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Great video Gary. Love that you made one on tomato varieties you'd keep vs ones you wont grow anymore. I think that's one of the most valuable things we gardeners can learn as each year passes. I also had several tomato plants that self seeded from last year and came up this year. Some of them I pulled up but some of them I left be and they are doing very well. I also live in Maryland in Howard County and 2 varieties of red cherry tomatoes I have had great luck with are Super 100 and Midnight Snack. You have to try Midnight Snack next year Gary. It's not only an absolutely beautiful looking tomato because of its little splotch of black/purple over the red, but it also has one of the most unique tastes out of any tomato I've ever had. Another cherry tomato variety you have to try is Sun Sugar. I grew Sun Gold and Sun Sugar this year intentionally to see which one I liked better and finally did a side by side taste test and I thought Sun Sugar was better. Sun Gold is very very good dont get me wrong. And both are good producers too. You should definitely try the Sun Sugar if you can find it. Another pepper variety I tried this year for the first time that I would 100% grow again next year is called the Lunchbox Orange. You also should try that one too next year! All of the tomatoes and pepper I just listed are all very very good when its comes to disease resistance too. I didnt spray any of my plants at all with anything this year...just made sure to water them basically every day and used miracle grow tomato food fertilizer about once a week. They all did fantastic.
This summer's harvest has been bountiful thanks to you Gary. My pepper garden never has done so well. My pepper plants are 4 feet plus high, with plenty of peppers. So what have I learned this year over other years? Three major improvements. Everybody can use them. You taught me this: 1. The importance of knowing your local weather (beyond frost dates ). Can't stress this enough. Weather Spark and US climate data for your area. I printed out my town and got it month by month with average temps for each day of the month. Lot of printing but worth it if you want to plan when to plant. 2. Organic gardening done right. There are lots of web sites about it. Many give bad advise. You are not one of them. Adding the right organic material to your soil works ! That's why my peppers have done so well. Preparing the soil ahead of time is the key. Compost, peat moss, worm castings etc. Set up your garden for success. 3. A well planned watering/ fertilizing / spraying schedule prevents a lot of problems from happening. Keep to the schedule. Water more in hot temps. The rest keep to the schedule. If any problems do arise. Use a stronger type of spray. You have many videos on this topic. I have learned more than this from your channel, but these are my top three keys learned for success. After that, the 4. topic would be know your plant varieties. If you have done all three well and some plants just don't work maybe its time to try a different variety for next season. Thanks Gary, take care.
@vengenace early Seriously? What type of pepper got so tall? I’ve never had pepper plants get that big. I usually have trouble getting the bell peppers to produce more than 3 peppers. My tomatoes did well, despite the scorching heat and drought
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@@sharonwright66 Chocolate habanero, Red habanero, Jalapenos, Chilitipins-- all turned into bushes, peppadews were the tallest. And Spanish Galia peppers. All tall. I took so many pictures of the Pepper "Jungle". But you have to remember I live in Central Florida. So that was a big reason. Also our soil is so sandy and poor in Florida, So all my gardening is raised bed gardening.
I'm working to twist my head around to dump some of my past favorites for varieties that stayed healthy and produced well. Things have changed in my soil and I may have a bacterial wilt, so I need to plant types that are resistant. Thanks, Gary!
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I'm in Maryland too. I grow celebrities, early girls, beefmaster and sweet 100's. The celebrity always has the least amount of problems. The beefmasters seem to have the most fungus problems like blight but are one of my favorites. I wish I knew of a big tomato that taste as good but are easier to grow. Always learning something. Good video thanks for continuing to do them.
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The San marzano variety doesn’t do well here in Arizona. I don’t know why I still start the seed knowing that! Haha I think its just how gardeners are. We think that it will get better each time we start seeds in the spring! Love your videos Gary! Thanks for teaching me over the years.
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Mine failed this year but did great last year You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
In my zone 5b garden, Lemon Boy, Amish Paste, Cherokee Purple and Sun Gold cherry have done well. I spray regularly with hydrogen peroxide and disease is manageable. I tried Strawberry Purple from Baker Creek this year and while they were productive and handle disease well, I found the taste and texture to be similar to supermarket tomatoes so I won't be growing them next year.
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Cherokee purple didn't do well for us at all. It was actually the first tomato plant that got wilt and died but we don't spray our plants. We compared 80 different tomato varieties this year and picked out the top 10 for the southern heat! I wonder if some of them would do well for you too! I'm definitely going to add the Arkansas Traveler to my list of must try! Our volunteer was also the best plant this year! It's really great to see when others have a similar experience even in different zones so you know it will likely work for others! Black Krim really thrived for us in the heat but we used shade cloth this year! I really feel it made all the difference. Thank you so much for sharing your experience!
