Hi Sharon, Unfortunately we've experienced a house fire and two tropical storms since that video so there's been a lot of neglect and some recent changes to my garden. I gotta get the everglades tomatoes going again. I might get lucky and find a plant popping up in the next few weeks but I doubt it.
I just found your site. The reason is because I just discovered a swamp tomato or as its best known as Everglades tomatoes. A friend of mine showed me his avocado plant he grew from seed, and he showed me what he called swamp tomatoes. I ate a few and loved them. He has a three foot bush on a trellis and it looks wild like his blackberries. He said his friend was an electrician and came to a farm and they were growing wild against a small mound. He took a few plants home and started some in his garden. I took home a few tomatoes for seeds and hoping to start them in my raised garden.
Hey Rosie great to see you! The day I made that video I walked around my farm and smooshed and threw tomatoes on the ground in different little spots. That was a year ago. Just last week I noticed a half dozen tomato plants growing in the spots I threw the tomatoes last year. I can’t wait to tell Nohe you found me here!
I mushed and planted 3 overly ripe (no good) tomatoes a few months ago. It went very well, had 3 prominent plants Week later, I've got more sporting through the soil Oh and some more And some more I reckon after I'm done repotting, I'll have 5 pots of tomato plants, and I'm very excited
Thanks for the video and tips. I live in N FL. I am having a problem with mealy bugs. My Everglades tomatoes were huge, I have 3 plants. Any suggestions on how to manage the mealy bugs. We have been getting a lot of rain,we are in 9A. TIA!
I can smell them! But I'm sitting in my grow room in Vermont growing them inside 😁. I ate these tomatoes when I was a child in Florida about an eon ago and when I found seeds online I started growing them in Vermont. I'm going commercial this year! I can't plant outside until June after the last frost. I'm experimenting growing in containers and even going to plant some upsidedown in water bottles. These tomatoes are the best! ❤️
Love this. Thank you. So far my little seed has grown into a 3-in plant. How tall does the plant need to be before I can plant it directly into the ground? Also, do you have a follow-up to this video so we can see how it climbed up your teepee trellis? Thanks again!
Oh man! I should have done a followup. You can plant it in the ground whenever you want as long as you don't have any critters that will eat it. These things take off like crazy.
You sound exactly like me!!! I don't like going to Lowe's or home Depot all the time either....AND I absolutely love tomatoes...and they're smell...👏👏👏👏👏 I probably eat tomatoes everyday....I live in Phoenix AZ zone 9 B and I've heard that Florida has the same zone! IDK but I'm definitely going to look up everglade tomatoes👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Yeah the smell reminds me of summertime when I was growing up in Scranton PA and everybody had a backyard garden. Some of Florida is 9b. I'm in 10b. The everglades tomatoes are amazing, you just drop the seeds anywhere and they start to grow and they come back year after year. I say give it a try and see if they'll grow out where you are.
I just wish mine would geminate. Only got one so far. The interesting part, is even as a seedling, the leaves on this thing feel tougher than a normal tomato. Here's hoping I can get a couple more up, already ordered the bamboo.
@@SleepyLizard I'm certainly trying. I put a heating pad under the tray, given their natural habitat, I'm thinking maybe they need the kind of heat you'd get from direct sunlight, on shallow soil. I also bought some other seeds in case this was a bad batch, so I can try again. I'm in Zone 7, so they wont be perennial here, but it's subtropical, so hot and wet in the summer, meaning tomatoes tend to do well here. I'm growing 5 other varieties of tomatoes and even some tomatillos this year, but no currant tomatoes, so I'm really hoping I get 2 or 3 of these to trellis up next to the hardy kiwi.
@@SleepyLizard So at this point I got at least one to come up in 5 of the 6 cells, and I'm pretty sure I'm not going to have room for more than 2 or 3 of these, hah. They're all doing well, though. It seems my theory about needing direct sunlight to heat the soil was probably right, they all took off once I took the tray outside. Maybe I can find a trellis that can make better use of the little space I have.
