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Serious question for you… how many if any of these problems could be caused by all the Toxic chemicals that they are spraying from the aircraft’s ? They are poisoning everything.
The fruit is my top cherry for taste, but the plants are fragile. Very weak and disease prone. I'm having some luck with Sun Orange this year. So far, the taste is nearly identical. I'm very curious to see which plant lives longer.
I need to try this from seed (or get a better nursery start) next year bc the one I got from Lowe’s is just a tall stick with a few leaves and 4-5 tomatoes
I’m sure these are good varieties, but I also think you’ve just become an incredibly good gardener and you’ve got your process perfected for your climate.
I set up a new raised bed. I watched the amount of sun it would get for months to decide where to put the bed. I planted my tomatoes that i started from seed. Then, lo and behold, i noticed they were in dappled light. No full sun. All that was watching, and i didn't factor in the huge cottonwood tree in my neighbor's yard that had an overhang into my yard, would actually grow leaves😂😂😂😂. But, that tomato bed is the most beautiful tomato plants ever. They are all producing great. I just have to be careful how i water because it takes longer to dry.
I promise, 30 drops of povidone iodine per gallon sprayed once a week and your tomatoes will grow til October. I did it last year. EVERY YEAR my toms die from blight in our hot humid Maryland summers.....until last year! They grew SO MUCH.
The absolute hottest area of Maryland is nothing compared to where I live. It may as well be a different planet. Our nights are 7-8 degrees hotter, dewpoints 5-7 degrees more, etc. Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic state, so conditions can be managed to some degree. It's like a different planet here. That will not work. Your only option is shade-planting and use of shade cloth.
I grew Brandy Boy this year based on your suggestion, and man! It is by far the largest and most productive tomato plant in the garden. Now I just need the fruits to hurry up and ripen! Thanks for the suggestion!
Built a shade tunnel Saturday after watching your how-to video. Just in time for the heatwave these next couple weeks! It's so enjoyable to work in my garden now, even in the middle of the day. We planted Super Sweet 100 and several other varieties this year. The Super Sweet 100 is leaps and bounds ahead of the others!!
I'm growing Super Sweet 100's here on the West side of Phoenix and they are growing amazing in this heat. We have already been over 110 this summer. They are under 50% shade cloth and in grow bags. I have to water 2-4 times a day. My bottom container needed to be larger, I should have used a child's play pool. We will see how well they progress over the summer. So far, they are growing excellent and producing hundreds of delicious cherry tomatoes off of 2 plants that are 7' tall. They have hit the top of trellis and now growing sideways. This is the best I have ever done with tomatoes using your growing techniques. Thanks
I’m in Virginia. I have 3 Mountain Princess determinates in a bed in my backyard, they are loaded with tomatoes. This morning one was shriveled up and dead. I pulled it up in case it was disease. I have no idea what happened. I have 50 other tomato plants and they are doing amazing. The Rosella Purple are beautiful! Your videos make me look like I know what I’m doing😂
I am in Florida 9B and I am growing Everglade tomatoes a small currant tomato that is heat and disease resistant. It has been a great summer producer for me.
Fellow millennial here. I'm going to have to try the Marzinera. I grow San Marzano's for sauce every year. Thankfully in MA the yields have been great and disease has been relatively low. This year I grew 2 and have already made 8 jars of sauce. The plants still have enough on the plant to at least double/triple that. It'll be interesting to see them side by side and see how they compare. Keep the great videos coming!
Me too. I just have a small space.I think I have like a 12 / 8 ,2 beds.And I I came back from my vacation.I actually plant 19 nineteen tomato plants, my goodness gracious. I can hardly walk through the garden now, but everything is blooming.Thank you for your gardening tips always.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong- Texas coast- plants seem to be growing strong - they are about 6 ft, but no fruit. I've never had plants grow this tall. They are in raised bed. Perhaps all their energy is in growing taller rather than producing fruit? I'm even wondering if I should trim them.
The SS100 tomato is so robust, it survived 2 disasters (so far!) this year at my home: I didn't properly secure my plastic greenhouse from the wind. I reached home after work, and the greenhouse was on the other end of the yard! Many tomato seedlings were lying sideways, with the root balls thrown out of their pots!! 😱 The root balls had been exposed and baking all day, but the SS100 survived and made a good recovery. 2. I didn't realise how hot my greenhouse was getting. The SS100 was clearly dying. Upon sliding it out of the pot, the root ball was literally *steaming*. The black starter pot was in direct sun. Despite all of this. The SS100 has been transplanted, and it's getting stronger and bigger every day! Talk about a tough tomato plant! 💪🍅
I have a partial shade garden here in MD, zone 7 and currently growing roma, super sweet 100 and sun sugar and also cucumbers, peppers and eggplant. So far so good. I have learned that just because your yard is shady, does not mean you cannot grow tomatoes and cucumbers and such. Thank you for this video, I'm going to grow marzinera, and brandy boy next year. Can't wait.
The stuggle is real. I'm in the up state of SC. I've been struggling to find crops that will take the newer high heat we get up here. I agree 100% with Hybrid 100 cherry. Been growing them for years. They hardly make to the house I eat so many in the garden. I've not tried any other the others and will have to look in to them. I grow Rutgers because thats what my Grandmother and my Mom always grew but the taste is no longer the same to me and it's a hit or miss with them. Cherokee Purple, Whoppers and Big Boys round out the rest of my tomatoe line up. Again these are hit or miss for me. The wheather is so variable from year to year. I usually throw in a couple new types each year but didn't even try this year. I really love your results and I'm looking forward to trying a couple of those next year.
I've grown full size tomatoes in 3-5 hours of sunlight, and people are often shocked. It does take a little longer to set fruit, but they aren't any smaller, and the plants stay healthy all season. I'm glad you are showing the world this! It's frustrating, I feel the 8-12 hours of direct sunlight is almost a myth, and a harmful one at that.
We are in north central Florida zone 9a on 5 acres plus which is plenty of room…we have had some successes but still learning! The shade cloths are an absolute must come end of May here. July starts the monsoons type rain. It is definitely challenging with early blight, caterpillars and other pests. Love your channel….and Dale has stolen our heart . ❤️ thank you 🙏
Geez...I thought I was subscribed but just realized I wasn't. I love your channel. You are so detailed and descriptive as you speak rapid-fire with SO MUCH valuable information. Thank you so much for all that you do!!!! YAY...Italian/American! Paisano!
