7 Different Dwarf Tomato Taste Tests - Ranked From 7 to 1 By Taste
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- All 7 of the tomatoes that I'm tasting in this video are dwarf tomatoes from the Dwarf Tomato Project. The last couple of years, I've really gotten interested in growing dwarf tomatoes. Indeterminates seem like way to much work after growing the dwarf types.
If you've ever grown any of these tomatoes, please share your thoughts are on them in the comments.
Chapters
Intro 0:00
Lemon Ice 0:57
Purple Heart 2:35
Maralinga 3:52
Rosella Purple 5:17
Boronia 6:46
Sleeping Lady 8:01
Tasmanian Chocolate 9:36
Ranking From 7 to 1 11:34
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Just a tip....never buy the cherry tomato called "Candyland". They are prolific but only the size of the letter "O" in this post!! They are microscopic and I have not found any use for them!! Great video, Jim!
Thanks for the tip on that one, Susan! I'm sure other folks will appreciate that too. Hope you're having a good tomato year other than that one.
В России очень любят Гномы, огромное спасибо создателям за такие сорта. Хотя я люблю выращивать высокорослые томаты, но Гномы : Пурпурное Сердце, Улуру Охра, Прекрасный Король тоже ращу в своем саду😊. Весна была прохладной, обычно у нас уже в апреле +30 градусов, а летом жарит по 3 месяца на солнце +40/+45 , но Гномы чувствуют себя прекрасно и несмотря на прохладу весны этого года, Пурпурное Сердце уже поспевает. Попробуйте вырастить наши сорта из России : Минусинские - их очень много разновидностей
Good luck with all those different varieties!
I've always been a fan of the darker maters. Ugly like a Black Krim or Cherokee purple means awesome taste. Thanks for the taste testing. Lemon ice would be my last also. Stay safe and have a great weekend!
Yep, those darker tomatoes are hard to beat. You guys get some rest and have a great weekend!
Try Paul Robeson. It's an insane performer for me in Chicagoland and for 'me' tastes better than Black Krim and CP.
I'm currently growing Uluru Ochre per your recommendation. Can't wait to try one 👍
Nice! They tend to be a little larger than some of the dwarfs. I hope you enjoy your first one as much as I did!
My the Uluru Ochres were the last to produce and have been the least productive. They were supposed to be the earliest of the five dwarf varieties I planted. I hoping that the tomatoes will continue to develop and start turning, so I can pick them before the plants die.
That sleeping lady looked artistically beautiful
I'm thinking about growing that one again this year.
My favorite dwarf is Fred’s Tie Dye. It’s so great! Ordered a bunch of these to try next year.
Thanks for the tip on Fred's Tie Dye, Joy. I'm really enjoying growing the dwarfs.
So EXCITED when I saw this post!! I love growing dwarf tomatoes but not many gardeners grow them. Love that YOU do!! I like hearing your favorites cuz I think we are taste bud twins 😋
Lol, I didn't know taste bud twins was a think, but glad to know I have one :) It's been a very good tomato year here this year.
Quite a lot of us grow them now & there's an FB page dedicated to them alone.
Taste bud twins 🤤 how wonderful
I purchased the seeds for your top 3 dwarf tomatoes and look forward to next summer to experience my own taste test. The 2 flavors that "woke my mouth up" this year were Large Barred Boar Tomato and Berkley Tie-Dye Green Tomato. This season I'm still trying to decide the winner between Black Krim, Cherokee Purple, Carbon and Black Brandywine. I had a few trials that I did with paste tomatoes as well. I started out with 75 tomato plants (Not including what I grew for other people). I gave a few more away and pulled out the ones that I felt were duds. I'm finally down to 21 plants now and it's much easier to navigate. I have a new list of fun tomatoes to try all over again. That's the life of a crazy gardener.
Wow, sounds like you have a tomato heaven going on over there, Renee! Those are some really good ones you grew. Hope you enjoy growing those top 3!
