My MOST PRODUCTIVE TOMATO Varieties! [And 4 Varieties To Avoid]
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- This is a vegetable garden tour of my tomato garden, showcasing my most productive tomato varieties of indeterminate, determinate, dwarf, heirloom tomatoes and hybrid tomato plants. I show you my best tomato plants in this plant tour, as well as some of my worst varieties to avoid.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 How To Grow Tomatoes For Heavy Production
1:15 My Most Productive Determinate Tomatoes
2:00 Siletz Tomato
3:49 Abu Rawan Tomato
4:31 Bella Rosa Tomato
5:16 Rosella Purple (Dwarf Tomato Project selection)
6:21 My Most Productive Indeterminate Tomatoes
6:22 Super Sweet 100 & Sun Gold (Cherry Tomatoes)
7:47 Big Beef Tomato
8:36 White Tomesol Tomato
9:43 Precious Pink Tomato
10:33 Chef's Choice Bicolor Tomato
11:15 Chef's Choice Purple Tomato
12:10 Chef's Choice Green Tomato
12:45 Arkansas Traveler Tomato
13:33 Chef's Choice Red Tomato
14:07 Big Brandy Tomato
14:47 My Least Productive Tomatoes
14:56 Big Raspberry Tomato
15:53 Brandywine Yellow Tomato (Platfoot Strain)
16:55 Cherokee Purple Tomato
17:48 Brandywine Pink Tomato (Sudduth Strain)
18:48 My Standout Favorite Tomato Varieties So Far
20:20 Adventures With Dale
Stay tuned for a future garden update where I'll be harvesting tomatoes and show you my best tasting tomato varieties in the tomato harvest.
If you have any questions about growing tomatoes, want to know about the things I am growing in my garden, are looking for any gardening tips and tricks, or have questions about gardening and organic gardening in general, please ask in the Comments below!
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Thanks for growing in the south. So many online channels aren't addressing the nuances of southern growing
"Nuances" is the understatement of the year! I've never seen anything like the weather down here. How you can get 4-7 inches of rain in a couple days as a low pressure system sits on top of you and drowns your entire garden is something I never experienced up north. The disease pressure here is off the charts, and no matter what you do, you simply cannot defeat it. Sometimes, I think the best way to garden is to just pack up, move to Florida, build a greenhouse and grow in the winter, then vacation from June to September 😂 I'm trying to manage the struggles as best as I can. Thanks for watching!
@@TheMillennialGardener I'm planning to depart Virginia and return to upstate NY sometime in the next year or two. Nuances, indeed!
I wish channels & commenters stated zones and made zone related tips.
Wow. I grow in Tennessee. Just toss the seeds on the ground and let it go. Get enough to can every year.
Yes, thank you for being a southern grower channel! I watch so many channels from all over and the closest to resemble our crazy SC weather was someone in FL... So thank you! And your content is amazingly informatitve and so relevant!!
For me, the favorite thing to do is a combination of determinate and indeterminate varieties, plus experimenting with seeds from F1 hybrids.
I grow Sungold tomatoes every year for my grandkids. They LOVE them!!!
It's really great you tell the heights and lengths in meters as well, easier for us Europeans to understand.
Ya it’s the same for Americans. It’s like when I watch a Canadian or UK or European video some videos uses just the metric system. Some uses feet or miles cause they maybe traveling Americans, but some UA-camrs use both systems.
I’ll tell ya this. If you’re American hearing the temperature in C degrees means absolutely nothing. It’s like kilometers and cm I can visually sort of reference cause I somewhat know how close they are to what we use in the U.S. but like for C degrees haha it’s like oh hell. I remember in physics there’s a big equation you have to use to convert C into F or ferenheit or whatever but you can’t visually do it or guess at least I’ve not been exposed to using Celsius enough to do that. It’s like -80 C is absolute cold or something for storing mushroom cultures I think and 0 C is freezing so it’d be 32 F but other then that it’s like haha hilarious.
Ya it’s the same for Americans. It’s like when I watch a Canadian or UK or European video some videos uses just the metric system. Some uses feet or miles cause they maybe traveling Americans, but some UA-camrs use both systems.
I’ll tell ya this. If you’re American hearing the temperature in C degrees means absolutely nothing. It’s like kilometers and cm I can visually sort of reference cause I somewhat know how close they are to what we use in the U.S. but like for C degrees haha it’s like oh hell. I remember in physics there’s a big equation you have to use to convert C into F or ferenheit or whatever but you can’t visually do it or guess at least I’ve not been exposed to using Celsius enough to do that. It’s like -80 C is absolute cold or something for storing mushroom cultures I think and 0 C is freezing so it’d be 32 F but other then that it’s like haha hilarious.