I love these videos that you do. With the thousands of varieties of tomatos, is essential to narrow down our choices by production, flavor, and disease resistance. I will definitely be growing Red Snapper and Brandy Boy this fall; I already have my seeds at the read.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. There are tens of thousands of tomatoes there. We will never scratch the surface of all the varieties to grow. However, I can vouch for these 6. It's funny to narrow it down to such a small number, but I can at least promise you'll begin at a solid starting point.
@@TheMillennialGardener I'm 62 years old and a new gardener (this is my 2nd season) I'm having a terrible time with pruning my tomatoes-not being able to tell what branches should be pruned and which shouldn't be pruned. I did watch your video on how to prune tomatoes, but you went against everything I believed about tomatoes, so I'm quite confused 😕 They are indeterminate (Beefsteak) and cherry tomatoes I'm growing some in fabric pots (20 gallon) and they're about 5 feet tall I've got all of them under a shade cloth that's about 10 feet high Could you steer me to a good tomato pruning video? I live in zone 8A (Arkansas) which is in the 90's and so humid, you could cut it with a knife (the air) Thank you for all your hard work and research and for sharing it with us!!
Thank you for sharing all your research info, it is priceless. Sure wish there was a way to buy a combo packet of seeds with just a few seeds from each of the varieties you recommend. Either that or get the farm stores to offer them as starter plants. I have very limited garden space and can't get too crazy on how much I grow of each veggie. Question: do you fertilize with the granular all purpose and bonemeal each time you fertilize with the liquid fertilizer, like every 10 - 14 days? Seems like that would be a lot of fertilizer and very time intensive moving the mulch back and forth around the plant.
It's tough. I like trying new varieties so much, but no one company carries everything I want. I usually pay 3-4 shipping fees every season 😂 I wish I could settle down and grow less, but I keep failing to do so. Yes, I fertilize my plants every 10-14 days, and when I do, I typically give them both granular and water soluble. It can be annoying, but it's only twice a month.
I really do appreciate all the work you do to give us gardners hands-on tested information. Im in zone 6b and nowhere near have to deal with the weather conditions you do, but it's still very helpful to me. I've ordered and received the shade cloth, and it works wonders! I'm ordering these tomatoes for next year! Thanks for all you do and thanks for sharing the information. Happy growing 💚 🌻
The good news is that all of these tomato varieties are early to mid season. They don't take as much time to ripen as those heirloom beefsteaks do. They're good choices for cooler zones than mine as well.
I notice mulch under some of your tomatoes. The mesh is awesome to keep the ground separated from the leaves. The mulch acts like a place for the disease transmit to the tomatoes. I'd try removing all organic mulch and trimming the bottom leaves off for at least 16-20 inches. I noticed on my beans in south west VA that even with clean mesh, the disease likes to go up about 16 inches. I had spotless pole beans above that point. There is a splash back when rain hits the ground and that affects disease transmission. Having the mesh everywhere, with no bare ground and no mulch has been a game changer for me. I also only water the ground around my tomatoes and never overhead. If getting extreme, like vineyards, you can take out enough leaves in the thick areas, so that air can readily flow and keep the moisture between the leaves at a minimum. If you try these techniques, you may be able to stay with heirloom tomatoes and cut your seed costs. Your shade cloth is awesome and prevents too much cooking of direct sunlight and prevents too much heat from sun contact to the black mesh on the ground.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP! Suggestion! YELLOW AND PINK varieties. Red tomatoes are to acidic for me causing mouth ulcers but I eat them anyway. Can you Do a video for the best of those varieties? This is my first raised bed garden year and I’m blown away by the production so far. I built my beds this spring and we had rains all spring putting me behind on my plantings. I started indoors from seeds and had 99% success with my starters. The garden looks healthy and growing so well with plenty of tomatoes , squash and cucumbers coming on. Your tips have worked so well for me . I hope you much success and thank you.
I have found pink tomatoes to be the most acidic pretty consistently, with the one exception being green. I have found the acid rank of tomatoes in order of most to least acidic are: 1. Green 2. Pink 3. Red 4. Yellow/Orange 5. Purple/Black I am very surprised you'd want pink tomatoes. Out of all the tomatoes I listed in this video, Brandy Boy is by far the most acidic, and it's pink. I love a good acidic tomato, though. I would suggest you look into Chef's Choice Yellow, Brandywine Yellow, Rosella Purple, and Sunchocola.
I'm saving seeds and growing my best tasting, best producers. You gotta find what works best in your conditions. I have crossed black Cherokee (super delicious) with mortgage lifter(abundant, giant fruit) and, now I'm growing big(1.5lb) purple beefsteak tomatoes. Ya, I worked 5 yrs for this. Proof that it can be done. Plants are disease resistant and thriving in central Texas heat and humidity. Hey, experiment..see what comes from it.
I am so amazed at your research! Wonderful work! Last year I started growing the vines up; most of my tomatoes were over 12 feet tall. This year I will grow fewer plants and tie them on a 15 foot arch instead of up! I will also use your great idea to put them in shade, that is something I have never done before. Thank you for you great ideas and research. ❤
We love your channel!! Your gardens are beautiful and your methods and opinions are backed up by applied science. We appreciate it!! I love to see Dale, and we really laughed at a few things you did in your video on using urine as fertilizer. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience. 👍 Yours is our favorite gardening channel for home growers.
I am growing several from your list last year! Plus I have a small selection of new dwarf tomatoes and some determinates to go out after labor day. So far, the shade trials are doing amazing! All the tomatoes and cucrubits in the shade look SO healty, despite my actual yard flooding three times in May. Meanwhile, the tomatoes in full sun are not as lush or big and they look unhappy. Its only partial shade, but so far, REALLY nice.
Been watching your channel for years, thanks for all the great information. I live 2 hours south of you and your tips are always perfect for my garden.
I have 4 super sweet 100 plants going here in Ct, and I have about 200 tomatoes ready to start ripening soon. Took your advice and put shade cloth up already, what with 5 days in a row of 90 degrees +. Thanks for making growing a lot easier and a ton more successful!
Thanks for listing your varieties. I'm in 8a, mid East GA, and that shade cloth and watering twice a day has made a huge difference!! Thank you for that advice!!😊
I am down the coast in 8b almost 9 and also have been experimenting with tomatoes for years. Found Mtn Magic years ago. Really like it. For larger slicers, though, my go-to has been Mtn Merit for years. It cranks and has great disease resistance.
A piece of trellis dropped and destroyed one of my sunflowers today! I felt so bad. Thank you for all the research and taste testing. It is pretty overwhelming when deciding which tomatoes to plant. Have a great summer!