Thats a great way to do it. I stopped spraying so I could get a better sense of how these guys did. So next year I am going for direct seeding and will be doing a lot of videos on how much better the plants do. My theory is they just establish a great root system. You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
We didn't spray this year because we didn't have to. Iowa Zone 5a, hot dry summer, no fungus, few insects. I believe in growing what the locals grow before exploring new varieties. For us it was Big Boys bought at a fund raiser for a singing group. The Big Boys have been so successful that it's hard to justify using the garden space for anything else. Even with one variety there's still room for experimentation. One row was dutifully trimmed for single stem growth. The other row was allowed to bush out into multiple leaders. The bushy row won the productivity contest in both size and number hands down. Could be the extra leaves shielded the flowers from the heat. Could be there's a threshold of leaf growth the plant needs to trigger production. But it certainly went against all the guidance I've seen about growing indeterminants. Foliage was so dense I couldn't tell whether or not there were any tomatoes until the tomatoes ripened and the lower leaves began to fall. I will explore other varieties, just in case, and also, just for fun. But I'm here to tell you, the Big Boys are a big success here. It doesn't sound very exciting to grow something everybody else grows, but man they taste good, and they make a good size tomato.
@@groussac Thank you for sharing your experience! We did something similar this year and allowed the plants to bush out. The hardest part was walking down the paths because they went everywhere, lol! We also direct seeded them and I feel it really made a difference!
@@DiggingForHealth Right. I never walk down the path without knife and twine for tying up leaders. I've also had good luck with volunteers, which implies direct seeding as an option. The Vols quickly caught up with the store-bought and were just as productive. As for bushing out, I kept the thick vines that branched out from the base of the plant. Keeping them off the ground was a problem, but man they were loaded with tomatoes. I consider the thick vines as the tomato's way of telling me how it wanted to grow...
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Next year I think I’m going to treat my Cherokee Purples almost like a determinate. Prune new growth once the initial bunch of 4-5 tomatoes have set, and start another seedling to replace it. After I harvest that initial round of fruit, chop the plant and replace it.
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Hi Gary, thanks so much for all your great tomato videos. I live in the Portland, OR area and grew 45 varieties, was surprised how healthy my plants have been with virtually no disease, I may have grown some of them too close together because I got lots of leaves but not a lot of fruit on some of them, I didn't prune them either so that might be a why. We also had a fairly cool and wet June and then alot of heat that fried some of the early flowers which also may be the reason. Some varieties have produced really well, red and yellow pear are prolific. Most of my big ones are not ready to pick yet but am very excited that they are almost ready. Love going out to my garden very morning and harvesting the ones that are ripe. I sincerely appreciate your help in this first endeavor. Only wish I had more land! My dog run is the only sunny spot in my garden that I can grow in but it has worked well and the dogs have left the plants alone fortunately.
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Thanks so much. Chadwicks we grow at the farm. They are good. You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Appreciated and cheers. Good luck to the start of your warm season You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
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What to do with too many tomatoes? The orange and yellow varieties make great salsa. And just about everything else can be canned, or juiced, or chopped and frozen for cooked recipes that call for fresh tomatoes. Then there are all the new friends you can make with excess ripe tomatoes.
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Try the black strawberry cherry tomato from baker creek. They've by far been the most productive plants in my tomato beds this summer here in central NJ. I have 2 plants over 8 feet tall, stunningly littered with beautiful fruit. The taste is also sublime.
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I was a tough summer. You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Thats a good strategy shifting months. You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
I'm sitting here watching your video and eating my heart out cuz I'm sure not eating any tomatoes. I'm in North Dakota and our tomato crop is really struggling with the heat. I do a lot of canning and had big plans for my tomatoes this year and I don't think they will be coming to fruition (pun intended). I always pay close attention to your videos and have learned a lot. Thanks.
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My beef steak did poorly last year, but this year it has many more fruit. The Brandywine did not do well either year... one big one, one medium, and 4 very small this time. Not worth it. My main focus on tomatoes is in San Marzano to make sauces and tomato jam. Last year they were prolific. This year they ripen much smaller and not as much fruit, yet. I had them coveted, so it was not blossom drop. Talking to other gardeners, many of us are experiencing the same issues in our area. Lots of slow or stunted growth, or no fruit on some plants, but others are thriving. It's mind boggling.
Here in MI my beefsteak tomato plant was an epic fail. I only have 3 out there so far. I'm going to plant it one more time next year and make adjustments before I move on. The San Marzano tomatoes were doing fine until yesterday I saw 3 that had BER. I don't know how thar could've happened because the other one just like it is fine so I added more calcium and watered it in. Hopefully that'll fix it.
Shade cloth is going to be something I use more for tomatoes next year. It think it matters a lot come high heat times. You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
great video! Gary, I am in TX with tons of heat and disease (so growing tomatoes is a big challenge) and the plant that did the BEST for me as far as disease and production this year is the Tommy Toe tomato. Since you are looking for a good red cherry I thought I would recommend it. They are also beautiful and look like grocery store red cherry tomatoes. The only cherries that actually produce still in my 100+ weather are the sungold (and they are small), but for a red cherry I highly recommend the Tommy Toe... it is finally showing a little bit of damage but nothing at all like my others.
Ill put it on my list. Thanks You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Hi Gary, Thanks for the suggestions about Arkansas Traveler and Supersonic. Definitely going to look into those for next year. Totally agree with your comments on Early Girl. It's readily available, but what the heck, it is one of the more disease-resistent hybrids, and it tastes great! Quite a bit of seeds, but who's complaining? A few suggestions: Try Jet Star. Living Traditions Homestead recommended it, and I have been super impressed. It's a hybrid, but tastes like an heirloom. Low acidity. Good disease resistance. My favorite red cherry is Sweet Million. Hybrid. So delicious! I think moderate disease resistance.
