I went nuts and just planted a whole row last week and then another this week since I lost a lot in a mini flood 😅🌧️💦💧🌊🌀🌿🌱🍂🍁😱😭 So I only had several very slow growing tomato plants which are hardy, just very slowly hanging out... Lol So i crowded these cardboard gardening areas with a bunch of stuff all mixed up, carrots, beans, peas, various melons and pumpkin, beets and a bunch of other stuff.. Hey!! Who needs mulch when you have seeds?! Lol 😂... Sigh, oh boy I hope I don't regret this! 😂 I just couldn't go on this summer without my garden and stuff other than just tomato plants. On a more spiritual note, I'm making it my place to heal from losing my son and my place of worship to be close to God thru everything. I'm in your state so I'm really pulling for your tomatoes! Hard to find others close to me to get advice and stuff. I'm banking on an Indian summer, especially since we're in a grand solar minimum cycle so the weather could be all over the map! I'm going to consult my farmers almanac to see if they considered the grand solar minimum cycle and stuff this year. Consider in 1913 ish it hit 70° plus during the first half of November! So if you think about it, we could grow almost anything still with the little risk come Oct etc. But if we cover stuff, it will buy us at least ten degrees though sun hours will still be a lot less so idk... It's a risk but hey why not! I'm not wasting any risky expensive or exotic stuff, but if I have enough seeds, I would consider one or two to try it... I'm just kinda having fun experimenting! Any great tips to keep birds away from my peas and beans that isn't covering them with tulle etc, I can't find mine and my vehicle is not running so I need to work with what I have. If I had enough, dollar tree years ago had these wire trash cans that are white and I put them upside-down, right over my starts, but I think I need about fifty more lol! They're great and lasted about three years now! Sry so long I think I was in the sun to long today.... Lol God bless and may your harvests be abundant!! 🌱🌿🌼😁👍🌼🌿🌱🌈🌤️🌻
I plant tomatoes for spring and get very little production before the hellish Texas summer sets in. But, I continue to water and fertilize right through summer and as the temps lower, the plants wake up and start flowering and fruiting like you'd HOPE they would in spring/ summer. No need to plant nee plants for fall, unless you just want different kinds.❤
I have cuttings going constantly. If I get a good sucker that got away from me it goes into a pot with moist soil in the partial shade and within 2-3 weeks I slide it in somewhere. Literally all summer I have suckers rooting.
I am so glad to get this information. My son works at a farm store and they were.throwing away .any different plants, so I got them for free. I planted them yesterday and hope for the best. They are about 4 inches tall. They are Celebrity and Beefmaster. I am happily excited now. My last fall date is late October.
Thanks for the great video. I always plant a crop of determinate tomatoes at the beginning of July to extend my harvest. I just LOVE making sun dried tomatoes in my dehydrator to use on winter salads
Thank you fellow Michigander! I thought it was too late to grow my roma tomatoes from seed, so now I will be in the garden tomorrow. Love your channel, I've been a fan for two years. 👍
*Thank you* for the answer to a question I've had: adding the days to germination number TO the days to harvest number!! I was always confused about that. 👍
Thank you for explaining that we add the germination and days to maturity together!! Every time I look at a packet I wonder and then forget about it. When I plant early enough it isn’t really a concern, but I plan to hopefully have a fall harvest this year, God Willing, and this really helps out!
I’m trying for the first time. Mine already rooted!! I mostly started as I felt bad that I had two extremely rootbound plants and decided cuttings would be better. I think I’ll get more Oregon Spring cuttings as they fruit well in cooler temps for fall.
Thanks for all your work Luke. Stewpendous Growth owes a good deal of it's start to your channel and others like it. We've been doing a farmers market the last three weeks. It's a good time. My prayer is someone brings me on as a consultant, through seeing the results. Good luck on your future. Beautiful family.
Thanks Luke! 🙂 I cut my indeterminate tomatoes when they get to the top of the stake. Just an experiment later: I'm going plant what I cut off. It may be too late in the season but I won't be losing anything if it doesn't work.😉 Even if I just get green tomatoes, salsa Verde! 👍 Blessings!💜
I have several volunteer tomato plants from my grape tomatoes I had in my garden last year. They are just getting to a point where they are blooming now! I took them out of the garden because they were growing in places where they weren't going to have room. Put them in large pots. All my tomatoes are in pots this year, and they are actually doing better than they did in the garden.
@@trishthehomesteader9873 so do I! Also found out I had some volunteer eggplants as well! I grew a parthenocarpic tomato this year for the first time. Super healthy plant and set fruit like crazy. I pinched the suckers off as well as pruning off most of the lower branched. I stuck one of the suckers into a pot of dirt. Next day it looked really wilted, but a few days later, it had perked up and was growing roots! It is a nice small plant now. Hoping it will fruit before it frosts!
