milder than red ones. You can use them in their place in any recipe. Here are some of the most delicious and high yielding yellow tomato varieties to grow!
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1. Sun Sugar Yellow Cherry Tomato
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The ‘Sun Sugar’ tomato is a popular cherry tomato variety that offers an incredibly sweet flavor in a bite-sized package. These bright yellow fruits measure 3-5cm across and ripen to a rich golden color. This tomato is also disease-resistant and a single plant can give you up to fifty tomatoes!
| Plant type | Indeterminate |
| Hardiness zones | 3-10 |
| Days to maturity | 65 |
| Light | Full sun |
| Soil needs | well-draining, rich |
| Plant height | 90-150cm (3-5ft) |
2. Yellow Pear Tomato
These beautiful pear-shaped tomatoes have a sweet and mild flavor. The bite-sized fruit is perfect for salads or as a snack. This variety will give you an endless supply of tomatoes throughout the entire growing season! They also come in different colors such as orange and red.
| Plant type | Indeterminate |
| Hardiness zones | 3-12 |
| Days to maturity | 75 |
| Light | Full sun |
| Soil needs | well-draining, loam |
| Plant height | 60-180cm (6ft) |
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3. Golden Jubilee
The ‘Golden Jubilee’ is a big bright golden tomato. It is great for growing in containers as the plant isn’t too tall and will give a high yield as well. This tomato is perfect for sauces, cooking and sandwiches.
| Plant type | Indeterminate |
| Hardiness zones | 3-12 |
| Days to maturity | 80 |
| Light | Full sun |
| Soil needs | well-draining, rich |
| Plant height | 90-120cm (3-4ft) |
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4. Banana Legs
‘Banana Leg’ is an heirloom tomato prized for its low acidity balanced by rich sweetness. The smooth-skinned fruits are about 5-10cm long. Their pastel yellow skin ripens to a deeper goldenrod hue when mature.
| Plant type | Determinate |
| Hardiness zones | 3-10 |
| Days to maturity | 75 |
| Light | Full sun |
| Soil needs | well-draining |
| Plant height | 100-120cm (4ft) |
5. Gold Nugget
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This cherry tomato is especially great for cooler climates as well as containers and small gardens. These small tomatoes come in a beautiful shade of gold. With their fast maturity rate, gold nugget tomatoes will be one of the first to ripen in your garden!
| Plant type | Determinate |
| Hardiness zones | 3-11 |
| Days to maturity | 55 |
| Light | Full sun |
| Soil needs | well-draining, rich |
| Plant height | 30-60cm (2ft) |
6. Yellow Plum Tomato
These small plum-shaped tomatoes taste mild and sweet. They are an heirloom variety that has been grown for a long time. The plant will give you a high yield of small bright yellow fruits that are about 3-5cm wide. These flavorful tomatoes are perfect for salads and preserves.
| Plant type | Indeterminate |
| Hardiness zones | 4-11 |
| Days to maturity | 70-75 |
| Light | Full sun |
| Soil needs | well-draining, fertile |
| Plant height | 120cm (4ft) |
7. Golden Grape Tomato
This cherry tomato variety is sweet and very flavorful. Its small and beautiful golden fruits are great for salads. The plant is very high-yielding and the tomatoes are also crack-resistant.
| Plant type | Indeterminate |
| Hardiness zones | 3-10 |
| Days to maturity | 80 |
| Light | Full sun |
| Soil needs | well-draining, moist |
| Plant height | 120-150cm (5ft) |
8. Taxi Tomato
‘Taxi’ tomatoes are a round, lemon-yellow, and very sweet variety! The tomatoes are small to medium-sized and easy to grow. They mature early and produce heavy yields as well. Taxi is a low-acid and mild-tasting tomato.
| Plant type | Determinate |
| Hardiness zones | 3-9 |
| Days to maturity | 55-65 |
| Light | Full sun |
| Soil needs | well-draining, rich |
| Plant height | 100-120cm (4ft) |
9. Yellow Currant Tomato
‘Yellow Currants’ are one of the smallest tomatoes in the world! They are about 1.5cm wide in diameter. These beautiful tiny yellow tomatoes have a rich sweet flavor and are perfect for snacking on. The plant is known to be disease-resistant and produces large clusters of fruits all season long.
| Plant type | Indeterminate |
| Hardiness zones | 3-11 |
| Days to maturity | 75 |
| Light | Full sun |
| Soil needs | well-draining, moist |
| Plant height | 120-150cm (5ft) |
10. Big Yellow Zebra
‘Big Yellow Zebra’ is a bright yellow beafsteak tomato which starts out green with dark green stripes and ripens to a bright yellow with gold stripes. This meaty tomato has a nice juicy flavor and can weigh more than 400 grams. These tomatoes are delicious in sandwiches and sauces.
| Plant type | Indeterminate |
| Hardiness zones | 4-11 |
| Days to maturity | 75-80 |
| Light | Full sun |
| Soil needs | well-draining, fertile |
| Plant height | 150-180cm (5-6ft) |
Caring for Yellow Tomatoes
Yellow tomatoes are cared for in the same way as red tomatoes. You should plant them indoors in greenhouses or under grow lights about six weeks before the last frost.
Indeterminate varieties will need support through staking or cages. You should also prune side shoots so that the plant can focus its energy in growing the tomatoes.
Fertilize your tomatoes every two weeks during the growing season with a liquid fertilizer.
Harvesting
You can tell if your tomatoes have ripened if they are slightly soft to the touch. Harvest regularly before your tomatoes go overripe. Enjoy your yellow tomatoes in salads, preserves, sauces and much more!
What does determinate/indeterminate mean?
Whether a tomato is determinate or indeterminate depends on how the plant grows.
Determinate tomatoes grow as compact, bushy plants to a fixed size of roughly 90-120cm tall. The plant produces flowers after reaching full size, setting and ripening all fruit at once over a 2-3 week period. This allows for an earlier, concentrated harvest. Determinates work better for container gardening, grow well in most climates, and don’t require staking, though caging helps support branches with heavy fruit.
Indeterminate tomato varieties produce long, sprawling vines that can reach 2 meters or taller if staked vertically. The plant produces flowers and fruit continuously all season until killed by frost. The prolonged harvest means lots of tomatoes spread out over time. Most heirlooms and cherry tomatoes fall into this category. Indeterminates require sturdy staking or caging for support and benefit from pruning.
Choose tomato types suited for your climate, space, and desired harvesting period.