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I am on the border with Homestead tomatoes. I tried 3 new varieties this year; Homestead, Steakhouse, and Big Beef. Feed them all the same way and have them the same amount of insecticide/fungicide. The Steakhouse and the big beef produced nice beefsteak size tomatoes, I was expecting the homestead to produce at least 8-12oz but it only gave me Campari-size tomatoes. It had great heat tolerance and disease resistance but the size yield just wasn't what I wanted.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN I’ll give it one more shot this spring then. I’ll use a different seed company hopefully this works because I really had high expectations for Homestead.
I grew Arkansas Travelers this year also when I couldn't get my usual Amish Paste. They performed well for me also in hot humid Tn. Def will be growing again.
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When you say you don't know what to do with a tomatoes, why not just freeze them? Lay them out on a cookie sheet and put that in the freezer and then once they're frozen roll them all into a baggie
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Canning reds and green tomatoes!! With the greens slice them thick and place on top of each other in wide mouth pint jars add half teaspoon lemon a pinch of salt and water and process..we love frying green tomatoes all year for the frozen ones absolutely loose most taste and watery!!! Recipes on these online!!
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Just wanted to say that the Tiny Tim tomato (seeds I purchased from you) did really well in the Texas heat. It was the only one who survived without shade cloth!
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I have to foot-stomp growing what you like - AND - what grows well for you. Tomato-wise, I grow mainly for flavor and versatility (sandwich and/or sauce). Last year, I tried 15 different varieties and learned I do not like the "green" tomatoes. This year - I scaled down to 8 varieties. All in all, Park's Whopper remains my go-to; it's a hybrid that tolerates the Midwest temperature swings from 40's in mid-May to 110 heat index in June, July and August. It produces medium size fruit (but can get over a lb) that reminds me of the Mortgage Lifter or Brandywine when fully ripe. Brandywines and Mortgage Lifter do well for me - and I love their flavor on a sandwich or in a sauce. I prune pretty heavily though - to mitigate disease. Next year, I am scaling down to a half dozen varieties - but 2-3 plants per. IN short, "if it don't make you happy, kick it out" .. right? :)
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Red Cherry tomato; I tried Sweet Chelsea for a few years, a very good larger cherry tomato, strong all year, minimal splitting. A bit hard to find, I went to Reimer seeds.
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Check out these varieties that all have a strong disease package and heat set gene. 1) Bella Rosa 2) Momotaro/Tough Boy 3) Heatmaster 4) Phoenix 5) Jamestown. All do well here in Texas Zone 8B. Seeds & Such carry all the seeds.
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This video is GOLD. I'm such a fan of Black Krim. It's my first year growing it and production is not stellar. Such an odd weather year in the PNW 6b however, so may not be the best for long-term decisions. I'll give it another go before ditching. So far no pests or disease anywhere. Heirlooms Delicious and Rutgers have been extremely successful for me as well as a classic Roma and a Burpee Longkeeper. Brandywine not as much but I'm captivated. Slightly cooler weather is on the way so I'm still hopeful!
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Early girl did the best for us in Mid-Atlantic region, and we're beginning gardeners just figuring things out. Fewest disease problems and splitting compared to the others and tasted the best.
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We did the Rutgers tomato this year. It did so well even with the months of heat. No disease and great production. Next year I will not prune the suckers to see what happens
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Cherokee Purple and Black Krim have never been consistent producers for me either. Tomatoes developed or naturalized for heat and humidity tend to do best in my area (Texarkana, TX - far NE Texas). The purple/black tomato I have the most success with is Indian Stripe. I believe it was developed in Southern Arkansas, about 90 miles from where I live. Many believe it is a naturalized cultivar of Cherokee Purple. It is more prolific, has slightly smaller fruits, and outlasts the Cherokee Purple in my area. Seems more disease-resistant, too. The plants I had this year set fruit when the temperatures were in the low to mid-90s.
@@olgas2332 The Indian Stripe I grew was regular leaf. I sourced it from Tomato Growers Supply. In terms of flavor, I really cannot tell the difference between it and Cherokee Purple.
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Great video! Early Girl is the most reliable for me here in central IN. Tough year for tomatoes here this year and the Early Girl has continued right along as normal. I also plant one later as insurance since it always makes it to frost.
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My first year growing the mortgage lifter. I’m in zone 5a. I’ve gotten a lot of giant tomatoes from it. I was told about the story of the plant after showing off the size of one of my tomatoes. I love the store behind it as well. After watching this video I think I’ll try early girls next year.
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This has been a really heartbreaking gardening year here in south central Montana….Cold, late spring-my so-called Early Girl finally blossomed this week. Pests (everything from leafhoppers to deer) are ravenous. Then the multiple days of scorching heat. And a hailstorm that completely shredded almost everything that survived all the other challenges! My Celebrity, Supersweet 100, and San Marzanos are the only ones producing more than a few fruits per plant. So I guess if they can survive all that, they are keepers!!! In the past few years I gave up on Black Krim, Cherokee Purples, and (regular) Brandywines because their tomato to nuisance ratios were unfavorable. I tried out a Glacier this year and it was loaded with fruit until the hail…I didn’t get a chance to taste a properly ripened one, so I don’t know if it’s a keeper or not. Good luck to all my fellow gardeners!!!!
