We Tried. They Failed. Not Growing THESE Again!
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- Today we are having an honest discussion about all the tomato varieties we grew this year.
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Been growing tomatoes for 40 years in our backyard in NJ. This year was absolutely amazing. We only grow from our saved seeds which are all heirloom. This summer and past summers the stars where our German Pink Beefsteak. Each plant produced well over 50 to 60 tomatoes weighing in at just under or over 2lbs each. The tomatoes are all pulp with little water and seeds. We gave out a bunch to the neighbors and they where blown away by the taste of them. Our second favorite tomato is our striped Roma tomato, it by far surpasses the San Marzano tomato in taste and size. We allow any of our tomatoes to volunteer around the yard and this year as well as last year the cherry tomatoes where very prolific and huge. So far this year alone we have harvest well over 900lbs of tomatoes and have made all our ketchup, salsa, sauce, chili sauce, enchilada sauce, tomato soup for a years supply or more just from this years tomatoes. We also grow Black Krim tomatoes which we us to make BBQ sauce as it's a dark tomato. All the tomato scraps and extra tomatoes around the yard the ducks and chickens eat when they are out free ranging. Our tallest tomato plant so far this year is the pink heirloom beefsteak which just hit 15foot and still going strong. We started the spring off with tons of rain, no sun, wind and still managed to get tomatoes planted outside in late march in the raised in ground beds. Summer hit with lots of 90 degree days, and no rain. We heavily mulch all the garden beds with shredded leaves, grass clippings, rabbit poo and paper bedding along with comfrey leaves. We don't use any fertilizer from the store, just what we have on hand. All beds are heavily amended with our homemade compost which is full of reg wiggler worms, lots of chicken, duck, quail and rabbit poo as well as anything organic that we put in it. Been picking tomatoes since and it's now September and we are still picking.
I am impressed! And envious!😊
Wow! Impressive!! What county are you in? I'm in Warren... close to Del water gap. I should weigh how many pounds we get but I'm sure it's no where near 900lbs. I grow Roma and Roma VF along with Amish paste but never heard of striped Roma. Good for you growing for 40 years!
You prob grow in ground I'm assuming since such high yields...just support with cages ??
Are you selling any on etsy or anything?
I'm in NW Missouri and can never get any tomatoes with Black Krim and not many with German Pink. I will try it again, though.
I'd love to know which seed company you got your ORIGINAL Large Cherry tomato seeds from.
Same ! Thats what I was scouring comments for!
Me too.
Same !!!
Bet it wasn’t M1 gardener 😂 he doesn’t go out of his way to prevent cross pollination
I grew Amish paste for the first time this year. I didn’t realize they got so big! Very happy with them.
I sent some saved seed for Amish Paste to my brother a few years ago. Toward the end of summer, I received a phone call. "You warned me. I didn't listen." The vines from one plant had taken over most of his garden bed which was about 4'x8'.
Same here, although I did figure out a tomato cage is not sufficient to hold these monster up!
THE BEST TOMATO REVIEW EVER!!! Thank you so much for the very thoughtful review! I loved that you sliced the tomatoes both directions to show the level of juice and cores. Also, I think the descriptions were spot on! About 10 years ago I had a shattering experience with an Heirloom tomato that was so delicious sliced with a bit of salt... I went crazy having them on my toast for breakfast, on my lunch plate at work and for dinner... I did that for about 3 days and then suddenly I got the worst Hives of my life!! I had NO idea what caused it, but it landed me in the Emergency room at the local hospital. The ER doctor checked me out and said that it was a Nasty case of Hives and when he reviewed if I had been eating any FRESH things more than usual, we discovered the Suspect quickly! Since then, I am careful how many I eat, but I still love them... Again, Sarah and Kevin... THANK YOU!!!
Glad to see some "real" tomatoes. When i was a kid in the 60s, my mom grew delicious tomatoes in her garden (totally superior to any supermarket tomato). My brother and I would take a salt shaker to the garden and eat them like apples. They were so delicious that we would cut thick slices and put them on white bread with mayonnaise.
I did the same in my granddaddy’s garden that was just out the back door, and beside the path to the outhouse. His farm’s main crop was Burley tobacco, though we had corn fields for eating and livestock feed. A salt shaker, or sometimes a little dish of sugar for rhubarb stalks😊was a daily thing to take out back on a summer afternoon
I used to pack them whole in my lunchbox for school until the kids made fun of me😢.