Lacie, go ahead and start them now. once you get a few just throw the seeds wherever you want and next year you'll get plants too. they really want to grow!
we do grow the bamboo. we grow several varieties. I'm not sure I'd describe it as invasive but its definitely hard to control. not really an issue for me because we got the space but it could be a problem in a backyard.
Hi, I just got 2 everglade tomato plants and don't know where to put them, since I see they are usually crazy. Can you please give an update on these ones ? Thanks !
they did great, then popped up again last year and I expect to see them again this year in the near future. I'll do a follow up vid. I'm using that bamboo frame to grow passion fruit now...we just got our first fruit to sprout.
they popped back up a few times but I didn't get any this year. We had a fire in 2020 so we've had to go back and replant a lot of things. I didn't get to the everglades tomatoes yet.
Wayne, your timing is perfect. I have a few gardening vids coming up. I couldn't do them last year because we had a house fire so I lost a year. But the tomatoes did great this year!
@@SleepyLizard omg you went from hurricane to house fire?? It's been a big 5 years! I may go and plant some more tomatoes in honour of your success in the face of disaster.
Dolores, i should have done a follow up but I didn't, sorry bout that. Once you pick the permanent spot make sure you let a few tomatoes fall to the ground and you'll get a big bush year after year.
Actually I am Dawn. Dolores's daughter. I live in Lehigh. She lives in n. Ft Myers. I manage her gmail as she has no way to do it. Thanks for the response.
I’m trying to grow seedlings from an Everglades tomato I have. After you squeezed then out, Did you dry the seeds? Or just put them straight in the dirt?
Also I took the last few tomatoes at the end of the season and just threw them around in different spots on the ground. And guess what I found growing a week ago? tomato plants with beautiful Everglades tomatoes on them I didn’t even do a thing
No, we had a little issue to deal with first. My plan was to come back in February and do an update but then we had a house fire and spent the last 5 months rebuilding and moving back home. I plan to start making vids again in the next month or two.
I tried to find seeds and couldn’t. I also tried to find Seminole pumpkin seeds and couldn’t. There is a seed distribution company that touts Florida native seeds but unfortunately they were out of stock on everything. I am in Pinellas County.
Even, thank you for asking and I'm glad you're having success! I was thrilled to find 4 out of the 7 or 8 spots where I smushed a tomato and dropped it on the ground gave me a plant this year. We've been going out and picking a cupful every day. They taste so good don't they?
Amber, going by your comment below about growing everglades tomatoes am I correct in assuming you are in south florida? We do sell our trees, yes, but i have never shipped any it's all been local sales. If you are from out of state i can look into shipping trees...just gotta iron out the regulatory requirements. I think there's some hoops for shipping trees and plants.
Man, I can't wait to get to Florida, we'll have 5 acres. I wanna see if we can make like half an acre into a little forest/fruit type area. 😍 Would be so amazing. Haha.
Very good presenter. Clear, charming voice, no umms and aaahhh, good audio. However next to zero info on how to grow the plant. ALOT of time on making a bamboo teepee (should be a separately titled video) but nothing about what sort of sunlight, soil and water the plant needs, nor what kinds of pests or problems can arise. I just got a 3' everglades plant and want to transplant into the yard so I clicked on this video. I still don't know where to put it or what factors to consider. So for good quality video - thumbs up. Not addressing the topic - thumbs down. Net result - no rating.
I would love to see an updated video on your Everglades tomato plants
Hi Sharon, Unfortunately we've experienced a house fire and two tropical storms since that video so there's been a lot of neglect and some recent changes to my garden. I gotta get the everglades tomatoes going again. I might get lucky and find a plant popping up in the next few weeks but I doubt it.
great video. I am going to grow everglades tomatoes soon. I would love to visit your farm one day as I live in south florida
heck yeah, my contact info is in the "about" section of the channel
I just found your site. The reason is because I just discovered a swamp tomato or as its best known as Everglades tomatoes. A friend of mine showed me his avocado plant he grew from seed, and he showed me what he called swamp tomatoes. I ate a few and loved them. He has a three foot bush on a trellis and it looks wild like his blackberries. He said his friend was an electrician and came to a farm and they were growing wild against a small mound. He took a few plants home and started some in his garden. I took home a few tomatoes for seeds and hoping to start them in my raised garden.
you're going to love them. such a great flavor
I literally just googled how to plant Everglade tomato seeds and you were #1, Tom! So cool! Love the video, too. It was just what I was looking for.