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Most of my tomatoes were total failures this year. Even the Romas. Some sort of black specks all over the fruit-I had to bag those and take them to the dump. Tried a Belarusian tomato that was attacked by something. Good to hear your assessment of Cherokee Purple. I had Black Krim fail too, very similar. I’m going to try a different location. I’m in NE Tenn, only a bit further south from you. I had great results with the hybrid Red Racer last year but couldn’t find the seeds this year. Already have them ordered for next year. It’s been a tough year in general….
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Very good advice. Each person can make their decision in the place where they are and what they need and want from their plants. Every single time I grow, I grow SuperSweet 100s. They have never disappointed me! I did learn that when a storm is forecast, I go out and pick every ripe or near-ripe tomato before the storm. This way I don't wind up with splits, and the flavor is excellent, not bland from too much water. I have seeds for many different varieties that I was going to do this year, but health problems got in the way, so now I'll have to wait til next year. It will be fun learning first hand what the different varieties will do, taking notes, and deciding on keepers. Anything I keep will have to taste delicious (to me), and be hardy and productive. I think that's what most of us want. It's great to see on your videos the considerations and decision making process. Thanks for the effort you put into the garden and the videos!
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Gary, here's one for you: last year I grew the same 5 variety of toms. Celebrity, Park Whopper, Fantastic, Black Krim and SunGold cherry. It was a great year with a tremendous harvest. The plants grew to near 60". This season I did everything the same way as last year-- same soil mixture, ferts, peat moss, home made and bagged compost, etc. Same pots (#10 black). I use those red wire cages for support. This year they are all about 6 or 7" above the tops of the cages. I'm just now starting to see a bit of ripening and the fruits are not much bigger than golf balls. The cherry toms are doing the best of all. In spite of doses of calcium nitrate this year, I'm still seeing a certain number of BER fruits. The weather has been very warm again this year as well. I guess I won't mind smaller toms-- they look good in salads, but a few for a hamberger would have been nice. I like these varieties and will grow them again next year, if possible. BTW, we got no hail storms this season in our immediate area. Thanks, and any comments, my friend ?? Cheers, Bob in SW MT.
Was the rainfall sporadic rather than steady? Good amounts for weeks, nothing for weeks, then rain again? I see more BER when watering is inconsistent than I do when we get rain every few days.
We typically grow only German Johnson and have great success up here in zone 6a. I tend to prune heavily in mid to late June such that there is no growth for the first 18"-24" inches by mid July and then I don't see any diseases nor fungal issues until mid September. This year the excessive heat did affect flower production for three or so weeks but we still got 3-4 pounds per plant through that stretch even with all the pruning. This is typically where we see that pay off as the plants are now 7 feet tall or so and very bushy and flowering up in the canopy with at least 6 or so mid sized (for German Johnsons) green tomatoes all queued up on each vine and far more small baby tomatoes appearing over the last week. By first week of October I will usually have harvested 20ish pounds per vine and then use a tall ladder to harvest another 10-15 pounds (in total across all the plants) from way up at the top which will ripen in the windows after that. I like German Johnsons for my zone. They tend to do well assuming it doesn't rain too often during the summer.
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The taste has kept me trying. Going to use shade cloth on few next year. That will be one. You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Interesting review. I grew over 25 heirlooms and really didn’t like any. Too much core and cracking, but we did have severe drought and a late freak frost. I did install irrigation around July which was wonderful. So I really didn’t care for Black Krim because it didn’t keep well and cracking. Lol, it could be that my brain likes tomatoes to be red, but I didn’t care for the texture and flavor of many of the varieties this year in my garden. I will try a couple again now we have irrigation and plant out well after May Z5a, WI. A few years back we tried Arkansas Travelers and they don’t like single leader pruning here and needed more shade. I remember an oxheart I bought at our market in 2012 and it did excellent in that drought and we didn’t stake it or prune and it was fantastic. I just expect on August 1st that the lower leaves start to yellow. Another thing I noticed is there are different Mortgage Lifter varieties and maybe you could try that as ours were huge. It really is trial and error for each individual garden. I will try more hybrids next year with some other new to me heirlooms as I really want to find the perfect to save seed from.
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What a difference 50 miles makes. Mortgage Lifter is one of my keepers in Northern Virginia; it's been so productive that I've been slicing up at least one each day for sandwiches at lunch, Caprese salad for dinner, and core/score/freezing for canning -- as well as regularly taking tomatoes to coworkers and neighbors from 3 plants. I put it in a head-to-head "which will I keep?" battle against Big Rainbow (previous favorite), but it completely lost the fight against Mortgage Lifter in my garden. I'm streamlining my garden next year to just Mortgage Lifter (for slicers), Amish Paste (for sauces/canning), Rutgers (Hub's alma mater), and Sweet Cherry (for snackers).
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I have had good luck with a cherry tomato called Thousand Tomato The best tasting cherry I have ever grown. Only one of three plants still producing , skin has grown tougher and smaller but still have great taste as the heat has increased.
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I guess it depends where you live. The Black Krim grows fantastic with lots of fruit, where the Brandywine doesn’t produce nearly the amounts that you get. Like you I’ve tried various varieties to see what are growing best for me and production.
My best large tomato this year is Mountaineer’s Pride from Southern Exposure Seed Cooperative. Robust growth and disease resistance and good fruit production in my central Virginia garden. Stands up to the humidity.