I need a holster for my salt shaker to take to the garden!😂 Fresh tastes best!❤
If I could only grow one tomato, it would be Amish Paste. It is an heirloom, it is SO versatile, and has the BEST flavor of any tomato I've ever eaten or grown & I've grown a lot. I did a trial of 72 varieties a few years ago, mostly cherries, and now I only grow Amish Paste & my favorite 6-8 cherries. I use Amish Paste for everything, sandwiches, salads, salsas, soups, sauces, tomato slices, eating like an apple . . . everything!
I agree
Cherokee Purple tomato is the best slicing tomato I have ever eaten.
Black Cherry tomatoes are my absolute favorite !
I love them too. They did great in years passed. Not this year though. My second favorite are those tiny currant tomatoes they showed. Yes, they go buzerk. But, I love them in pasta salads. We eat a lot of pasta salads in the summertime. I also love the yellow and orange cherries. The spliting is a bummer. But, I will still grow them because of the taste. Different strokes I guess.
My first time growing them. Only got a few, and only shared enough of those for the family to try them. We all agreed to have a lot of them next year
I could not get my Black cherries to grow this year. My favorite are the orange ones.
The black cherry tomatoes are the best tasting IMHO. They taste great fresh and also make great juice, sauce, and are awesome in a baked vegetable medley.
Love that you did comparison of different tomatoes .
You can save the Juliet seeds and put the offspring seeds in an area you don't broadcast to see "Who knows!?" I have saved sweet pepper seeds from the grocery store and grew them this year. They were smaller than the lunchbox sweet peppers I purchased and by saving the seed, I got seed for free! All three colors grew out to fruit and they were plentyiful, and they were sweet. Grow out the hybrid seeds in another area just to see what you get, It might surprise you.
I did the same thing! I ran out of peppers for my morning omelets and my husband got me a rainbow bag of organic peppers...red, orange, yellow, purple and brown. Saved the seeds and I have a TON of peppers that will be chopped and frozen to last me all year😊
Both my son and sister won't eat a fresh tomato but love tomato sauces, ketchup and salsa. I love any tomato, any way I get it.
I was surprised but pleased to hear that you, Sarah, don’t like fresh tomatoes. Neither do I. I do not like the taste, and the slimly seeds are yuck to me. However, I grow tomatoes because I love anything made with tomatoes. I make my own sauce and paste and ketchup.
Same same
The most successful tomatoes for me, this year, were my campari's. It was crazy. I had cut open an organic Campari and just squished it over the pots and I ended up with hundreds of beautiful plants. I gave many of them away. Even though that was months ago, I am still seeing plants pop up all over. They were also very sweet and delicious. I will do that again next year! Even though they are considered hybrid, they grew to be the same size and delicious taste
Sun Sugar is my favorite cherry tomato
💯 If I could only grow one tomato, it would be Sun Sugar!
I'm weird too. Can't stand cooked, frozen , or pickled green beans of any type, but happy to eat them fresh off the stalk😊
We love our cherry tomatoes cut in half, sprinkled with seasoning then freeze dried. They make perfect snacks😊
Received a tomato plant from a friend, best tasting large tomato I ever tried. Black Krim.
Totally agree on the yellows - not a fan. But... our customers frequently ask for them, so we at least grow seedlings for sale.
Sarah, you’re not weird about fresh tomatoes. I’m with you on eating fresh, but love them any other way. I really enjoy the videos.
I have learned a lot. Thank you for what y’all do.
2 tomatoes that I like is, one that grew up with Beefsteak. And I am 63. The other is the Belgian giant.
Have a great day.
Both greenhouse and garden tomatoes went crazy this year! We weren’t ready to harvest so much produce. Gave away bushels of Roma, Jet Star and Early girl varieties. Looking forward to having a vegetable stand next year to share our bounty with neighbors!
I grew the Amish Paste this year; it is a forever winner! My kids loved the taste for salads and they fact that they are not watery. I never had enough to make sauce because they were so good fresh. And the plants are hardy and were loaded with fruit, even though I was growing them in EarthBoxes.