I saw your plants last year and pulled the trigger on some seed. I am really impressed. I just picked 5 tomatoes. I think the *smallest* tomato is 1 lb. One looks to be close to 2 lbs. I try to avoid very large tomatoes, because they usually get funky looking. These are picture perfect even at this size!
Has anybody ever grown mortgage lifters? I grew them when I lived in Virginia and they were absolutely huge nearing almost 2 lb of tomato. I had plants that grew easily to seven or eight feet they were loaded with tomatoes. They never had any disease and they always tasted awesome. I actually canned most of them and made homemade spaghetti sauce out of them as well as some stewed tomatoes.
I’m growing 9 different varieties this year! Supersweet 100 is in the lineup as well as sungold, lemon cherry & black cherry! Have some Heirlooms growing as well. My favorite is the Black Krim & growing a Black Pineapple variety this year that I haven’t done before.
Nice collection. Some good cherry types in there. Sun Gold is top tier in flavor. It's not as tough of a plant and splits a lot in the rain, so make sure you harvest before rain or the tomatoes will get ruined.
It didn't work well here. Our nights don't cool off like they do inland, and we get too much rain. That's really the source of my problems, here. The 76 degree nights and 25+ inches of additional rainfall we get versus inland really wreck tomato plants here.
I have invested everything on Bush steak. I've got three huge plant, grown in partial shade, between them, are approximately 30 fatties, baseball sized and larger. Several smaller late setting toms. I've got 5 clones of these in 1 gallon pots. I wanna put them in ground for a second harvest, in the same area of my garden as soon as the temps start to drop. I'm so anxious. Sweating every detail, like a Spinosad treatment every week. Love this channel!
hi thanks for replying ,thats awesome you even replyed to me.I do live in wi and i have horrible luck with tomatoes, well untill i started lopping off all the bottom leaves and stems not all at first, but more as they grow any spots or even a hint of something starting i cut it off ,they seem to just keep growing fine without stunting ,and last year was amazing first time ever they didnt get diseased until frost .i am not a know it all and love watching your channel and now have 40 percent fabric covering some kohlrabi and cold loving veggies, thanks. also gonna try on my cucumbers ,so thanks for that .I would just say maybe give a tomato plant a try again as a experiment maybe even a video .also planted giant kohlrabi never new existed ,that are suppose to get 10lbs and not get woody also a awesome price from baker creek wow the prices are awesome for what you get called superschmelz giant white 400 seeds for like 4.25 also trying yacon ground apple looks like a sweet potato well just some ideas for next year well you could try the superscmelz kohlrabi this year yet any who thanks for all the great videos .
I'm in an entirely different climate (Wisconsin), but super sweet 100 still does incredible. It's a rockstar! I am able to have great luck with sunglod though. I'm trying two new varieties this year that were developed in Wisconsin, so we'll see how they do.
Can't wait to try them here in N. Texas. I usually grow heirlooms but as you mentioned, their yields are often lacking. With shade cloth installed, and your variety recommendations, I'm hoping for huge success. Appreciate the information, thanks!
It's very good in terms of flavor, but it's very disease prone and tends to quit in heat. I tried growing it for 5 years straight, and it was usually my first casualty every summer. I really like Rosella Purple, which is a dwarf tomato. I think it tastes even better, and it is easier to grow.
Oh my gosh, you are feeding my tomato addiction! Lol. I get better varieties every year, but now I have some more that I need to try! Mountain Magic was already on my shopping list. I've been pretty impressed with Gladiator and Pozzano for paste tomatoes, but I think I'll have to try Marzinera based on your results. I am pretty happy with Brandy Boy but I haven't gotten as many tomatoes as you do from them.
i grew sun golds for the first time last year and the plant got to be over 12 feet tall, i think it reached 15 feet by the time my season ended. insanely sweet and not acidic at all. i prefer them over ss100
Thanks man always looking for different varieties! 4th of July and Cloudy Day are similar in size to your #2 and are early and big time producers. 4th of July is definitely my #1.
There are just too many to pick from. I could grow 30 varieties every year for the rest of my life and wouldn't scratch the surface 😅 BUT, I can vouch for these, and I'm quite picky.
omg this is my first year growing a garden and i went to a nursery to get some plants and i randomly picked the super sweet 100 and it is insane so many tomatoes everywhere! i also got a variety called the champion and it only has a few. im blown away by the super sweet 100. just got some jacks and fish fertilizer i cant wait to see what happens.
It's really an incredible producer, and a hearty plant. If you live in a climate that kills your tomato plants like I do, it'll be one of the last plants holding on. It may even make it through the season.
Last year I had a cherry and delicious variety that cross pollinated and produced what looks like a roma.i saved the seed and planted this year and plants are amazing hanging with you of fruit.
It's my first growing season and I am growing beefsteak & purple cherokee tomatoes in grow bags and one tore so I replanted it and found root rot nematodes as well as blight. It's tough being a tomato parent.
My two best growing here in southeast Missouri which is very hot and very humid is the Burpee Super Sauce it's like a giant Roma and the Early Girl tomato which is a bit smaller than the beefsteak variety, between the two I get a lot of sauce, juice and diced tomatoes to can up. I keep the bottom branches trimmed away for air flow as well as some of the non-producing branches, it seems to help the plant. Yummy tomatoes. I may give your plum tomato a try next year. Thanks for the info.
2nd year growing tomatoes from seed. St year growing Supersweet100CherryTomato. None are ready yet but soon. So excited to try. Growing sungold for 2nd year ass they were so good. Also growing MortgageLifterTomato and sunsugar.
I live in Upstate SC. We like Sweet Million over Super Sweet 100. Growing 9 different cherry tomatoes this year to figure out which tastes best, most prolific and disease resistance etc. So far plants are doing well but going to be in the 90s. Can't get away with shade cloth in our HOA so definitely concerned about what is going to happen with plants. I will try Carmelo next year. Did Big Beef this year and oddly have had some blossom end rot issues. Plenty good fruits but lost probably 6 so far.
This is exactly what I needed. Been trying to grow tomatoes in mid Missouri for two years now. Tried in clay soil the first year (had no idea about gardening) and lost the whole crop. I've got slightly better soil this year and they are doing ok, but they got hit by a late frost early on and they just now seem to be coming back strong. The tallest is a Super Sweet 100 standing at 3 feet. Better than nothing. Hoping to amend the beds this fall and start things off right next year. I'm going to use this as a springboard for next years crop in 6b. I wanted to focus on determinant plum tomatoes and havw at least one Super Sweet 100 again.
