Travis, I have found that what works best for us is to take cuttings from the spring crop in either the last week of June or first week of July and root the cuttings for a fall crop. I think I can get sturdier and larger transplants sooner than starting them from seed (plus I can save some seeds). We are in McDonough, GA Zone 8A and I find we are about 3 weeks behind you (2 weeks, plus the 1 week video publication delay). I just stick the sucker cuttings into some ProMix in a 6" pot and keep them on the porch in the shade until I start to see green growth. By then the roots are well established and I move them out to the sun and start pushing fertilizer to them. Then transplant about a week later. I've also found the gold tomato variety "Carolina Gold" will store a lot longer after frost hits (store indoors) and we enjoy them well into December (First frost is usually first of November).
I did this last year and it worked very well I just did it too late and the frost came early so my tomato plant died before we got an appreciable amount but we did get some! It was a cherry tomato plant. Not determinate though so that could’ve been why.
That is a great technique. I do the same. so simple. I plant em real tight too. Usually do 6'x6 spacing for summer but 2'x2 works fine for fall tomatoes.
I take cuttings from both determinate and indeterminate, root tone or Ali Vera gel and plant and I also root some in water with some blood meal mixed in. They thrive until a hard frost but I have covered them and kept them going until December! Plenty of time! I use agrothrive, bone meal, wood ash and the agrothrive for blooms!
I take some Cuttings! I got 12 about to go back into the garden here in another week or 2. If all goes well, I will get a real bumper crop mid to late September through frost.
Just as an idea for fall tomatoes, I started last year saving some selected suckers off of my spring tomatoes. Last year had good lucking doing this. Ended last fall still harvesting in Nov. Also picked all the green ones and ripened indoors had fresh tomatoes on the table for Thanksgiving. I currently have a row of 17 sucker plants started in the garden with another 6 in 2" pots in the garage, waiting for a spot in the garden. Have had good success thus far getting suckers to root quickly in fresh potting soil. I believe they are bigger and stronger in a shorter time than starting from seed. Hoping my fall plants will come on since we had a very wet spring and it has hurt my production. Lots of high heat and humidity following the rain left many plants struggling. We are in zone 7b in deep southern IL - lots of humidity between the two big rivers. Love your content and have followed you for the past couple years. First time posting. Sorry for the long post
In zone 7b I’ve already started twelve Tumbling Tom Cherry tomatoes and transplanted them into 12” Hanging baskets. That way I can move them around for maximum sunlight and protection from excessive moisture/frost by moving them into the shed. Fun experiment 👍
Saw this video today July 27 and decided to try along with you. I just went outside to my green house and planted 2 of your Red Snapper and 2 of the Roaster seed. This will be my first fall tomatoes as well.
I have already started my Red Snapper tomatoes from Lazy Dog seeds. Almost ready to transplant into the garden. Yesterday I took cuttings from my existing tomatoes for rooting zone 7b. We will see how it goes!
Yea I've grown fall tomatoes the last few years. I gave up on trying to get indeterminate fall tomatoes, so good call there on not messing with those. Cherry tomatoes do well and the determinate do alright, they are slower to produce due to the cooler shorter days in the fall and I also don't think they taste as good, but they are still better than store bought tomatoes. I just grow a few in the fall for fresh eating.
This came along at the perfect time. I bought a Mr stripey heirloom tomato at the store and it was really good so I saved some seeds. I’m going to grow it in a container so I can bring it into my greenhouse in November to let it have enough time for some fruit to mature.it’s supposed to be a La Niña weather pattern this fall so hopefully we have a warm fall
First year for me! In Arizona (desert) we call it monsoon tomatoes. I planted my seedlings back in early June and they have been transplanted out July 15 th if our humidity from monsoons start kicking in. Now it’s still real hot like 113 so I cover them with 60% shade cloth 24/7. Won’t come off until September mornings and then back on in afternoon. In October they will be free of shade cloth. I fertilize once a week with liquid fertilizer because we have to water every day when it’s 110. So far so good and they look very healthy. From what I hear our best tomatoes here in the desert are fall tomatoes! So same as you… keep them as cool as possible until temps cool and hope for some beautiful tomatoes. 🍅
I’m in AZ as well and planted the tomato plants in April and started them from seed. I’m going to cut a few of them back soon and might start a few from cuttings from the existing plants. I’ve been trying different varieties over the last four years but haven’t found one that is very prolific in the AZ heat. The plants definitely do better once the monsoon arrives. I might try planting some seedlings in July next year. I use 40% shade cloth and use liquid fertilizer, and all the tomatoes plants are now in containers and not in raised beds due to invasive tree roots.
