87 Year Old Tomato Update - Repotting - Propagating - Q&A
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- We are doing an update on the 87 year old tomato, in this episode we will be answering questions that have come up, taking cuttings to propagate, and repotting the plant into a larger home!
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I managed to kill 4/12 store bought tomato starts. This dude resurrects a plant almost as old as my grandpa.
Hahaha
My grandmothers both saved seeds from year to year. They both had varieties that were saved by their grandmothers and so on. When they died those seeds were lost to the sands of time. The varieties they had were hundreds of years old. I felt such a loss when they passed away. I can remember how vigorous and tasty the harvest was. Please keep doing what you are doing.
I am very IMPRESSED by the fact you are more concerned about saving a variety of tomato, than you are making a profit. That shows me you are truly a TRUE gardener! And the fact that it sounds like you also are willing to share "at your discretion" selling some seeds, again not at the high cost of most seeds nowadays by many who "seem" more into it for the money than they are for the plants themselves. I am more of a "lurker" but I keep watching for your updated especially on this exciting journey you are on with this awesome tomato plant! Awesome job! Yahweh bless! (Yea I wouldn't mind being on the list either for some seeds,,,,but most important to me, is the fact you working so hard to save this variety and bring it back) :) Great job!!!!
I was updating my husband on this plant. I said, "Wouldn't it be cool to grow that extinct tomato?" His reply: "Isn't that how Jurassic Park started?"
Great job! I'm excited to buy my seeds from you next year, whether you offer this one or not.
I lol'd
Renee Magnuson 😂😂😂😂
It will be like jurassic park only the plants won't eat you.
Who ordered the BLT.rex?
roostarr I know this is an old comment but I couldn't resist 😶😂😂😂😂
I told my kids there will be a day when someone asks "Where were u when Luke brought back an extinct tomato plant!!!" Lol!!! Thanks for the up date👍🍅😀
Wish I could go back in time to my Great-grandmother's garden and plant and talk with her and bring back some seeds to now!
I found some 5 year old tomato seeds in my seed box this year, so I planted them wondering if anything would sprout. One sprouted. I am so excited about growing this plant, so I can only imagine your excitement in growing your 87 year old plant. How cool!!
Right on Luke. 100% agree you should be rewarded for your efforts. Great job bringing the variety back so far.
I'm nervous for you on this one. I wish it would hurry up and put off so tomatoes so I can stop holding my breath. I'd have it growing behind a locked fence with an armed guard and two full time horticulturists standing by.
If the city would let me have a fence.... haha!
MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living omg i would 💜 some rare seeds the rarity lies in its age for me well done
Send him some bees for protection. 😂
I'll have to send some from that last video. That should do the trick. Wait, he still needs to be able to go outside. :)
I totally agree with you that you should be the ones selling the seeds from this plant. Keep up the good work and keep us posted on the tomato plant and the suckers you trimmed in the video. This is a fun project to watch you do, thanks for taking us along.
I have really enjoyed your sharing the progress of the 87 year old updates on the 87 year tomato plant!
I love how this guy has stayed loyal to his cause (and his wife - go figure) and is now running a seed company, rivaling even Baker Creek as well other seed companies due to his competitive pricing, that is affordably offering hundreds of varieties of crop plants to home growers. So good for him. Great dude.
A lot of people could benefit from a video of you rooting those suckers. I use wet sand to root mine but everyone has different methods that work for them. I hope they all root and you get good healthy fruit from them!
Guy Jones I was going to ask if he could make a video about it
need a video on that
Guy Jones GENIUS....ROOTING SUCKERS!?!?! anymore advice on that anyone
Going to take a wild guess since I did some of that earlier this year. Take a sucker, stick in sterile soil. No need for extra water, you'll have about a 75% success rate that way. Other way is to do the water and rooting hormone trick :)
I usually put it good soil as well. I've never had an issue as long as you keep it moist. Luke's idea of putting it in water until it roots is also a great idea.
I remember my great grand mother and great aunt having these tomatoes. They had them for years, saving seeds from one season to the next, I was absolutely devastated growing up when my great grand father passed and the plants where tilled under when the house sold.