I have a bunch of indeterminate and determinates, just starting to get their first true leaves. Previous videos of yours started me on fall tomatoes, this video just gives me more excitement for my first garden this year!
OMG!!! I LOVE your channel. I would have never thought to grow Fall tomatoes. I'm starting them very soon, and getting ready to start my fall crop of cabbages too.
Based off of some of your previous video's this is what I did this year, in particular with my Romas. I began taking suckers and making clones a couple of weeks ago. The clones are looking healthy and should get me that late summer/early fall harvest.
@@knottyneedle it's definitely the way to go. Just off my 8 Romas I'm probably going end up with 20-30 standard mason jars canned. That doesn't include my indeterminate paste tomatoes. I also started my Romas inside back in March or so.
Thanks Luke! Starting my fall crops now, so perfect timing! It’s so amazing and encouraging to watch your channel grow- much respect from one gardener/farmer to another!
I'm so glad you did this video! I thought I was way too late and since this is my first time trying to grow, I will go ahead and plant some seeds. I just filled my Garden Tower today with soil, and will transplant the starts I bought and had not planted.
I was today years old when I realized I need to add the germination days to the days to maturity to figure out the harvest date. Also, it’s super irritating when days to maturity isn’t on the seed packet.
I got a couple broken stems on my tomatoes from the dogs tail and planted them in I nice moist pots. They looked a little sick for a week but they are happy campers now.
Hi Luke, you are a great teacher, my compost pile was running at 150 degrees F before I flipped it last night; I have stopped adding to it and I am going to try and flip it every week. The compost smells earthy and I watered between layers to wet the dry white fungi to help the microbes, thanks for your help.
Minnesota here and am going to try this but will try try with plants. Fall sounds great, since it will be cooler when I can them. I have some summer compost and great organic potting mix to help amend the area I will plant them in the garden.
I planted fall tomatoes last year but was too late and didn't get any ripe harvest. I'm trying again this year and my tomato plants are about 6 inches tall. Today I started a couple fall cucumbers and zucchinis.
I put my zucchini transplants in the ground in early May. It was only 3 plants. They are producing extremely fast now to the point of me having to recipe research for dinner every other night and just giving them away to neighbors and family. My patty pan squash are doing great as well. For some reason my eggplants...I got like 1 eggplant out of 9 plants. My cucumbers failed miserably as well. 3 Cucumbers so far...then again our weather has been way too hot and dry.
Plant cucumbers and green beans throughout summer and have some through summer and fall. We are learning to keep planting seedlings until end of July if there is time before frost. We are trying to grow tomatoes out the bottom of hanging baskets this year. Some are doing great, some aren't.
Those yellow pear tomatoes were the first plants I grew in my very first garden (an 8x4 bed in my parents backyard I made while home from my first year of college.) They were sooo prolific but honestly the flavor and texture was pretty bad. Still, it was those tomatoes that set me down the gardening path and I've been growing veggies ever since.
Hmm. My neighbor planted yellow pear a couple of years ago along our fence line. Those little suckers were so prolific I ate 6-7 a day just picking off the fence line. Absolutely best tasting little mators I ever ate.
In Michigan I don't have time to grow fall tomatoes.... My spring tomatoes don't ripen until late August. And I'm still picking tomatoes til my first frost. In October 🤪😆
He's in Michigan too. Perhaps you need to start your early tomatoes earlier or try different varieties. I did some varieties that mature faster this year like Roma and cherry.
@@jmr I know where he is from. I start my tomatoes in February to put outside. In May. My point is my tomatoes are still producing when I get a frost in October.
@@rebeccafox5041 I guess my point was really you can do better and get tomatoes sooner! I believe in you! 😂🤣 My dad buys tomatoes from the Amish in the northern part of lower Michigan. They use greenhouses with roll up sides. They manage to get tomatoes real early. EDIT: Looking at my notes I seed started in February.
I was wondering if I was crazy for thinking about starting a couple of tomatoes at this time of year. Thanks for letting me know this is something that can be done.
Awesome video! Thank you for all the education, it was super helpful, especially the nuggets about blight and powdery mildew which are always so frustrating!
I planted some of the large red cherry tomatoes just the other day actually so this was great timing. Im in zone 5b eastern ohio, so i figured i could get a decent harvest on them before the end of the season. My other tomato plants are still doing very well.I planted them in succession so some im harvesting from now and the others ill get a harvest from in about a month then once those are done, ill harvest from the cherry tomatoes. Thanks for all the tips!