I have had amazing luck with cherokee purple in missouri! One of the best out of about 30+ varieties I've grown. Super production and quite a few fruits that are close to and sometimes over 1 lb. I've even had several here and there that are upwards of 2 pounds. Enormous. Although when they get really big sometimes they have a weird shape
My Dwarf Tomato Project tomatoes are doing great so far for me up her in Maine. I still can't thank you enough for introducing me to them! I also just plain love your channel! lol
I'm glad to hear they're working out for you. They're a great "cheat" to get heirloom-indeterminate-quality tomatoes in places with short summers. The high value beefsteaks can now be grown in all 50 states! Thanks for watching. I appreciate it.
I am growing Geranium Kiss and Wherokowhai (try pronouncing that!) Dwarf tomatoes this year. I am growing in one gallon, 3 gallon and 5-gallon containers just to see if there is a difference in performance. So far there is a clear difference in size! Let's see how the fruiting measures!
Sun Gold tomatoes bring an umami that the sweet 100s tend to lack which is why they present as more complex on the tongue.
Growing for the kiddo’s lunchbox, the 100s are amazing. Want something that will stand up to some garlic and basil on bruschetta, the sun golds are your fruit.
I grow both for the reasons above. That and both of them are intense in their yields as you mentioned.
I agree. The Super Sweet 100's are good, but they're more like eating grapes. They're great eating fresh off the vine. The Sun Gold, on the other hand, are acidic and complex. I think they'd be fantastic in tomato sauces and salads, because they have so much bite. I am going to look for a purple cherry for next year and grow a red-yellow-purple mix.
The brandy wine sudduth are what grows best in my sw Mn garden. 2 miles away at my parents house it doesn’t grow well. I start tomatoes every year indoors but it’s the volunteer Brandywine in my garden that end up producing massive huge fruits
@@TheMillennialGardener Have you tried the yellow pear cherry tomato? I grew the Sun Gold and the Yellow Pear last year and the I liked the Yellow Pear better. Love your videos. Thanks for all the information.
I'm here in Southern California zone 9b and I got my plants in the ground a little late this year at the middle/end of May. Pleased to say besides two indeterminate the rest of my tomato plants and night shades are doing fantastic. But the real champ in my Champion determinant tomato. It's literally been producing for over two months with another literal 30-40 more tomatoes with them being in all stages of fruit development. Also have a SS 100vf that is doing insanely good. Love the videos keep up the good content !
The chefs choice black is incredible.
Heirloom quality taste
The Chef's Choice varieties are so productive that it becomes redundant and pointless to grow the heirlooms. Unless you have to save the seed, there isn't much point in growing heirlooms anymore, in my opinion.
@@TheMillennialGardener this was my 1st year with the chefs choice. I was very impressed. I am going to try the others as well
@@johnmalatesta751 I’m going to try Chef’s Choice Black next year. I was disappointed with the dwarfs and might grow mostly hybrids next year.
@@archstanton9703 this was my 1st year and they were awesome. I grow both heirlooms and hybrids.
I grew chefs choice orange two years ago and it has been by far my most productive and healthy tomatoes I’ve grown to date. Great flavor from an almost softball size tomato. I’m growing some Black Sea Man tomatoes this year. I’ve heard they are maybe the best tasting tomatoes there are.
YAY for Sungold tomatoes and talking TASTE!!! Thank you!
They're excellent. Thanks for watching!
I also got my free packet of of White Tomesol from Baker Creek. Like you I wouldn't have thought about choosing it. I was amazed how prolifically it produced good sized very flavorful fruit. I'm growing it again this year.
I’m growing Big Beef for the first time this year, glad to hear yours are doing so well. I’m up north so a little behind you, but the plants look great and the fruit that has set so far looks great as well. I’ve been growing Celebrity for 3 years now, overall great tomato. Perfect size.
Thanks so very much for always being so detailed videos telling us everything gardeners need to know. I don't think I need to watch anyone else. You are superb!
I've enjoyed your videos and presentation. You share your information straight to the point without fluff, and keep it interesting. I subscribed to both of your channels. Looking forward to enjoying all your future videos. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge!
Thanks so much for this video. I really enjoy that content you create. You are easy to listen to and break things down in a simple manner. Your content is very engaging and I usually watch your videos from start to finish. You are a no nonsense person - and unapologetic about the choices you make in your gardening style, which is really great. Thanks so much, I have learned a lot from you.
Thank you. I really appreciate it. I try and get the point across that I really do these things in real life in my own garden. I do promote products on occasion, but only the ones that I use in real life and I feel are responsible for my success. I don't want to keep any secrets. My dream is that you all outproduce me! I want as many gardeners growing their own food as possible. Thank you for watching!
Great sharing
Thanks for watching!
Yore videos are perfect. No fluff just information. Your information is really well laid out also. Thanks a lot! Love your work!!!
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!