Yes, tomatoes did not produce for us in the spring for the first time ever in 15 years. We had a bout 5 tomatoes this spring from 7 plants. Already have some seedlings that will be ready to go in a week or two. Baton Rouge, LA. Geaux Tigers!
Totally agree with your strategy. Here in Louisiana zone 9 it’s still brutally hot through September. Last year I got a hard frost October 30th then another hard frost a week or two later. Doesn’t leave much time for harvest, even if the first frost is as late as thanksgiving.
I am trying fall tomatoes again this year. I had beautiful plants loaded with tomatoes last fall and we got an early frost mid October and I lost them. Hopefully this fall will be better. I’m in zone 8A.
I'm trying something new to me for fall tomatoes. I've trimmed back the plants that have gotten really leggy while it's too hot to flower. I'm continuing to feed and maintaining pest control on the mother plants and with the clippings, I'm picking nice ones and sticking them in a bucket of water to get some roots going. I'll be planting them when they get a bunch of roots. I'm up by Vidalia.. cools off a little sooner than by you.
I grow fall tomatoes. I use "New Girl", an improved early girl. 60 days. Ready to start any day now under lights. Way too hot in Summer here to grow almost everything except peppers and sweet potatoes.
I planted a bunch of determinate tomatoes around July 17th and most of them are up and some have their 2nd set of leaves already. I’m starting their fertilization schedule today! I also started more cucumbers and this weekend I’ll be planting corn and more summer squash along with some winter squash. My main thing I’m focusing on planted asap is brassicas. It’s the only time I grow them here in east Texas zone 9a. I want lots of broccoli, cabbage, kale, and cauliflower this year and early next year. I plan to fill the freezer with my harvests! The tomatoes will be eaten fresh or made into chili or salsa. So excited for fall tomatoes! Also I’m going to test rooting suckers this fall to compare with the growth from seed. This should be interesting!
I grew up in Panama City/Blountstown FL, but now for the last 27 years have lived out in Northern 13:40 California. Grow Fall tomatoes every year. Some indeterminate one all Spring, Summer, through Fall, with success. Love watching your channel as it reminds me of home. Keep the videos coming and good luck with the fall tomatoes.
I’ve got four suckers that I have rooted from my original plants that I will be planting tomorrow (7/27) to see if they actually make before the first of November, my last frost date. This will be my first time trying this. 🤞🤞🤞
I just move into zone 9a in April. I started fall tomatoes from cuttings just before summer tomatoes finished. I am thrilled with this idea of a bigger fall and winter garden. Thank-you for this video and I’m looking forward to more!
I've been canning tomatoes today and still have a lot to go. I don't think I'll need to grow enough for canning next yr, just a couple plants for fresh eating.
I’m in zone 10A Tampa Bay, planted some of your BHN871 tomatoes seeds late June, mid July and today July 27th. June plants look very good, July seeds sprouted and in progress looking pretty good too. Pushing my luck, maybe, but want some of these tomatoes real bad.
What an exciting project, I will follow with interest! I expect my tomato harvest to begin soon up here, so no second planting of tomatoes for me but I am trying a second planting of cucumbers and English peas. Klaus
I'm in central Texas and I've done it every year and every year I end up with a lot of unripe tomatoes and temperatures too cold and not enough hours of sunlight to get them to ripen before very cold temperatures roll in. This year, I'm not wasting bed space with them. I hope it goes well for you.