Hey Rosie great to see you! The day I made that video I walked around my farm and smooshed and threw tomatoes on the ground in different little spots. That was a year ago. Just last week I noticed a half dozen tomato plants growing in the spots I threw the tomatoes last year. I can’t wait to tell Nohe you found me here!
"Let it grow like a 1980s centrefold" omg dead 😂😂😂
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You had me at 1980s centerfold 🤣
I mushed and planted 3 overly ripe (no good) tomatoes a few months ago.
It went very well, had 3 prominent plants
Week later, I've got more sporting through the soil
Oh and some more
And some more
I reckon after I'm done repotting, I'll have 5 pots of tomato plants, and I'm very excited
That's great! Keep us posted on their progress.
You're amazing. I just started growing everglades tomatoes
I would love to come down and check out the farm! I am always down in the glades!
lemme know next time you're in town
I LOVE 1980s centerfolds. Challenge accepted!
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Thanks for the video and tips. I live in N FL. I am having a problem with mealy bugs. My Everglades tomatoes were huge, I have 3 plants. Any suggestions on how to manage the mealy bugs. We have been getting a lot of rain,we are in 9A. TIA!
I don't know how to manage mealy bugs, sorry
I can smell them! But I'm sitting in my grow room in Vermont growing them inside 😁. I ate these tomatoes when I was a child in Florida about an eon ago and when I found seeds online I started growing them in Vermont. I'm going commercial this year! I can't plant outside until June after the last frost. I'm experimenting growing in containers and even going to plant some upsidedown in water bottles. These tomatoes are the best! ❤️
they are so good aren't they? We took our son skiing at Killington last year. amazing place you live.
@@SleepyLizard it's a good place to be right now ❤️. I miss the beach sometimes.
Love this. Thank you. So far my little seed has grown into a 3-in plant. How tall does the plant need to be before I can plant it directly into the ground? Also, do you have a follow-up to this video so we can see how it climbed up your teepee trellis? Thanks again!
Oh man! I should have done a followup. You can plant it in the ground whenever you want as long as you don't have any critters that will eat it. These things take off like crazy.
@@SleepyLizard thanks!
Great video. Love your personality. New Sub.
Albert, thank you for brightening my morning with your compliment.
You sound exactly like me!!!
I don't like going to Lowe's or home Depot all the time either....AND I absolutely love tomatoes...and they're smell...👏👏👏👏👏
I probably eat tomatoes everyday....I live in Phoenix AZ zone 9 B and I've heard that Florida has the same zone! IDK but I'm definitely going to look up everglade tomatoes👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Yeah the smell reminds me of summertime when I was growing up in Scranton PA and everybody had a backyard garden. Some of Florida is 9b. I'm in 10b. The everglades tomatoes are amazing, you just drop the seeds anywhere and they start to grow and they come back year after year.
I say give it a try and see if they'll grow out where you are.
@@SleepyLizard thank you Sir...I certainly will
I just wish mine would geminate. Only got one so far.
The interesting part, is even as a seedling, the leaves on this thing feel tougher than a normal tomato. Here's hoping I can get a couple more up, already ordered the bamboo.
Hi Conservatives, thank you for your comment. keep trying and you'll see them pop up. Please come back and let us know how it goes.
@@SleepyLizard
I'm certainly trying. I put a heating pad under the tray, given their natural habitat, I'm thinking maybe they need the kind of heat you'd get from direct sunlight, on shallow soil. I also bought some other seeds in case this was a bad batch, so I can try again.