Thank you. Great content. I like how you grow so many varieties and then take the time to tell us what worked and what did not work.
A most excellent demonstration !!! Expert craftsmanship based on detailed knowledge base. Was so pleased --will view this one over again and keep as reference. No one else has really portrayed the spectrum of the new dwarf varieties nor summarized the clear limitations of most lg. heirloom types with their low production. Please keep bringing us your garden experience. Many thanks. Kathy Komp Cleveland Ohio.
Glad it was helpful! It's a real pain to reset the camera dozens and dozens of times to take all these individual shots, so when I hear this is helping so many people, it really makes me happy. Thank you for watching!
Could not agree more! After viewing this video when it was first published, I purchased the Summer Sweet Gold & Emerald Giant dwarf tomato seeds. These seeds are not Walmart cheap......so only planted 1 of each in my raised bed. I have been blown away by both plants; so beautiful and covered with blossoms. Even my neighbors have taken notice of these extraordinary plants. Thank you, MG.
Thanks for all the hard work on these videos, not to mention the garden work and research. Dale reminds me of my Sam.
I was cruising the tomato starts in my local family-run ACE Hardware today and found Celebrity (not listed here, but I've heard you mention it favorably), Super Sweet 100, Roma, and Cherokee Purple, which is on your 'not recommended' list. As I paused to look at the Cherokee Purples the garden section manager asked if I needed any help. I asked if he grow tomatoes and he replied that he puts in about 300 plants each season, and that his personal favorite sandwich and slicer tomato is...Cherokee Purple. He said they grow great up here in North Carolina's Piedmont at nearly 1000' elevation NW of Charlotte, and have terrific flavor.
Extremely interesting. I live in central Florida and the soul is very sandy. I enjoyed the part of the determine tomatoes very much. I grow my tomatoes in containers. Thanks for all the information.
I have a very wet, humid climate, and our rainfall may even exceed yours in the summer. We average over 60 inches of rain a year, which is higher than anywhere in Florida except the panhandle, so if they do well for me, they'll probably do well for you.
I live in central Florida, as well. I ,too, grow in containers.
I learn so much from your Channel about growing tomatoes.Thank you for what you do.
Thank you for watching! I couldn't do it without viewers like you tuning in!
Great vid ty so much!!
I just tap all my flowers with my ✋🏻 to pollinate.
I discovered Chef’s Choice in 2020 regrowing this year. I’m in zone 10. Love all of the various colors.
They're really awesome hybrids! Thanks for watching!
I love all of your tomato plants.
Thanks for all the great tomatoes to try , your garden is gorgeous!
Thank you. I really appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching!
I love Sun Gold. They’ve been very reliable, productive, and the critters have not bothered them. I’ll be trying Purple Rosella this year per your recommendation. Thanks!
The only negative I can say about Sun Gold is they're splitting in the heavy rain. But most tomatoes do that. I think you'll enjoy Rosella Purple. It is, in my opinion, superior to Cherokee Purple.
Thank you for your garden tours!!! So informative. I have difficulty growing tomatoes. Will try some new varieties 😄
About to start my Siletz seedlings in Melbourne. Thanks to this video, I planted one last Summer and it was a Superstar. So glad I did.
It didn't grow too tall (2 feet), so I just placed bricks all around the base and allowed it to sprawl on the ground.
It just kept producing. I stopped weighing after I harvested 13lbs, and wouldn't be surprised if it produced 20lbs, as the birds ate quite a few also.
Took up little space, needed no attention, produced a heap, and was by far the earliest producer.
Handled the cold very well, and although the fruit was more acidic than I normally like, it was still pleasant. Will plant 4 this season.
What a wonderful collections of tomatoes varieties! Love how you have so many varieties.
Thank you. I really enjoy it. It is a lot of fun. Thank you for watching. I appreciate it.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thank YOU for sharing so I can enjoy watching your wonderful garden.
My pleasure!
I learn more here than almost any other gardening channel. Two thumbs up!
Thanks for listing the names of tomatoes. 😊
Thanks. I live in Southern California. Could never figure out why my Brandywine tomato bush never gave me more then a couple of fantastically delicious tomatoes. Always thought I was doing something wrong especially since my other varieties did so well. Will continue to grow a couple of Brandywine bushes, but now I won’t get disappointed when all they produce are a couple of tomatoes. Again, thanks.
Awesome selection on varieties that’s are winners! Will be trying some of your proven success top picks! Thank you
Thank you. Keep in mind I'm in a very humid, subtropical climate. If you're in a drier, less humid climate, some of these varieties that are failing me may do better for you. If you're in a soupy, wet climate like mine, this video should help.
South Jersey here! I’m still gonna try ur winners, they check off everything i want in my plants to have success👍👍 my 42 different varieties are just getting going here
@@cassandraberger9146 I was born and raised in Egg Harbor City. Lived in Atlantic County most of my life.