Perfect timing. I just planted my second tomato crop in containers in the mountains of western Arkansas. I finally got some Red Snapper seeds and I’m hoping for the best. They germinated fast, and I have 100% germination. I’m already impressed enough to order more seeds. I’m also planting a hybrid I’ve been working on for a while to see what it does. So far the Red Snapper is out pacing it. Can’t wait to see updates. Thanks for sharing.
I think daylight hours are the factor growing late season tomatoes. I have the most luck with cherry tomatoes. Have a hard time ripening larger tomatoes
I'm in zone 9B and I still have indeterminate tomatoes from the spring planting that I expect more fruit from. I'm going to have to raise your level of concern about planting this late for an autumn harvest. I don't sow tomato seeds any later than June 1 for an autumn harvest, and it stays warm enough to grow tomatoes through December around here. To determine when to sow tomato seeds, you should subtract the seed-to-harvest time from your expected first day of daytime temperatures below 85°F, and add 30 days to that (or however long it takes for your variety to develop ripe fruit from flower). For you, 85°F is probably the second week of September, so for a 100-day seed-to-harvest variety that's June 30.
First time seeing Perlite topping the seeds in the tray. 😮. 😎 Will try it here in Central Florida. Last year we didn’t even get a frost. Normal frost is in December.
glad you're trying it! I'm in central FL 9b and went with a 75 day determinate tomato for my fall planting. Started seeds 2 weeks ago. Saving my Roadster and Red Snapper for the spring to try to get me further thru our brutal spring/early summer temps down here.
Over here in north Texas we got a lot of rain in the spring that caused a lot of problems. We did alright and was able to jar up quite a bit of salsa, but not enough to can just tomatoes. We tried taking sucker cuttings this year from the healthy parts of the plant and so far they are looking good. They will be ready to hit dirt in a couple of weeks. Cuttings are roadster, ananas noire, and 1920 something Abe Lincoln. First year trying roadster and haven’t been impressed, but it was a soggy spring so I won’t count it out for trying again, but red snapper has definitely performed excellent the previous years so that’s going to be in the spring lineup for sure. The other two plants I usually only get a couple of fruits from. I don’t care. I have the realestate and I don’t have a problem growing a plant for one fruit when they taste that good. When your tomato tastes like ketchup, yeah l’m in. The heirloom tomato game is rough down here. Now to those proptek trays. I love them and I hate them. Love them when I’m going hard with a full tray. I don’t like that they don’t make smaller trays. I love those small cells. Just mold that into thirds for smaller grows. As always we love the content and job well done. Keep up the good work. And Travis, your customers want more berry figs in stock.
two years ago my tomato plants planted the first week of may, (only plant one round of tomato plants each year) multiple problems and long story short, no tomato harvest to discuss. soooo, when i realized they were a total bust, it was late july. so, i pulled them all out and i planted seed directly in the garden 5 seed per spot and i found that they out grew the ones i planted as starts, and i didn't have to transplant i just thinned them to one each. we didn't get the tomatoes we wanted but we did get a good bit in oct which is very late here in south jersey. so i suggest you try a few direct seeded might work out and save you time. good luck keep the great vid's coming.
Tried it many times here in north east Texas ever time when it cools off and they load up with green tomaters here comes Jack Frost. But you can’t beat fall maters for frying
Today I started my 2nd batch of carrot/jalapeno/garlic/thyme/peppercorn ferment. This batch (two 1/2 gallon Mason jars, plus a 24 ounce jar) moved to a much higher ratio of jalapeno as I went from 6 per 1/2 gallon to 9.
Glad your doing this. I got quite a jump start on you since my summer indeterminate didn't do so well. I planted some Siletz the first of June and they're between 2 and 3 ft tall with some starting to flower. I know we got a lot of heat left I just hope they make it, have them under a sunshade. E. Texas.
I think one of your biggest challenges will be the amount of available daily sunlight/daylight during September and October. Tomatoes need lots of sunshine and with the shorter days, it'll be tough to get blooms and pollination. Good luck, hope it works out.