I have 5 varieties of tomatoes this year in northern Ohio. All are looking good, but super sweet 100s are twice the size of the others. First time growing them. Looking forward to an amazing harvest.
No tomat you grow will do well without shade cloth. It is 100% mandatory in South Carolina. Please see this video: th-cam.com/video/SbWcCxV7OOE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=r9eGnbrgfvufU655
Brandy Boy gives you something like 35 seeds in a packet. If you only grow 2-3 plants of each variety like I do, a single packet lasts a really long time.
If you want a tomato that sets a lot of large fruit and has vigor like you won't believe, try the Hossinator from Hoss Tools. It has the best disease package out there without losing tomato flavor. Mine are around 7 ft tall with fruit all the way up the plant and still blooming, plus the tomatoes get to over a lb easily. I'm growing in lower Alabama and the heat and humidity is hard on tomatoes but these still look great.
I’m in DFW too. My fave this year is Azoychka and Red Snapper. Plants are starting to look sad, but they are still producing. I need to get that shade cloth up!
I hope you can give Rapunzel F1 a try. I stopped growing it because it produces too much. If you force single stem it, it produces very long trusses. It has thicker skin, but I like that because of less cracking with rains and keeps on the counter longer. The flavor will be different, it is more earthy compared to Sweet 100 which is more tropical, but it does get decently sweet.
Hey, MG! 👋 Great video! Beautiful tomatoes! Thanks for doing the hard work for us.😃👍 I'm in Central Texas, and San Marzano gets as large and larger for me than the plum you are growing. We are hot and dry...probably what makes the difference.👩🏾🌾 Aww, Dale! He's so cute!🐕
It's hard work, but it's fun work. That is interesting that you and others are saying you had large San Marzano fruits. When I grew them, they were so tiny. The smallest plums I've ever grown, and I grew 3-4 plants, so it wasn't like I got a runt. They were consistent across all plants, and they got a lot of disease. Maybe it's the rain like you said. That July, we got a 3 week period where it rained every single day. It was so bad I remember it. Dale says hello 🐶
I have mountain magic for the second year in my garden and I've never planted it. It's come up completely from Compari tomatoes I threw in the keyhole compost hole in one of my raised beds. You may want to try that in your beds and let it go to seed. It's a weed in my garden, but I pulled a few and put them in pots bc it's hard for me to kill tomatoes. They're also doing fine there. You might want to also try the Seeds of Change Red Cherry. It also is a weed in my centra MS garden, on its third year it's a neat plant bc it grabs onto the trellis itself. I trim off all the lower growth or anything I see damaged and I have zero blight on my weeds or Cherokee Purple tomatoes. Love your channel, but don't subscribe bc I find I see more of channels where I don't.
Have you ever grown Burpees porterhouse or steak tomatoes? If not try them some time. They grow gigantic sweet meaty tomatoes It's like slicing through a steak. I highly recommend them.😊
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If you enjoyed this video, please "Like" it and share it to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 🙂TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 6 Incredible Tomato Varieties
2:01 Variety #1 (Cherry Tomato)
4:12 Variety #2 (Cherry - Slicer)
6:19 Variety #3 (Plum Tomato)
9:37 Variety #4 (Beefsteak)
12:10 Variety #5 (Determinate)
14:35 Variety #6 (Beefsteak)
16:34 My Tomato Shade Garden
18:57 Adventures With Dale
How about in Arizona will these Tomatoes Work? I'm gonna try some of these!!!!
Temperature here right now- 105° -113° in Arizona
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Serious question for you… how many if any of these problems could be caused by all the Toxic chemicals that they are spraying from the aircraft’s ? They are poisoning everything.
I am a fan of sungold. Best cherry tomato for me.
I planted a sungold this year and it's the first plant with ripe tomatoes and they are definitely good! I am sold!
Great but not AS resistant!
The fruit is my top cherry for taste, but the plants are fragile. Very weak and disease prone. I'm having some luck with Sun Orange this year. So far, the taste is nearly identical. I'm very curious to see which plant lives longer.
Sun sugar taste like sungold but is much more resistant to cracking!
I agree. Sungold is thee best cherry tomato
I swear by Super Sweet 100. This is my first year growing them and I’ve never grown such a productive variety. And DELICIOUS.
I have been trying to find a better red cherry tomato for 4 years. I can’t do it!
You should try Barry’s crazy cherry. It is a yellow pear shaped cherry tomato and it is soooooo prolific!
I need to try this from seed (or get a better nursery start) next year bc the one I got from Lowe’s is just a tall stick with a few leaves and 4-5 tomatoes
Trying SS100 this year but fruit is smaller than most other cherry or grape toms.
I’m sure these are good varieties, but I also think you’ve just become an incredibly good gardener and you’ve got your process perfected for your climate.
I set up a new raised bed. I watched the amount of sun it would get for months to decide where to put the bed. I planted my tomatoes that i started from seed. Then, lo and behold, i noticed they were in dappled light. No full sun. All that was watching, and i didn't factor in the huge cottonwood tree in my neighbor's yard that had an overhang into my yard, would actually grow leaves😂😂😂😂. But, that tomato bed is the most beautiful tomato plants ever. They are all producing great. I just have to be careful how i water because it takes longer to dry.
I promise, 30 drops of povidone iodine per gallon sprayed once a week and your tomatoes will grow til October. I did it last year. EVERY YEAR my toms die from blight in our hot humid Maryland summers.....until last year! They grew SO MUCH.
The absolute hottest area of Maryland is nothing compared to where I live. It may as well be a different planet. Our nights are 7-8 degrees hotter, dewpoints 5-7 degrees more, etc. Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic state, so conditions can be managed to some degree. It's like a different planet here. That will not work. Your only option is shade-planting and use of shade cloth.
@@TheMillennialGardenerhmmm..... Maybe. I've lived in Florida as well .... Either way. Thanks for the Tom suggestions. I may try the Mountain magic.
It gets hot here. I live in Coastal NC I’m assuming right over the bridge from him. My plants are already struggling, I’ve gotta get a sun shade
Added to cart! Thanks for sharing!
I'm intrigued. What does that solution do for the tomato?
I grew Brandy Boy this year based on your suggestion, and man! It is by far the largest and most productive tomato plant in the garden. Now I just need the fruits to hurry up and ripen! Thanks for the suggestion!
It's so good. It's easily one of my favorite tasting tomatoes ever.
