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← Hydroponic School Growing Hydroponic Tomatoes: A South African Grower's Course

The tomato types: beefsteak, round, truss, plum, cherry, cocktail
Heirloom tomatoes in a hydroponic system: what to expect
Reading a seed catalogue: resistance codes, HR and IR, and the two race-numbering systems
Tunnel cultivars sold in South Africa (and the open-field ones to avoid)
The viruses that shape cultivar choice: whitefly leaf-curl viruses (ToCSV), TSWV, ToBRFV
Grafting and rootstocks: when it is worth it
Choosing your cultivar: a worksheet

Tomato types and cultivars

Reading a seed catalogue: resistance codes, HR and IR, and the two race-numbering systems

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