I’m in central Texas 9a now and had a hot summer and tornadoes so I didn’t have much of a crop of anything. So I decided to try and grow some determinate and dwarf tomatoes for a fall crop. Started mine 5 weeks ago. Uppotted 2-3 weeks ago. Hoping to get them out this weekend. Love trying new things. About to start onions to get out in November. Just waiting for your Chianti seeds to come back in stock 😅
@@diannemiller4754 if it has already set flowers on that stem it is too late for cuttings. It has already reach its determined size. It does work very well on the indeterminates though. Usually takes me 3-4 weeks from cut to loading up with flowers. Got 12 going now. By the time the flowers start the heat will start to break some and they load up.
@@jacobclark1457 We started 6 plants last septemeberish in our pool area german johnson blue dream and romas,I took over thirty cuttings rooted them in water and transplanted, First year multiple raised beds and had the most big slicers and good production for the entire cool period Ft Pierce Florida, we are months different weather from up north of us and they all lived, best year ever, continues to take cuttings until you cant
New seedlings starting this weekend and will succession plant from now till it doesn't work, squash,zucchinis,peppers beans, Okra is so plentiful right now it is awesome but will give up the ghost in a month or so, carrots now and sweet potato's going and revitalizing beds for fall, eggplants did so well 3 varieties but done now
@jacobclark1457 Yes, that is true. I forgot about that. Thank youforthereminder. I'm still waiting for mine to get red. August is usually when my tomatoes here in Michigan are ripped.
I dreamed of a turkey and tomato sandwich with leftover thanksgiving turkey. I tried for years. I think you got to start earlier. There is not near the energy in the sun and the cool nights (below 50 deg.) of Nov.delay the fruits from ripening forever.... I finally got some tomatoes , but they had very little flavor. Good luck, show me how to do it. I followed your onion videos and still have many pounds of onions left.
The only planting of tomatoes I do is fall planting. It’s way too hot in the spring here for tomatoes. I’m in zone 10a and I always start my tomatoes at the end of August indoors. The end of September I plant them out. I can’t plant carrots until the end of November.
I use an injection system in the greenhouse that pulls at a 1:16 ratio -- so 1 ounce of my fertilizer mixture for every 16 ounces of water coming out the wand. I usually put 1-2 ounces in my bucket to mix the initial concentration.
How are the purple ones doing? love to see your first taste test. last update looked going strong, wondering if it goes through to fall frost if that effects your opinion on trying them again in future.
I planted hybrid tomatoes this spring in big containers. It did get hot in July . I had the pot in a spot so by 2:00 in the afternoon they got shade . All the varieties had a tough skin . Would that be normal for hybrid varieties? Maybe you could suggest a fertilizer program. The production was just ok . I have some seeds sprouts in a trey now that I will plant but could clippings from mature plants be a faster process for replanting? Rick .
Travis, I have found that what works best for us is to take cuttings from the spring crop in either the last week of June or first week of July and root the cuttings for a fall crop. I think I can get sturdier and larger transplants sooner than starting them from seed (plus I can save some seeds). We are in McDonough, GA Zone 8A and I find we are about 3 weeks behind you (2 weeks, plus the 1 week video publication delay). I just stick the sucker cuttings into some ProMix in a 6" pot and keep them on the porch in the shade until I start to see green growth. By then the roots are well established and I move them out to the sun and start pushing fertilizer to them. Then transplant about a week later. I've also found the gold tomato variety "Carolina Gold" will store a lot longer after frost hits (store indoors) and we enjoy them well into December (First frost is usually first of November).
I also find that the clones are sturdier than seedlings.
I did this last year and it worked very well I just did it too late and the frost came early so my tomato plant died before we got an appreciable amount but we did get some! It was a cherry tomato plant. Not determinate though so that could’ve been why.
That is a great technique. I do the same. so simple. I plant em real tight too. Usually do 6'x6 spacing for summer but 2'x2 works fine for fall tomatoes.
I think I might try some small bush cherry tomatoes in a pot. Don't quite have as much time as you do to grow out more.
I take cuttings from both determinate and indeterminate, root tone or Ali Vera gel and plant and I also root some in water with some blood meal mixed in. They thrive until a hard frost but I have covered them and kept them going until December! Plenty of time! I use agrothrive, bone meal, wood ash and the agrothrive for blooms!
I take some Cuttings! I got 12 about to go back into the garden here in another week or 2.