Luke!!!! This video is a God send Thank you so much for this. I was late getting my tomato plants out and was afraid that I wouldn't get a decent crop.
Loved this video!! Just an advise (as an SEO specialist) you should put the list of seeds in the description along with the links for people to buy! Thank you again, I was NOT going to plant tomatoes thinking that I was too late but you gave me hope! (My first frost date is Nov 12 so I have more than enough time 🥰🎆🎇)
Just placed and received our first seed order from you, even received a free pack of salad green seeds Thank You! We love the video content and will be buying the bulk of garden seeds from you next year. 🤙🏽
Thank you Luke! I had no idea that paste tomatoes were determinate. I just went outside and started a few extra seeds! Hopefully I can grow an extra few paste tomatoes before first frost. I appreciate you sharing all of your knowledge with us!
LOVE JULIET TOMATOES. Would you see if you can carry in your store this coming year??? We are roasting here at 111 degrees heat index so dreaming of fall. Thank you for all you do.
I'm so excited! I have some dwarf heirloom tomato varieties this year so once I have the seeds from them I'm going to be able to grow those over winter inside this year 😍😍 unfortunately had to start a brand new garden and had a late start. Zone 4b I only have about 70-80 days left in my season and my current tomatoes are just starting to grow fruit. I am wayyyyy behind this year lol
Thanks for doing this video now, I am now thinking about seeing if I can do this. I have started other things for a fall garden, space may be the issue.
I have the same last frost date. I’m still working on timing. I have a few seedlings ready to go in soon. I guess I should start more too. Our temps haven’t even warmed up consistently yet. We’re still in the 60’s at night. I just got my first cherry tomato and still don’t have cucumbers. It seems very late this year. Oh well, I’ll keep growing 🙂
All my stuff is basically dead. It's been record heat and humidity levels in SC so I'm trying again later. I do have some cucumbers and I think melons that are kind of growing lol.
Can you shed some light on the effects of very high temps and low rainfall and what we can do to get the best production? For example tomatoes and peppers. My plants look green because I have been watering them almost daily but they are not producing. I am sure there are a lot of gardeners having the same problem. Thanks Luke.
Are thay flowering? For 🍅 especially shake the stems. They are self pollinating. The heat is a problem for all plants above 90. So make sure they are mulched heavily & maybe invest in shadecloth.
If you have too high of temps they dont set fruit very well it seems. 90s-100s degrees. Maybe some shade cloth and what the person said below - too much nitrogen and not enough PK?
@@angelaraum1545 I don't think it is the nitrogen because they are not growing either. We have just got some rain and lower temps. Maybe this will make a difference.
@@carolparrish194 The heat will do that. As i stated i would mulch & provide shade cloth. Even if its just sheer curtains. My balcony looks like I'm camping out. I use alot of stakes to keep above leaves.
I have never been good at growing tomatoes 🍅. But this year, I got a bunch of volunteer tomatoes from seeds that fell on the ground last Fall. Who knows what I will get ( hybrid?) but the plants are happy and growing strong and big.
Thanks! That was very encouraging. I haven't tried fall tomatoes before. I'm in Atlanta where our temps are in the 90s most days this time of year. Our first frost is Nov. 13, although last year I think it was well into December. I'm thinking about growing them in medium sized pots that I can keep in southern shade until they are at least a foot tall, maybe more, before I plant them out so they are not in full sun until it's a little less harsh and the plants will be a little stronger when they go in the ground. Will that actually help?
I have discovered it is difficult to get transplants to thrive in this hot weather (90-100 degrees F these days). Especially with the fluffy, light raised beds I have. I've toasted a few plants. Starting to see the value in a much larger pot. The best transplants have been cuttings that were in two quart or so pots. Three were the Giant Crimson. Pro tip for me is white t-shirts only from mid May to end of September.
Thank you so much for the information about fall tomatoes and cuttings. But what about volunteer heirloom plants like ground cherries? Got one coming along and I want to put it in a container.
I am a first year gardener & I live in California. My question for starting seeds in the middle of summer is my concern over our daily high temperatures that average in the 90s & over 100 (Fahrenheit). Will all seeds germinate if housed outside when temps can get that high? Especially tomatoes and beans? The only succession sowing I’ve done this year is with potatoes & cilantro, and honestly this year is truly a first year experiment to see how everything grows. I appreciate every little bit of education!! ❤️ April from Modesto CA
Love your channel. Trying to find someone that grows in my area for tip. Corpus Christi, Texas. Just a thought. With all the modern day recycling, do they make a plastic pot in white or a more neutral color. Thanks for all you teach us.