We love Juliet tomatoes! We love how long they last after picking. I've been making a tomato soup base out of them. I freeze the base then when I want soup I add chicken broth, cream and a cube of frozen basil. Great for when the snow starts flying.
I like Jet Star, & Sweet 100's Cheery tomato's & Big Boy, & Better Boy, when I had a garden. I miss having a Garden.
Sarah-I thought I was the only weirdo who loves tomato products but not fresh tomatoes.
I'm the same way. Hello, fellow weirdo!
Our tomato harvest was the pits this year. No flavor, mushy insides and hard skins...not a great year...we have had AMAZING tomatoes in past years but not this year!! We hope next year is better. Love your videos Sarah and Kevin...cute shirts too!!
Here too
@@lisarussell1521 not sure what is going on this year!!! We have a plot at a area community garden...we purchase our plants from an Amish nursery in Jamesport, MO every year and they are always AWESOME...but not this year...I am so bummed...I choice not to preserve any and just give them away...hopefully next year will be a better year for us.
Very interesting. Know to get the jet star tomatoes. Amish paste and the Juliette ones. Thank you for showing and telling about them. Hearts and a flowers coming to you. ❤️💐
I used to buy all my seeds from MI Gardener. The outcome eventually became inconsistent across the board, wrong variety, poor germination, etc.
I have switched to FEDCO, Botanical Interests, Jung and Southern Seed Exchange and have been very pleased.
I love the large red cherries too! Brandywine and Cherokee Purple are my faves.
@@julieschossow9315 Cherokee purple hands down best flavor
I love Amish Paste for fresh eating! Taste like they are dipped in sugar!
weather...same here in N. Mississippi - crazy season
Not to far North here in SW TN...same.
We had a horrible tomato season. It didn't rain at all in June and then rained every day in July. You can't overcome daily rain and ours split before they got ripe. Even our cherry tomatoes were bad.
Where do you get Juliet seed? 15 years ago, they were my favorite, but now I can only buy them in the big box stores for $4.50 per plant. They no longer sell the 6 or 9 pack
I grew Juliet tomatoes for the first time this year and just love the size, taste and production. I also grew Amish Paste for the third year and really like them. The one big disappointment was that I tried Kellogg’s Breakfast this year for the first time and every single one split badly and the taste was only just ok. I probably will not grow them next year.
I agree on the Kellogg's Breakfast. I grew them one year in Oregon and although they got huge, they split and the flavor was only so/so.
Good ☕️☕️ Morning Kevin & Sarah,I loved your video this morning BUT I also love seeing your animals your growing season & your beautiful homestead.Everything is so neat & clean because of your hard work!Blessings sent your way!❤
Pico de gallo is my favorite salsa, raw 6 Roma, white onion, 1/4 c lime juice, salt to taste and cilantro. Now I’m not a big cilantro fan so I put the leaves on top put it in the fridge overnight and then remove the cilantro and enjoy. The flavor without the cilantro leaves
Okay, my recommendation is Dr. Caroline, a pale yellow with a bit of a blush…never cracks..cherry tomato…😁
I bought a bunch of seeds from MIGardener, too. The Napa cabbage grew mustard greens and the Long purple egg plant grew normal teardrop fruit, so you could well have not gotten what the package said.
I too have had problems with MiGardener seeds. In about 15% of the packages bought (and I bought a lot), I have been either severely shorted in seed count, received a sealed package with no seeds at all, had zero germination from one variety even though I got two packages, or in several cases the peppers or tomato varieties ordered were completely different varieties once grown, losing the entire growing season for those plants. I am trying other seed venders for now. Hopefully it is just growing pains for them but the experience has left me looking elsewhere for quality cont
Our tomatoes all were horrible this year. Too much rain early, followed by no rain for over a month and then a monsoon. They split and had bottom rot. Horrible year for us!
I always plant Early Girl tomatoes so I can have tomato sandwiches quick while others are growing.
Big 👍🏻 My favourite tomatoes is Red Brandywine. But I will try jet star. Watching from Arkansas 👍🏻💛🙂
Kevin, did I miss it someplace? I don't see a result of your biggest and smallest tomato experiment you did awhile back. If possible can you highlight that again or post a link. Thanks love what you two are doing.
Hi my friends. I love your videos. God bless you y'all for your beautiful video. I'm making and can't complain about it and I think it's it's not today we can decide the tomatoes 🍅
BTW, Amish Paste is actually an Oxheart tomato. Yet it has most of the qualities of a paste tomato. I personally like San Marzano for a paste tomato.
