Aww, come on Luke, the coolest tomato backstory has got to be your Giant Crimson! Who else can say their tomato was grown from 80 year old seed? Mine are already 5" tall and in the ground here in California! Oops, I wrote too soon...I should have known you wouldn't forget it!
@@NonieK2267 Vinegar, citric acid or lemon juice or break down and pressure can it. All depends what you're making but if not a salsa I feel safer pressure canning if just plain tomatoes.
I can't wait to have your experience man. This year was my first year starting with seeds and everything. I did so many mistakes lol, and the whole process was very stressful I wanted everything to be perfect. Anyway, still had fun in the process and next year will be much smoother.
Its ok! That's how you learn. I still make mistakes.. and I've certainly learned a lot over the last 20 or more years. Luke's channel is really helpful and his family sells great and affordable seeds 💚🌿💚🍀
@@Im-just-Stardust think about buying them before summer. Luke has a big sale around the new year I think? I bought tons of seeds at $1 a pack! This helps people a lot. I love this company and channel 💙🌿💙
Lol, out of the 29 varieties I started this year we only have Dr. Wyche's in common. There are so many varieties of tomato! Such an adventure every year 💕💕
LOVE the Hillbilly tomatoes! They're also from my home state of WV! I hadn't been able to find them for a while.I ordered from you for the first time this year and have been very pleased with the seeds and their growth so far! Great prices and excellent germination rate. Thank you for all your hard work!
Project recommendations: - olive oil from plant to bottle. - rice from seed to plate - Fruit to alcohol (although I myself don't drink) - a variety of quality mushrooms
When I discovered there was an entire world of there of 1000's of different varieties of tomatoes, peppers, etc., your website was the 1st website I discovered! (From Jess at roots & refuge I am almost certain) I ordered about 26 different tomato varieties my first year! 😆 I never realized there were others besides the ones you found in packets at home depot, Lowe's, etc.!?! I'm still in search of the best beefsteak, but I've found the best Cherry tomato- that's the sungold. I don't think it's possible (or worth the waste of space) to search any further. They're sooooo sweet! Last year I trialed about 5 different cherries & I was mad at myself for "wasting" the space, b/c I didn't like them at all compared to the sungolds! 😄
I didn't know there were so many varieties of tomatoes until my local nursery was out of Kelloggs. They suggested I try a nursery 20 Mike's away that grows over 200 varieties of tomatoes! Who knew? When I go there I can never decide which ones. to grow....always end up with too many and give some away. I'm planting g from seed this year and they are my backup of anything fails.
@nancy spruiell I tried a current tomato last year, & I didn't like the one I tried, because every time I picked them, they were difficult to get from the stem, & it ripped the skin. OK for fresh eating, off the vine, but not for picking to eat later...
Husband thinks there are only Rutgers in tomatoes. Actually he says they are the best. As for apples here likes the standard red delicious. Boring! I like them all!
I live in zone 4B with a 90 day growing season. The Giant Crimson was the best tasting tomato I grew last year. Took a while, but they were beautiful and incredibly tasty!
Got my very own Giant Crimson growing in my garden right now! I planted 2 seeds, hoping to get one plant. Both germinated. I enjoy giving away tomato plants to people who need them at church. One lady in her 80's asked for 2 red tomato plants, and told me how her family commercially grew tomatoes when she was a child and how much she missed it. I told her the story of the Giant Crimson and gave her my extra plant. I think I saw a tear in her eye. :) As for tomatos, wow, I grow a lot! 2023: Giant Crimson, Giant Belgium, Lincoln 1923, Vint Wine, Sunrise BB, Isis Candy, Napa Chardonney, Terra Cotta, Hillbilly, Carbon, Cherokee P, Rebel Starfighter, Roma, Mortgage Lifter, Pink Brandy, Great White, Dr. Wyche's, Blood Moon, Dark Galaxy, Sart Roloise, and my 2 faves: Green Giant and Purple Bumblebee. Funny how people's tastes differ so much when it comes to tomatoes! I grow them vertically 16" apart on cattle panels.
I love the varieties you’re growing this year! Of course you must have the Giant Crimson, as do we. I’m putting those in, along with the Abe Lincoln, Thorburn’s Terracotta, sweet Million, Super sweet 100, Cream Sausage, and Dr. Neal’s (also known as General Grant), which is another fairly rare heirloom. I can’t even tell you which is my favorite, as I simply love tomatoes!
I love your excitement over tomatoes. This is my first year to garden and I am limited to a balcony so I chose to try a Brandywine tomato, and I just started my first seeds yesterday. I only have space for a couple of plants, but it's okay, I am just learning. I definitely want to get some of those Giant Crimson seeds when they come back in stock. I want to share them with all my family and friends who garden and bring this variety back. I have one in mind that would especially love the gift of these seeds along with the backstory.