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I might try some shade cloth on it You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Great video. I'm in the same growing zone as you (Zone 7). This year I grew 10 varieties of paste tomatoes to figure out which ones produced the best for my area. My top 3 were Sheboygan, Korean Long and Jersey Devil. A couple that I won't grow again are Pink Fang and Opalka which were both more susceptible to blossom end rot, blight and splitting despite being grown in the same bed as the others.
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Im going to try CP under shade cloth You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Mine is doing well thus far. Have gotten about 9 so far, about 3 more split in a heavy rainy period and rat got 3… but many more on the vine which is now about 8 feet tall.
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I had an Early Girl that grew into a monster, over 7 feet tall, and produced over 60 tomatoes. The tomatoes are good for salads, but not preserving. My Beef steak didn't produce a lot of tomatoes, but made up for it in size. The Bonny's Best had a good overall tomato, but they had a lot of cracking. I have Roma and Dad's Sunset Tomatoes growing and expect tomatoes near the end of September. I'll have to wait until the end of the season to judge them. I have Arkansas Traveler, and Homestead on my list to try next year, as well as a couple cherry tomatoes. I'm still experimenting to see what grows well in Central Alabama, and what I like. Eggplant is pretty much off my list. I like the flavor, but production was not up to par. I can get better production with summer and winter squash. Next year, I am going to grow more potatoes in March, then again in June, so I will be harvesting more, less often.
That's interesting that you don't like the Early Girl for preserving. Last summer, I bought 2 bushels from a farmer's market vendor and I love canning with them. Now, they are pretty juicy but I like to can homemade V8 juice so don't mind the juice.
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@@DeborahBrown-tj7wx I generally water bath tomatoes in pint size jars. Each jar holds about one pound of tomatoes. I can do that with a single beef steak tomato, and they have a sweeter flavor. Early Girl tomatoes have more juice and seed pulp, so you loose a lot of bulk while processing them, so it ends up taking about a dozen tomatoes for a single jar-more work, and time, for less product. I don't juice my tomatoes. If I did, it would be a simple matter to put them in a juicer, and preserve the juice, either by freezing it, refrigerating it, or canning it for later use. Then it would make sense.
I would love to do this in my garden, too! But unfortunately, here it is Aug 23 and zero ripe tomatoes so far this year! What a summer it's been in the PNW! I've got fingers crossed that the fruit on the vines will ripen soon.
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I might shade cloth it next year You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
If your looking for a red cherry type of tomato, look at the red torch variety!!! Simply the best cherry style tomato. Tomatoes taste fantastic and literally impossible to kill. I tried to kill it last year. My zone is 7-8 ish.
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I grew Cherry Bomb from seed and has produced very well with no signs of disease and I haven’t treated at all for diseases. Its delicious! In SE Michigan
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I just showcased it in the video before this one in Ramblings 63. Youll have to skip through it to find it. You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Great! I look forward to trying your recommended varieties next year. Btw, my pineapple tomato actually did pretty well here in Northern Virginia this year. It got almost 6 feet tall and lots of fruit. Love the color. I also love the Homestead like you said.
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Thanks, going to do the same - black krim is a no grow for me as well, However, pink girl, lemon boy, big beef, jet star, and early girl along with a couple heirlooms like Paul Robeson - have more tomatoes now, Kellogg’s breakfast, and orange icicle are keepers - they all continue to produce. Oh and Bonnie best might stay bc it’s a short little plant that’s getting loaded up with more fruit. So no complaints with that one!
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i never thought i will say it.. but "early girl" is the best variety... why... decease resistance, fruitful, strong clusters that does not need to be pampered, i never water it ever ! (i have heavy soil), you can not prune it or prune it heavy will be out of stress in 2 days, size medium to medium small.. dry farmed tomatoe is best "tomatoe variety" and early girl is is the only that can trully do it... any other variety you have to be lucky with the weather
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I have been assessing my tomatoes too, but I also need to account for what weird year it’s been (the drought). I’ve learned my Berkeley Tie Dies couldn’t handle the heat but my German Stripers have been great but last year both were stars.
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Your videos are always so timely. Was just starting to do this kind of review in my head ( for the first time 🤦🏽♀️). I grew 7 varieties this year, 4 of which are keepers. Two of my favorite new finds are Napa Grape and Black Pearl cherry. Both prolific and extremely tasty. I’m also going to keep Big Boy and Amish Paste. Next year I’ll also add back in Sweetie cherry… even though it tends to split they are delicious and keep coming. PS- I planted your SantaFe and Anaheim peppers. They are doing well and are perfect tasting!
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There's a few critical variables to consider. A person really has to experiment to determine what will work well in one's area. The heat and humidity can be killers here in Nebraska. Long season varieties can be challenged. That's my experience anyway. Most yellows just don't do that good for me. The one's I've tried any. That's true for reds, pinks and others depending on their origination and individual characteristics. Sometimes a cooler spring affects some more than others, Etc. It's not uncommon for varieties to do well most of the time where others in comparison do better less frequent. Some simply aren't that productive under favorable conditions anyway and then when adversity is thrown in they fail quite miserably. Then other tomates seem to do pretty well just about anywhere. Anyone interested, give Earl's Faux a whirl. I've had really good, consistent results with it. And for a bit longer season, Wes. Boondocks might be another consideration. Lol If they don't work out, come back and give me heck!