Hi Luke, I learned so many things from your video. I have little tomato starts I am about to plant outside and was worried I was starting too late. I love it they are not late tomatoes- they are Fall tomatoes! Maybe you covered this and I missed it, apologies if so. Is there an advantage to starting them in containers rather than direct sowing?
One advantage I can think of is if you want to utilize the same space that the tired out tomatoes are growing in, you would want to start the replacements in pots.
Luke! Another great and timely video. Been meaning to ask this and you've probably covered it, somewhere, but how do you know and where do you find out whether a tomato variety is determinate or indeterminate??? I've checked seed packets, online, etc., I didn't find a good or definitive source. Thanks for all you do!
Hi! I found your channel and so happy. So much great info, thank you! Have you ever grown in a Greenstalk Vertical garden? I’m interested because I don’t have lots of space for raised beds. I’d love to know what kinds of plants you would grow in them. I would if determinate would be better?
I don't know what I do wrong, but I plant the seeds indoors under grow lights in late February, plant the seedling outside in mid May, but I never get ripe tomatoes until late August....ugh...Luke, The plants I grew from your seeds this year look strong & healthy so far, with nice tomatoes coming out now...I'm hoping to get some earlier tomatoes this year!
Here’s my question though, when it gets near the end of the growing season the sun isn’t out in the sky as long therefore there’s not as much energy going to the plants. Isn’t that going to slow down their maturity and therefore produce fruit slower?
I am curious how these are doing. I am in GA (just North of Atlanta) and struggled to get any peppers to grow using direct sowing method. But, the things I had started indoors did well. I just ordered some seeds for determinate tomatoes.
That seems so nuts to hear you say your first frost in Michigan is on average mid October. Here on the northern Front Range of Colorado I have to plan on being done by Labor day lol. In 2020, we hit 100 degrees on Labor Day and had a couple inches of snow by Wednesday morning 🙃
I'm in Oh and planted a few tomatoe plants last week. I was afraid I might be too late. Thank you for the info.
Not too late. I am in Columbus and always growing tomatoes into mid oct till we get that crazy ice and frost end of October
As ours get big enough, we plant them. We still have about 200 pepper plants on porch growing. 🤭
I went nuts and just planted a whole row last week and then another this week since I lost a lot in a mini flood 😅🌧️💦💧🌊🌀🌿🌱🍂🍁😱😭
So I only had several very slow growing tomato plants which are hardy, just very slowly hanging out... Lol
So i crowded these cardboard gardening areas with a bunch of stuff all mixed up, carrots, beans, peas, various melons and pumpkin, beets and a bunch of other stuff..
Hey!! Who needs mulch when you have seeds?! Lol 😂... Sigh, oh boy I hope I don't regret this! 😂 I just couldn't go on this summer without my garden and stuff other than just tomato plants.
On a more spiritual note, I'm making it my place to heal from losing my son and my place of worship to be close to God thru everything.
I'm in your state so I'm really pulling for your tomatoes! Hard to find others close to me to get advice and stuff.
I'm banking on an Indian summer, especially since we're in a grand solar minimum cycle so the weather could be all over the map! I'm going to consult my farmers almanac to see if they considered the grand solar minimum cycle and stuff this year. Consider in 1913 ish it hit 70° plus during the first half of November! So if you think about it, we could grow almost anything still with the little risk come Oct etc. But if we cover stuff, it will buy us at least ten degrees though sun hours will still be a lot less so idk... It's a risk but hey why not! I'm not wasting any risky expensive or exotic stuff, but if I have enough seeds, I would consider one or two to try it... I'm just kinda having fun experimenting!
Any great tips to keep birds away from my peas and beans that isn't covering them with tulle etc, I can't find mine and my vehicle is not running so I need to work with what I have.
If I had enough, dollar tree years ago had these wire trash cans that are white and I put them upside-down, right over my starts, but I think I need about fifty more lol! They're great and lasted about three years now!
Sry so long I think I was in the sun to long today.... Lol
God bless and may your harvests be abundant!!
🌱🌿🌼😁👍🌼🌿🌱🌈🌤️🌻
@@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 May the Lord bless both your garden and you. 😊💖
I plant tomatoes for spring and get very little production before the hellish Texas summer sets in. But, I continue to water and fertilize right through summer and as the temps lower, the plants wake up and start flowering and fruiting like you'd HOPE they would in spring/ summer. No need to plant nee plants for fall, unless you just want different kinds.❤
I have cuttings going constantly. If I get a good sucker that got away from me it goes into a pot with moist soil in the partial shade and within 2-3 weeks I slide it in somewhere. Literally all summer I have suckers rooting.
I am so glad to get this information. My son works at a farm store and they were.throwing away .any different plants, so I got them for free. I planted them yesterday and hope for the best. They are about 4 inches tall. They are Celebrity and Beefmaster. I am happily excited now. My last fall date is late October.