I've grown many of these with seeds from you! The only disappointment I had was that my vintage wine tomatoes were red and green, not red and gold. They looked a lot like the chocolate stripes variety and I actually wondered if somehow the seeds got mixed up. They were still delicious, but I was sad not to have the red/gold tomatoes. Thanks for everything you do!
@Melissa M How would I have done that? I got the seed packet and started them indoors before planting them outside. I didn't save seeds from them and plant them the second year, it was a brand new unopened packet.
@Tabitha B cross pollination doesn't happen often with tomatoes as they're self pollinating. Even if it does happen though, the tomatoes are true to the parent plant. It's only the seeds that won't grow true the following year, so the seeds in the packet should have been correct the first year.
After watching your video last fall on how to save tomato seeds, I saved from my Pineapple and two other varieties. I started them this spring and they are all doing great! I can’t wait to plant them out in my garden 😊
I was debating whether or not I would start the Giant Crimson this year, but after hearing you talk about it in this video I decided I have to do it! Thanks for the amazing work you do to help us grow bigger!
Hi Luke! LOVE the Crimson story!!!! Incredible!! QUESTION: I know you sell all the seeds but of all these tomatoes you talked about, do you sell any of the starts at your store?
I'm growing Pineapple, Great White, Kellogg's Breakfast, Big Pink (which is a hybrid my daughter saw and asked to grow). I'm also growing a couple determinate varieties for the first time...Roma and San Marzano.
So happy to see Giant Crimson is back👏🥰. I was already following you on TH-cam when you started that whole project with the shadow box, so it's been a long time.🍅
There are a couple of these tomatoes I’m going to add for next year, since I already have my seats for this year. But yeah, love the little ditty at the beginning!
Small space gardener here. This year I am trying the Tiny Tim tomato, which is going in my new Greenstalk; Paul Robeson, Geranium Kiss, and the Giant Crimson tomato. I split the Giant Crimson seed packet with my friend that has a bigger space so she’ll be growing them too. 😊
Luke, I find it humorous that I'm not growing even one of all those varieties you mention. I will give serious consideration to Giant Crimson. I enjoyed the vid. Thanks 👍
I know this is totally off-topic, but I can’t find my cucumber seeds! I planted a couple the other day, because my husband wanted some cucumbers, and they germinated, but something ate them, (I direct sewed them in the garden). Now I can’t find them to put more seeds in the ground. 🤦🏼♀️ Good thing I ordered some more seeds last week and they should be arriving today in the mailbox. Thank God for MIGardner. ❌⭕️🙏🏽♥️
I'm so thrilled that all 5 of my Giant Crimson Tomato seeds have germinated and are awesome little seedlings that I'll be potting up this weekend in the Sprout House!
We are growing San marzano, the vintage wine variety, Amish paste, better boy and gold medal this year. I've grown Amish paste San marzano, and gold medal before. I'm excited for vintage wine, and better boy 🤞.
I grew your watermelon beefsteak last year - and it was SO good, it is now one of my top picks. Growing again this year - and can't wait. So meaty, so delicious.
I tried Brandywine pink last year for the first time. It was really good! Hubby is very traditional, so he prefers red tomatoes, so when I saw that Brandywine was available in red also, I had to grab a packet. So, this year,I'm planting the pink and the red varieties. I'm always very happy woth the germination rate of the seeds from MIGardener!
Always enjoy watching your vids brother, this year im growing Jersey Devil's + Comstock paste/slicer for paste, Beauty King for slicers, a yellow (forgot the name) + Sun Gold for cherry's. Selling these plants starts at your store, the surrounding community is in for a flavor/variety EXPLOSION!
Luke, Several years back, was reading a description of Brad's Atomic Grape Tomato. The distributor asked why people had chosen this particular tomato. One person's answer really made me smile--"Because my name is Brad!" 😉 Btw, I tried it--found it to be great looking, but thick skinned & not very productive. 😊
Luke, the problem is I want them all! It's a real problem because there's only so much room to grow! lol. Here is my 2023 list: German Johnson, Cherokee Chocolate and Purple, Dr. Wyche's, Whopper, San Marzano, Orange Hat, Paul Robeson, Centriflor, Hillbilly, Chocolate Stripe, Dad's Sunset, Black Beauty, Polish, Pink Jazz, Ferris Wheel and one from the old 1950s Detroit neighborhood called Early Detroit..(I can send you seeds if you want them)...also, a variety my brother brought back from Germany that we think is a Mountain Vesuvius from Italy...probably the best tasting tomato I've ever had seriously. Thank you for all the wonderful videos. Your knowledge and hard work is a true gift to us all.