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Gary i am in Rochester ny right on lake Ontario. I planted Mortage Lifter this year for the first time . And we also had a very unusual horrible high heat this year and so far it's done well. Medium production and little disease.. so for me I haven't written it off yet....
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If you had your Cherokee Purple in your no dig garden with the Black Cherry tomato, I bet it would have done a LOT better. I harvested 30 tomatoes from by Cherokee Purple last year two of which were well over a pound but it was planted in home made fruit and vegetable food wastes compost rich soil and had a shade cloth over it most of the season and I'm in zone 8A South Carolina where the temperatures are scorching hot for 6 months of the year often well up into the hundreds in the direct sun (where this raised bed was located) but due to the soil and the shade cloth, it produced like gang busters!
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Well, this year I planted two Cherokee Purples under shade cloth in less rich soil - but I thought it would be good enough. It had more shade than last year, but probably not near as many nutrients and I, like you, have only gotten a handful of tomatoes and none of them were prize winning sized like last year's. The soil doesn't hold water nearly as well as last year's bed did either. I think it is easier for tomatoes to do well if they don't have competition from other tomato plants near them. Last year I really only had the one or two tomato plants and two winter squash plants, and eggplant and a bunch of basil planted. This year I have four tomato plants - 2 Sun Sugars and and 2 Cherokee Purples, 2 eggplants, 3 big basil plants and a Delicata squash that I had to pull out. So this year my tomatoes had to compete more than last year in soil that was less rich. Both years they were shaded with shade cloth.
Gary, if you haven’t tried it, see if you can find the Sakura Hybrid Organic cherry tomato. I have been growing it for 2 years now with fantastic success and we have extremely high disease pressure here in southern Ontario.
I grew Sakura last year. She was pretty but will not be returning to my garden. Production and flavor were not high enough. Sungold is my go-to orange cherry, but still looking for the perfect red cherry.
I also gave up on Cherokee purple. I mostly grew them for my neighbor anyway as she can't tolerate a real acidic tomato but I like more acidic ones and it just didn't produce. Have grown twice but not going forward. I love celebrity and mostly grow those. I have Homestead tomato seeds but my seedlings didn't make it for some reason. Will try again next Spring. I didn't grow Early Girls this year but do also like them. I mostly try to grow determinate or semi determinate varieties due to lack of space. The indeterminates are such more work and I'm 70 now and look for easy care and productive.
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I'm in the high Sierra, we have 90-100°days and our nights are usually 45-55°. I have about 30 varieties of tomato going, black Krim, black prince and Ukrainian purple are all doing well here with our cold nights. Abe Lincoln - wow! So much production but it was a late start so we'll see when I get a ripe one if they're good. My pineapple are also doing great. Blueberries cherry, sun sugar and my red lace currant tomato are the best cherry/currant varieties so far. We did get Frost through the first week of July though so everything is quite late this year, hopefully our first holds off well into October but I'm not holding my breath.
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Thanks for this Gary! I've made my list for next year now. The beefsteak did pretty good for me here in SC 7b for whatever reason but the early girl is def a winner!
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My tomato plants are giving us our best harvests ever. We're getting so many tomatoes I'm having a hard time finding people to give them to. Plus we're making a big batch of sauce every week. One tomato plant I will always grow is Sun Sugar a disease resistant cherry tomato. I'm having great production from Early Girls, Celebrity, Jet Star, Pineapple, Super Sweet 100 actually we don't have any that I would consider losers this year . Maybe the San Marzano's in 5 gallon buckets.
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What do you think about what they call a patio tomatoes they don't get that tall but they really do well growing in a planter I also like the early girl
Thank you for such a thorough walk through. I am in north central Arkansas and haven't seen my first tomato yet. My Arkansas Traveler tomatoes didn't survive as seedlings. Gold Nugget cherry type did horrible but the Rosella did better. Chocolate cherry is thriving.
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Great video!! I too am assessing my tomato plants I grew this year. This year I decided to do all hybrids. Normally I plant all heirlooms. I am disappointed at the production. I'm in Portland oregon. We're not as hot and humid as you are but we are increasingly having hotter and hotter weather. I'm growing Arkansas traveler too. And it's okay, not great. Heatmaster which I believe is the determinate one is just absolutely loaded with tomatoes. Jetstar, giant crimson. chefs choice black, & pink which is AAS are just not doing well for me. I also am growing blush tiger which is a saladette tomato, pear, again, spindly, small, few tomatoes. I fertilize and water regular too. Annas noire? Great, slow grower tho. Brandywine is another keeper
I have Heatmaster and Homestead on my list for next year. Tried Tigerella, because I loved Tropical Sunset cherry last year but Tigerella was pretty unhappy here in NE Tenn zone 7a
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Todd, he does do all that you mentioned. He supports a local community garden and has mentioned leaving vegetables for friends and associates to pick up. 👍
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Love your informative videos! I’m in the process of making tomato sauce right now. Best tomato harvest in 10 years! Lots of watering and grass clipping mulching because of lack of rain and very hot temps 85-90’s. No major disease issues. Burpee Organics-San Marzano and Chadwick Cherry.
