Howdy,
It's starting to thaw here and while we're nowhere near ready to plant, I'm starting to consider what I want to grow this year. I'm looking for advice on a tomato plant for my region, Missouri, zone 5 near KC, in the city actually, but we have a big yard in an old neighborhood.
I planted Better Boy last year but wasn't exactly happy with the results. We had a lovely spring, then an incredibly muggy and dry summer and by August the plants were falling over and by the time the heat broke and they went back into fruit production I had lost all but one plant. I'd really like something that can stand our hot and dry summers. I don't know how it manages to be so humid and everything I plant still dries up.
Anyway, we like to eat the tomatoes off the vine in the summer with a salad, and I like to freeze the extras for soup in the winter. They don't have to be the biggest tomatoes in the world, but we would like something with good flavor.
Also, if anyone locally has suggestions for other easy to grow vegetables, I'd appreciate the advice. I don't know anyone else in town who gardens. We did well with broccoli last year, I may go for that again. We've tried corn, but it hasn't matured well. I'd like to try a melon or a squash again. I had an unknown melon variety last year that had absolutely no flavor. Smelled great though.
Dawn