I omly have a small urban garden, only 600 sq ft, plus 4 raised beds on the perimeter. I also do up a few grow bags for some of the cherries. I'd grow 50 different tomatoes if I could! This year will be: sungold, gold nugget, yellow pear, sweetie, tigerella, jubilee, kelloggs, and giant crimson! I did my own little experiment this spring. Not as astounding as the giant crimson saga, but still fun! I found an old pack of beefsteak tomato seeds. "Big Beef" was the name. I threw 4 seeds in a 4-cell tray. Three germinated and are growing nicely!
Brigadier General Francis Marion ( c. 1732 - February 27, 1795), also known as the Swamp Fox, was an American military officer, planter, and politician who served during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War.
LOL the song was great, and made me smile. Thanks for that. For this year I don't have as much space in my garden as I used to as I'm in the process of moving things around and rearraigning the layout of things. I went with the red centiflor, and 42 day cherry tomatoes. I can't wait to see how they do here in my yard.
I got some giant crimson seeds from you. My seedlings are about 2” tall now. I can’t wait to watch them grow and taste them this summer. Thanks for bringing them back.
I have some pretty neat heirlooms this season for tomatoes and peppers! I would LOVE to be able to send you guys some to try! If it would be acceptable, at the end of the season. The first is Wild Galapagos tomato and the second is Capsicum Flexuosum which is the most cold hardy pepper in the world! Up here in Zone 3b/4a Canada this is very handy hahaha so I thought I'd give it a run!
My giant crimson didn’t do well. Due to weather , bugs and how I had them planted. However I was able to save seed and they look great! Excited to plant them properly, I’ve switched to raised beds and will have less plants so I can focus on disease prevention and care. I’m in Delaware it’s very humid here.
I have 5 giant crimson starts just waiting till the weather is right to get them out in the garden. They're growing more vigorously than any of my other varieties!
Paul Robeson sang the Congo lullaby and my dad sang it to me but changed the words to white dove. He really love Paul’s singing. I tried the Paul Robeson tomato in Colorado and didn’t care for it.
Love your tomato seeds and the rest! Bought all my seeds from you last year. Didn't buy local plants at all. All of the seeds I planted for the garden except my sweet peas came from you and I swear every one came up! Had lots of tomatoes peppers cucs and such! They transplanted well even tho June was so nasty I had to wait til the last week of June to plant out. Love your products and seeds! Thankyou !!!
you are spot on about hillbilly/pineapple. One or the other performs for me every year but not both! I live in a dry climate and retried Hillbilly last year and am definitely switching back to pineapple this year!
I am growing 79 tomato varieties (so far) in my suburban backyard garden. High Intensity for the win! Some MIGardener varieties I am trying are the Watermelon Beefsteak, the Giant Belgium, Pink Brandywine...a whole load of em. I'll add your co. to my tomato company review at the end of the season. So far 72 of 79 varieties have germinated. Only Big Rainbow is one of yours that is slow to germinate. I planted more seeds, wish me luck!
I will be growing: Kellogs B, Old German, Amana, Sweetie, Blush, Big Rainbow, Gold Nugget, Sunsugar, Sweet 100, Moby Grape, Great White, Black Krim, Honey Drop, Genovese, German Johnson, Hillbilly, Regular Beefsteak, Mr.Stripey, Tropical Sunset, Gold Medal, Dr.Wychee, saved stuffer, Amur Tigert, Pineapple, Tigerella, Vintage Wine, Green Zebra, and some Ferrymorse Rainbow Mix. I may grow a few other varieties as a test, or to replace failed plants I run out of replacements for. At the rate the weather is going I might just pull out the Christmas tree again and turn the lights back on. snowing at the end of March and early April is frustrating.
Every year I have to plant the black Krim tomatoes. It is my all time favorite. The flavor is the most flavorful of all the tomatoes that I plant. Huge yield, large tomatoes, pretty ugly I must admit, but the best I’ve eaten
Love this video I hope you get a ton of hits on it. Your channel is such a blessing. I would love to see you do a garden tour with Jess from roots and refuge where she does a tour with you and then you go and do a tour of her garden. I know it’s unlikely, but maybe it would get you both a bunch of traffic. Anyway, I’m a big fan and I buy 90% of my seeds from y’all. Love the trifecta plus. I’ll keep my eye out for that collaboration between you, Cindy, Jess, and Jeremiah.