Built a shade tunnel Saturday after watching your how-to video. Just in time for the heatwave these next couple weeks! It's so enjoyable to work in my garden now, even in the middle of the day.
We planted Super Sweet 100 and several other varieties this year. The Super Sweet 100 is leaps and bounds ahead of the others!!
I'm growing Super Sweet 100's here on the West side of Phoenix and they are growing amazing in this heat. We have already been over 110 this summer. They are under 50% shade cloth and in grow bags. I have to water 2-4 times a day. My bottom container needed to be larger, I should have used a child's play pool. We will see how well they progress over the summer. So far, they are growing excellent and producing hundreds of delicious cherry tomatoes off of 2 plants that are 7' tall. They have hit the top of trellis and now growing sideways. This is the best I have ever done with tomatoes using your growing techniques. Thanks
I’m in Virginia. I have 3 Mountain Princess determinates in a bed in my backyard, they are loaded with tomatoes. This morning one was shriveled up and dead. I pulled it up in case it was disease. I have no idea what happened. I have 50 other tomato plants and they are doing amazing. The Rosella Purple are beautiful! Your videos make me look like I know what I’m doing😂
I am in Florida 9B and I am growing Everglade tomatoes a small currant tomato that is heat and disease resistant. It has been a great summer producer for me.
Fellow millennial here. I'm going to have to try the Marzinera. I grow San Marzano's for sauce every year. Thankfully in MA the yields have been great and disease has been relatively low. This year I grew 2 and have already made 8 jars of sauce. The plants still have enough on the plant to at least double/triple that. It'll be interesting to see them side by side and see how they compare. Keep the great videos coming!
Me too. I just have a small space.I think I have like a 12 / 8 ,2 beds.And I I came back from my vacation.I actually plant 19 nineteen tomato plants, my goodness gracious. I can hardly walk through the garden now, but everything is blooming.Thank you for your gardening tips always.
I've left myself a note to come back to this in the winter. I'm in 8b and will give some of these a try next spring
You won't regret it! It's taken me a long time to vet all these varieties, and these are truly standouts.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong- Texas coast- plants seem to be growing strong - they are about 6 ft, but no fruit. I've never had plants grow this tall. They are in raised bed. Perhaps all their energy is in growing taller rather than producing fruit? I'm even wondering if I should trim them.
@@tx_gammaStart using a Blossom boost fertilizers and top dress with bone meal and a tomato specific organic fertilizers.
South Carolina here. "Juliet" is my star tomato.
Your various reviews of different types of tomatoes are very helpful ….much appreciated!
The SS100 tomato is so robust, it survived 2 disasters (so far!) this year at my home:
I didn't properly secure my plastic greenhouse from the wind. I reached home after work, and the greenhouse was on the other end of the yard! Many tomato seedlings were lying sideways, with the root balls thrown out of their pots!! 😱 The root balls had been exposed and baking all day, but the SS100 survived and made a good recovery.
2. I didn't realise how hot my greenhouse was getting. The SS100 was clearly dying. Upon sliding it out of the pot, the root ball was literally *steaming*. The black starter pot was in direct sun.
Despite all of this. The SS100 has been transplanted, and it's getting stronger and bigger every day! Talk about a tough tomato plant! 💪🍅
I have a partial shade garden here in MD, zone 7 and currently growing roma, super sweet 100 and sun sugar and also cucumbers, peppers and eggplant. So far so good. I have learned that just because your yard is shady, does not mean you cannot grow tomatoes and cucumbers and such. Thank you for this video, I'm going to grow marzinera, and brandy boy next year. Can't wait.
You can rhyme on a dime and your tomatoes are so fine😀
I'm a poet and don't know it. I make a rhyme every time.
The stuggle is real. I'm in the up state of SC. I've been struggling to find crops that will take the newer high heat we get up here. I agree 100% with Hybrid 100 cherry. Been growing them for years. They hardly make to the house I eat so many in the garden. I've not tried any other the others and will have to look in to them. I grow Rutgers because thats what my Grandmother and my Mom always grew but the taste is no longer the same to me and it's a hit or miss with them. Cherokee Purple, Whoppers and Big Boys round out the rest of my tomatoe line up. Again these are hit or miss for me. The wheather is so variable from year to year. I usually throw in a couple new types each year but didn't even try this year. I really love your results and I'm looking forward to trying a couple of those next year.
I've grown full size tomatoes in 3-5 hours of sunlight, and people are often shocked. It does take a little longer to set fruit, but they aren't any smaller, and the plants stay healthy all season. I'm glad you are showing the world this! It's frustrating, I feel the 8-12 hours of direct sunlight is almost a myth, and a harmful one at that.
When you get to Florida you'll have to start over.WEY in la.
I am looking forward to it so much. The idea of starting anew with everything I've learned on a larger scale is really exciting to me.
We are in north central Florida zone 9a on 5 acres plus which is plenty of room…we have had some successes but still learning! The shade cloths are an absolute must come end of May here. July starts the monsoons type rain. It is definitely challenging with early blight, caterpillars and other pests. Love your channel….and Dale has stolen our heart . ❤️ thank you 🙏
Freakin' amazing. Your descriptions of each tomato make me wanna buy em all. Thank you!
I try to do the hard work so you don’t have to 😆
I think you've given me the tomato crazies!❤
I've had them for years 😂
Its like gold fever!
Geez...I thought I was subscribed but just realized I wasn't. I love your channel. You are so detailed and descriptive as you speak rapid-fire with SO MUCH valuable information. Thank you so much for all that you do!!!! YAY...Italian/American! Paisano!
I love these videos that you do. With the thousands of varieties of tomatos, is essential to narrow down our choices by production, flavor, and disease resistance. I will definitely be growing Red Snapper and Brandy Boy this fall; I already have my seeds at the read.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. There are tens of thousands of tomatoes there. We will never scratch the surface of all the varieties to grow. However, I can vouch for these 6. It's funny to narrow it down to such a small number, but I can at least promise you'll begin at a solid starting point.
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I'm 62 years old and a new gardener (this is my 2nd season)
I'm having a terrible time with pruning my tomatoes-not being able to tell what branches should be pruned and which shouldn't be pruned. I did watch your video on how to prune tomatoes, but you went against everything I believed about tomatoes, so I'm quite confused 😕
They are indeterminate (Beefsteak) and cherry tomatoes
I'm growing some in fabric pots (20 gallon) and they're about 5 feet tall
I've got all of them under a shade cloth that's about 10 feet high
Could you steer me to a good tomato pruning video?