If all goes well, I will get a real bumper crop mid to late September through frost.
I was going to ask Travis this question about using "suckers" is what I call them. Hey Travis what you think about this?
Just as an idea for fall tomatoes, I started last year saving some selected suckers off of my spring tomatoes. Last year had good lucking doing this. Ended last fall still harvesting in Nov. Also picked all the green ones and ripened indoors had fresh tomatoes on the table for Thanksgiving. I currently have a row of 17 sucker plants started in the garden with another 6 in 2" pots in the garage, waiting for a spot in the garden. Have had good success thus far getting suckers to root quickly in fresh potting soil. I believe they are bigger and stronger in a shorter time than starting from seed. Hoping my fall plants will come on since we had a very wet spring and it has hurt my production. Lots of high heat and humidity following the rain left many plants struggling. We are in zone 7b in deep southern IL - lots of humidity between the two big rivers. Love your content and have followed you for the past couple years. First time posting. Sorry for the long post
In zone 7b I’ve already started twelve Tumbling Tom Cherry tomatoes and transplanted them into 12” Hanging baskets. That way I can move them around for maximum sunlight and protection from excessive moisture/frost by moving them into the shed. Fun experiment 👍
Great idea!
I think I will try it!
Saw this video today July 27 and decided to try along with you. I just went outside to my green house and planted 2 of your Red Snapper and 2 of the Roaster seed. This will be my first fall tomatoes as well.
I find that cherry type tomatoes are very weather forgiving when it gets a little colder
I have already started my Red Snapper tomatoes from Lazy Dog seeds.
Almost ready to transplant into the garden.
Yesterday I took cuttings from my existing tomatoes for rooting zone 7b.
We will see how it goes!
Yea I've grown fall tomatoes the last few years. I gave up on trying to get indeterminate fall tomatoes, so good call there on not messing with those. Cherry tomatoes do well and the determinate do alright, they are slower to produce due to the cooler shorter days in the fall and I also don't think they taste as good, but they are still better than store bought tomatoes. I just grow a few in the fall for fresh eating.
This came along at the perfect time. I bought a Mr stripey heirloom tomato at the store and it was really good so I saved some seeds. I’m going to grow it in a container so I can bring it into my greenhouse in November to let it have enough time for some fruit to mature.it’s supposed to be a La Niña weather pattern this fall so hopefully we have a warm fall
First year for me! In Arizona (desert) we call it monsoon tomatoes. I planted my seedlings back in early June and they have been transplanted out July 15 th if our humidity from monsoons start kicking in. Now it’s still real hot like 113 so I cover them with 60% shade cloth 24/7. Won’t come off until September mornings and then back on in afternoon. In October they will be free of shade cloth. I fertilize once a week with liquid fertilizer because we have to water every day when it’s 110. So far so good and they look very healthy. From what I hear our best tomatoes here in the desert are fall tomatoes! So same as you… keep them as cool as possible until temps cool and hope for some beautiful tomatoes. 🍅
I’m in AZ as well and planted the tomato plants in April and started them from seed. I’m going to cut a few of them back soon and might start a few from cuttings from the existing plants. I’ve been trying different varieties over the last four years but haven’t found one that is very prolific in the AZ heat. The plants definitely do better once the monsoon arrives. I might try planting some seedlings in July next year. I use 40% shade cloth and use liquid fertilizer, and all the tomatoes plants are now in containers and not in raised beds due to invasive tree roots.
Yes, tomatoes did not produce for us in the spring for the first time ever in 15 years. We had a bout 5 tomatoes this spring from 7 plants. Already have some seedlings that will be ready to go in a week or two. Baton Rouge, LA. Geaux Tigers!
Totally agree with your strategy. Here in Louisiana zone 9 it’s still brutally hot through September. Last year I got a hard frost October 30th then another hard frost a week or two later. Doesn’t leave much time for harvest, even if the first frost is as late as thanksgiving.
Ive got my fall tomatoes started, from suckers from the spring tomatoes that were my favorites. Ill be ready for fall mater sammiches!
Late season fried green tomatoes are the best..