Your garden is looking great! Wait till you see my beast tomatoes. I have some heirloom tomatoes that have been in my family since they migrated from Italy. Last year I grew one 3.5 lbs., in that one tomato had 20 seeds. Blessings 🙏
That's a big tomato. I always go for quantity, so my tomatoes rarely get over 1 lb. One year, I should try to grow a monster. Thanks for watching!
As an Iraqi guy, I can't wait to get my hands on Abu Rawan tomato 😂
They're incredibly prolific. They struggled here badly with disease, unfortunately, so it's pretty clear they require a dry climate for proper ripening. If your location isn't very rainy like mine, I think they'll do well, but they didn't hold up well for me because of all our summer rains.
Sun Gold Tomatoes are my absolute favorite to grow. So good.
They’re my favorite so far this year.
Poor Dale 😝. Our Pomeranian liked to daintily eat strawberries right off the bushes on the deck.
I like your farm !
New Jersey grower here -also have a huge problem with humidity.
The best variety I have ever grown Box Car Willie FANTASTIC!🍅
I haven't grown that variety. I've seen it. It looks to be a mid-sized slicer if memory serves.
DUDE! LOL I told you about White Tomesol last year. I understand if you missed it.
Literally I had a WT last year that made me CRY cuz it was THE best tomato I've had in my life. I will ALWAYS grow White Tomesol! Tomatoes are smaller and I limit to single or double stalk and frankly might remove flowers on another to try to increase size.
But I'm not kidding you.... I call them 'My Elegant little babies'. Such true balanced lovely high end, top shelf flavor. No kidding. I can't wait for you to try them.
Growing Great White this year now to see but I find it difficult to coprehend it will best the Flavor of White Tomesol.
IMO - prune that one. Keep it healthy and maybe get some larger tomatoes. Do not take this plant for granted. it's a damn GEM. (it made Midwest Gardener top 5 for flavor list)
Sorry, I get so many suggestions that I can only recall the ones that are overwhelming (like Sun Gold, Sun Sugar and Black Cherry, which seems to be recommended by the dozens). Unfortunately, I haven't had a ripe one yet. The plant is incredibly productive and disease resistant, but the now TEN INCHES OF RAIN we've had since June 2nd is destroying the fruits. And we have more heavy thunderstorms rolling in tomorrow 😓 We are *easily* going to wind up with 12-15 inches of rain this month. It's just horrible.
Since it's a smaller-fruited plant, I may start another plant for my fall garden. If I can get it to produce by September 15, I should be able to ripen fruits when life gets better here post-thunderstorm season. Assuming we don't set a September/October hurricane, we dry out big time after September 15.
@@TheMillennialGardener wow. Sorry re the rain! I think for WT I might've double stem'd it. I've had some good sized ones. after you get some, perhaps try to limit the fruits to get some big ones. One plant I let go crazy last year only produced small fruits. Great tomato! And don't judge it on the first one!
(So is Virginia Sweets LOL)
I gave all my White Tomesol plants away and wish I’d kept at least one.
@@archstanton9703 Oh no! Well, do try again next season. it's a great tomato.
Super fantastic was my favorite variety this year. Fruity notes, low acidity and big!
We love super sweet 100 here in Cary, NC. Tried Sun Gold last summer it was good too, but we grew Honeycomb hybrid this year and it's our absolute favorite ever! Soooooo good!
Thank you for your videos!
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll definitely be growing more cherry types next season. I really appreciate you watching.
Absolutely beautiful 🙏!
Thanks for watching!
Great information for serious 🍅 tomato gardening. I have had similar results for varieties you grow. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching! I appreciate it.
I like your videos, I feel like a student. It’s a good thing. I’m thankful I get to glean from your experience 😀
I'm glad you're enjoying the videos! I appreciate you watching!
Your garden is so pleasing to my eye that it's almost Zen for me. I could look at it for hours. I've written down some the varieties you mention and hope to try them next year. As for AWD, this is the funniest episode so far. All this is the reason you have almost 100K subscribers in the relatively short period I've been watching your channel. Well done!
Thanks. Unfortunately, it has done nothing but rain since I filmed this video, and now all my tomato plants are pretty much ruined. The fruits are mostly okay (except the ones that split in this horrible weather), but the plants won't survive much longer. It's pouring right now, so that'll likely push us into the 5+ inch range for the past few days. It's completely devastating. I have been working very hard to film as much tomato footage as I could while we were stuck in a light drought, because I knew once it ended, my season would be over.
@@TheMillennialGardener I know from the TV weather reports you are getting terrible weather. I hope sincerely that you can salvage much of your harvest, even if the plants fail. It was such a beautiful crop. You always work hard and the quality of your videos show it.