For 40 years, we would try new varieties in addition to some favourites, and then those favourites would be changed and now we have settled on three that we will always grow. Cherry tomato variety is called "42 days". It is very early, I save the seed and sow several times to get a long harvesting season. Does ok in a hanging basket. The favourite paste is called "Ludmilla's Plum". Prolific, hardy and tastes good. And "Ashleigh" is a nice slicer, large, heirloom, and the flavour is so good.
These sound interesting! May I ask what growing zone you're in?
Haha! Yes! 0:07 Love Totally Tomatoes catalog; love growing lots of varieties of both tomatoes and peppers!!
Yeah….when that catalog comes…bet you try at least 2 more new ones! I mean, thats the fun of gardening; trying new things and seeing what it will do for you.
I have gardened my whole life, over 50 years, and had never heard of, nor grown, an Armenian Cucumber. Tried it 3 years ago- LOVE them and will always grow them from now on. 😊
I love Totally Tomatoes also, especially pouring over their catalog over and over. However, I have asked them 5 times why Juliet seeds are not in their catalog now and never received a single response! They used to be in their catalog. Other than that TTs is a fast mail order or online provider.
My Grandfather used to sell his extra tomatoes from his front yard. I would help when not in school. His favorite tactic was to place a huge yellow one on the top of the baskets. I've had other people come back to ask for a basket of just yellow ones. I just love the little yellow pear tomatoes - even got my grandson thinking they were candy.
Super informative and very well presented. Thank you for taking the time putting this together.
Amish Paste did the best for us this year. They flourished even after a horrendous bout of hornworms (lasting nearly a month), some late season blight, unpredictable weather, haphazard watering, etc.
Mr Kevin hasn’t gotten too tired of the tomatoes yet, he has already eaten enough for a meal. 😊
I love this! I found out two years ago that I have an “allergy” to tomatoes. 😭However, I had tried some yellow tomatoes last year and they did not bother me. Soooooo this year was yellow only tomato year! And it has been a good one. I think, though, I have narrowed down to 2 that are my favorite and have done well here in E TN, Dr Wyche’s slicing tomato and Champagne Bubbles cherry tomato. We have picked bucket loads and my granddaughter eats them like candy. I am most thankful to be able to “compromise” and still have a good tomato to eat!🎉
You’re tempting me to try more yellow ones next year! - Kevin
My all time favorite tomato is the Mr stripey. A yellowish tomato with red stripes on the top. I love the flavor however they tend to be a really soft tomato. I also love the German pinks which is actually more of a purple color, but bursting with flavor. I think I may try the jet star. Thanks for the reviews.
My favorite slicer is the Raspberry Lyanna. They are smaller than most other slicers BUT the flavor is so good!! Funny I had made up my mind a few weeks ago that next year will NOT be year of "trying" new ones. 2 paste, 2 slicers, and 2 cherries. Already started my list of what to grow and when to plant. Thanks for sharing. God bless and protect.
I would love to see a video on blossom end rot
Mine didn't do well, attacked again by leaffooted bug....so annoing. Roma tomatoes were so small, just like a cherry tomatoe juliet was ok but they didn't look like yours! It was too hot, I need to build a shade for them to be protected especially late afternoon! Hopefully this next year I can do my own start plants because what you get in the stores are nothing to be proud of!
In my garden Spoon tomatoes went crazy and took over half my garden and I didn’t even plant them. They were volunteers from one plant I had last year lol. They are a nightmare to keep up with and spread easily with those tiny seeds. I did do a refrigerator pickle with spoon tomato’s in a hot pepper brine and they turned out quite nice. You got to try some pineapple tomatoes next year they are really good.
Mine never produced! They flowered though. Maybe the birds picked them off 🤷♀️
Those Amish Paste Tomatoes look great.
I live a part of California where there isn't a lot of change in the weather. from season to season. I really like seeing your weather videos. I would like to see more of that - maybe just point the camera outside and show us some stormy times - or a time lapse of a snow storm.
You're not so weird, Sarah. I can't even stand the smell of fresh carrots, but I love them cooked. Hey...that's just us!! God bless you.