I am in Ireland and would love some of those seed... better to spread out the seed rather than keeping it in a specific area where its genetic heritage can be wiped out by disease or other such occurrences ( and thats about the best excuse i can come up with as to why i should be on that waiting list LOL :-) )
he said he was selling them for 99 cents
24kgoldring how dare you degrade the rainbow like that. let's take this outside, buddy
4:40 .99 Cents in the seed store.
What if the tomatoes are horrible tasting and that's why they went extinct?
as he said in video, he profits plenty from everything else, his reward with this is the satisfaction of bringing these back and making them accessible again, if the seed are super expensive then they aren't accessible
socialism has not actually been tried, the idea is not to lower the rich as has been done in the past, but to elevate the poor
Super excited on the results of this 87 year old tomato seed. Can't wait to actually see tomatoes and have you taste it for the first time! Hopefully we'll be lucky to get some seeds in the near future and keep this amazing plant growing for generations.
Absolutely love what you're doing with that 87 year old tomato plant. Look forward to hopefully being blessed enough to get some of those seeds. I appreciate your work and hope you continue for may tears to come.
I'd also love to be on the wait list for the seeds. So many of us wanting to share in your joy and love to preserve past and new plant varieties.
Thank you Luke for all your gardening tips and affordable seeds. I have truly enjoyed gardening this season. I bought beans from you and I can’t believe how prolific they are and amazingly tasty. I never knew Purple bush beans turn green when you boil them until I made them this week. So so so good!
It is very exciting too see how well the 87 year old tomato is growing!
Wonderful job! This year is my first ever year growing tomatoes, what's cool is I live in an apartment but watching your videos gave me gardening fever so I put together a community garden and am using the small unused plots on the property to yield produce!
Super excited about this tomato plant Luke! Nice job bringing it back. I'm curious about future updates on the suckers (and of course the parent plant) so keep us informed if you can. As always, enjoyed the video!
I just loved this video. Thank you so much for the update. I am so excited for you all. This is a wonderful achievement for you!
1930 called. They want their plant back.
Luke and Sindy I just love all your videos and just your take on life. Your daughter is super lucky to have you as parents and I look forward to buying some seeds. 😊
Very exciting to see that the tomato is growing and flowering. Congratulations. Can't wait to see the fruit!
What a cool tomato plant! I'm so glad to hear the update and how you are managing it. And...I do learn something new almost every video, and ive been gardening for a few years now. God bless.
Thanks for the update. I have been wondering how this plant is doing. My hats off to you and your wife, you are doing a wonderful thing with this tomatoe.
The only thing about watching your channel ,It always makes me hungry!!! Peace
How exciting to see just how vigorous the main plant is. The early bloom sacrifice is small price to pay for future fruit in mid Summer. I hope for a fruitful harvest, and hope for future updates from the cuttings and a taste test.
Please put me on that waiting list! 🍅❤🍅❤🍅❤
me too
me too!
I hope I can grow it next year!
as much as i think this is really cool and interesting you gotta think why it was replaced
because supermarkets wanted more perfectly shaped, shelf stable, and thick skinned varieties.
OH! I just watched the exciting video of this 87 y/o sprouted tomato!
Just some AWESOMENESS Luke!!
Roots and refuge linked a video about this tomato. I'm super impressed and crossing my fingers that I'll get an email that you have more seeds to sell. Thank you for the work you do this is simply awesome!
So glad to see that it is doing well. How are the radishes doing? And happy to hear that it is about the genetic preservation of the plants that drive you. Not the money! Looking forward to being able to purchase them from your site.
Luke, you should be charging way more than .99 for any seed it produces. I love what you did and you deserve to benefit from it.
Awesome.... I definitely want to buy seeds when they are available.... I told my Dad about this tomato discovery and sent him the Vids on it.. He thinks it's great.... He was born in 1930 and is 87.. He and mom still put out a small Veg Garden, and I grow a big one.. Would love to start, and get Dad setup with a couple plants.. I agree with Luke, that he and his wife should be the ones selling and distributing the seeds.. There's enough good gardeners out there that can save and pass the seeds to other enthusiasts and keep this special variety going for future generations....