I live in zone 8A (Arkansas) which is in the 90's and so humid, you could cut it with a knife (the air)
Thank you for all your hard work and research and for sharing it with us!!
Thank you for sharing all your research info, it is priceless. Sure wish there was a way to buy a combo packet of seeds with just a few seeds from each of the varieties you recommend. Either that or get the farm stores to offer them as starter plants. I have very limited garden space and can't get too crazy on how much I grow of each veggie.
Question: do you fertilize with the granular all purpose and bonemeal each time you fertilize with the liquid fertilizer, like every 10 - 14 days? Seems like that would be a lot of fertilizer and very time intensive moving the mulch back and forth around the plant.
It's tough. I like trying new varieties so much, but no one company carries everything I want. I usually pay 3-4 shipping fees every season 😂 I wish I could settle down and grow less, but I keep failing to do so. Yes, I fertilize my plants every 10-14 days, and when I do, I typically give them both granular and water soluble. It can be annoying, but it's only twice a month.
I really do appreciate all the work you do to give us gardners hands-on tested information. Im in zone 6b and nowhere near have to deal with the weather conditions you do, but it's still very helpful to me. I've ordered and received the shade cloth, and it works wonders! I'm ordering these tomatoes for next year! Thanks for all you do and thanks for sharing the information. Happy growing 💚 🌻
The good news is that all of these tomato varieties are early to mid season. They don't take as much time to ripen as those heirloom beefsteaks do. They're good choices for cooler zones than mine as well.
I notice mulch under some of your tomatoes. The mesh is awesome to keep the ground separated from the leaves. The mulch acts like a place for the disease transmit to the tomatoes. I'd try removing all organic mulch and trimming the bottom leaves off for at least 16-20 inches. I noticed on my beans in south west VA that even with clean mesh, the disease likes to go up about 16 inches. I had spotless pole beans above that point. There is a splash back when rain hits the ground and that affects disease transmission. Having the mesh everywhere, with no bare ground and no mulch has been a game changer for me. I also only water the ground around my tomatoes and never overhead. If getting extreme, like vineyards, you can take out enough leaves in the thick areas, so that air can readily flow and keep the moisture between the leaves at a minimum. If you try these techniques, you may be able to stay with heirloom tomatoes and cut your seed costs. Your shade cloth is awesome and prevents too much cooking of direct sunlight and prevents too much heat from sun contact to the black mesh on the ground.
I appreciate that you are willing to share your real life failures, in addition to your successes.
The things that don't go well are better teachers than the things that go well.
This is so true! Learning from failures has been happening waaayy too much lately😕🤣
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP! Suggestion! YELLOW AND PINK varieties. Red tomatoes are to acidic for me causing mouth ulcers but I eat them anyway. Can you Do a video for the best of those varieties? This is my first raised bed garden year and I’m blown away by the production so far. I built my beds this spring and we had rains all spring putting me behind on my plantings. I started indoors from seeds and had 99% success with my starters. The garden looks healthy and growing so well with plenty of tomatoes , squash and cucumbers coming on. Your tips have worked so well for me . I hope you much success and thank you.
I have found pink tomatoes to be the most acidic pretty consistently, with the one exception being green. I have found the acid rank of tomatoes in order of most to least acidic are:
1. Green
2. Pink
3. Red
4. Yellow/Orange
5. Purple/Black
I am very surprised you'd want pink tomatoes. Out of all the tomatoes I listed in this video, Brandy Boy is by far the most acidic, and it's pink. I love a good acidic tomato, though.
I would suggest you look into Chef's Choice Yellow, Brandywine Yellow, Rosella Purple, and Sunchocola.
Thank you for the info. I was misled on the acid content of tomatoes. I was under the impression yellow, pink then red. I appreciate your advice!
I love growing a lot of varieties of tomato!😍😋
So do I. I wish I could tone it down 😂
I'm saving seeds and growing my best tasting, best producers. You gotta find what works best in your conditions. I have crossed black Cherokee (super delicious) with mortgage lifter(abundant, giant fruit) and, now I'm growing big(1.5lb) purple beefsteak tomatoes. Ya, I worked 5 yrs for this. Proof that it can be done. Plants are disease resistant and thriving in central Texas heat and humidity. Hey, experiment..see what comes from it.
I am so amazed at your research! Wonderful work! Last year I started growing the vines up; most of my tomatoes were over 12 feet tall. This year I will grow fewer plants and tie them on a 15 foot arch instead of up! I will also use your great idea to put them in shade, that is something I have never done before. Thank you for you great ideas and research. ❤
We love your channel!! Your gardens are beautiful and your methods and opinions are backed up by applied science. We appreciate it!! I love to see Dale, and we really laughed at a few things you did in your video on using urine as fertilizer. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience. 👍 Yours is our favorite gardening channel for home growers.
I just ordered Super Sweet 100 and Marzinera seeds for my fall crop. They will be started indoors next week. Excited to try!
Outstanding! I am going to start some seeds in a week or two for my fall crop, too 😀
Thank you for giving me great tomatoes to grow. ❤
I am growing several from your list last year! Plus I have a small selection of new dwarf tomatoes and some determinates to go out after labor day. So far, the shade trials are doing amazing! All the tomatoes and cucrubits in the shade look SO healty, despite my actual yard flooding three times in May. Meanwhile, the tomatoes in full sun are not as lush or big and they look unhappy. Its only partial shade, but so far, REALLY nice.
Been watching your channel for years, thanks for all the great information. I live 2 hours south of you and your tips are always perfect for my garden.
I have 4 super sweet 100 plants going here in Ct, and I have about 200 tomatoes ready to start ripening soon. Took your advice and put shade cloth up already, what with 5 days in a row of 90 degrees +. Thanks for making growing a lot easier and a ton more successful!
Thanks for listing your varieties. I'm in 8a, mid East GA, and that shade cloth and watering twice a day has made a huge difference!! Thank you for that advice!!😊
Absolutely! Shade cloth is a total game changer down here.
I had great lluck with belatrix last year good yeild and taste good and didn't get disease here in central Arkansas
I am down the coast in 8b almost 9 and also have been experimenting with tomatoes for years. Found Mtn Magic years ago. Really like it. For larger slicers, though, my go-to has been Mtn Merit for years. It cranks and has great disease resistance.
I haven't tried Mountain Merit. I have heard of it. There are just too many tomatoes to grow 😆
Greetings to you and Dave🐕. Thanks for all the content you share😊
I’ll be building that shade tunnel this Fall/Winter for next season! Looking to set up a tarp system as well for Rain control as much as possible..