I bought the Rose Tomato from your site because of the story that is a Pennsylvania Amish tomato. I thought it would be cool to grow a variety native to my state. It is also the first time I’m attempting to start my own tomatoes as opposed to buying them from the greenhouse. So far they are doing great! You should try to cross and make your own tomato variety! Although bringing back the Crimson tomato is just as amazing!
I bought Giant Crimson Red from you last year and saved the seeds! We will have it in our garden every year. The story is just too cool, I have to grow it!
Wow. Lots of great tomatoes I am just learning about. Thanks a bunch!!! I need to try these. I'm starting Roma, San Marzano and Sun Gold. I can step up my heirloom game with these varieties. I believe the name is Paul Roberson instead of Paul Robinson for one of the first tomatoes you mentioned.
A few of my favorites are Blue Gold Berry, as it has a delightful acid pop and color combo I love. Green Zebra is a lateripening green type that ripens enmass right around the same time my Aji Lemon Drop peppers ripen, and together they make on of the best citrusy salsas ever with lime basil and cilantro! Purple Cheroke is one of the first heirlooms I grew, and seems to be just smokey enough for people to notice it's different without too much dark smokey "purple" flavor lol. Blush is one of my favorite cherry types, along with Black Cherry. Magic Mountain is a great plum type that I use extensively in salads, but it's a hybrid so I just gather stem cuttings all winter. Kellogg Breakfast is one of the most robust heirlooms ive grown with decent low acid flavor and they don't get super huge (lots of yellow beefsteak heirlooms are prone to giant craters in the center bottom and get gross).
I'm growing Kelloggs breakfast and Garden Peach, Rose, Cherokee purple and a tomato bush beefsteak variety, red cherry tomatoes , golden cherry tomatoes and possibly a Chadwick red cherry (I have to purchase this seedling as I lost my seeds to this one)
love watching you sow these seeds. It helps me understand how to do it correctly. Thank you for all you do. You gave me the confidence to feed my family and we barely go to the grocery store for produce anymore!
I'm waiting for more of the Giant Crimson tomato seeds to come back in stock! The color looks so intense that I bet they taste incredible! When are you expecting more to come in?
You got my thumbs up for the singing part alone. Darn champ.
Green thumb AND he can sing!!
Aww, come on Luke, the coolest tomato backstory has got to be your Giant Crimson! Who else can say their tomato was grown from 80 year old seed? Mine are already 5" tall and in the ground here in California!
Oops, I wrote too soon...I should have known you wouldn't forget it!
My question is if you are going to water-bath for canning that needs to be higher acid what do you suggest? I live in the Phoenix Az area.
@@NonieK2267 Vinegar, citric acid or lemon juice or break down and pressure can it. All depends what you're making but if not a salsa I feel safer pressure canning if just plain tomatoes.
I can't wait to have your experience man.
This year was my first year starting with seeds and everything. I did so many mistakes lol, and the whole process was very stressful I wanted everything to be perfect. Anyway, still had fun in the process and next year will be much smoother.
Its ok! That's how you learn. I still make mistakes.. and I've certainly learned a lot over the last 20 or more years. Luke's channel is really helpful and his family sells great and affordable seeds 💚🌿💚🍀
you’re trying! Keep it up!
Thx for the support folks ! Yes I was thinking of buying his seeds next summer.
Tip, last year they had a seed sale at the end of the season (like September?) so watch for that.
@@Im-just-Stardust think about buying them before summer. Luke has a big sale around the new year I think? I bought tons of seeds at $1 a pack! This helps people a lot. I love this company and channel 💙🌿💙
Lol, out of the 29 varieties I started this year we only have Dr. Wyche's in common. There are so many varieties of tomato! Such an adventure every year 💕💕
My kids are now running around singing the “seed starting season song” 😂 thanks for the quality tips and content!
I love tomatoes, this reminds me of how many varieties I have yet to try!
LOVE the Hillbilly tomatoes! They're also from my home state of WV! I hadn't been able to find them for a while.I ordered from you for the first time this year and have been very pleased with the seeds and their growth so far! Great prices and excellent germination rate. Thank you for all your hard work!
You just got an A+,
You just got an A+,
You just got an A+.
For your little song!😊
You brought a little sunshine to my otherwise crappy day, thank you🤗
Project recommendations:
- olive oil from plant to bottle.
- rice from seed to plate
- Fruit to alcohol (although I myself don't drink)
- a variety of quality mushrooms
When I discovered there was an entire world of there of 1000's of different varieties of tomatoes, peppers, etc., your website was the 1st website I discovered! (From Jess at roots & refuge I am almost certain) I ordered about 26 different tomato varieties my first year! 😆 I never realized there were others besides the ones you found in packets at home depot, Lowe's, etc.!?!
