Thanks to the University of Maryland/Maryland Grows this informative article on tiny tomatoes.
Just a quick post this month to shout out the virtues of the first tomato plant to produce ripe fruit for me this year: ‘Veranda Red’ patio tomato.
![Tiny tomato plant that is great for growing on patios.](https://gigicauseyrealtor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_9182.jpeg-768x1024.webp)
This little cutie is only 18 inches high. In fact, it would be shorter if it was growing in full sun instead of the partial sun on my deck. I have other plants with green fruit ready to turn red that are less than a foot high. The container team at the Derwood Demo Garden has a plant only about six inches high that has ripe fruit.
Patio tomatoes as a group mature at less than two feet. They grow well in smaller containers like window boxes or gallon pots...
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