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I am making sauce and canning like crazy. My Virginia Select Romas from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange have yielded well over 200 pounds from 16 plants and still probably have another 30 pounds yet. Plant have been so prolific- followed Gary’s recommendations for aspirin spray early on and hydrogen peroxide later. Now they’re almost done. 40:Quarts of crushed tomatoes, 12 pints roasted sauce, 8 pints. Salsa and 3 quarts of dehydrated tomatoes. I am in tomato nirvana. I do have a field rat who is having his fill too- cheeky devil.
Gary, great video. If youre looking for a good red cherry tomato, check out the Super Sweet 100. Im about an hour or so from you. Prolific and disease resistant. Again, great video.
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Here's my 2cents worth. Last year I used chemical fertilizers and had the BEST tomatos EVER (Big juicy and delicious and NO blemishes on the fruits). This year I went the Organic route and was EXTREMELY disappointed (not as big, they were tasty and the fruits had many blemishes) Now my 2 Zucchini plants were OUTSTANDING. I'm putting organic fertilizers and amendments in the soil to break down over the winter but I will use liquid chemical fertilizers next year. To those that swear by organic only ---- couldn't prove it by my results! SORRY but my results were bass ackwards!
@@THERUSTEDGARDENI think there is a use for both. Many argue that manmade fertilizer is bad for soil health, added salts and other bio. I think if not over done and used when needed they are fine.
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That was an awesome vlog. You should preserve your tomatoes. Tomato paste, pizza sauce etc so you have sauce all year round. Thanks mate such good info !
I have so much. I freeze it. Many of these just got sauced. But only so much I can freeze LOL You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Gary freeze cherry tomatoes and make sauce in winter & not sure if you can but definitely worth saving harvest. I highly suggest you trying Ananas Noir next year...Awesome tomato Tip next year if you enjoy the flavor grow under shade cloth or shady area. My black krim & pineapple doing awesome tucked away in shady spot.
Thanks. I am sauced up in the freezer. Many given away. Ill put Anana on list. Ill be using shade cloth too. You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
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Looks like by mid season you get the diseases too... oddly enough I gave some of my plants to a friend who has little gardening experience and none of his got any disease, in fact he's been bringing me tomatoes all season since a ground hog moved into my yard and put a hurting on my garden. The heat up here in NJ has been rough, usually we have more than we can eat or even give away but this year very low production. Supersweet 100 and Sungold are two cherries we really enjoy, also "early treat hybrid" which I think only Home Depot sells also is very resistant to disease and produces all season long. Never had luck with San Marzano or plums, always got BER and never ripened properly. Thanks for the review on what works for you.
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Ive grown the CG. It was pretty good. You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
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Sorry a couple new to me this year in Zone 6b didn't work for you. Mortgage Lifter did very well for me in a 1/2 barrel container along with a zucchini plant! (The zuke did well but got a vine borer I couldn't find, tho I tried!) The tom is still producing. Black Krim was my first to fruit and still doing well. Black From Tula also new & a keeper. One of my faves is Gold Medal- a yellow beefsteak. Big Rainbow was slow to start, smaller plants but happy enough with them. One of my big disappointments, also new this year was Roma! Issues with blossom end rot. Didn't do well at all in containers; doing pretty good despite crowded in a kiddie pool garden. I do prune routinely, but don't spray much. Disease doesn't seem to be a problem for me, except the melons. I think they got fusarium wilt (honeydew & canary). The Sugar Baby plants seemed to resist it tho. Have a great day! Thanks for all you've taught me. Have to go start my peas ;) Be well. Stay safe.
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Although we don't have quite as long a season as you do in Maryland (I'm in the Niagara area of Ontario 6a or b), we do get wicked hot, humid weather that causes many varieties to abort their flowers. My favourite tomatoes that seem to withstand the heat and keep right on producing through the whole summer include: Feuerwerk (easily the top of my list: best tasting of all, productive through the heat right to frost, disease resistant, and reliable year after year), Paul Robeson, and the oxheart types like Hungarian Heart and Jefferson's Giant. I love Brandywine Pink (Sudduth's strain) so much that I grow it each year anyway despite it not being productive in the heat. This year, I tried Big Brandy and Chef's Choice Pink as hybrid replacements for the true Brandywine Pink but they are meh in comparison so I won't grow them again. The first year I grew Cherokee Purple, I purchased the plant at a local nursery and it was a great performer and very tasty. I've never had success with it since, either through plants I started by seed or plants I've purchased from the same nursery. Perhaps that first year, it was something else entirely and mislabelled. I wish I had saved seed from it! I also tried Sun Sugar cherry this year after so many gardeners in the internet world recommended it. It's a split resistant version of the popular Sun Gold. Good performer and yes, it's tasty but I find that the tomatoes and foliage smell a bit funny though, unlike other tomatoes. When I put the tomatoes up to my mouth, I get that funny smell again which is a little off-putting until I bite the tomato and the sweetness explodes in my mouth. Juries still out on that one.
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I get issues when I get greedy and try to let more than 2 stalks grow up a stake. I think next year I'm going to do 2 vines per plant but space them out more with their own stakes. If that works good, then I'll try 3 vines per hole/space. I also noticed the 3 vine ones were super thirsty and needed more nutrients. I'm going to ditch the ones that are prone to cracking and deform a lot.