I am growing Boronia and Tasmanian Chocolate this year. Can’t wait to taste them! 😋
Cool! I think you will enjoy them both. I know we did.
Wow, very nice test. Had me salivating. Will have to try a couple of these next year.
Yep, I think any of them are worth a try, Scott. Especially the Rosella Purple!
Awesome! Thanks for the video, mate. The purple colour on those tomatoes look so beautiful; they’re very meaty as well. I’m sure you’re having a great time. Cheers!
Thanks! Yes, this taste test video was a pleasure for sure :) What I didn't eat was used in a cucumber and tomato salad. We eat a lot of those in the summer.
Oh this video is sure making me hungry for home grown tomatoes, haha! That purple heart really is so beautiful! Can't wait to have my bigger garden again so I can grow more variety of tomatoes.
I agree. The purple heart is a beautiful tomato. I finally have all of our tomatoes in the ground now. Hope you get the garden you want at some point.
I'm growing Black Krim based on your rec from last year's video. Plants are container grown and the toms have reached a really nice size. I have even had to cradle a few trusses. 60 days in the soil and no cracking, no pests! Very excited to taste them in a few weeks. I will have to try growing your 1 and 2 next season.
That is great news, Sherry! I hope you enjoy those Black Krim as much as we did!
I like your taste test videos. I will be definitely trying 5 or 6of these varieties next year. Thanks Jim and have a great weekend. 👍🏻
Thanks David! Even though this season is still in full swing, it's never to early to think about what to grow next year. You have a great weekend too!
My mother lived with hubby and me for 5 years before she passed. She liked tomatoes but they gave her heartburn. I grew 'Lemon Boy' for her, a low-acid, mild, yellow tomato. She enjoyed those! I wonder if ALL yellow tomatoes are mild? Rosella Purple is #1!? I like to try something new every year. I have 'Black Sea Man' seeds for next year. A large, deep burgundy heirloom. I'll keep my eyes open for Rosella Purple seeds or one of your other favourites. Any homegrown tomato is a good tomato! Thank you for the taste test.
It's nice that you grew some tomatoes especially for your mother! I tend to like the darker tomatoes. I totally agree about any homegrown tomato being a good tomato. Hope you can find some of those Rosella Purple seeds. I got mine from Victory Seeds.
Tried Black Sea man this year but they didn’t like my hot summer here in 9b. I imagine they’d be great in a dry 90F summer though, just not 100F+. I wish you luck with them! :)
@@melissasullivan1658 Thank you. I'm zone 4, on the east coast of Canada. Our season is very short, last frost into early June and first frost late August are not uncommon. We start all our seedlings indoors 4-12 weeks ahead of planting them out around June 10th. I have 3 growlights! Fortunately, once everything is in the ground they grow like mad! We have 16 hours of summer daylight because we are so far north and it rarely gets over 30°C/86°F. It rains 1-2 days a week so just right. That's too bad about your tomatoes, I hope your other plants are doing well.
@@melissasullivan1658 hey Melissa, I'm in 9b also. I had really good luck with Marglobe, Beefsteak, Mortgage Lifter and Homestead. The diseases were low. The production was good up until I had a back injury and couldn't take care of them for about a month. I didn't do taste tests either, but I really liked them all. I also had a White Beauty from Baker Creek last season that did well also. I really liked the taste of the white tomato. I hope you have better luck with your tomatoes this fall. I'm going to start my seeds soon. Happy Gardening 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅
Now I’m really hungry for a tomato sandwich. I’m going to research these tomatoes for disease resistance. Growing Mountain Merit this year and so far no signs of disease. I think using homemade compost really helps the plants be stronger. The previous 2 years I grew a few different varieties that were very diseased. Thanks so much for this informative and yummy video.
Hi Jim. They all look delicious! Stay safe and enjoy your weekend!
Hello. They all did taste pretty good. We are doing our best to stay safe....you have a great weekend too!