@@TheMillennialGardener NC is absolutely terrible state for gardening... we had lots of rain here in Cary too (probably less than you though) and now my eggplants covered in mushrooms and my petunias are dead and some tomatoes are breaking too :( oh and both my zucchini plants are dead (thank you borer...)
Thank you for loving on the dwarfs and determinates. they do much better with my season of 97% humidity and I have so much fun discovering the breeding.
They absolutely do. I find indeterminate tomatoes to be the least productive per square foot. Indeterminates have the best selection, but there's a reason why they aren't grown commercially very often except in commercial greenhouses. The determinates are more productive and less work.
I would love to try Sun Gold, super sweat 100, and others. One I don't see anyone mention is Rapunzel. Give it a try!
It is a CRAZY growing hybrid and it produces what it wants too honestly. Mine grew about 8ft tall and destroyed my cage lmao. She fell to the floor but kept on going anyways and I just let it do its thing.
All those plants are really doing amazing and a nice variety as well!! The dwarf plants are impressive too, i'll try some next season. Also keep us posted on that White Tomesol' i can't wait to see how it finishes and tastes. Congrat's on you success!
Once my later season tomatoes start ripening, I should be able to compare a few of them. There are a lot of new varieties that I want to evaluate.
@@TheMillennialGardener I'll be looking forward to it!
Looking forward to your next video!
Thank you! Next one is out tomorrow! 😀
Enjoyed the video. Love growing tomatoes!!
Thank you!
Your tomato garden looks awesome, I am going to try these next season.
Thank you! I appreciate you watching.
Poor Dale LOL...didn't want the strawberry today! Thanks for what I think as a new gardener is a great video. Just ordered a bunch of different varieties of tomatoes mostly determinate and container varieties because the seeds I got here locally in Florida and have been growing just are not producing anything but flowers and the plants look sick. I finally got 1 tiny little mater growing on one of my plants, I think its a beefsteak and I started them all indoors way back in March. People I watch have been harvesting theirs and here I am waiting on 1 little mater LOL
Amazing. Thanks
Rosella Purple 🌹💜🍅. Can't wait to try.
It's one of the best! Very sweet, and very low acid. If you like sweet tomatoes, it's a winner.
I grow most of my tomatoes hydroponically. I love the big beef for its high production and awesome texture and flavor. I'm sure you will enjoy it. One tomato that I am growing for an indoor tomato under lights is the Tiny Tim. It is supposed to be dwarf. It has taken over my basement grow area (not so tiny) and has the most incredible, firm, attractive bright red tomatoes. I put one outside in my Dutch bucket system and it is blowing me away. It easily has 70 tomatoes set and well over 300 blossoms. It seems to be self-pollinating and sets fruit without intervention both indoors or outdoors. For me it has outperformed the sweet 100 variety, which was incredible. Try the Tiny Tim, I am sure you will love it.
Where did you get the Tiny Tim seeds????
@@simonadunn7168 Here's a link. They were all good seeds from this vendor, www.ebay.com/itm/184380684502?hash=item2aedf1f8d6:g:vWgAAOSwByFfHaEb
I've seen Gary Pilarchik grow Tiny Tim, and it is a wild looking plant. If you like that variety, you should seriously browse the Dwarf Tomato Project selections over at Victory Seed. They have a similar growth habit, but you'll get an enormous selection of heirloom-quality fruits with amazing colors and patterns. It will blow your mind. The fruit quality is off the charts with many of the varieties.
I love them , they all look so good . Am so encourage.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
I grew Cherokee purple here in Arkansas last year, and growing this year, mine got 8 ft tall. They were extremely tasty, I saved seeds if you’d like any. I grew them in huge pots, this year I’m going to plant in garden. Let me know and I’ll send you seeds.
I’ve grown Cherokee Purple for several years and they always struggle. It’s always the smallest plant with sparse fruit. 😢 I’m zone 5b
Cherokee Purple is one of my favorites! They get enormous here in Virginia too. I usually end up having to top mine after they reach 9 feet.
I would *love* some seeds. Cherokee purples are our family's favorite but they're just sadly such a low yielder.
@@kaeli give me your address and I’ll send you some, I’ll take a pic of my plants tomorrow and post it here if that’s possible. It really does depend on the soil. I have several Cherokee purple plants this year, and some are doing way better than others. I planted in ground this year and the soil of the ones not doing well was a lot of clay. The fruit are rotten and small, and the plants were the strongest seedlings. I suggest to anyone who plants in the ground to pick their spot carefully, or amend it accordingly. Shoot you can even go as far as digging a hole where the soil is bad and fill it in with just cheap topsoil and add fertilizer as well. I did a no till garden in my backyard, just dug 1x1 ft holes about a foot and a half deep, sifted it(it was extremely rocky), fertilized with 10-10-10 and bonemeal. Besides the clay ridden spots it’s done well. Squash and other cur cubits need wider space, I suggest 1.5 x 1.5 ft at least and 1 ft deep.