I'm still in search of the best beefsteak, but I've found the best Cherry tomato- that's the sungold. I don't think it's possible (or worth the waste of space) to search any further. They're sooooo sweet! Last year I trialed about 5 different cherries & I was mad at myself for "wasting" the space, b/c I didn't like them at all compared to the sungolds! 😄
I didn't know there were so many varieties of tomatoes until my local nursery was out of Kelloggs. They suggested I try a nursery 20 Mike's away that grows over 200 varieties of tomatoes! Who knew? When I go there I can never decide which ones. to grow....always end up with too many and give some away. I'm planting g from seed this year and they are my backup of anything fails.
oh, and totally agree about Sungolds...although going to try a Currant style tomato this year too
@nancy spruiell yeah... sometimes too many options are overwhelming!
@nancy spruiell I tried a current tomato last year, & I didn't like the one I tried, because every time I picked them, they were difficult to get from the stem, & it ripped the skin. OK for fresh eating, off the vine, but not for picking to eat later...
Husband thinks there are only Rutgers in tomatoes. Actually he says they are the best. As for apples here likes the standard red delicious. Boring! I like them all!
I live in zone 4B with a 90 day growing season. The Giant Crimson was the best tasting tomato I grew last year. Took a while, but they were beautiful and incredibly tasty!
Got my very own Giant Crimson growing in my garden right now! I planted 2 seeds, hoping to get one plant. Both germinated. I enjoy giving away tomato plants to people who need them at church. One lady in her 80's asked for 2 red tomato plants, and told me how her family commercially grew tomatoes when she was a child and how much she missed it. I told her the story of the Giant Crimson and gave her my extra plant. I think I saw a tear in her eye. :)
As for tomatos, wow, I grow a lot! 2023: Giant Crimson, Giant Belgium, Lincoln 1923, Vint Wine, Sunrise BB, Isis Candy, Napa Chardonney, Terra Cotta, Hillbilly, Carbon, Cherokee P, Rebel Starfighter, Roma, Mortgage Lifter, Pink Brandy, Great White, Dr. Wyche's, Blood Moon, Dark Galaxy, Sart Roloise, and my 2 faves: Green Giant and Purple Bumblebee. Funny how people's tastes differ so much when it comes to tomatoes! I grow them vertically 16" apart on cattle panels.
Love the Blues Clues reference!
I was in the store this morning. I purchased Sweetie, Tiffen Mennonite, Germsn Johnson and Mushroom Basket tomato seeds. We planted them this evening.
Hey Luke, Marion SC was named for Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox. There was a Disney mini series about him in the '50s.
What an AMAZING story with the golden crimson! I love that story and how you care so much!
I love the varieties you’re growing this year! Of course you must have the Giant Crimson, as do we. I’m putting those in, along with the Abe Lincoln, Thorburn’s Terracotta, sweet Million, Super sweet 100, Cream Sausage, and Dr. Neal’s (also known as General Grant), which is another fairly rare heirloom. I can’t even tell you which is my favorite, as I simply love tomatoes!
I love your excitement over tomatoes. This is my first year to garden and I am limited to a balcony so I chose to try a Brandywine tomato, and I just started my first seeds yesterday. I only have space for a couple of plants, but it's okay, I am just learning. I definitely want to get some of those Giant Crimson seeds when they come back in stock. I want to share them with all my family and friends who garden and bring this variety back. I have one in mind that would especially love the gift of these seeds along with the backstory.
Your song made me wish there was a Gardening kids show.
I've grown many of these with seeds from you! The only disappointment I had was that my vintage wine tomatoes were red and green, not red and gold. They looked a lot like the chocolate stripes variety and I actually wondered if somehow the seeds got mixed up. They were still delicious, but I was sad not to have the red/gold tomatoes. Thanks for everything you do!
You probably inadvertently cross pollinated them.
@Melissa M How would I have done that? I got the seed packet and started them indoors before planting them outside. I didn't save seeds from them and plant them the second year, it was a brand new unopened packet.
@@amynadeau2838 pollen from one tomato ended up in the flower of another tomato variety. Did you grow more than one variety?
@Tabitha B cross pollination doesn't happen often with tomatoes as they're self pollinating. Even if it does happen though, the tomatoes are true to the parent plant. It's only the seeds that won't grow true the following year, so the seeds in the packet should have been correct the first year.
So excited to add vintage wine, pink brandywine and moonbeam to my garden this year!
That song right in the beginning. . 👏😂 💚🍅💚
Lol sound like someone has been watching blue's clues. Thanks for the video.