Thanks for the great video. I always plant a crop of determinate tomatoes at the beginning of July to extend my harvest. I just LOVE making sun dried tomatoes in my dehydrator to use on winter salads
can you share your recipe for your sun dried tomatoes? I have a dehydrator! thanks
Thank you fellow Michigander! I thought it was too late to grow my roma tomatoes from seed, so now I will be in the garden tomorrow. Love your channel, I've been a fan for two years. 👍
You’ve answered more than one question for me today.
*Thank you* for the answer to a question I've had: adding the days to germination number TO the days to harvest number!! I was always confused about that. 👍
Thank you for explaining that we add the germination and days to maturity together!! Every time I look at a packet I wonder and then forget about it. When I plant early enough it isn’t really a concern, but I plan to hopefully have a fall harvest this year, God Willing, and this really helps out!
I love the idea of using cutting! Thank you so much ♥️
So easy!!
The best!
I’m trying for the first time. Mine already rooted!! I mostly started as I felt bad that I had two extremely rootbound plants and decided cuttings would be better. I think I’ll get more Oregon Spring cuttings as they fruit well in cooler temps for fall.
@@itme7685 That is awesome. I'm glad you had success with getting the cutting to root.
@@obiwantzcanolisandmomgarde8490 I'll be giving that a try this season.
This was so interesting I watched it several times. I'm in Michigan and will definitely plant some for fall. Thank you! 💚
Thanks for all your work Luke. Stewpendous Growth owes a good deal of it's start to your channel and others like it. We've been doing a farmers market the last three weeks. It's a good time. My prayer is someone brings me on as a consultant, through seeing the results. Good luck on your future. Beautiful family.
Didn't think you would talk about cuttings till the very last item... Thanks Luke 👍
Always look forward to your channel Ontario Canada
Thanks Luke! 🙂
I cut my indeterminate tomatoes when they get to the top of the stake. Just an experiment later: I'm going plant what I cut off. It may be too late in the season but I won't be losing anything if it doesn't work.😉 Even if I just get green tomatoes, salsa Verde! 👍
Blessings!💜
Salsa verde is made with tomatillos
@@TJtheHAWK It's difficult to get good tomatillos here. Next best is green tomatoes. 🙂
I have several volunteer tomato plants from my grape tomatoes I had in my garden last year. They are just getting to a point where they are blooming now! I took them out of the garden because they were growing in places where they weren't going to have room. Put them in large pots. All my tomatoes are in pots this year, and they are actually doing better than they did in the garden.
@@songbirdscreations-MargaretS I Love when I get freebies! 👏🌱🪴🌿
@@trishthehomesteader9873 so do I! Also found out I had some volunteer eggplants as well! I grew a parthenocarpic tomato this year for the first time. Super healthy plant and set fruit like crazy. I pinched the suckers off as well as pruning off most of the lower branched. I stuck one of the suckers into a pot of dirt. Next day it looked really wilted, but a few days later, it had perked up and was growing roots! It is a nice small plant now. Hoping it will fruit before it frosts!
Just subscribed - this is just what I was looking for as a SE Michigan homeowner
I have a bunch of indeterminate and determinates, just starting to get their first true leaves. Previous videos of yours started me on fall tomatoes, this video just gives me more excitement for my first garden this year!
OMG!!! I LOVE your channel. I would have never thought to grow Fall tomatoes. I'm starting them very soon, and getting ready to start my fall crop of cabbages too.
Based off of some of your previous video's this is what I did this year, in particular with my Romas. I began taking suckers and making clones a couple of weeks ago. The clones are looking healthy and should get me that late summer/early fall harvest.
I getting ready to take suckers off plants which are fruiting now and I really like. Will have room to plant them out when they root. Can't wait.
Brilliant
@@knottyneedle it's definitely the way to go. Just off my 8 Romas I'm probably going end up with 20-30 standard mason jars canned. That doesn't include my indeterminate paste tomatoes. I also started my Romas inside back in March or so.
Did you place the suckers in water to grow roots?
@@daniellecarder3092 you can do either. You really have to pay attention to the soil and make sure it's moist. Just water is a bit easier to monitor.
Great video! I even had to go back and watch it a second time to take notes lol. Thank you!
Luke!!! I’ve been wondering all week when the time to start fall tomatoes like you did last year! Thanks for the heads up!!!
Perfect video, perfect timing! Luke, your videos are my favorite! Answered all my questions….like always.😊
Thanks Luke! Starting my fall crops now, so perfect timing! It’s so amazing and encouraging to watch your channel grow- much respect from one gardener/farmer to another!