Thank you for the update. Always love seeing how this plant is doing! Maybe when you are ready, you could to a contest for a few seeds. Take care.
Dude , this is so freakin awesome !! It is exciting to see something actually being brought back from extinction. I am really crossing my fingers that this all goes well and you are successful with this. So far so good , keep it up Luke !
Hello, thanks for the update. Glad to see the tomato so healthy! Did you consider sending seeds to the seed vault in Iceland. It's my understanding that it's not for profit, but rather for preserving seeds for future generations and in case of catastrophe. Thoughts?
Kind regards,
Matt
Good for you, we need more people like you in the world. you is good people son
Luke great job with the tomato plant. Please don't forget to show the suckers when you have roots & go to pot them up.
As for seeds in store, I look forward to that day. Maybe one day I'll be able to get some. Not going to ask to be put on a list. You don't even have seed just yet. 😊 Good Luck with your tomato plant!
I am super excited you guys did this! If I get to be lucky enough to buy some seeds then that will be the only tomato plant I will plant that year. I am super happy for you guys and that you were able to make it happen. Thanks for sharing like always!
I would love love love to have this type of tomato to keep the strain alive. I can't wait to be able to get some of these when they become available.
Looks like you are past the super stressful nail biting time since you are already growing clones! Way to go!! I can't wait to see the fruit!
This is so cool! I think it's great to protect varieties that are endangered/extinct
can you do a definition series. like show the difference between a cluster and a super cluster of flowers. how big does a branch have to he before it is a sucker. maybe go over the difference between determinant and indeterminant and what all it means. maybe get a bench you can stand behind.
Determinant is when all the fruiting happens at once at the end of the season, and indeterminant is when it grows continuously and fruits continuously throughout the season
Thanks for the update and the super brilliant idea of cloning the plant!
I am not greedy or selfish. I would love to have some seeds from this tomato if I have success with it. I don't need many, I am pretty good at what I do and I can get as many plants from a few seeds as I want. Thank you for your efforts, they are NOT unappreciated!
I've been following this, this is SO neat. I found you guys when i was researching how to germinate old seeds- my husband's aunt gave me 20 year old seeds from his grandparents garden and i'm SO hoping i can get some of them to sprout.
I hope you can bring the variety back
I think this is the most interesting project! I hope this works out and this variety comes back.
Respect, for that! That is why you are the one who found it.
So great that you are able to save this heirloom.
The really good thing about finding these videos 2 years after they were posted is that I get the full story. I agree - you took the initial financial risk, then the stress risk to grow them so yes you should be rewarded. What about the seed bank in Svalsbad ( ? spelling)?
This is an absolute joy to watch.
This is so awesome! Its like bringing back a part of history! Fantastic!
I commend you on this project. Nothing interest me more than seeing you achieving such success in resurrecting an extinct tomato in a world of flavorless tomatoes bred purely for quantity over quality where flavor and nutrition has no meaning. I am spreading the word about your store as well, as the prices seem like robbery.
My gpa is 95 years old, he told me he use to grow that and it's an indeterminant, tastes amazing. he may also have really old seeds too
I am so excited to see this plant coming back from the brink of extinction. i LOVE YOUR UPDATES AN CHANNEL. I love tomatoes and it is a wonderful thing you are doing. If there comes a time that these seeds are available, I would love to add them to my growing repertoire. Best of luck with this tomato baby. Keep growing!! :-D
Thank you for the update Luke…very happy to see the tomato plant is doing well.
I agree with you 100%...I would certainly do the same. Looking forward in seeing more updates on it when possible. Keep up the great work.
Dude i neeeeeeed some of those seeds!!! Ahhhhh! Im 14 yo and im as a fanatic as you are when it come to these types of things i want to grow stuff all over my yard lol 😂. I would love some of these seeeeeeds!! Soooo badly! I am freeking out about all of this!! Its not even funny how happy i am about you growing this tomato 🍅
So happy to see it doing so well. I can only guess there will be a mad rush when seeds become available. lol I know would love to get my hands on a few. Even if you were only selling them 5 to a pack. I would certainly buy them!