After watching your video last fall on how to save tomato seeds, I saved from my Pineapple and two other varieties.
I started them this spring and they are all doing great! I can’t wait to plant them out in my garden 😊
Thanks so much Luke! Your enthusiasm is infectious! I appreciate the knowledge you share with us!
The first video you did of the series with the shadow box tomato was the first video I've ever seen. Been following ever since. Thanks for everything
I was debating whether or not I would start the Giant Crimson this year, but after hearing you talk about it in this video I decided I have to do it! Thanks for the amazing work you do to help us grow bigger!
Hi Luke! LOVE the Crimson story!!!! Incredible!! QUESTION: I know you sell all the seeds but of all these tomatoes you talked about, do you sell any of the starts at your store?
I'm growing Pineapple, Great White, Kellogg's Breakfast, Big Pink (which is a hybrid my daughter saw and asked to grow). I'm also growing a couple determinate varieties for the first time...Roma and San Marzano.
So happy to see Giant Crimson is back👏🥰. I was already following you on TH-cam when you started that whole project with the shadow box, so it's been a long time.🍅
There are a couple of these tomatoes I’m going to add for next year, since I already have my seats for this year. But yeah, love the little ditty at the beginning!
Can’t wait starting mine on Monday ,got the seed from you. I will still look for one or two new to me varieties to try in local stores.
was the jingle & dance moves "part of the bet" ??? nice info ! Thanks
I was thinking it might be too late to still start tomatoes. I'm glad it's not gonna start some more today ❤
Small space gardener here. This year I am trying the Tiny Tim tomato, which is going in my new Greenstalk; Paul Robeson, Geranium Kiss, and the Giant Crimson tomato. I split the Giant Crimson seed packet with my friend that has a bigger space so she’ll be growing them too. 😊
Luke, I find it humorous that I'm not growing even one of all those varieties you mention. I will give serious consideration to Giant Crimson. I enjoyed the vid. Thanks 👍
LOL! Nice song Luke.
I know this is totally off-topic, but I can’t find my cucumber seeds!
I planted a couple the other day, because my husband wanted some cucumbers, and they germinated, but something ate them, (I direct sewed them in the garden).
Now I can’t find them to put more seeds in the ground. 🤦🏼♀️
Good thing I ordered some more seeds last week and they should be arriving today in the mailbox.
Thank God for MIGardner.
❌⭕️🙏🏽♥️
I'm so thrilled that all 5 of my Giant Crimson Tomato seeds have germinated and are awesome little seedlings that I'll be potting up this weekend in the Sprout House!
We are growing San marzano, the vintage wine variety, Amish paste, better boy and gold medal this year. I've grown Amish paste San marzano, and gold medal before. I'm excited for vintage wine, and better boy 🤞.
I gotcha on the the Marion tomato. My maiden name is Redman so I grow Redman Zinnias! They are a pretty red! Happy gardening!
I want to visit your garden
Totally Awesome video for us Tomato Heads !!! Thank You Luke ✊✊✊
I grew your watermelon beefsteak last year - and it was SO good, it is now one of my top picks. Growing again this year - and can't wait. So meaty, so delicious.
I tried Brandywine pink last year for the first time. It was really good! Hubby is very traditional, so he prefers red tomatoes, so when I saw that Brandywine was available in red also, I had to grab a packet. So, this year,I'm planting the pink and the red varieties. I'm always very happy woth the germination rate of the seeds from MIGardener!
Brandywine is a favorite. I didn't get a lot of tomatoes per plant but they were all massive and sweet.
Best opening ever!
Always enjoy watching your vids brother, this year im growing Jersey Devil's + Comstock paste/slicer for paste, Beauty King for slicers, a yellow (forgot the name) + Sun Gold for cherry's. Selling these plants starts at your store, the surrounding community is in for a flavor/variety EXPLOSION!
Luke,
Several years back, was reading a description of Brad's Atomic Grape Tomato. The distributor asked why people had chosen this particular tomato. One person's answer really made me smile--"Because my name is Brad!" 😉
Btw, I tried it--found it to be great looking, but thick skinned & not very productive.
😊
Luke, the problem is I want them all! It's a real problem because there's only so much room to grow! lol. Here is my 2023 list: German Johnson, Cherokee Chocolate and Purple, Dr. Wyche's, Whopper, San Marzano, Orange Hat, Paul Robeson, Centriflor, Hillbilly, Chocolate Stripe, Dad's Sunset, Black Beauty, Polish, Pink Jazz, Ferris Wheel and one from the old 1950s Detroit neighborhood called Early Detroit..(I can send you seeds if you want them)...also, a variety my brother brought back from Germany that we think is a Mountain Vesuvius from Italy...probably the best tasting tomato I've ever had seriously. Thank you for all the wonderful videos. Your knowledge and hard work is a true gift to us all.
