Seed Starting 2021 | Tomato and Pepper Varieties

 

Here are the tomato & pepper varieties we started from seeds this year!

If you remember our seed starting adventures from last year, we just used some random seeds we already had.

Since I was buying new seeds this year, I was a little more selective in my varieties.  I toned it down quite a bit too--I only chose 3 tomato varieties this year!

I also started peppers from seed this year so I picked out 2 varieties of peppers.

I spent quite a while browsing the Burpee website in search of the perfect seeds before I made my purchase.

Here's what I ended up with:

Pepper Varieties

- California Wonder : I chose this variety because they make good stuffing peppers & have a great flavor.

- Bull Nosed Large Bell :  I chose these because of their sweet taste.  Plus, they were grown in Thomas Jefferson's garden!

Tomato Varieties

- Roma VF :  I planted these last year & had great success with them so I went with them again this year.  They're a great paste tomato.

- SuperSauce :  This is a fun one for me!  These are sauce tomatoes that get to be 2lbs!  One tomato is supposed to fill an entire sauce jar.  I can't wait to see how these do in the garden!

- Big Mama :  These are also a larger paste tomato.

I plan on making a few jars of pasta sauce again this year so I wanted all sauce varieties of tomatoes.

I've said it before, but I love the freedom that comes with seed starting.  I love to be able to choose what varieties I want to plant & be there from the very beginning!