Never had the pleasure, but I can vouch for green tomato pickles (bread and butter style).
I am trying fall tomatoes again this year. I had beautiful plants loaded with tomatoes last fall and we got an early frost mid October and I lost them. Hopefully this fall will be better. I’m in zone 8A.
I'm trying something new to me for fall tomatoes. I've trimmed back the plants that have gotten really leggy while it's too hot to flower.
I'm continuing to feed and maintaining pest control on the mother plants and with the clippings, I'm picking nice ones and sticking them in a bucket of water to get some roots going. I'll be planting them when they get a bunch of roots.
I'm up by Vidalia.. cools off a little sooner than by you.
I grow fall tomatoes. I use "New Girl", an improved early girl. 60 days. Ready to start any day now under lights. Way too hot in Summer here to grow almost everything except peppers and sweet potatoes.
I planted a bunch of determinate tomatoes around July 17th and most of them are up and some have their 2nd set of leaves already. I’m starting their fertilization schedule today! I also started more cucumbers and this weekend I’ll be planting corn and more summer squash along with some winter squash. My main thing I’m focusing on planted asap is brassicas. It’s the only time I grow them here in east Texas zone 9a. I want lots of broccoli, cabbage, kale, and cauliflower this year and early next year. I plan to fill the freezer with my harvests! The tomatoes will be eaten fresh or made into chili or salsa. So excited for fall tomatoes! Also I’m going to test rooting suckers this fall to compare with the growth from seed. This should be interesting!
I grew up in Panama City/Blountstown FL, but now for the last 27 years have lived out in Northern 13:40 California. Grow Fall tomatoes every year. Some indeterminate one all Spring, Summer, through Fall, with success.
Love watching your channel as it reminds me of home. Keep the videos coming and good luck with the fall tomatoes.
Heck yeah… this made my day can’t wait to see this go down
I’ve got four suckers that I have rooted from my original plants that I will be planting tomorrow (7/27) to see if they actually make before the first of November, my last frost date. This will be my first time trying this. 🤞🤞🤞
I just move into zone 9a in April. I started fall tomatoes from cuttings just before summer tomatoes finished. I am thrilled with this idea of a bigger fall and winter garden. Thank-you for this video and I’m looking forward to more!
I've been canning tomatoes today and still have a lot to go. I don't think I'll need to grow enough for canning next yr, just a couple plants for fresh eating.
I’m in zone 10A Tampa Bay, planted some of your BHN871 tomatoes seeds late June, mid July and today July 27th. June plants look very good, July seeds sprouted and in progress looking pretty good too. Pushing my luck, maybe, but want some of these tomatoes real bad.
What an exciting project, I will follow with interest! I expect my tomato harvest to begin soon up here, so no second planting of tomatoes for me but I am trying a second planting of cucumbers and English peas.
Klaus
I was hoping you would do this! Thank you!
I have 2 improved celebrity tomatoes about 2 ft tall in the garden..just have to get them past heat of August..growing in Texas zone 9
I'm in central Texas and I've done it every year and every year I end up with a lot of unripe tomatoes and temperatures too cold and not enough hours of sunlight to get them to ripen before very cold temperatures roll in. This year, I'm not wasting bed space with them. I hope it goes well for you.
Before my first frost,, I pick my green tomatoes and put in a box in my attached garage, they'll ripen in a few weeks, good for fall chili.
Perfect timing. I just planted my second tomato crop in containers in the mountains of western Arkansas. I finally got some Red Snapper seeds and I’m hoping for the best. They germinated fast, and I have 100% germination. I’m already impressed enough to order more seeds. I’m also planting a hybrid I’ve been working on for a while to see what it does. So far the Red Snapper is out pacing it.
Can’t wait to see updates. Thanks for sharing.
I think daylight hours are the factor growing late season tomatoes. I have the most luck with cherry tomatoes. Have a hard time ripening larger tomatoes
I'm in zone 9B and I still have indeterminate tomatoes from the spring planting that I expect more fruit from.
I'm going to have to raise your level of concern about planting this late for an autumn harvest. I don't sow tomato seeds any later than June 1 for an autumn harvest, and it stays warm enough to grow tomatoes through December around here.