I'm in Zone 7, so they wont be perennial here, but it's subtropical, so hot and wet in the summer, meaning tomatoes tend to do well here. I'm growing 5 other varieties of tomatoes and even some tomatillos this year, but no currant tomatoes, so I'm really hoping I get 2 or 3 of these to trellis up next to the hardy kiwi.
@@SleepyLizard
So at this point I got at least one to come up in 5 of the 6 cells, and I'm pretty sure I'm not going to have room for more than 2 or 3 of these, hah.
They're all doing well, though. It seems my theory about needing direct sunlight to heat the soil was probably right, they all took off once I took the tray outside. Maybe I can find a trellis that can make better use of the little space I have.
Great video! I got some everglades tomato seeds when should I start in Central Florida?
Lacie, go ahead and start them now. once you get a few just throw the seeds wherever you want and next year you'll get plants too. they really want to grow!
Appreciate the video ,growing these now
they taste so good
Love the shirt and would you have extra everglade seeds i could get i live in Florida i bet they would do well here
thank you, I have the seeds when the plants fruit in February. I don't have any right now.
So true..these lovelies smell like fragrant sweet tomato earth mmmm
It's like all of us who know this tomato share a little bond, ha! like a club.
Do you grow the bamboo that you used for the trellis? Is it invasive? Love your videos
we do grow the bamboo. we grow several varieties. I'm not sure I'd describe it as invasive but its definitely hard to control. not really an issue for me because we got the space but it could be a problem in a backyard.
Any suggestions for species to grow in sandy Panama City soil? I would like to grow some to construct trellises with.
im in the foothills of the ozarks im gonna try and grow them
good luck!
This was great! Thanks for sharing.
I appreciate the compliment thank you
Greetings from Lehigh acres. Awesome. Thanks
Hi, I just got 2 everglade tomato plants and don't know where to put them, since I see they are usually crazy. Can you please give an update on these ones ? Thanks !
Stephanie, put there where you have a lot of space...they grow up and out like crazy. good luck!
I had hoped you would do a follow up on how they did.
they did great, then popped up again last year and I expect to see them again this year in the near future. I'll do a follow up vid. I'm using that bamboo frame to grow passion fruit now...we just got our first fruit to sprout.
Love it mate, you are very creative, everything from around 😀
Do you have a recommendations on where to buy the seeds??
I don't know where to buy the seeds. I just use seeds from my tomatoes
I’ve always thought that’s the only thing missing from technology- being able to smell through the phone 😄🤥🤤🍅🌱🍅🌿🍅🌱🥑🎋🌶❤️💚💚❤️
What varieties of bamboo do you recommend for central Florida (lake walesarea)
Mark, I'm not the guy to answer that question. I have 3 or 4 varieties growing kind of wild on my property but I don't know much about it.
Also, is the soil in the garden beds forest topsoil, or is it store bought?
I bought a yard from a nursery supply and brought it home in my pickup bed. lotta work
Is there an update on the plants?
they popped back up a few times but I didn't get any this year. We had a fire in 2020 so we've had to go back and replant a lot of things. I didn't get to the everglades tomatoes yet.
Just bought some seeds, do they get blight like other tomatoes or are they resistant?
I really don't know. They are native to my region and frankly they pretty much grow themselves.
I like this guy! Great video Sir subbed
Hi, it's October 2021 and I'm wondering how your tomato plants have done since you planted them last year. Please update us! :)
Wayne, your timing is perfect. I have a few gardening vids coming up. I couldn't do them last year because we had a house fire so I lost a year. But the tomatoes did great this year!
@@SleepyLizard omg you went from hurricane to house fire?? It's been a big 5 years! I may go and plant some more tomatoes in honour of your success in the face of disaster.
Hi. Is there a #2 to this? I recently started growing everglades tomatoes and am ready to put them somewhere more permanent. Thanks
Dolores, i should have done a follow up but I didn't, sorry bout that. Once you pick the permanent spot make sure you let a few tomatoes fall to the ground and you'll get a big bush year after year.