@@juliewolfe7558 awesome. Probably good soil. :)
Thanks for your list. I have quite a few for next year that are on your list. Many of my tomatoes got herbicide damage this year so I’ve rooted some of my healthy suckers for a second chance.
Ah, sorry to hear that. Hopefully this video was helpful! Thank you for watching.
GREAT VIDEO. Your content is so good. I really enjoyed the last part :)
Thank you! I appreciate you watching.
Dale is going to enjoy the tomatoes this season!
Also I'm hoping Brandywin Pink does well for me in Zone 6, Michigan.
He is already enjoying them, for sure. He loves his fresh veggies. Brandywine Pink would definitely benefit from hand pollination. It is a tricky variety. If you’re not familiar with the toothbrush trick, it works dramatically well: ua-cam.com/video/x2zoorfpZ50/v-deo.html
@Nick Clarke " I'm hoping Brandywine Pink does well for me in Zone 6, Michigan." DITTO!
@@TheMillennialGardener - I get very good pollination of Brandywine Pink and every other variety just from wind and insects. Maybe the weather difference.
If you like Pink Brandywine, you have to try Marianna's Peace. I love Pink Brandywine, but Marianna's Peace beats it for me.
Thanks, great video, good information. Dale is soooo patient! 😆😆
Thank you! Dale is only patient when he knows the appearance of being a Good Boy is going to lead to the immediate reward of a treat. Suddenly, he can win any staring contest. When he wants something and your back is to him, he will pester you in the sweetest, most annoying way possible. He will walk up to you, put his paw on you, if you don't acknowledge his paw, he will repeatedly tap you, then sit like a statue and stare. If you don't acknowledge him, he will leave the room, re-enter the room and begin the process all over again, as if exiting and re-entering the room creates some kind of time warp where you rewind time and you forget the first encounter ever happened. He has more personality than most people. It's unbelievable.
@@TheMillennialGardener Hahaha! Dale sounds like such a sweet guy! Nothing like such a sweet personality in your dog!
He’s the best person I have ever met. I’ve never met a human as kind, myself included. We could all learn a lot from Dale and other dogs like him.
Dad,
You needed a scoop of strawberry or vanilla ice cream under that fresh strawberry 🍓!!!!
My favourite is "Gardeners delight", super tasty and amazing producer
Wow, you have the biggest variety of tomatoes I’ve ever seen in one place and they look great! I’m trying to grow the Beef Steak Tomatoes for the second year, whereas it’s late September here in southeast Texas and most of them are finally getting loaded with beautiful tomatoes. Last year, which was my first year growing them across a trellis where they finally did okay very late in the fall as I’ve been told the extreme heat that we have here prevents them from producing and keeps many of the leafs with a scorched appearance. Nonetheless, I have 6 plants for my family use which now has more than 50 tomatoes of various sizes and I’m keeping close watch on them after finding a Caterpillar eating away on one of them. I’m hoping they stay pretty and grow as large as they should but most importantly hoping they have a great taste! Thanks for the informative videos and keep them coming.
Incredible tomatoes plants in your garden😍. We are growing some tomatoes this year too. Home growth tomatoes is the best . My favorite is cherry tomatoes. Amazing collection of variety tomatoes. Thanks 🙏
Thank you! I appreciate you watching. Best of luck with your varieties!
Very informative. Thankyou so much. I will know more about what to plant next time.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Great Vid... I am definitely going to try a couple of the Varieties you suggest... I'm in South Florida and do all Container gardening, so some of these Determinates would work well for me..
Bella Rosa is really impressing me. We just got 5 inches of rain and the fruits are perfect. No cracking. I picked 3, but they need some time to finish ripening on the counter. I hope they taste good, but the fruit itself is impressive.
I love your channel. I’ve learned a lot.
I appreciate that!
Green giant huge production unbelievable taste .
I just watched your video again and this time I noticed you mentioned you started these plants in February. These tomatoes being this large on June 1st is amazing. I live north of Greensboro and am in zone 7b. When you say February, do you mean you start the seedlings in February and transplant later or do you actually put them in the garden in February? That seems early but it must be nice to be able to start so early. We don’t really get to put ours in the ground up here until mid April. Love your videos. The hydrogen peroxide was another great tip.
I love the tomato info but I watch mostly cause of Dale! Reminds me of my boy Moose 😍
I really appreciate just how much you put into these videos. I nerd out on technicalities and fine details. You most definitely provide all of the essential information needed to execute fantastic growing practices and comprehend exactly what you're doing. Thanks for helping me take it to the next level.
Also, I just got a VDB fig tree! The brown turkey was all I knew and grew prior to discovering your channel.
