🍅 TomatoVarieties

Tumbling Tom Tomato

Hybrid Red 🕐 70 days 🟢 Easy

Flavor: sweet, classic, mild

🎯 Best For

Hanging basket enthusiasts who want a trailing cherry tomato that's both ornamental and delicious

About Tumbling Tom

Tumbling Tom is a trailing cherry tomato perfect for hanging baskets, producing cascading vines covered with small sweet red fruits. The unique trailing habit makes it genuinely ornamental while also being delicious. It's available in red and yellow versions and is one of the best hanging basket tomatoes.

Growing Tips

Designed for hanging baskets — trailing habit is a feature, not a bug. Water frequently as hanging baskets dry quickly. Feed every 2 weeks.

Health & Nutrition

High Vitamin CLow Calorie

Best Uses

hanging basketsornamentalcontainersfresh eatingsnacking

Cooking Uses

FreshSaladsSnacking

Disease Resistance

VF

Key: V=Verticillium, F=Fusarium, N=Nematode, T/TMV=Tobacco Mosaic Virus, A=Alternaria, LB=Late Blight

Climate Zones

Zone 4Zone 5Zone 6Zone 7Zone 8Zone 9

USDA Hardiness Zones where this variety typically thrives.