Thanks for the taste test. going to try growing some of these this year.
You're welcome! I see a good tomato year in your future :) Good luck!
After watching your previous videos and Millennial Gardeners', I decided on these varieties (in order of preference): Adelaide Festival, Summertime Gold, Summertime Green, Uluru Ochre, Rosella Purple, and then Wherokowhai. All are great, but Adelaide Festival was superb in both flavor and production for me in zone 10b. I can't wait to try more out next season!
Thanks a bunch for sharing the list of ones you've tried. I hope to try a few new ones next season. As I find more that I like, it will be harder to settle on a list though. It's great that you found one that works great for you in your zone.
@@MidwestGardener last year my Adelaide Festival bested Rosella for taste and production :)
Some1 said Uluru Ochre was his best tasting dwarf. &Best of any variety he evr grew & he has grown alot.
I've grown that one. I prefer Rosella Purple to that one. I don't see how you can say any of them are the best unless you have tasted them all.
Thanks for doing a taste test and comparison of the Dwarf Tomato Project varieties you are growing. I really like to know how they do in different environments 😄 I used to get the strong internal colouring that your tomatoes show when I lived in Adelaide where the summers are hot and dry. I’ve noticed the colours are not as intense where I live now which has less heat and more rain. The flavours aren’t as intense either. My ranking of your 7 would have been pretty much identical to yours I think! By the way, the sister of Lemon Ice is Golden Heart which is just as productive but has better flavour to my tastes, definitely worth a try.
Thanks for your thoughts and comments, and your tip on the Golden Heart! I will surely check it out. Thank you so much for your work on these wonderful tomatoes that have made growing tomatoes more pleasurable for me and others!
I knew you would turn me onto a new tomatoe varietie. I haven't done dwarf tomatoes before but planed for next year thanks.
If you've never grow dwarf tomatoes, I think you will like the more manageable size. You still have to do some pruning, but not as much.
All of those tomatoes look and sound so good. I've only tasted the lemon ice out of all of those varieties. We will have to add a few of these verieties next year. Thank you for sharing! :)
They were all good. Yep, if you like Cherokee Purple, you are going to have to try Rosella Purple. That is a good one for sure.
Thank you so much, I'm looking into growing Dwarfs this year, this is very helpful. If you say, "MMM, mmm..." twice while tasting it's definitely going on my must haves this year (Maralinga dwarf)! I will definitely be adding several of the others too. I can't wait for tomato season! Thanks! 💕🍅
I enjoy all of you videos.
Hope you are doing well and getting excited for spring!
Glad it was helpful! Yes, I am getting excited for spring. I can tell you are too :) I think it's going to be a fun gardening year.
Started seeds using my mars grow light this spring. Seedlings look good. I just ordered the dwarf seeds in your video. I really enjoy the dark slightly salty flavored tomatoes also
Good luck with them!
Loved the video and the feed back of the ranking. Just watching the video makes my mouth water in anticipation of tomato season 🤤 I do have one question, where do you purchase your seeds? I’m very interested in trying out your top picks I love the complexity and flavor of darker tomatoes.
Thanks Priscilla! Yes, those top few are definitely worth trying. I got my seeds from victory seeds. Those darker tomatoes are hard to beat.
Every single tomatoes looked delicious. Thanks for sharing! This is off topic but your voice reminds me of a childhood favorite Bob Ross.
Thanks Tiffany! They did all taste pretty good. I have heard that Bob Ross comparison a few times :)
Darn it, Jim, as soon as you cut off a hunk of the first tomato, and I heard you munching away, my mouth started watering! I know that I wanted you to do a taste test for us, but seriously, I hope you shared those with Mrs. Midwest Gardener, lol! After hearing all that tomato munching and the Mmm's which accompanied it, I'm just a big slobbering mess right now! If I lived anywhere near you, I'd probably be your backyard tomato bandit! ~Margie
Lol, sorry about that, Margie :) Yes, I made a cucumber and tomato salad out of the parts that didn't get eaten during the taste test. It sure was good too!