Wow it is so exciting to see how well it is doing. Can't wait to see what kind of fruit comes off this plant. I will keep following. Thanks for the update and the information.
BEAUTIFUL JOB SAVING PRIVATE TOMATO! Please put me on the waiting list for seeds. I'm retired now, and can dedicate my time to seeing to this tomatoes' needs. Kind of wish you'd used a bit larger pot this time to minimize any further transplant shock.
My daughter & I would love to try those tomatoes in our garden!
Good work, Plant is looking good, would love to see videos of what your gonna do with the suckers. Dont rush to get the seeds out there. Like you said, do your thing and put them up when you feel its right. cheers.
It's amazing to think that such old seeds managed to produce such a healthy looking plant, shame it was just the one, but, one is far better than none... :)
I'm sure you're all "I'll take some seed!" ed out. However if you have some good seeds next year I'd like to be on the list. Thank you so much. The sprouting 87 year old seeds video was the reason I subscribed to the channel. However I love the rest of the content. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I've already been able to put a lot of it to use in VT and people are amazed that I already have tomatoes on the vine and have been harvesting other things since March.
Awesome- I am excited to see the plant looking so good.
It is so exciting to see you resurrect an extinct variety. I love your passion for gardening. You are my go to channel for gardening!
So nice to see how well its doing.
How satisfying must that be to be able to bring an extinct variety back to life! Thanks look forward to more updates :)
this is so cool. I've been following the whole thing from the first video. i even changed the youtube settings so i dont miss any of your posts to keep up on it LOL. well i am so happy to see it's doing well. I will for sure want a couple if seeds even if it's a couple of years down the road. Thanks for the update. she sure is a beautiful plant!!!
The plant looks wonderful and you are smart to clone it via suckers. I have seriously been wondering if you broke the record for oldest tomato seed germinated, 87 years is really old. I wouldn't be surprised!
Me too on see purchase list... I was just wondering if the tomato plants "feels the love" and all of us rooting ....haha for it.
Thats awesome i have a friend that collects heirloom tomatoes from all over so far she has 154 variety of tomatoes.
Nice to see that it's still alive.
love the work you are putting into this.
I would like a few seeds myself to preserve this variety. Heirloom is what I always go for. Oh yeah, carrots and tomatoes love to grow together too. I have had slightly healthier and larger quantity when growing the two together.
WOW! Put me on the waiting list! I have some old (not sure how old, but at least several years.. I'm thinking at least 10) honey dew melon seeds I got going through my grandma's things I inherited. I found a vitamin bottle with "honey dew seeds" written on it. I planted some and they have germinated nicely. Getting ready to transplant them in the next day or so.
Glad you gave us this update, I was going to ask. Has any company or organization contact you about your tomato plant possible reproduction and re-emergence into the gene pool? Let us know when you start getting fruit.
Please put me on the waiting list! I'm so excited for this!
Definitely want to be on the waiting list. I love persevering the seeds and genetics of my plants too. It'd be nice to add this to the collection
absolutely love these updates. It sure is looking great
I would love to taste one of those!!! please put me in the waiting list also! HOW EXCITING!!!
I would be blessed to get a few of these tomato seeds if and when you decide to sell any.I am living a simple life in a city and garden in a empty lot we were able to buy. Second year of working on the ground and it is starting to get nice.
grass looks great too.
So well done Luke! The tomato continues to look amazing! I also have no doubt that your trifecta + also helped in your success, it's just a shame it's not available throughout the world (without the huge postage cost).
I remember you spoke to I think Michigan Uni the beginning, are you still in contact with them and told them the awesome success you have had? I know you addressed the issue of other seed saving networks, and that you wouldn't do that, but will you be considering providing any seed to universities/seed diversity conservancy/vault? What I mean is organisations purely concerned with having seed so that if it dies out again it could be revived, not the organisations that will mass produce the seed and make it available in the commercial market?
I have backed you Luke, 110%, all the way along with this (and with anything else!), and will continue to back you and defend you when I can, all the way-If anyone can do it, Luke can, and has! Critical, Negative, self interested trolls have no place here.