I'm so glad you did this video! I thought I was way too late and since this is my first time trying to grow, I will go ahead and plant some seeds. I just filled my Garden Tower today with soil, and will transplant the starts I bought and had not planted.
Thank you Luke, you are always so energetic. I love that.
I was today years old when I realized I need to add the germination days to the days to maturity to figure out the harvest date. Also, it’s super irritating when days to maturity isn’t on the seed packet.
Great content Luke. We have our seeds started already. God Bless and stay safe.
I got a couple broken stems on my tomatoes from the dogs tail and planted them in I nice moist pots. They looked a little sick for a week but they are happy campers now.
Perfect timing. Thank you for this video
Great episode Luke. Thank you
Love this!
Hi Luke, you are a great teacher, my compost pile was running at 150 degrees F before I flipped it last night; I have stopped adding to it and I am going to try and flip it every week. The compost smells earthy and I watered between layers to wet the dry white fungi to help the microbes, thanks for your help.
I think that is a great idea of growing them in small pots and transplanting them in the garden later.
Great tips on color determining a longer day to harvest! I just transplanted 2 "San Mars" Tomatoes.
I just fertilized my tomatoes with sassy lass, can't wait to see how they do!
Minnesota here and am going to try this but will try try with plants. Fall sounds great, since it will be cooler when I can them. I have some summer compost and great organic potting mix to help amend the area I will plant them in the garden.
🍅🍅🍅 Great video, so many just don’t realize they can keep starting seeds and plant all through the summer.
I always assumed that the 'days to maturity' included the time that it took for the seed to sprout. Thank you for explaining that.
I planted fall tomatoes last year but was too late and didn't get any ripe harvest. I'm trying again this year and my tomato plants are about 6 inches tall. Today I started a couple fall cucumbers and zucchinis.
I put my zucchini transplants in the ground in early May. It was only 3 plants. They are producing extremely fast now to the point of me having to recipe research for dinner every other night and just giving them away to neighbors and family. My patty pan squash are doing great as well. For some reason my eggplants...I got like 1 eggplant out of 9 plants. My cucumbers failed miserably as well. 3 Cucumbers so far...then again our weather has been way too hot and dry.
I do plant zucchini and cucumbers in the Spring as well
Plant cucumbers and green beans throughout summer and have some through summer and fall. We are learning to keep planting seedlings until end of July if there is time before frost. We are trying to grow tomatoes out the bottom of hanging baskets this year. Some are doing great, some aren't.
Question! When you start seeds in larger containers do you still use seed starting mix or potting soil?
You can always use the green tomatoes
Lol, Luke 🤣🤣
You're right, but it was awesomely funny- love it! 💖💖Poor Tomatoes!
Those yellow pear tomatoes were the first plants I grew in my very first garden (an 8x4 bed in my parents backyard I made while home from my first year of college.) They were sooo prolific but honestly the flavor and texture was pretty bad. Still, it was those tomatoes that set me down the gardening path and I've been growing veggies ever since.
Hmm. My neighbor planted yellow pear a couple of years ago along our fence line. Those little suckers were so prolific I ate 6-7 a day just picking off the fence line. Absolutely best tasting little mators I ever ate.
my favorite plants to grow are different types of tomatoes ❤ Thanks for the info, these are new to me
Great timing! It's too hot in our part of the country but will try to plant some, next month.
I always grow fall tomatoes 🍅. I have even harvested tomatoes as late as mid November here in the Denver CO area a few years ago.
In Michigan I don't have time to grow fall tomatoes.... My spring tomatoes don't ripen until late August. And I'm still picking tomatoes til my first frost. In October 🤪😆
Same here and I'm on Gladwin
He's in Michigan too. Perhaps you need to start your early tomatoes earlier or try different varieties. I did some varieties that mature faster this year like Roma and cherry.
@@jmr I know where he is from. I start my tomatoes in February to put outside. In May. My point is my tomatoes are still producing when I get a frost in October.
@@jswhosoever4533 I'm just south of Saginaw.
@@rebeccafox5041 I guess my point was really you can do better and get tomatoes sooner! I believe in you! 😂🤣
My dad buys tomatoes from the Amish in the northern part of lower Michigan. They use greenhouses with roll up sides. They manage to get tomatoes real early.
EDIT: Looking at my notes I seed started in February.
I was wondering if I was crazy for thinking about starting a couple of tomatoes at this time of year. Thanks for letting me know this is something that can be done.
I'm still planting volunteer tomatoes that sprang up in the compost pile. I don't know the variety, so the fruit will be a surprise.
Awesome video! Thank you for all the education, it was super helpful, especially the nuggets about blight and powdery mildew which are always so frustrating!