I'm glad to hear it's helpful. It takes a ton of time resetting the camera dozens of times to take all the shots, then edit all those tiny clips together, so hearing how useful these videos are makes it all worth it. I'm also glad to hear that you got yourself a fig tree. Don't let it be your only new tree! Growing figs is the most addicting thing in the garden to me.
Hahahaha That mic cracks me up everytime!
I'm growing sungolds this year! I am excited to try them. I'll have to try the super sweet 100.
Both are good, but in my opinion, Sun Gold are much better. They're larger, sweeter, tangier and equally productive. The Super Sweet's are good, but I may look into replacing them with a more acidic red tomato because I like a good acid bite.
Great video! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Yea Cherokee purple is a Deep South tomato, doing great in Mississippi. Getting tons off of just 2 plants. Still growing too. A great indeterminate, and a very sweet tasting tomato.
That's interesting, because my climate is identical to the Deep South. My latitude is exactly in between Huntsville and Birmingham (at 34.1N), and my growing season is longer than both with a higher dew point because of the coastal influence. I'm just not seeing any luck. It only sets in the cool temperatures. After growing this for 4 years, I think Cherokee Purple is better suited for northern climates with short growing seasons because it only sets in cool temps and ripens early.
Interesting comparing Northern CA climate for tomatoes. I've been growing tomatoes for 25+ years. I also have great results with Big Beef and the Chef's Choice hybrids. I've only grown the Chef's Choice pink and orange. The CC orange is my absolute FAV - so perfect and productive! This year, the garden center sold GRAFTED Suddeth Brandywine, on a hybridized root stock with the heirloom plant on top. I planted a heirloom Suddeth Brandywine next to the grafted variety and what a huge difference. The grafted is doing twice as nice. Cherokee Purple is prolific here but I'm not a fan of the taste. My other favorites are the Orange Strawberry - 1-2 lb orange beefsteaks, Maryianna's Peace - similar to Brandywine without the blight and more productive. For cherry tomatoes, I grew Sun Gold until I tried Isis Candy. Isis Candy had strong stems, super productive, sweeter and the tomatoes can be dried or roasted if you cant eat them all - plants always 7-8 ft tall! Happy Gardening!
Hi Thank you for your detailed information. I’m growing ISIS Candy this year. Just wondering if it’s heirloom??
@@soby123 There's a tomato called ISIS candy??!
@@dross10001 Yes 😃
Bella Rosa and sun gold are 2 of my go to tomatoe plants for the garden. Sun golds flavor is exceptional 👌
Sun Gold is awesome. I also added Sun Sugar this year. We'll see which is better!
Tks for sharing this
Thanks for watching!
I like the determinate too. This is my 2nd year with dwarfs and I love them. Blossom Booster is my friend!
I'm in Pa, BUT, lately we've been having short spring weather. In other words, it's spring for a few weeks and then BAM, it's freakin 80 and 90F out. We even had a few days of 100F or a 102F last summer. I want to grow mostly determinates this coming growing season.
That Abu Rawan looks good. Bella Rosa too. I have seen Celebrity around my area last year.
The rest of these I haven't seen before, nor do I know where I would even get them at.
I've had Super sweet, and they are good, and very productive. Cherokee Purple didn't do very well for me last year. I can only think my potting soil sucked bug time.
I grow tomatoes in 5-6 gallon plastic pots. I see how important phosphorus is to fruit set or growing, and pollinating by shaking the plants.
If I'm going to find any of the varieties you have here, besides the few I've seen and bought here, I'm going to have to go out of town to an actual nursery instead of the big box stores in my area where I usually get my tomato and pepper plants.
I see Cherokee Purple sucked for you too.
Thanks for this video, I love tomatoes and I just didn't know which ones to get.
Glad to hear it was helpful. I'll have a harvest video soon!
Brunswick County resident here. Good to see local growers here
It's certainly not easy to grow in our summers, but the other 8 months a year aren't too shabby 😀
This makes me feel a lot better. This is my first year in a very long time trying to grow tomatoes (I have huge pots on my front porch) and I picked Cherokee Purple on a whim. They're doing awful and I thought I was doing something wrong. Sounds like though they're just not great producers. Next year I'll try a determinate variety.
From my experience, indeterminate varieties haven't done well in pots for me. They get too tall and it's hard to support them. The determinate tomatoes are shorter and might do better in a pot. We make our own tomato cages.
Thanks you. This is a very good video, I learned a lot. I keep a running list of Tomatoes and have added a couple from your video.
Glad it was helpful for you! Thanks for watching!
Wow , who knew there were so many different tomatoes, you're so full of information and I'm sharing in hopes that my Facebook friends will watch and learn along with me.
There are, literally, thousands of varieties. Maybe tens of thousands. You could grow 100 different tomato varieties a year and barely scratch the surface during your lifetime. It's fun shopping, but it can be hard making a decision. Thank you for sharing my videos! I really appreciate it!