Actually I am Dawn. Dolores's daughter. I live in Lehigh. She lives in n. Ft Myers. I manage her gmail as she has no way to do it. Thanks for the response.
I sent you a email from tutlight@gmail.com. Thanks for all the information. Look forward to learning more.
I’m trying to grow seedlings from an Everglades tomato I have. After you squeezed then out, Did you dry the seeds? Or just put them straight in the dirt?
(Dirt of the baby pots)
I did not dry them out. I got a seedling and every slot
Also I took the last few tomatoes at the end of the season and just threw them around in different spots on the ground. And guess what I found growing a week ago? tomato plants with beautiful Everglades tomatoes on them I didn’t even do a thing
@@SleepyLizard Awesome! Thanks so much for the response!
What part of FL are you in?
Was an update video done?
No, we had a little issue to deal with first. My plan was to come back in February and do an update but then we had a house fire and spent the last 5 months rebuilding and moving back home. I plan to start making vids again in the next month or two.
I tried to find seeds and couldn’t. I also tried to find Seminole pumpkin seeds and couldn’t. There is a seed distribution company that touts Florida native seeds but unfortunately they were out of stock on everything. I am in Pinellas County.
have you had any luck since writing this comment?
I think a UA-camr called DAVID THE GOOD sells the seeds
I wish more people would grow their own avocado variety from seeds
we've got a lot of growers down here doing that but a good one is so rare.
@@SleepyLizard most defenetly
there is a one in 800,000 chance of growing a Hass avocado from seed
Well its been a year. How did it grow?
thanks for asking. We had a bunch more sprout this year without even planting them...and I expect more in a few months!!
@@SleepyLizard thanks
How're your Everglades tomatoes doing these days? I just planted my first one about a month ago and I'm already getting some tasty little ones.
Even, thank you for asking and I'm glad you're having success! I was thrilled to find 4 out of the 7 or 8 spots where I smushed a tomato and dropped it on the ground gave me a plant this year. We've been going out and picking a cupful every day.
They taste so good don't they?
The beginning of this video. 🤣🤣🤣
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me : maybe I should get a machete!
me to me : what?!!!!!
Just planted these and hoping the iguanas don't get them! I have to keep them in pots.
Dawn, if they grow like ours you'll have more than enough for yourself and the iguanas, ha!
But yeah iguanas are a pest.
Wow great video
BTW do you sell any of your avacado trees?
Amber, going by your comment below about growing everglades tomatoes am I correct in assuming you are in south florida? We do sell our trees, yes, but i have never shipped any it's all been local sales. If you are from out of state i can look into shipping trees...just gotta iron out the regulatory requirements. I think there's some hoops for shipping trees and plants.
You could always let the tomato grow wild anr over take your backyard
that's what I do. I have little ones growing all over the place.
@@SleepyLizard that's awesome, it's a plant that keeps on giving.
Man, I can't wait to get to Florida, we'll have 5 acres. I wanna see if we can make like half an acre into a little forest/fruit type area. 😍 Would be so amazing. Haha.
Sound like paradise. When do you think you'll make the move?
Very good presenter. Clear, charming voice, no umms and aaahhh, good audio. However next to zero info on how to grow the plant. ALOT of time on making a bamboo teepee (should be a separately titled video) but nothing about what sort of sunlight, soil and water the plant needs, nor what kinds of pests or problems can arise. I just got a 3' everglades plant and want to transplant into the yard so I clicked on this video. I still don't know where to put it or what factors to consider. So for good quality video - thumbs up. Not addressing the topic - thumbs down. Net result - no rating.
I totally agree with your assessment.
You are very likeable no homo. 😂
thank you
Likeable?? I think I have fallen in love!! I just planted my Everglades last week and they are sprouting now🥰
@@acarr5529 😂😂😂😂
Everglades tomatoes? Where do you live?
We live in South Florida. In the Everglades actually.
@@SleepyLizard my son is a fishing captain out there. We live 45 minutes away.
@@janieramirez6878 wow, that's awesome!