Thanks for the video. Only have a small patio to devote to growing tomatoes but based on your previous videos I grew Borona, TasmanIan Chocolate, Uluru Ochre. Then I added New Big Dwarf, Cherokee Purple and Pineapple. Enjoying Cherokee Purple, TasmanIan Chocolate and Uluru Ochre. Just starting to harvet tomatoes on the remaining ones so we will see. I do like the meaty tomatoes that I'm getting off of Cherokee Purple, TasmanIan Chocolate and Uluru Ochre. One issue that I noticed is that I had a ton of flowers so got excited but many are not developing fruits and not sure why.
Great to hear that you are getting some really nice tomatoes to eat. The most common reason for fruit not to set is heat around here. Pollen becomes much less viable once temps get around 90 and over.
As a real fan of both asmr and gardening you sir have the absolute best videos for combining g them
Also the best garden tasting videos in general !
Thanks for that, Connor! I'm glad you enjoy the videos.
Thanks again!
They all looked fabulous I am sure they are all worth growing you had a very favorable comment on all of them now having a favorite or grading on them I would definitely grow any one of them space being available.
Yes, they are all worth a try....especially the top 5.
Love all your taste testing reviews. I just retired and have the more time to spend gardening and I want to experiment with all these new varieties, that for the most part I never heard of. I have room for about a dozen plants and I want to grow a dozen different varieties, and these reviews give me a good place to start. I'm in southern Michigan which I think is also 6b
Thanks a bunch! I hope you enjoy growing all of the different types. There are a lot of good ones out there. Yep, 6b is what we are too.
If just looking at the plant itself the Tas Chocolate would be a winner every time for me 😉
Yep, that one did great for us last year. Not so great this year, but I've seen what it can do.
Such a contrast to the Boronia growing a few feet away 🙂
@@stephenrowe1415 True.
Thanks so much for doing this video. Like you, I prefer that intense tomato flavor. I’m in the process of selecting my first dwarf tomatoes to grow next year after struggling to manage my huge indeterminates this year, so this helps a lot. Even my one determinate, that was supposed to only grow to 4 ft, is already at 6 ft and still setting fruit with temps in the 90s. In fact all my tomatoes have been setting at least some fruit in the 90s. They only seemed to stop when we topped 100. It’s been a crazy year.
You're welcome! If you find indeterminates sometimes hard to manage, I think you will love the dwarfs. They are just so much less work in my opinion. You must be doing something right if your tomatoes all set fruit in the 90s. That is another thing I like about the dwarfs. For me, they seem to set better in the heat than most of the indeterminate heirlooms I had been growing. Good luck on your dwarfs next year!
I am so thrilled to find this video. I am growing, for the first time this year the Rosella Purple and the Tasmanian Chocolate. Not trying t be rude, but, they "sounded" like they had thinner skins than a couple of the others. I'm looking for the deep flavor and color as well as salad friendly. Thank you so much for this. I am really happy with my choices. Yes, I know, each year is different. But, I still think I made the best choices, for today.
You're welcome! Yes, you picked a couple of good ones. Tasmanian Chocolate produced more for me, but Rosella Purple tastes better. Boronia is another good one that I like.
@@MidwestGardener thanks! 😃
@@k.p.1139 You're welcome!
Love the taste test videos. Can definitely see the Lemon Ice at #7 sitting next to all those purples. #4? LOL I would say you broke my Purple Heart but I think I am still numb from the pain of you choosing the Black Krim over the C. Purple awhile back. LOL That Rosella one has been recommended to me quite a few times but the seed place was out of seeds when we ordered from them. High on our list now though. Where would you say the productivity ranked on the L. Ice? For us it has beaten all others including dwarf types out of the gate and produced more than any other. Really cool seeing these types of videos. We have spent the last 3 weeks with insane weather and even though are still chugging along, everything is creeping forward slowly. Stay safe and motivated. Thanks for the share!