I have grown Amish Paste for 2 years now, in my 10 x 40 ft hoop/greenhouse in GA - just 20 mi south of ATL. We have had insanely HOT weather this year and part of last. So I have not had much of a harvest at all. Everything this year has taken a beating. I have also grown Black Strawberry Tomatoes which have been very productive and yummy. Great for salads. I also dug up a volunteer plant that has steadily been producing like gang busters. It's a very small yellow grape-like tomato. It came up inside a chicken pen and probably from a store bought tri color package. Everyone is raving about them. Having a lot of trouble with my Beefsteaks. None produced yet.😢 Been trying to start them indoors earlier and earlier. Thinking maybe that's been a big factor. But I am convinced it's just been too hot. Next year I plan to grow outside of the greenhouse and inside.
Thanks for another great video on tomatoes, I have grown various ones over the years because of your recommendations. I didn’t care for Juliet but I am SO PLEASED with the Amish Paste that I tried for the first time this year! They are AMAZING! A funny tomato grew from that same packet of seeds of Amish Paste, it’s a beautiful small egg shaped tomato with the sweetest flavor from any tomato I have eaten. I don’t know if it’s a one off or if there’s a name for them, I will have to do some research. I also liked the Jet Star tomatoes I grew last year but couldn’t find a plant this year. Unlike Kevin my favorite tomatoes are yellow or orange, Sungold is my favorite cherry tomato. My favorite slicer is Mortgage Lifter🍅🍅🍅
Love mortgage lifter. Great flavor.
The Juliet is the best tomato for Southern gardens. We use it for sauces, salsas, and pico di gallo and they all taste amazing! We'll try the Jet Star next year for a slicer. :)
My problem is I go to a nursery after I planted everything and see something else I think I would like to try. Started off with 2 cherry tomato and got to 8. Enjoying the content.
The Good Lord threw a few curve balls this year, but we bounce back💪🏻💯🙏🙏🙏
Just started my garden & got 2 tomatoe plants, got from a lady in neighborhood, just a big red round tomatoes! We will see how they turn out
10:09 my proven favorite is the pink brandywine. This grows so well for me in central
Kansas. It’s an heirloom, so seed saving ☑️
I agree Cherry tomatos are the ony tomato that actually taste like a how a tomato should taste. I remember long ago like 40-35 tears ago all garden tomatos all sizes also tasted good . But now in the stores tomatos look like tomatoes but the flavor is gone. Do you save your Tomatos seed from the tasty tomatos? There are TH-camrs show on line how to do it.
Kevin-& Sarah particularly- have made videos on how to save your seeds. Be sure to check their great playlist🤗
Kevin you should try black cherry tomatoes!!! They are my favorite and my family’s favorite I have 6 kids. They love them.
I'm with you Sarah. Don't like raw tomatoes but love everything else. Sauce, stewed, ketchup etc. We grew a new cherry type tomato last year that my daughter picked up at a farmers market. They were called Sunrise Bumblebee and everyone loved them who eats raw tomatoes. After researching them I found they are an heirloom so I saved some seeds. I also ordered seeds from Azure because I didn't trust my seed saving skills yet. Grew both this year and the seeds I had saved did better than the new ones I ordered. I'm thinking it was because they were adapted to my climate better like you say. Also got Amish Paste from Azure like you recommended and you are SO right. It's a terrific tomato. Thanks for all your advice Kevin and Sarah
I grew a tomato this year from Johnny’s seeds. I guess I liked the description. It is a hybrid but it was perfect for me in Tennessee. Perfectly round, no core to speak of, great taste, prolific. But above all, resistance to late blight. And even with the drought we have had in Middle Tennessee we have had no blossom end rot on that variety. I know you can’t save seeds from hybrids but I will grow a bunch of these from now on and I have already got my seeds for next year.
What was the variety? We live in mid TN as well. Curious.
@@lisablos-johnson8848 strawberry fields. I’ve bought two more packs for next year. Due to a lack of frost so far I still have green tomatoes growing on the vine. All the other tomato plants have been removed.
I agree about the Tessa tomato. They are prolific and very hard to pick and they reseed in my garden every year and every year I let at least one of those volunteers survive and then I regret it. 😊 also I hate to say it but I have gotten many wrong seeds from Migardener, where the wrong tomato seed are in the package.