I planted some of the large red cherry tomatoes just the other day actually so this was great timing. Im in zone 5b eastern ohio, so i figured i could get a decent harvest on them before the end of the season. My other tomato plants are still doing very well.I planted them in succession so some im harvesting from now and the others ill get a harvest from in about a month then once those are done, ill harvest from the cherry tomatoes. Thanks for all the tips!
Great info! Thanks Luke!
Too late for me this season (Zone 4-5, first frost 9-19), but definitely on my agenda for next year. Thanks for the inspiration!
Luke!!!! This video is a God send
Thank you so much for this. I was late getting my tomato plants out and was afraid that I wouldn't get a decent crop.
Loved this video!! Just an advise (as an SEO specialist) you should put the list of seeds in the description along with the links for people to buy!
Thank you again, I was NOT going to plant tomatoes thinking that I was too late but you gave me hope! (My first frost date is Nov 12 so I have more than enough time 🥰🎆🎇)
Just placed and received our first seed order from you, even received a free pack of salad green seeds Thank You! We love the video content and will be buying the bulk of garden seeds from you next year. 🤙🏽
thanks Luke,
good show as always
Thank you Luke! I had no idea that paste tomatoes were determinate. I just went outside and started a few extra seeds! Hopefully I can grow an extra few paste tomatoes before first frost. I appreciate you sharing all of your knowledge with us!
It's variety specific. Some paste tomatoes are determinate and some are indeterminate.
First frost September 11. Fingers crossed that I get some tomatoes. The deer ate my first tray of starts when I was acclimating them.
LOVE JULIET TOMATOES. Would you see if you can carry in your store this coming year??? We are roasting here at 111 degrees heat index so dreaming of fall. Thank you for all you do.
I too am ready for the 'ber months and to say burr🥶😎🥶😎
Got some Inciardi Paste tomatoes from you guys this season!! They're about 4ft now, starting to set fruit, super excited for these seeds!!
I might try fall romas now. Thanks
I'm so excited! I have some dwarf heirloom tomato varieties this year so once I have the seeds from them I'm going to be able to grow those over winter inside this year 😍😍 unfortunately had to start a brand new garden and had a late start. Zone 4b I only have about 70-80 days left in my season and my current tomatoes are just starting to grow fruit. I am wayyyyy behind this year lol
Thanks for doing this video now, I am now thinking about seeing if I can do this. I have started other things for a fall garden, space may be the issue.
I've got my fall tomatoes started. Started them two weeks ago
Amazing video. Learned a lot
I have the same last frost date. I’m still working on timing. I have a few seedlings ready to go in soon. I guess I should start more too. Our temps haven’t even warmed up consistently yet. We’re still in the 60’s at night. I just got my first cherry tomato and still don’t have cucumbers. It seems very late this year. Oh well, I’ll keep growing 🙂
All my stuff is basically dead. It's been record heat and humidity levels in SC so I'm trying again later. I do have some cucumbers and I think melons that are kind of growing lol.
Thank you! I’m going to go look through my seed lol. My frost date is the same
Thanks for this video. Gonna get started right now! Didn't know I could do this. I just always start a new crop of green beans, but now both.
Can you shed some light on the effects of very high temps and low rainfall and what we can do to get the best production? For example tomatoes and peppers. My plants look green because I have been watering them almost daily but they are not producing. I am sure there are a lot of gardeners having the same problem. Thanks Luke.
Are thay flowering? For 🍅 especially shake the stems. They are self pollinating. The heat is a problem for all plants above 90. So make sure they are mulched heavily & maybe invest in shadecloth.
Also are you fertilizing? Esp PK of the NPK. If they are only green you could be giving too much nitrogen.
If you have too high of temps they dont set fruit very well it seems. 90s-100s degrees. Maybe some shade cloth and what the person said below - too much nitrogen and not enough PK?
@@angelaraum1545 I don't think it is the nitrogen because they are not growing either. We have just got some rain and lower temps. Maybe this will make a difference.
@@carolparrish194 The heat will do that. As i stated i would mulch & provide shade cloth. Even if its just sheer curtains. My balcony looks like I'm camping out. I use alot of stakes to keep above leaves.
Here inWashington, my spring tomatoes are going to be fall tomatoes since everything is so late this year!
I have never been good at growing tomatoes 🍅. But this year, I got a bunch of volunteer tomatoes from seeds that fell on the ground last Fall. Who knows what I will get ( hybrid?) but the plants are happy and growing strong and big.
The only volunteer tomato that I dug and moved, is growing slowly
Yay! Surprise tomatoes!🍅
Luke is loving his 80s degree weather.
Thank you for this video!