The Lemon Ice is very productive. Of the ones I'm growing this year, it is really close with the kookaburra cackle. The most productive tomato this year is the Sleeping Lady. It's even still setting fruit. We are growing two Lemon Ice. Once in a grow bag, and one next to the storm shelter. They both produced well, but both are showing the same issue with a little disease. But that is no reason not to grow it. I've already pulled our Tasmanian Chocolate, and one Boronia.
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Thanks!
Those tomatoes looked absolutely delicious!!! You made me hungry for a tomato salad. I'm going to order seeds soon. I think I'll try your top 2 choices. I could use a tomato plant that doesn't grow 8'+ tall lol. I had pretty good luck with my Marglobe, Mortgage Lifter, Homestead and Beefsteak tomatoes this year. Not a lot of diseases. I just took them down this week. Thanks for sharing.
I'm back in the garden some. Taking it slow. Dr. says I'll probably need a back brace. I'll bet that's going to be interesting in 90+ degrees.
Take care and be safe 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅
Be careful out there! Yep, it's really nice to grow tomato plants that don't get taller than I am.
@@MidwestGardenerI'm taking it easy. I'm so slow it's a wonder that I don't have moss growing on me. 😃😃😃😃😃
Lol 😂
I recently tried Tasmanian Chocolate, Rosella Purple and Lemon Ice from my garden. I thought the Tasmanian Chocolate and Rosella Purple were similar. Good tasting dark tomatoes. Tasmanian Chocolate is producing more for me though. Lemon Ice was mild and had a slight citrus note. It is a fairly prolific plant as well. I am growing about 12 different dwarfs this year. I have also tried Willa's Cariboo Rose and Wherokowhai. Both were good and what you would expect from a pink and bicolor/orange tomato. Another alternative to Dwarf tomatoes if you are interested in a compact plant is the determinate tomato Sophie's Choice. Very prolific and has a strong tomato flavor.
Thanks for sharing how those went for you. It's always good to hear how different plants work for other folks. And thanks for the tip on Sophie's Choice also. I'll be looking for a few new tomatoes to try next year.
I just had the most insanely great Dwarf Purple Heart. Wow it blew me away. Keeper.
BTW - 2 years ago I had the best Tomato ever. White Tomesol. I think maybe you gave up on it cuz it didn't get that same 'wow' in subsequent year/s. But I had it again this year. An 'experience'. Don't give up on it. (interestingly I most often get my 'big wows' out of twinned fruit.
Glad to hear you like Dwarf Purple Heart. I think that one produced pretty well the year I grew it. Yes, the taste of White Tomesol is incredible on a good year.
@@MidwestGardener Dwarf PH is such a gorgeous tomato. How pretty. I'm going to do quite a few of them next season!
What happened to Kookabura Cackle tomatoes? Out of Adelaide Festival, Boronia, Uluru Ochre, Rosella Purple, and Tasmanian Chocolate, I’m probably only going to grow the AF and TC next year because productivity. I didn’t have enough tomatoes to do a taste test. All the tomatoes tasted great, except for UO because I don’t have any tomatoes to pick The Black Krim tomatoes in our garden were delicious but rather small. I might try a couple new dwarfs next year, but plan on growing AAS Chef’s Choice Black and Black Velvet hybrid tomatoes for the disease resistance. It’d be nice to find some disease resistance dwarfs. Thanks for the making the taste test video!
Thanks for sharing some of the information on how some of them did for you! I had some Kookaburra Cackle tomatoes, but they weren't quite ready for this taste test. They do taste pretty good to me though. I might put up a separate taste test for those. They were pretty productive too, but aren't doing as well as the Sleeping Lady for production.
Got 18 dwarfs in seedlings and ready to go for our southern hemisphere Summer.
All are very strong except for the Lemon Ice. Hopefully they pick up.
