Yellow Everglades Cherry Tomato
solanum pimpinellifolium

days to maturity: 57 days
plant spacing: 2 square feet per plant
sunlight requirement: 8 - 14 hours
look out for: Hornworms - if you you see branches without any leaves or half eaten fruits look carefully for green caterpillars.
harvest notes: Pick tomatoes when they are as ripe as possible. They should be fully colored and firm and picked regularly to avoid overloading plants.
season: fall, winter, spring
Indeterminate

Yellow Everglades Cherry Tomatoes are little bursts of sunshine in the garden—tiny, golden fruits packed with big, sweet-tart flavor. Unlike many modern hybrids, these tomatoes have old-Florida roots and are prized for their ability to thrive where others struggle. They’re perfect for snacking right off the vine, tossing into salads, or adding a pop of color to roasted veggie dishes. In our zone 10b climate, Yellow Everglades are practically unstoppable. They love the heat, shrug off humidity, and keep producing even when most other tomato varieties call it quits. Plant them in full sun, give them decent soil with good drainage, and a trellis or cage to climb, and they’ll reward you with sprawling vines heavy with fruit. Culturally, these little tomatoes are beloved by South Florida gardeners for being as close to “plant it and forget it” as tomatoes get. They reseed easily, so don’t be surprised if they pop up on their own next season. While you may be familiar with red everglades, these yellow seeds are new to the culinary scene and were sourced from “Seed the Stars” in central Florida. 

Allow a few clusters of Everglades cherry tomatoes to stay on the plant and they will happily reseed themselves year after year. If you'd like to save the seeds instead just choose a few very ripe fruits, squeeze the insides out into a jar with water, allow it to ferment for a few days (this simulated the digestive system of an animal and will break down the mucilaginous coating around the seed) and then dry on a towel. 

Despite its tolerance of the tropical heat Everglades cherry tomatoes can be grown anywhere where all other tomato varieties are. A tip for harvesting the tiny sweet fruits: instead of picking fruit by fruit, cut the entire cluster off the vine when all the fruit is most of the way ripe. Alternatively, break the fruit off of the vine one by one with their little green hat on (the technical term is "peduncle") since the fruits skin tends to rip when its removed hastily.