Tomato 'Patio'

I have grown this plant, I think, three seasons in zone 9a. Here in sweaty New Orleans I have endless pest and disease problems with my ...Read Moreindeterminate heirlooms but patio can stand right next to these troubled plants and not catch whatever it is. I think the taste of the tomatoes is really very good and have never found the skins to be tough. As mentioned by others, it's a very beautiful plant with dark leaves and an interesting shape. I always get my first tomatoes of the season from this plant and it has even produced well for me when I planted it at the wrong time (way too late in the summer when other toms drop their blossoms and wilt in the heat here). My patio tomatoes are always a little bigger than the information leads you to believe - about 3" in diameter and weighing each around 5-6 ounces.

** this report is based on only one specimen, not enough to give a proper evaluation,IMHO**

I put one of these out in the ...Read Moregarden last year late in the season and it did produce one or two small fruits, not an easy task during July/August The taste was only slightly better than what you might find in a grocery store.

This plant doesn't really fit our needs but has some merit as a container plant or for small spaces. The plant its self is quite attractive - short and stout with super dark foliage. You could even use it as a landscape plant, I suppose.

Easy to grow, very early and doesn't take up a lot of room. Good flavor, but tough skins.

It makes a very attractive border plant as well as an excellent container plant. I raise them from seed and give them to friends. They en...Read Morejoy them and of course the tomatos.They grow to only 24" and have beautiful thick foliage and the skin is thick but the flavor is sweet and size is about 2" diameter. Being as they are determinate,you will get one or two quick batches.

This tomato lives up to the reputation for compact and vigorous. It produces multiple fruits along the vine, rather like a cherry tomato....Read More My fruits were not large, ranging from large cherry to small plum sized.

The flavor is pleasant--concentrated and acid, with a nice "tomato paste" overtone and a bit of sweetness. Is there a cherry in Patio's heritage? The fruit set well in hot weather, ripens quickly. The skin seems thick, to me. But it has been dry, and these are in containers.

Yield is moderate. If you are in a cramped space, Patio would probably be a rewarding tomato. I wouldn't recommend it for normal sized gardens. The yield and size are too small to make it worthwhile.