Interesting you said the taste is mild. I wonder if it is due to too much water?
I will definitely keep an eye on watering and ensure they get a little less just before harvest. Maybe that will make a difference.
Thanks for your videos. Plenty of great info and keeps us going in Winter whilst we wait for Spring to come around.
You're welcome! I'm pretty sure that the Lemon Ice will be milder no matter how you water, but if you find out otherwise, please check back in. There is nothing wrong with their flavor, it's just not as bold as the others. I'm already starting a few peppers seedlings to keep me entertained when cold weather hits here. If you find a dwarf that you like that we didn't grow, please check back in and let us know. Good luck on your upcoming season!
@@MidwestGardener Yes, once you've tasted the intense flavour of a black or purple tomato, mild really seems bland.
But variety is good, and there are times when you feel like just having a mild tasting tomato.
Will definitely let you know how my Dwarfs go and if there are any I highly recommend.
I saw your other video on Carbon tomatoes and managed to find some seeds. They germinated after 5 days and are going gangbusters.
By far, the most vigorous of all my tomato seedlings and I have around 40 varieties.
I also have some Dwarf Wild Fred, which I believe is a cross between New Big Dwarf and Carbon.
Will be interesting to see how both of those go and whether taste is very similar.
I like a stronger tasting tomato as well 😊 They would all make great BLT's lol or my favorite toasted tomato sandwich. Thanks for sharing.
Yep, they are all BLT worthy :) It's been a good tomato year so far.
@@MidwestGardener no tomatoes yet here. The flowers are just starting.
@@canadiankabingurl9782 Hope you get a great late harvest.
The black tomatoes are really nice! Carbon seems to be my best black tomato for now...I also grow black Brandywine , black Krim and purple Cherokee. Carbon is a large plant that sets a lot of fruit. They don't split much and weight in around one pound. Black Brandywine is large and doesn't split too bad, either. Purple Cherokee is beautiful, but tends to split and is not as prolific. My best tasting, best producer happens to be Green Giant. It makes a BLT that is out of this world! Your tomatoes look great! I felt like I tasted each bite with you...
Thanks Kelly! Man, that's a nice list of tomatoes that you grow. Yes, Carbon does produce quite a bit better than Cherokee Purple....or it did for me. Thanks a bunch for sharing how those did for you.
I love the way the yellow one looks I also don’t mind mild tomatoes they are good in salads in my opinion 😂
That one might be a good one for you to try then. It's very productive.
Tried to grow 2 Arctic Roses this year but they got diseased super early (and in dry 9b no less!) and never recuperated. That said there’s a dwarf heartland cross they also sell called Lil Faithful that was a fantastic producer. It’s legit pollinated perfectly in 112F weather. 😳 I try to tell everyone I can who live in super hot/muggy climates. It’s just now coming down with a bit of blight, weeks after all my other tomatoes, but is still growing fine. Check it out for next year. :)
Thanks for the tip on Lil Faithful, Melissa! I'll try to remember to check that one out. I'm always looking for new varieties to try. Must be a hardy one.
I’ll have to give that one a try for out here in the hot desert. How early was Lil Dwarf? Cheers!
Yes, I have grown Dwarf tomatoes...Uluru Ochre, Pink Passion, Boronia, Sweet Sue, Firebird Sweet, Purple Reign, Tasmanian Chocolate, Sarandipity, and Rosella Purple. The best tasting to me was: 1-Uluru Ochre, 2-Sweet Sue (pretty good fruit set), 3-Sarandipity (great fruit set), 4-Boronia, and 5-Tasmanian Chocolate, 6-Purple Reign, 7-Firebird Sweet, 8-Rosella Purple, and 9-Pink Passion. Now, to tell you the truth, they all are great tasting. Jeff
I agree. There are a lot of great tasting ones. I'm going to be trying Purple Reign this year. Thanks for the information on the others!
I grew Tasmanian Chocolate in 2022, and was disappointed in the fruit.