I have occasionally gotten torally wrong seeds ( mislabeled) from a reputable seed company. Maybe your 'large red cherries ' were a totally different tomato.
My husband and I grow the Jersey Devils because, in our opinion, on top of their size & lower seed cavities, they have the best flavor. Ours grow the same as yours with uneven ripening. We harvest and let them ripen the rest of the way on a windowsill. It takes about a week.
We only grow cherry tomatoes when we want to make BBQ sauce or ketchup (thank you for the recipe) for canning.
This year we planted a pear-shaped yellow tomato. They taste great and are firmer than typical cherry tomatoes. I plan to save seeds from them and grow some of them next spring.
I love the Juliet tomato. (First year for this one) I love in a salad, because I don’t like whole tomatoes in a salad; - so the Juliet slices easily into little “mini-disks” so I can get one on my fork with each bite.
You guys grow the best looking tomatoes and I am looking forward to the next video!! 🍅
Salvatera and Comstock tomatoes were our rock stars this year!
6:05 I planted large red cherry this summer after watching the videos you had of them last year. Mine turned out much like yours. To be honest they looked much more like a San marzano and I had terrible issues with malformations. They did not taste good either. The seeds I purchased were from Farmers Almanac via Amazon. I’d be curious to know where yours came from and where you suggest buying better seed stock from next year. I was very disappointed.
It sounds like you want to keep seeds from your favorite varieties for next year. This reminds me of not being able to find shoes that fit after a couple of years as the size has been shrunk.
Good to see that you are both doing well 😊 I used to be good at growing tomatoes, but here in Central North Carolina they don't do so well. I think that it's the messed up weather and tomato worms. Tobacco worms, tomato worms are the same thing. If it eats one nightshade it will eat another. Last year my tomato plants and red bell peppers were stripped thanks to tomato worms.
I love tomatoes 🍅 tomato sandwiches are the best ❤
One tomato that I plan to grow every year is the Lemon Boy. Even though it is yellow, it has the best flavor of all. I’m 65 and live in zone 8b and it’s the best for eating. I also like the sweet 100’s cherry (or grape) tomato. But for canning…..I like a big red tomato. ❤❤❤❤
My all-time favorite thing in the summer is a bowl of freshly picked cherry tomatoes in all colors/flavors. Mix them with some diced cucumbers, a bit of red onion, salt and pepper, and that's a side dish I could eat every night! I no longer have a garden, so I have to be satisfied with the rainbow assortment box I can get at the grocery store. Maybe next summer I'll plant some. I will say from experience, though, that once you plant spoon-type tomatoes, you never have to replant them. They reseed and grow prolifically. In fact, a fun thing to do might be to plant them in various places around the edges of your wooded areas to feed the wild birds. They'll grow there year after year, and if you find yourself wanting to add them to a salad just for fun, you'll have them available.
Another great video about Tomatoes and it was great for sure. Loved the show and tell and will be watching it again. Stay safe and keep up the great job around there and the fun you all have too. Fred.
I love the heirloom tomato- Cherokee purple. Such a great taste. I’ve grown them in Oklahoma.
Moving back to Missouri (Springfield) next month. So, next spring I’ll try them again.
I too grew Gold Nugget because my Barry's Crazy (seedlings) were obliterated by squirrels....so I got the Gold Nuggets from a local nursery. They were abysmal. Next year, will grow the Barry's Crazy with a small cage around it until it is more mature.
I love growing tomatoes. My season hasn’t been very good this year. Our season has just been so hot, Colorado 5b. It has definitely affected my garden. Disappointing but I’m looking forward to next year. I enjoy your channel very much. Thank you for sharing your advice and insight.
Amy from south jersey here.... my tomato year was the worst I've had since living here. But for me my garden will always have Cherokee purple tomatoes. The best flavored tomato by far
I was surprised that you aren’t buying seeds from Baker Creek. I’d actually never heard of them until I found your channel when you were at the other farm. Sarah, I know you said you’re only going to grow what’s familiar-BUT if you haven’t tried SUPERSAUCE I think you would like it. Not as prolific as some but large tomatoes that is good for eating as well as saucing! Thanks for the video enjoyable as always! 😊
I recommend that you research Baker Creek’s business practices. They are questionable.
@@amyschmelzer6445in what way? "Research business practices" is pretty vague.
