Tomato Garden Planner for Canning

Plan tomatoes for canning while keeping cultivar, preparation losses, support system, disease pressure, and season length visible.

Space by planting style

Preservation-suitable variety direction

Zone is only one factor. Day length, disease pressure, storage quality, maturity, and use may be more important.

Planting and indoor-start timing

Start transplants according to local Extension guidance and set out after frost risk and cold-soil conditions have passed.

Current weather is not loaded automatically; check the local forecast and soil before planting.

Canning recipes using tomatoes

• Shirley Camp’s Homemade Chili Sauce (Like Mother’s) — Mrs. Wages
• Mrs. Wages® Blue Ribbon Salsa — Mrs. Wages
• Illinois State Fair – Red Ribbon Tomato Salsa — Mrs. Wages
• Blue Ribbon Salsa Recipe For Canning — Mrs. Wages
• Green Tomato Crisp Pickles — Mrs. Wages
• Piccalilli Relish — Bernardin
• Green Tomato Hot Dog Relish — Bernardin
• Fresh Vegetable Salsa — Bernardin
• Fiesta Corn Salsa — Bernardin
• Antipasto Relish — Bernardin
• Green Tomato Pickles — Bernardin
• Mexican Tomato Sauce — OSU Extension
• Tomatillo Green Salsa — OSU Extension
• Bruschetta in a Jar — Bernardin
• Tomato Vegetable Juice — Bernardin
• Herbed Tomato Juice — Bernardin
• Tomato Tango Preserves — Bernardin
• Tomato Honey Lemon Butter — Bernardin
• Sun Dried Tomato Jelly — Bernardin
• Piccalilli Canning Recipe: Tested Green Tomato and Cabbage Relish
• Tomato Taco Sauce
• Tomato Salsa with Paste Tomatoes
• Mexican Tomato Sauce — NCHFP
• Tomato/Tomato Paste Salsa — NCHFP
• Peach Apple Salsa — NCHFP
• Choice Salsa — NCHFP
• Chile Salsa II — NCHFP
• Chile Salsa (Hot Tomato-Pepper Sauce) — NCHFP
• Cayenne Pepper Sauce — NCHFP
• Barbecue Sauce — NCHFP
• Easy Hot Sauce — NCHFP
• Tomatoes with Okra or Zucchini — NCHFP
• Kosher-Style Dill Green Tomato Pickles — NCHFP
• Spiced Green Tomatoes — NCHFP
• Pickled Sweet Green Tomatoes — NCHFP
• Tomato Chutney — Kilner
• Blender Ketchup — NCHFP
• Country Western Ketchup — NCHFP
• Tomato Paste — NCHFP
• Tomato Ketchup — NCHFP
• Spaghetti Sauce with Meat — NCHFP
• Spaghetti Sauce without Meat — NCHFP
• Whole or Halved Tomatoes — Packed in Tomato Juice — NCHFP
• Whole or Halved Tomatoes — Raw Without Added Liquid — NCHFP
• Crushed Tomatoes — NCHFP
• Tomato Juice — NCHFP
• Whole or Halved Tomatoes — Packed in Water — NCHFP
• Chili Con Carne — NCHFP
• Tomato and Vegetable Juice Blend — NCHFP
• Succotash — NCHFP