Am already growing Supersweet 100.
It's a top tier cherry tomato.
Liked immediately just for the title alone
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A piece of trellis dropped and destroyed one of my sunflowers today! I felt so bad. Thank you for all the research and taste testing. It is pretty overwhelming when deciding which tomatoes to plant. Have a great summer!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
its so hot outside i saw a bird use a oven mit to get a warm out of the ground lol
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Great informative video!Thanks!
You’re welcome!
Love Red Snapper! Been growing it every year since the variety was released.
I saw your plants last year and pulled the trigger on some seed. I am really impressed. I just picked 5 tomatoes. I think the *smallest* tomato is 1 lb. One looks to be close to 2 lbs. I try to avoid very large tomatoes, because they usually get funky looking. These are picture perfect even at this size!
My RS is doing pretty well too!
Has anybody ever grown mortgage lifters? I grew them when I lived in Virginia and they were absolutely huge nearing almost 2 lb of tomato. I had plants that grew easily to seven or eight feet they were loaded with tomatoes. They never had any disease and they always tasted awesome. I actually canned most of them and made homemade spaghetti sauce out of them as well as some stewed tomatoes.
I’m growing 9 different varieties this year! Supersweet 100 is in the lineup as well as sungold, lemon cherry & black cherry! Have some Heirlooms growing as well. My favorite is the Black Krim & growing a Black Pineapple variety this year that I haven’t done before.
Nice collection. Some good cherry types in there. Sun Gold is top tier in flavor. It's not as tough of a plant and splits a lot in the rain, so make sure you harvest before rain or the tomatoes will get ruined.
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Thank you!
I am growing San Marzano here in the Southern Piedmont of South Carolina. It’s producing like gangbusters, and beautiful plants
It didn't work well here. Our nights don't cool off like they do inland, and we get too much rain. That's really the source of my problems, here. The 76 degree nights and 25+ inches of additional rainfall we get versus inland really wreck tomato plants here.
Brandy boy is great in the pacific northwest also. Thanks for the recommendations!
Great job, Anthony. Thumbs up. Hugs to Dale.
Thank you! Dale says hi 🐶
Thanks for all your work love watching your videos
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
I have invested everything on Bush steak. I've got three huge plant, grown in partial shade, between them, are approximately 30 fatties, baseball sized and larger. Several smaller late setting toms. I've got 5 clones of these in 1 gallon pots. I wanna put them in ground for a second harvest, in the same area of my garden as soon as the temps start to drop. I'm so anxious. Sweating every detail, like a Spinosad treatment every week. Love this channel!
Cover them with insect netting! Don't take any chances 😀
Great info fabulous tomatoes. Thanks for all the work you put in to give knowledge to all. Maggie UK
You're welcome!
hi thanks for replying ,thats awesome you even replyed to me.I do live in wi and i have horrible luck with tomatoes, well untill i started lopping off all the bottom leaves and stems not all at first, but more as they grow any spots or even a hint of something starting i cut it off ,they seem to just keep growing fine without stunting ,and last year was amazing first time ever they didnt get diseased until frost .i am not a know it all and love watching your channel and now have 40 percent fabric covering some kohlrabi and cold loving veggies, thanks. also gonna try on my cucumbers ,so thanks for that .I would just say maybe give a tomato plant a try again as a experiment maybe even a video .also planted giant kohlrabi never new existed ,that are suppose to get 10lbs and not get woody also a awesome price from baker creek wow the prices are awesome for what you get called superschmelz giant white 400 seeds for like 4.25 also trying yacon ground apple looks like a sweet potato well just some ideas for next year well you could try the superscmelz kohlrabi this year yet any who thanks for all the great videos .
I'm in an entirely different climate (Wisconsin), but super sweet 100 still does incredible. It's a rockstar! I am able to have great luck with sunglod though. I'm trying two new varieties this year that were developed in Wisconsin, so we'll see how they do.
Can't wait to try them here in N. Texas. I usually grow heirlooms but as you mentioned, their yields are often lacking. With shade cloth installed, and your variety recommendations, I'm hoping for huge success. Appreciate the information, thanks!
This is my first year growing red snapper down in NW Florida. I will definitely be growing it from now on. My biggest yet is 1 1/2 pounds.
It is a monster. It still needs shade cloth, though. I didn’t put mine up in time.
Aww, Dale got the best piece!
I tried Cherokee Purple this year and am very pleased with the taste.
It's very good in terms of flavor, but it's very disease prone and tends to quit in heat. I tried growing it for 5 years straight, and it was usually my first casualty every summer. I really like Rosella Purple, which is a dwarf tomato. I think it tastes even better, and it is easier to grow.
@@TheMillennialGardener I will have to give that one a try!
Oh my gosh, you are feeding my tomato addiction! Lol. I get better varieties every year, but now I have some more that I need to try! Mountain Magic was already on my shopping list. I've been pretty impressed with Gladiator and Pozzano for paste tomatoes, but I think I'll have to try Marzinera based on your results. I am pretty happy with Brandy Boy but I haven't gotten as many tomatoes as you do from them.
i grew sun golds for the first time last year and the plant got to be over 12 feet tall, i think it reached 15 feet by the time my season ended. insanely sweet and not acidic at all. i prefer them over ss100
Thank you so much
Thanks man always looking for different varieties! 4th of July and Cloudy Day are similar in size to your #2 and are early and big time producers. 4th of July is definitely my #1.
There are just too many to pick from. I could grow 30 varieties every year for the rest of my life and wouldn't scratch the surface 😅 BUT, I can vouch for these, and I'm quite picky.
Woohoo! Tomato season! Let's go!!
Absolutely!
Thanks for the varieties! You always have lots if helpful info.
Dale is such a good boy.
You're welcome! Dale loves his steak. I thought he was obsessed with cheese, but steak is on a whole different level for him 🐶
In DFW, my fave and most prolific this year is Azoychka. It’s a yellow slicer. So sweet and yummy! My SS100 is doing amazing as well.
omg this is my first year growing a garden and i went to a nursery to get some plants and i randomly picked the super sweet 100 and it is insane so many tomatoes everywhere! i also got a variety called the champion and it only has a few. im blown away by the super sweet 100. just got some jacks and fish fertilizer i cant wait to see what happens.
It's really an incredible producer, and a hearty plant. If you live in a climate that kills your tomato plants like I do, it'll be one of the last plants holding on. It may even make it through the season.