I think Baker Creek's prices are just too high. Stopped buying from them all together.
The varieties of tomatoes I would suggest are Kellogg’s Breakfast(it has phenomenal flavor for me)and Stupice(stoo-pizza)( which is smaller, but ripens very early and keeps producing a lot all year. I also grow Juliet every year and this year grew Jet Star for the first time.
I think the variety a person prefers has a lot to do with the climate where they live. I live in a very hot, dry climate, so that influences what my tomatoes taste like and how they grow and their health. I don’t deal with diseases much and the high heat really brings out the flavor.
I wonder what happened to your relationship with Baker Creek? It’s too bad, since they’re so close to you.
Yes, we will convince you to stick with the tomato experiments! You turned me on to this, so dont bail on us now😂
Most of my success was with the cherries. I agree with you on the super tiny varieties in that they are just too time consuming and the skins are tough. My orange current grew like Jumanji though, so they get thrown in the chicken coop for a little snack as I prune them out of my way.
My ultimate favorites were gobstopper, champagne bubbles and what I think was super sweet 100. You must be patient and leave them on the vine for ultimate sweetness. I have a row right outside the kitchen door that gets snacked on all day.
My larger favorite is Wapsipenican Peach. Another you must leave on the vine to ripen. If you wait until a little red cross forms on the bottom, you wont be sorry🤓 These make a great mild chili for people who cant take the high acid of a red tomato. Also, we live near the "Wapsi" river in Iowa so its a fun one to talk about😎
Our sandwich tomato is a super compact orange one. We got a bunch from a neighbor and he forgot the name so we named it after him and save the seeds.
My big losers were mortgage lifter and brandy wine. The ripe green shoulders throw me off and they arent anything special taste wise. Also Indigo Rose is beautiful, but lacked any resemblance whatsoever to having flavor. Lol
Im looking forward to seeing what you really decide to grow next year😉
My tiny grandbabies loved the spoon tomatoes as a novelty. Mine did not ripen in clusters, so picking them on their jungle vines was impossible!
I love the Juliet tomatoes they did well in Texas Heat.. and you should try Tomato fest for seeds..
I love the teaspoon tomatoes. For me them bushing out is a plus limited income couldn't get steaks. Mine grew sweet almost to sweet. And we love you them for garnishes, salads, pastas. And your right the kids have fun with them I have a rolling.raised container bed by our door and people love grazing them while waiting for us to answer the door. I was sad I heard about the teaspoon tomatoes seeing your video. The sadness was I had already ordered from Baker Creek and I'm on a budget so I couldn't order. But I got a surprise they put the teaspoon seeds in as a thank you. Love your videos. I also grew the Amish paste tomatoes this year, and I am well pleased with it. So Thank You
This morning we made another 14 pints of juice from our Jetstar plants. This is the second year we planted Jetstar. Thanks for the recommendation.
This was a great video. So informative! We are in South Florida, and have settled on Amish paste, bush beefsteak for slicing. For the cherry style, we love the black cherry, a little tart and sweet, and the Rosalita grape tomato. The bush beefsteak is determinate, and the others are indeterminate.
Forgot to mention, as you are harvesting, I am just starting seeds. I will be ordering Jet Star if I can find it, and give it a try
Sarah I am the same with tomatoes. I do not like raw/fresh tomatoes of any kind. However, I enjoy cooked/sauce tomato products..I have been canning tomato products now for three years. You were and still are who I refer to with canning tomatoes. In fact I finally got a vitamixer for my birthday since you have one and I can definitely say it’s a great product. Thank you Sarah and Kevin.
Good evening! I also love the amish paste. Grew them this year for the first time. I enjoyed them. But I also grew Hungarian heart 🤯 I have one about the size of my one year olds head😮 I was shocked it was huge. I plan to grow the Hungarian heart again along with the amish paste. I was really happy with those!
I love Juliet! They are also great dried.
I really like heirloom variety Abraham Lincoln as a slicer. It's indeterminate and a gorgeous deep red, too.
I got some tomato seeds that were not what they were supposed to be. Got a gift card from the supplier but it didn't provide more tomatoes for this year. And the heat wave here stopped all tomatoes anyway. not a great year.
Juliette and beefsteak😊. Started a new one last year called indigo red and they are delish...I saved seeds and grew again... just love them.