To determine when to sow tomato seeds, you should subtract the seed-to-harvest time from your expected first day of daytime temperatures below 85°F, and add 30 days to that (or however long it takes for your variety to develop ripe fruit from flower). For you, 85°F is probably the second week of September, so for a 100-day seed-to-harvest variety that's June 30.
Do you ever cut suckers, put in jar of water to grow roots and then transplant?
Never have done that.
Unexplainably positive things happen for sucker grown fall tomatoes like disease resistance and drought resistance.
First time seeing Perlite topping the seeds in the tray. 😮. 😎 Will try it here in Central Florida. Last year we didn’t even get a frost. Normal frost is in December.
Will follow along to see how it goes!! best of luck!
glad you're trying it! I'm in central FL 9b and went with a 75 day determinate tomato for my fall planting. Started seeds 2 weeks ago. Saving my Roadster and Red Snapper for the spring to try to get me further thru our brutal spring/early summer temps down here.
Over here in north Texas we got a lot of rain in the spring that caused a lot of problems. We did alright and was able to jar up quite a bit of salsa, but not enough to can just tomatoes. We tried taking sucker cuttings this year from the healthy parts of the plant and so far they are looking good. They will be ready to hit dirt in a couple of weeks. Cuttings are roadster, ananas noire, and 1920 something Abe Lincoln. First year trying roadster and haven’t been impressed, but it was a soggy spring so I won’t count it out for trying again, but red snapper has definitely performed excellent the previous years so that’s going to be in the spring lineup for sure. The other two plants I usually only get a couple of fruits from. I don’t care. I have the realestate and I don’t have a problem growing a plant for one fruit when they taste that good. When your tomato tastes like ketchup, yeah l’m in. The heirloom tomato game is rough down here. Now to those proptek trays. I love them and I hate them. Love them when I’m going hard with a full tray. I don’t like that they don’t make smaller trays. I love those small cells. Just mold that into thirds for smaller grows. As always we love the content and job well done. Keep up the good work. And Travis, your customers want more berry figs in stock.
Trying this seeds & suckers. Maybe at least I’ll get green tomatoes. 😊
two years ago my tomato plants planted the first week of may, (only plant one round of tomato plants each year) multiple problems and long story short, no tomato harvest to discuss. soooo, when i realized they were a total bust, it was late july. so, i pulled them all out and i planted seed directly in the garden 5 seed per spot and i found that they out grew the ones i planted as starts, and i didn't have to transplant i just thinned them to one each. we didn't get the tomatoes we wanted but we did get a good bit in oct which is very late here in south jersey. so i suggest you try a few direct seeded might work out and save you time. good luck keep the great vid's coming.
I am in sync with this. Thanks Travis.
Tried it many times here in north east Texas ever time when it cools off and they load up with green tomaters here comes Jack Frost. But you can’t beat fall maters for frying
Gave up on fall tomatoes here north of houston. Better production vittles to be grown.
Today I started my 2nd batch of carrot/jalapeno/garlic/thyme/peppercorn ferment. This batch (two 1/2 gallon Mason jars, plus a 24 ounce jar) moved to a much higher ratio of jalapeno as I went from 6 per 1/2 gallon to 9.
Giving it a try with Sun Gold and Sweet 100 from seeds and going to try suckers from my Roma’s as another viewer mentioned. Zone 8a - Auburn, AL area
Just started some "Dark Green Kintsai" for the winter - Chinese Celery.
I usually cut sucker's from my current tomato plants. I will try to start new seeds. Let's keep our fingers crossed for a harvest before first frost.😊
Glad your doing this. I got quite a jump start on you since my summer indeterminate didn't do so well. I planted some Siletz the first of June and they're between 2 and 3 ft tall with some starting to flower. I know we got a lot of heat left I just hope they make it, have them under a sunshade. E. Texas.
I think one of your biggest challenges will be the amount of available daily sunlight/daylight during September and October. Tomatoes need lots of sunshine and with the shorter days, it'll be tough to get blooms and pollination. Good luck, hope it works out.