Luke maybe young, but he has been a gardener all his life, and is more capable and qualified to handle (and manage) whatever this project of his may bring, moreso than most here. It's rediculous the suggestion that it's offensive that he not profit from his project-it's his project, his success, and his decisions should be respected. Let's not forget this is an extinct variety-were people not listening when Luke said that his priority was preserving the genetics of this extinct variety, not the commercial gain? I think this attitude, in stance of the protection and revival of extinct genetic diversity (vegetable/fruit/herb etc.) should be admired and celebrated, not criticised. I don't think you would ever see Luke knocking back the financial benefits for himself and his family, but I know he would not do anything at the expense of this variety that he has given new life to-he is not that type of person-this tomato variety is incredibly important to him-the decision he has seemingly made to sell the seeds in the store when they become available is testimony to this-and his fairness-which brings me to the next point-
I also have no doubt that Luke will be fair regarding the sale of plant material/seeds, he has never not been completely fair! I anticipate that if you have bought seeds from Luke and successfully imported them to your country, you would have a fair chance of being able to do the same again and buy these seeds when they become available-I agree that to prevent the variety dying out again, many will, and should, from other countries outside the US buy these seeds when they become available, but I don't believe customers from other countries should be given priority, or will be given priority in buying, nor do I think Luke should 'give seeds away' to customers in other countries purely for the aim of spreading the diversity of growing locations of this variety. No doubt, whatever Luke decides, I know it will be fair-he has demonstrated this with the sale of the orange rousolini variety that he sells-if they are available, he will make them available for sale, in a fair way and at a fair price (maybe he might do something like a ballot for the first seeds if there is huge interest, whereby you enter your name in to be considered to buy the seeds-no matter what he does, I'm sure it will be fair!)-he has already said that-once again, he is about the variety and genetic diversity, not the money! It remains to be seen how many will want seeds from this variety- I anticipate many thousands more than the interest in orange rousolini, potentially-especially if it gets out there in the mainstream gardening world, what Luke has achieved- Let's also not forget that this is a living thing, and crop failures resulting in unavailability of seed happens! There is still a possibility, (please, please, please let's hope not!) that even though this plant has flowers on it, seeds may not result! I do think that taking as many suckers as possible, without harming the mother plant, to hopefully propagate more clones of the mother plant is totally the right thing to do-but again, totally expected as something Luke would do-because he is all about the preservation of this variety!
Can I also say that we are all excited, I'm sure Luke knows that-but please can I encourage some PATIENCE! Loosing your heads over some seeds is rediculous! Luke will make the seeds available, when he can, to who he can! You can't expect anything more than that! I will wait patiently, for when the time comes and I'm able to buy the seeds I will, i can assure you that I too would really love to try growing this tomato! Can I suggest everyone else does the same, and that can we all be positive, considerate, patient and supportive beings of Luke, Sindy and their families in the meantime!
happy to see this progress 🤗
You're the man, Luke!
If you are gonna do a wait list I would love to be put on it and if not I hope I can get it quick when you have the supply to sell it.
awesome!! cant wait to see how well it does!
This is ama/ing. Some seed, if properly stored, can be viable after ten years. Tomato seeds have even been known to germinate after as long as 16 years! Yours is 87 years old. You really should give some seed of this plant for research.
I am so glad that you have the seeds! You are the perfect person to bring back to life a dormant extinct seed!! Yay! I can't wait to be able to purchase those seeds from you! :)
can't wait to get the seeds Luke. ..
Nice to see this.
I would love to grow these. I only grow one type of tomato at a time so there would be no risk of cross pollination. This needs to be preserved for future generations.
This is as exciting as bringing back a great breed of cattle from dna. Maybe in my lifetime there will be enough seeds to share, but I'm pushing 70 so don't have more than 20 good years of gardening left.
If there is a waiting list please put me on it to . I think you are doing a great job on it so far i hope the suckers grow for you as well .
So excited! This plant is totally amazing! I will be watching along to see it's progress! Terrific that you got it to grow and could propagate it too!!! Good job! :) I would love to be on your waiting list ! Thank you for all you do.