I’m in set texas just west of Houston. Appreciate your advice on heat and humidity. Love the Dale video
Hello. I just discovered your channel, and find it really interesting. Your voice is easy to understand, which is really nice for me, as i am french :) You have a really great garden, thx for the video.
I’m glad you find the channel enjoyable! Thank you for watching. I really appreciate it.
Love tomatoes with high acid taste. I eat the plain tasting ones , but not because I like them. Your tomatoes look so good. You can tell you are a good gardener.
I think you will love Chef's Choice Pink, Sun Gold, and, most of all, Dwarf Emerald Giant. Dwarf Emerald Giant is the most acidic tomato I've ever had by far. It is like someone squeezed lemon juice all over the tomato. Its bite is incredible. Easily a Top 5 tomato for me. You have to try that one.
Thank you so much that was most helpful I am a new tomato grower and I’m growing in containers so this was very helpful for me
Excellent! I’m glad to hear it was helpful. Thank you for watching!
I have 4 big beefs and 2 cuttings in a jar ready for transplant. Yea your tomatoes are producing they look loaded. Cool garden.
Thanks for watching!
Hi, I love these types of videos from you...which varieties are the best to grow. They save me so much time searching for the best. Like your cucumber video :) . Always to the point and clear. Thank you so much.
I'm doing the research so you don't have to 😂 These types of videos are always a pain to shoot and edit since you have to reset the camera about 40 times to do this, but it is too important not to do. I'm glad it was helpful!
We're trying several of the varieties you mentioned here for the first time in 2021, including Siletz. Baker Creek also sent us the White Tomesol as a freebie. I only put one in the garden to try it out, now I wish I'd added a few more LOL! Last year we had very bad cracking on our Cherokee purple, but otherwise the production wasn't too bad here in 6A Michigan.
Michigan has extremely agreeable weather for tomatoes during the summer with relatively dry weather and lower humidity. It's funny because it's a pretty short season up in Michigan, but when your summers hit, they're awesome for gardening. Once summer gets here, I really envy you guys up there. I would imagine tomatoes do very well for you. I think you're going to enjoy Siletz. I just had my first Bella Rosa today. I should have let it ripen about 2 more days, but it was quite good.
I have them too 😂 but didn’t plant them yet. Great to see they do well for everyone
Hi! From NC. Thanks for the great information
Thanks for watching!
I just got my tomatoes planted a week ago here in zone 5b, but they should take off soon with the warmer weather we're having. I'm growing Siletz this year, as well as Celebrity, Sungold, Chef's Choice Orange, Dr. Wyches', Rosella Purple, Tasmanian Chocolate, Brandy Boy, and a handful that I'm trying out, Garden Gem, Linnie's Oxheart, & Giant Belgian. Also a boatload of peppers. :-)
That’s excellent. I am familiar with a lot of those. I’m really happy to see people trying Dwarf Tomato Project selections, and I think Siletz will be a success in your zone.
@@TheMillennialGardener I've grown the tomatoes from the Dwarf Tomato Project for 3-4 years now. The Siletz I decided to try this year after hearing you talk about it last year! Now I just have to be patient & let nature do it's thing. lol
I'm on my first year of gardening in Wilmington, NC since moving from the Piedmont part of the state. Started a bit late this year and having trouble with some of the big box store varieties. Nice video and you gave me some great ideas for next year!
It's much harder to grow tomatoes here due to the heavier rain, higher dewpoints and much warmer nights. In the Piedmont, the nights often fall into the 60's during the summer. That virtually never happens here, so the tomatoes struggle terribly. The big box store tomatoes overwhelmingly flop, here. A few that will do well and tolerate our conditions are:
Indeterminates: Arkansas Traveler, San Marzano (paste type), Big Beef.
Determinates: Bella Rosa, Celebrity.
Almost all cherry types should work. Sun Gold and Super Sweet 100 perform incredibly well here and can actually produce all summer. Next year, I'll be moving to more cherry tomatoes and growing less beefsteaks. After 4 seasons trying to grow beefsteaks here, they're just too big of a fight. I'll still grow some, but not as much.
Getting your transplants in-ground on about March 20 will greatly increase your chances of success. The key is to get them in early so they flower in mid to late April while the nights are temperate. You may need to cover them one or two nights for a late frost, though. It's good to have a stack of 5 gallon paint buckets on hand to throw them over the plants.
@@TheMillennialGardener I appreciate the advice! I'm making notes for next year. Definitely want to try out some of the varieties you just mentioned and you've got a new subscriber. Thanks!
I am in north Delaware and this year production is amazing especially the big beef!
Glad to hear it! Hopefully, we continue to get some dry weather behind this tropical storm. Thanks for watching!