I’m in central Texas 9a now and had a hot summer and tornadoes so I didn’t have much of a crop of anything. So I decided to try and grow some determinate and dwarf tomatoes for a fall crop. Started mine 5 weeks ago. Uppotted 2-3 weeks ago. Hoping to get them out this weekend. Love trying new things. About to start onions to get out in November. Just waiting for your Chianti seeds to come back in stock 😅
I killed my tomato seedlings that I had started a month ago. I'm gonna try again tomorrow, hopefully I can get some
I grew legend heirloom toms in the cooler months 😊
Couldn't you take some of your existing determinate tomato stems and put them on water until it starts roots??
@@diannemiller4754 if it has already set flowers on that stem it is too late for cuttings. It has already reach its determined size. It does work very well on the indeterminates though. Usually takes me 3-4 weeks from cut to loading up with flowers. Got 12 going now. By the time the flowers start the heat will start to break some and they load up.
@@jacobclark1457 We started 6 plants last septemeberish in our pool area german johnson blue dream and romas,I took over thirty cuttings rooted them in water and transplanted, First year multiple raised beds and had the most big slicers and good production for the entire cool period Ft Pierce Florida, we are months different weather from up north of us and they all lived, best year ever, continues to take cuttings until you cant
New seedlings starting this weekend and will succession plant from now till it doesn't work, squash,zucchinis,peppers beans, Okra is so plentiful right now it is awesome but will give up the ghost in a month or so, carrots now and sweet potato's going and revitalizing beds for fall, eggplants did so well 3 varieties but done now
@jacobclark1457 Yes, that is true. I forgot about that. Thank youforthereminder.
I'm still waiting for mine to get red. August is usually when my tomatoes here in Michigan are ripped.
@@jacobclark1457- didn’t know this. So, maybe take the suckers from top or a limb that hasn’t set flowers yet? SOOO Glad you posted this comment.
I dreamed of a turkey and tomato sandwich with leftover thanksgiving turkey. I tried for years. I think you got to start earlier. There is not near the energy in the sun and the cool nights (below 50 deg.) of Nov.delay the fruits from ripening forever.... I finally got some tomatoes , but they had very little flavor. Good luck, show me how to do it. I followed your onion videos and still have many pounds of onions left.
The only planting of tomatoes I do is fall planting. It’s way too hot in the spring here for tomatoes. I’m in zone 10a and I always start my tomatoes at the end of August indoors. The end of September I plant them out. I can’t plant carrots until the end of November.
I have that agrothrive. Can you share the recipe you're using for micro dosing please?
I use an injection system in the greenhouse that pulls at a 1:16 ratio -- so 1 ounce of my fertilizer mixture for every 16 ounces of water coming out the wand. I usually put 1-2 ounces in my bucket to mix the initial concentration.
My tomatoes are not setting fruit with 110+F temps, so they have to make it to the fall to produce - something.
I'm running late,so can I start mine out side?with a clear cage to keep birds off,are should have been started inside on the 28 of june
What’s up Travis.
Could you direct show the tomato seeds?
How are the purple ones doing? love to see your first taste test. last update looked going strong, wondering if it goes through to fall frost if that effects your opinion on trying them again in future.
Video coming this week on those!
I planted hybrid tomatoes this spring in big containers. It did get hot in July . I had the pot in a spot so by 2:00 in the afternoon they got shade . All the varieties had a tough skin . Would that be normal for hybrid varieties? Maybe you could suggest a fertilizer program. The production was just ok . I have some seeds sprouts in a trey now that I will plant but could clippings from mature plants be a faster process for replanting? Rick .
A question off topic… do you have a favorite Augmented super sweet corn? And did you have spotty/ poor germination with solstice corn?
They're all good to me. And I usually get really good germination from all of them.
Curious if you have a link for your greenhouse. I'm thinkin about getting one.
Got it from Atlas Greenhouses. The model we have is called the "Easy Grow."
@LazyDogFarm
Thank you, appreciate it.
Can you get a sucker off of a Bella Rosa. Root it get a Bella Rosa
What are your thought on 42 Day Tomatoes ? Did somebody grew them yet ?