• Fresh and healthy tomatoes grow on the vine in Florida.Tomato image by Broken_Perfection from Fotolia.com
  
  Tomato varieties differ in shape, color, size, flavor and growing conditions. Before planting tomatoes, check the plant to make sure it will thrive in your climate. Tomatoes can be grown month after month in the state of Florida, producing more fruit than in northern states. With the climate in Florida always being hot, humid and mild, with plenty of sunshine in summer, it's the perfect place to try your hand at growing tomatoes.
  
  

Wild Florida Everglades

• Not many people realize there is a tomato variety that is native to the state of Florida--the Wild Florida Everglades tomato plant. This is a wild tomato plant that does just fine by itself with no help. Growing in the hot Florida climate almost every month of the year, these little sweet, red balls of delight have an intense cherry tomato taste with very low acidity. This indeterminate native Florida tomato plant will grow vigorously in full sun and wet, moist soil up to 15 feet in height with unbelievable yields of tiny, red tomatoes in around 60 days.
  
  

Walter Villemaire

• The Walter Villemaire tomato plant is a determinate, meaning it will grow to a specific fixed height and ripen nearly all of its fruit at once. This tomato variety is great for the heat and constant sunshine of Florida. Expect high yields of fruit weighing in at around 8 ounces in 75 days. This tomato plant requires full sun and wet, moist soil.
  
  

Better Boy

• Better Boy tomatoes are indeterminate and weigh in at almost 10 ounces each. This variety does well in Florida due to its love of hot, full sun and moist, well-drained soil. Better Boy tomatoes are meaty, large and packed with rich tomato flavor ready for harvest in 70 days.
  
  

Solar Set

• The Solar Set determinate tomato plant was developed by the University of Florida and boasts bright red fruit weighing 9 ounces. This heat-loving plant will set highly flavorful fruit in 92-degree temperatures and is often used for fall crops in Florida. Solar Set produces high yields of medium-sized fruit that grow best in full sun and well-drained, moist soil.
  
  

Giant Belgium

• The Giant Belgium tomato plant is an indeterminate variety boasting extra-large fruit that can grow up to 5 pounds in weight. These big, beautiful tomatoes turn bright pink when ripe, in around 85 days. The Giant Belgium tomato plant bears heavy yields of extremely sweet, meaty fruit. This tomato variety loves the heat of full sun and moist, well-drained soil, making it a perfect Florida tomato.