Last year I had a cherry and delicious variety that cross pollinated and produced what looks like a roma.i saved the seed and planted this year and plants are amazing hanging with you of fruit.
F1's are tougher. When they cross, you get that genetic diversity and usually have a better crop.
It's my first growing season and I am growing beefsteak & purple cherokee tomatoes in grow bags and one tore so I replanted it and found root rot nematodes as well as blight. It's tough being a tomato parent.
My two best growing here in southeast Missouri which is very hot and very humid is the Burpee Super Sauce it's like a giant Roma and the Early Girl tomato which is a bit smaller than the beefsteak variety, between the two I get a lot of sauce, juice and diced tomatoes to can up. I keep the bottom branches trimmed away for air flow as well as some of the non-producing branches, it seems to help the plant. Yummy tomatoes. I may give your plum tomato a try next year. Thanks for the info.
I'll have to add that one to the list.
So shade is the key to a healthy tomato plant
2nd year growing tomatoes from seed. St year growing Supersweet100CherryTomato. None are ready yet but soon. So excited to try. Growing sungold for 2nd year ass they were so good. Also growing MortgageLifterTomato and sunsugar.
Dale is a good boy
Very. He's the best 🐶
I live in Upstate SC. We like Sweet Million over Super Sweet 100. Growing 9 different cherry tomatoes this year to figure out which tastes best, most prolific and disease resistance etc. So far plants are doing well but going to be in the 90s. Can't get away with shade cloth in our HOA so definitely concerned about what is going to happen with plants. I will try Carmelo next year. Did Big Beef this year and oddly have had some blossom end rot issues. Plenty good fruits but lost probably 6 so far.
This is exactly what I needed. Been trying to grow tomatoes in mid Missouri for two years now. Tried in clay soil the first year (had no idea about gardening) and lost the whole crop. I've got slightly better soil this year and they are doing ok, but they got hit by a late frost early on and they just now seem to be coming back strong. The tallest is a Super Sweet 100 standing at 3 feet. Better than nothing. Hoping to amend the beds this fall and start things off right next year. I'm going to use this as a springboard for next years crop in 6b. I wanted to focus on determinant plum tomatoes and havw at least one Super Sweet 100 again.
This is awesome!! Thanks Anthony! 🍅🍅🍅😍🍅🍅🍅
You’re welcome!
Another amazing video!
Thank you!
Thank you for all this research and this info on these great brands of tomatoes. Wow what a lucky dog. That steak looks delish
You're welcome! Dale is lucky, but we are luckier. He's a good boy.
Great video!
Looking forward to using your cocktail of fertilzers. I'm thinking this will also improve flavor too? Any plans to do a video on this subject?
i am adding them in my list! i am always looking for different varieties to try, but i still keep my original favorites
Every year, the list expands 😆
@TheMillennialGardener hahaha I know it, and adding more favorites on d list too! which is a good thing
I have 5 varieties of tomatoes this year in northern Ohio. All are looking good, but super sweet 100s are twice the size of the others. First time growing them. Looking forward to an amazing harvest.
Northern Coastal SC (MB). Tomatoes are struggling. Will be trying some of these next.
No tomat you grow will do well without shade cloth. It is 100% mandatory in South Carolina. Please see this video: th-cam.com/video/SbWcCxV7OOE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=r9eGnbrgfvufU655
I like the size on those Mountain Magic!
It's really a perfect salad tomato. It has the taste of a cherry and production of a cherry, but it's substantial.
I may try Brandy Boy but I like to collect my seeds so usually prefer Heirlooms.
Brandy Boy gives you something like 35 seeds in a packet. If you only grow 2-3 plants of each variety like I do, a single packet lasts a really long time.
If you want a tomato that sets a lot of large fruit and has vigor like you won't believe, try the Hossinator from Hoss Tools. It has the best disease package out there without losing tomato flavor. Mine are around 7 ft tall with fruit all the way up the plant and still blooming, plus the tomatoes get to over a lb easily. I'm growing in lower Alabama and the heat and humidity is hard on tomatoes but these still look great.
Tomato tasting-hard work, but somebody’s gotta do it! This is perfect info for me in Dallas. BTW I got my shade cloth up last week
Outstanding! It is going to make a huge difference for you. Next year, I’d put it up by Memorial Day in your area.
I’m in DFW too. My fave this year is Azoychka and Red Snapper. Plants are starting to look sad, but they are still producing. I need to get that shade cloth up!
Nice treat for Dale!
Very. He got the best piece 🥩
@@TheMillennialGardener agreed!
I hope you can give Rapunzel F1 a try. I stopped growing it because it produces too much. If you force single stem it, it produces very long trusses. It has thicker skin, but I like that because of less cracking with rains and keeps on the counter longer. The flavor will be different, it is more earthy compared to Sweet 100 which is more tropical, but it does get decently sweet.
Amazing! Thank you 🤩
You're welcome!
Hey, MG! 👋 Great video! Beautiful tomatoes! Thanks for doing the hard work for us.😃👍
I'm in Central Texas, and San Marzano gets as large and larger for me than the plum you are growing. We are hot and dry...probably what makes the difference.👩🏾🌾
Aww, Dale! He's so cute!🐕
It's hard work, but it's fun work. That is interesting that you and others are saying you had large San Marzano fruits. When I grew them, they were so tiny. The smallest plums I've ever grown, and I grew 3-4 plants, so it wasn't like I got a runt. They were consistent across all plants, and they got a lot of disease. Maybe it's the rain like you said. That July, we got a 3 week period where it rained every single day. It was so bad I remember it. Dale says hello 🐶
I have mountain magic for the second year in my garden and I've never planted it. It's come up completely from Compari tomatoes I threw in the keyhole compost hole in one of my raised beds. You may want to try that in your beds and let it go to seed. It's a weed in my garden, but I pulled a few and put them in pots bc it's hard for me to kill tomatoes. They're also doing fine there. You might want to also try the Seeds of Change Red Cherry. It also is a weed in my centra MS garden, on its third year it's a neat plant bc it grabs onto the trellis itself.
I trim off all the lower growth or anything I see damaged and I have zero blight on my weeds or Cherokee Purple tomatoes.
Love your channel, but don't subscribe bc I find I see more of channels where I don't.
Have you ever grown Burpees porterhouse or steak tomatoes? If not try them some time. They grow gigantic sweet meaty tomatoes
It's like slicing through a steak. I highly recommend them.😊
Wow that is a ton of tomato trials. Thank you.
You're welcome. I'm hoping I can scale back soon, but I don't know if I can do it 😅