Great information as always!! 🍅
Thanks! That was very encouraging. I haven't tried fall tomatoes before. I'm in Atlanta where our temps are in the 90s most days this time of year. Our first frost is Nov. 13, although last year I think it was well into December. I'm thinking about growing them in medium sized pots that I can keep in southern shade until they are at least a foot tall, maybe more, before I plant them out so they are not in full sun until it's a little less harsh and the plants will be a little stronger when they go in the ground. Will that actually help?
I love growing tomatoes I am growing a new heirloom variety called strawberry tomato they look like gems
I do it here in Georgia it's always worked for me. But I'm zone 8b and it's hot some years all the way up till November lol
I have discovered it is difficult to get transplants to thrive in this hot weather (90-100 degrees F these days). Especially with the fluffy, light raised beds I have. I've toasted a few plants. Starting to see the value in a much larger pot. The best transplants have been cuttings that were in two quart or so pots. Three were the Giant Crimson.
Pro tip for me is white t-shirts only from mid May to end of September.
Thank you so much for the information about fall tomatoes and cuttings. But what about volunteer heirloom plants like ground cherries? Got one coming along and I want to put it in a container.
Great video!
I needed this. My plants are growing but not producing.
I am a first year gardener & I live in California. My question for starting seeds in the middle of summer is my concern over our daily high temperatures that average in the 90s & over 100 (Fahrenheit). Will all seeds germinate if housed outside when temps can get that high? Especially tomatoes and beans? The only succession sowing I’ve done this year is with potatoes & cilantro, and honestly this year is truly a first year experiment to see how everything grows. I appreciate every little bit of education!!
❤️ April from Modesto CA
You could try shade cloth which will reduce the temperature of the soil. Hope this helps! :D
I'm getting tomatoes, still small but they're coming out. One of your giant crimson as well.
Did this inspire anyone else to sort through their seed collection? Luke also has videos on all the things you can plant for a fall harvest.
Well I'm totally wearing black today but I don't think we'll get to 82 degrees where I'm at in the Pacific Northwest . Great video! 🍅🍅🍅
Thanks learned heaps
Love your channel. Trying to find someone that grows in my area for tip. Corpus Christi, Texas. Just a thought. With all the modern day recycling, do they make a plastic pot in white or a more neutral color. Thanks for all you teach us.
Thank you really good
Do you have a video on growing with the 5 gallon grow bags ? I was thinking starting my tomatoes in those would be a good thing.
Luke says 82 is hot. LOL! We’ve been hitting 100 or so here in SW MO.
Hi Luke, I learned so many things from your video. I have little tomato starts I am about to plant outside and was worried I was starting too late. I love it they are not late tomatoes- they are Fall tomatoes! Maybe you covered this and I missed it, apologies if so. Is there an advantage to starting them in containers rather than direct sowing?
One advantage I can think of is if you want to utilize the same space that the tired out tomatoes are growing in, you would want to start the replacements in pots.
Luke! Another great and timely video.
Been meaning to ask this and you've probably covered it, somewhere, but how do you know and where do you find out whether a tomato variety is determinate or indeterminate???
I've checked seed packets, online, etc., I didn't find a good or definitive source. Thanks for all you do!
Hi! I found your channel and so happy. So much great info, thank you!
Have you ever grown in a Greenstalk Vertical garden? I’m interested because I don’t have lots of space for raised beds. I’d love to know what kinds of plants you would grow in them. I would if determinate would be better?
I don't know what I do wrong, but I plant the seeds indoors under grow lights in late February, plant the seedling outside in mid May, but I never get ripe tomatoes until late August....ugh...Luke, The plants I grew from your seeds this year look strong & healthy so far, with nice tomatoes coming out now...I'm hoping to get some earlier tomatoes this year!
Here’s my question though, when it gets near the end of the growing season the sun isn’t out in the sky as long therefore there’s not as much energy going to the plants. Isn’t that going to slow down their maturity and therefore produce fruit slower?
A bit.
Luke mentioned that...
Thank you !
Hey Luke, what is the days to maturity for your Giant Crimson? I couldn't find that information anywhere. Looking forward to tasting them!
I'm trusting you lol I live near Lake St Clair in MI and ill plant some but im a little wary lol
I am curious how these are doing. I am in GA (just North of Atlanta) and struggled to get any peppers to grow using direct sowing method. But, the things I had started indoors did well. I just ordered some seeds for determinate tomatoes.
That seems so nuts to hear you say your first frost in Michigan is on average mid October. Here on the northern Front Range of Colorado I have to plan on being done by Labor day lol. In 2020, we hit 100 degrees on Labor Day and had a couple inches of snow by Wednesday morning 🙃