There were few fruits and we were underwhelmed by the flavor. The plants had a nice habit and were of a nice size for a compact variety. I’ll give it another chance this year but won’t grow more than one or two plants, I think.
Oh! Almost forgot : I was interested to hear what Jim had to say about the variety!
Thanks for the feedback on the Tasmanian Chocolate, Karen! The last time I grew it, I had an off year for it too. The first couple of times I grew it, it worked out pretty well for us. It was more productive compared to others, and reached about 5 feet tall. I am considering it for this year, but I haven't made a final list. I think I will start more plants than I need and make a decision when I'm closer to transplanting outside. I do like the more compact plants of the Boronia and Rosella Purple better though. Glad to hear you are giving it one more chance, which is kind of what I might be doing this year. Good luck with your growing season!
Those are some mouth-watering tomatoes! I love the shape and color of the purple heart! Of the 6 red ones, how do they rank on production and disease resistance?
Sleeping Lady produced the most tomatoes so far. It's also going strong so far.
@@MidwestGardener Thank you! Have a fantastic weekend!
You're welcome....you have a great weekend too!
You remember how early Sleeping Lady produced tomatoes? I've read that it early early but according to Victory Seeds it's 85 days. Uluru Ochre was listed at 65 days but it was the last to produce fruit and the tomatoes never grew much bigger than a golf ball and never ripened. I'm going to plant the earliest varieties of tomatoes and am about to place my seed order and would appreciate any information you can share.
Uluru Ochre was slow for me too. I don't remember how many days it was for Sleeping Lady, but it seemed like it was about average of the ones I grew last year.
@@MidwestGardener So far, I've narrowed it down to Black Cherry, Adelaide Festival, Rosella Purple, Bundaberg, Mary's Cherry, Marlinga, and Kookaburra Cackle. Black Cherry and the last three dwarfs would be new for me this year. I might flip a coin on Maralinga and Kookaburra because they seem rather similar. I figure the only way I'm going to get a half decent tomato harvest is if I plant as early as possible, no matter what tomato variety, due to the harsh desert climate. Thank you very much for all of your replies and sharing your successful experience with dwarf tomatoes! Have a good one!
I'm embarking on a crazy goal of trying to grow Dwarf types in a big Aerogarden Farm 24XL. I have 3 feet of space.
I already started Rosella & Adelaide Festival but ordered Maralinga, Purple heart, The Thong, Boronia, Audrey's Love.
I need to find out which might fit AND taste good. Will be looking around your videos to see if there's any heights mentioned. As we know, some of these things can get pretty tall. I grew some green types that went to 6 feet!
Most of the ones I've tried get at least 4 feet tall. I was trying to imagine growing some in that amount of space. I can't imagine more than two plants, and then they would be crowded unless you do some pruning. A homegrown tomato in the winter sure would be good though.
@@MidwestGardener It's a 3 foot wide unit. Well if they get too tall, I'll cut down and encourage suckering.
Good afternoon Jim. I just noticed that YT didn't show I had watched the entire video. Well I did and I left a comment. I love YT. 😖 Oh well. I just wonder what a ripe yellow tomato would taste like but from what you said I'm not ready to find out. I do like your first choice. Best wishes Bob.
Good afternoon Bob. I don't know what to think about comments disappearing either. I've had that happen to me a few times now. I screw up enough without anyone's help 😄
Same here I don't need any help screwing up. I can do plenty of that on my own. 🤣🤣 Hugs brother.
Same here.
I have never grown dwarf tomatoes but I might try now my tomatoes are coming in now will be canning a lot of tomatoes from here on out I looked I’ve eat about 40 quarts or more from last canning season not counting the spaghetti sauce lol grand kids
Yep, some of them are definitely worth a try. I really love it that you get so much use out of your tomatoes!