Hahaha I’ve been watching so much blues clues lately this was great. Love this time of the year
I omly have a small urban garden, only 600 sq ft, plus 4 raised beds on the perimeter. I also do up a few grow bags for some of the cherries. I'd grow 50 different tomatoes if I could! This year will be: sungold, gold nugget, yellow pear, sweetie, tigerella, jubilee, kelloggs, and giant crimson! I did my own little experiment this spring. Not as astounding as the giant crimson saga, but still fun! I found an old pack of beefsteak tomato seeds. "Big Beef" was the name. I threw 4 seeds in a 4-cell tray. Three germinated and are growing nicely!
Yessss ❤ Cus when we use our minds, take a step at a time, we can do anything... that we wanna do!! 🎵 ❤
Brigadier General Francis Marion ( c. 1732 - February 27, 1795), also known as the Swamp Fox, was an American military officer, planter, and politician who served during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War.
I've planted so many of these I purchased from MI Gardener. I wish all 5 of the Crimson look but I have 3 to try.
Love this song !! You're a good sport!
Love the Blue's Clues style song lol
LOL the song was great, and made me smile. Thanks for that. For this year I don't have as much space in my garden as I used to as I'm in the process of moving things around and rearraigning the layout of things. I went with the red centiflor, and 42 day cherry tomatoes. I can't wait to see how they do here in my yard.
Omg i never thought about Steve until you started singing
I got some giant crimson seeds from you. My seedlings are about 2” tall now. I can’t wait to watch them grow and taste them this summer. Thanks for bringing them back.
Automatic like lol I have a 3 year old and grew up on that tune! Can’t wait to see how my Trip-L-Crop and Homestead tomatoes from you do!
I got firework and druzba tomato seeds from your site a month or so ago, they've sprouted & I'm excited to see how they do. ✌️
Oooh! Interested in the Rio Grande. I'm hispanic and use roasted tomatoes weekly.
Please consider adding dwarf tomatoes to your seed collection.
Please do a top 5 tomato video. Slicer, beefsteak, cherry.
Love you channel!
Small garden selection. Say, 15 x 15.
Thank you!
Love your song and dance.😂😂😂😂
I have some pretty neat heirlooms this season for tomatoes and peppers! I would LOVE to be able to send you guys some to try! If it would be acceptable, at the end of the season. The first is Wild Galapagos tomato and the second is Capsicum Flexuosum which is the most cold hardy pepper in the world! Up here in Zone 3b/4a Canada this is very handy hahaha so I thought I'd give it a run!
My giant crimson didn’t do well. Due to weather , bugs and how I had them planted. However I was able to save seed and they look great! Excited to plant them properly, I’ve switched to raised beds and will have less plants so I can focus on disease prevention and care. I’m in Delaware it’s very humid here.
I enjoyed the story about the seeds. Thank you!
I have 5 giant crimson starts just waiting till the weather is right to get them out in the garden. They're growing more vigorously than any of my other varieties!
Paul Robeson sang the Congo lullaby and my dad sang it to me but changed the words to white dove. He really love Paul’s singing. I tried the Paul Robeson tomato in Colorado and didn’t care for it.
Love your tomato seeds and the rest! Bought all my seeds from you last year. Didn't buy local plants at all. All of the seeds I planted for the garden except my sweet peas came from you and I swear every one came up! Had lots of tomatoes peppers cucs and such! They transplanted well even tho June was so nasty I had to wait til the last week of June to plant out. Love your products and seeds! Thankyou !!!
You're killing me😂
Just placed another order.
I have soooo many of your seeds.
Love them all!
❤ hope the snowing stops
you are spot on about hillbilly/pineapple. One or the other performs for me every year but not both! I live in a dry climate and retried Hillbilly last year and am definitely switching back to pineapple this year!
In my case the Pineapples out performed most of my other varieties, but they turned out more like an orange lookng Golden Jubilee.
I am growing 79 tomato varieties (so far) in my suburban backyard garden. High Intensity for the win!
Some MIGardener varieties I am trying are the Watermelon Beefsteak, the Giant Belgium, Pink Brandywine...a whole load of em. I'll add your co. to my tomato company review at the end of the season. So far 72 of 79 varieties have germinated. Only Big Rainbow is one of yours that is slow to germinate. I planted more seeds, wish me luck!
What is your spacing for tomatoes?
I will be growing: Kellogs B, Old German, Amana, Sweetie, Blush, Big Rainbow, Gold Nugget, Sunsugar, Sweet 100, Moby Grape, Great White, Black Krim, Honey Drop, Genovese, German Johnson, Hillbilly, Regular Beefsteak, Mr.Stripey, Tropical Sunset, Gold Medal, Dr.Wychee, saved stuffer, Amur Tigert, Pineapple, Tigerella, Vintage Wine, Green Zebra, and some Ferrymorse Rainbow Mix. I may grow a few other varieties as a test, or to replace failed plants I run out of replacements for. At the rate the weather is going I might just pull out the Christmas tree again and turn the lights back on. snowing at the end of March and early April is frustrating.
I imagine your Michigan summers are just about the same as Toronto area summers.
Every year I have to plant the black Krim tomatoes. It is my all time favorite. The flavor is the most flavorful of all the tomatoes that I plant. Huge yield, large tomatoes, pretty ugly I must admit, but the best I’ve eaten
Go glad I found your channel! The information you share is so helpful. Thank you 🙏🏽
Been trying a different color of tomatoes each year and there's so many
Too late for me to plant tomato’s in Florida but I may pick up a few varieties for fall tomato’s, which is my favorite time for tomato’s in Florida.
Love this video I hope you get a ton of hits on it. Your channel is such a blessing. I would love to see you do a garden tour with Jess from roots and refuge where she does a tour with you and then you go and do a tour of her garden. I know it’s unlikely, but maybe it would get you both a bunch of traffic. Anyway, I’m a big fan and I buy 90% of my seeds from y’all. Love the trifecta plus. I’ll keep my eye out for that collaboration between you, Cindy, Jess, and Jeremiah.
I bought the Rose Tomato from your site because of the story that is a Pennsylvania Amish tomato. I thought it would be cool to grow a variety native to my state. It is also the first time I’m attempting to start my own tomatoes as opposed to buying them from the greenhouse. So far they are doing great! You should try to cross and make your own tomato variety! Although bringing back the Crimson tomato is just as amazing!
Hey! Like your Marion tomato I just bought a pack of "Emily's Basil" which is just dwarf Genovese
But of course I have to grow "my own" basil!!! 😂
Nice video!😊
Learned a lot on tomatoes.
Paul Robeson is my fav!!
I bought Giant Crimson Red from you last year and saved the seeds! We will have it in our garden every year. The story is just too cool, I have to grow it!
Wow. Lots of great tomatoes I am just learning about. Thanks a bunch!!! I need to try these. I'm starting Roma, San Marzano and Sun Gold. I can step up my heirloom game with these varieties. I believe the name is Paul Roberson instead of Paul Robinson for one of the first tomatoes you mentioned.
Giant crimson, werekawai, 42 day, Manitoba, super sweet 100, sungold, bush beefsteak, geranium kiss (if I can get it to not damp off)
I love hearing the stories behind the seeds! Thank you
A few of my favorites are Blue Gold Berry, as it has a delightful acid pop and color combo I love. Green Zebra is a lateripening green type that ripens enmass right around the same time my Aji Lemon Drop peppers ripen, and together they make on of the best citrusy salsas ever with lime basil and cilantro! Purple Cheroke is one of the first heirlooms I grew, and seems to be just smokey enough for people to notice it's different without too much dark smokey "purple" flavor lol. Blush is one of my favorite cherry types, along with Black Cherry. Magic Mountain is a great plum type that I use extensively in salads, but it's a hybrid so I just gather stem cuttings all winter. Kellogg Breakfast is one of the most robust heirlooms ive grown with decent low acid flavor and they don't get super huge (lots of yellow beefsteak heirlooms are prone to giant craters in the center bottom and get gross).
I'm growing Kelloggs breakfast and Garden Peach, Rose, Cherokee purple and a tomato bush beefsteak variety, red cherry tomatoes , golden cherry tomatoes and possibly a Chadwick red cherry (I have to purchase this seedling as I lost my seeds to this one)
love watching you sow these seeds. It helps me understand how to do it correctly. Thank you for all you do. You gave me the confidence to feed my family and we barely go to the grocery store for produce anymore!
Oh my gosh is this the same seed you started all those that time ago? Pretty cool!
I'm waiting for more of the Giant Crimson tomato seeds to come back in stock! The color looks so intense that I bet they taste incredible! When are you expecting more to come in?
Been waiting for that Giant Crimson! Always sold out. Can't believe I scored today! Thank you.
Luke, I don't think you understand the serotonin release the song at the beginning gave me!
The watermelon beefsteak is one that I’m growing! We’ll trying at least…they’re little seedlings now so working to get them to grow 😊