I need advice. One of the dwarf tomato varieties sprouted with a mosaic virus. All of the seedlings from that variety had it and it's the first time I've ever dealt with something like this. I've discarded all of the seedlings, soil, and starting pots. The day I started that batch of seeds, I touched 12 other tomato seed varieties. Is there a way to clean the other seeds? I don't smoke, the potting soil and trays were sterile, and I've never had this issue before.
First of all, I'm really sorry that you are having to deal with this, Rose. I've never had to deal with an issue like that with seedlings. I think you've handled it about as well as you could have so far though. I tend to be overly cautious when it comes to tomato diseases myself. I'm not sure how easy it would be (or if it even possible) to spread the virus by touching infected seeds. I know that it would be expensive to do, but if it was me, I think I would discard the seeds that had the virus first of all. Then I would order more seeds of the other varieties if possible. I know it would mean getting a later start, but that might be the safest way. I don't know if this helped at all, but I'm sure sorry you're dealing with this. Be sure to check back and let me know how this works out for you.
How does Rosella Purple compare with Cherokee Purple and Black Krim from your other taste review, both taste and yield-wise? If you could only plant one, Rosella Purple, Cherokee Purple, and Black Krim, which one would you choose? thank you!
Black Krim was the best tomato I've ever tasted. Without being able to compare them side by side, I would call Cherokee Purple and Rosella Purple a toss up for taste. If I could only grow one, it would be Rosella Purple. It produces better for me where I live than the other two, and it is a much more manageable size.
What dwarf tomatoes are you going to plant this year? I’m going to plant Rosella Purple and Adelaide Festival again this year but not Boronia, Tasmanian Chocolate, and Uluru Ochre. I’d like to try two new varieties and based on your videos am considering either Maralinga, Kookaburra Kackle, or Sleeping Lady.
Even though seed starting time is getting closer for us, I haven't made a final list. A couple of new ones in the running this year are Dwarf Mary's Cherry, and Bundaberg Rumball. Both are smaller type tomatoes.
@@MidwestGardener Are you going to make a video on your seed selection? The Bundaberg Rumball sounds like a variety to try because of its earliness and productivity. By the way, have you found a cherry tomato with an earthy, salty flavor like a black or purple tomato? Thanks for sharing!
What dwarf would be a equivalent to a Paul Robeson in flavor my friend ?
I've grown Paul Robeson. I prefer the flavor of Rosella Purple.
Awesome I just sowed some of those ready for spring !! Thanks my friend!!
@@machinegunhippy You're welcome!
why is there little bugs on my sunflower seedling like they're less than 1 millimeters big at best and there are so many of them , I tried spraying them with water but they just keep coming back and they keep eating my leaves also I didn't know there we're so many types of tomatoes, oh turns out that they are snow fleas, are those going to do damage to my plants?
I've never had to deal with snow fleas, so I don't know a lot about them. They say they don't usually damage plants, but they say the same thing about rollie pollies, and they will damage seedlings. I would just use some diatomaceous earth.
@Midwest Gardener Alright, thank you! Also I want to grow some tomatoes, do you have any tips and tricks?
@@bagelbananaalt5536 If you are in the northern hemisphere, it too late to start this year. If you've never grown tomatoes before, I would start with a determinate type. There is too much to growing tomatoes to put it in a comment. I have dozens of videos on tomatoes. Most of them are in one playlist. There is one that has my top 5 tips. Here is the playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLDxKaNVTfCp4B4HTSIu8uBYvqBObEo4pP.html
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You shoud not have compared the white one to all the dark ones...
Thanks for the feedback.
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Turns out the ugliest one tastes best. Funny how often that happens in the garden.
That is very true. I've had some really good ones that weren't that pretty to look at.
hint...TRY GETTING YOURSELF A WOOD CUTTING BOARD AND A PROPER KNIFE...and learn how to slice tomatoes
Thanks for the tip.
It’s not a true tomato unless it has a slit in it! lol
Lol, yep, that's kind of the way it seems to work.
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Thanks!