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Great video Gary. Love that you made one on tomato varieties you'd keep vs ones you wont grow anymore. I think that's one of the most valuable things we gardeners can learn as each year passes. I also had several tomato plants that self seeded from last year and came up this year. Some of them I pulled up but some of them I left be and they are doing very well. I also live in Maryland in Howard County and 2 varieties of red cherry tomatoes I have had great luck with are Super 100 and Midnight Snack. You have to try Midnight Snack next year Gary. It's not only an absolutely beautiful looking tomato because of its little splotch of black/purple over the red, but it also has one of the most unique tastes out of any tomato I've ever had. Another cherry tomato variety you have to try is Sun Sugar. I grew Sun Gold and Sun Sugar this year intentionally to see which one I liked better and finally did a side by side taste test and I thought Sun Sugar was better. Sun Gold is very very good dont get me wrong. And both are good producers too. You should definitely try the Sun Sugar if you can find it. Another pepper variety I tried this year for the first time that I would 100% grow again next year is called the Lunchbox Orange. You also should try that one too next year! All of the tomatoes and pepper I just listed are all very very good when its comes to disease resistance too. I didnt spray any of my plants at all with anything this year...just made sure to water them basically every day and used miracle grow tomato food fertilizer about once a week. They all did fantastic.
This summer's harvest has been bountiful thanks to you Gary. My pepper garden never has done so well. My pepper plants are 4 feet plus high, with plenty of peppers. So what have I learned this year over other years? Three major improvements. Everybody can use them. You taught me this:
1. The importance of knowing your local weather (beyond frost dates ). Can't stress this enough.
Weather Spark and US climate data for your area. I printed out my town and got it month by month with average temps for each day of the month. Lot of printing but worth it if you want to plan when to plant.
2. Organic gardening done right. There are lots of web sites about it. Many give bad advise. You are not one of them. Adding the right organic material to your soil works ! That's why my peppers have done so well. Preparing the soil ahead of time is the key. Compost, peat moss, worm castings etc. Set up your garden for success.
3. A well planned watering/ fertilizing / spraying schedule prevents a lot of problems from happening. Keep to the schedule. Water more in hot temps. The rest keep to the schedule. If any problems do arise. Use a stronger type of spray. You have many videos on this topic.
I have learned more than this from your channel, but these are my top three keys learned for success.
After that, the 4. topic would be know your plant varieties. If you have done all three well and some plants just don't work maybe its time to try a different variety for next season.
Thanks Gary, take care.
@vengenace early Seriously? What type of pepper got so tall? I’ve never had pepper plants get that big. I usually have trouble getting the bell peppers to produce more than 3 peppers. My tomatoes did well, despite the scorching heat and drought
Thanks for the comments and info. Spraying routine is key and really learning about your local weather. Cheers
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@@sharonwright66 Chocolate habanero, Red habanero, Jalapenos, Chilitipins-- all turned into bushes, peppadews were the tallest. And Spanish Galia peppers. All tall. I took so many pictures of the Pepper "Jungle". But you have to remember I live in Central Florida. So that was a big reason. Also our soil is so sandy and poor in Florida, So all my gardening is raised bed gardening.
What should I be looking at for the weather when planting out/planning to plant out? Just the rain or things like humidity ?
I'm working to twist my head around to dump some of my past favorites for varieties that stayed healthy and produced well. Things have changed in my soil and I may have a bacterial wilt, so I need to plant types that are resistant. Thanks, Gary!
Oh no. Good luck.
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Really enjoyed this video. Hope you plant more varieties and do the same with them.
I'm in Maryland too. I grow celebrities, early girls, beefmaster and sweet 100's. The celebrity always has the least amount of problems. The beefmasters seem to have the most fungus problems like blight but are one of my favorites. I wish I knew of a big tomato that taste as good but are easier to grow. Always learning something. Good video thanks for continuing to do them.
Celebrity is a really good one.
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The San marzano variety doesn’t do well here in Arizona. I don’t know why I still start the seed knowing that! Haha I think its just how gardeners are. We think that it will get better each time we start seeds in the spring! Love your videos Gary! Thanks for teaching me over the years.
I agreee we hope and hope LOL
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Sweet 100 is the healthiest cherry tomato I have ever grown in our California Central Valley heat! Fantastic taste too!
Mine failed this year but did great last year
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In my zone 5b garden, Lemon Boy, Amish Paste, Cherokee Purple and Sun Gold cherry have done well. I spray regularly with hydrogen peroxide and disease is manageable. I tried Strawberry Purple from Baker Creek this year and while they were productive and handle disease well, I found the taste and texture to be similar to supermarket tomatoes so I won't be growing them next year.
I love h202
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Cherokee purple didn't do well for us at all. It was actually the first tomato plant that got wilt and died but we don't spray our plants. We compared 80 different tomato varieties this year and picked out the top 10 for the southern heat! I wonder if some of them would do well for you too! I'm definitely going to add the Arkansas Traveler to my list of must try! Our volunteer was also the best plant this year! It's really great to see when others have a similar experience even in different zones so you know it will likely work for others! Black Krim really thrived for us in the heat but we used shade cloth this year! I really feel it made all the difference. Thank you so much for sharing your experience!
Thats a great way to do it. I stopped spraying so I could get a better sense of how these guys did. So next year I am going for direct seeding and will be doing a lot of videos on how much better the plants do. My theory is they just establish a great root system.
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We didn't spray this year because we didn't have to. Iowa Zone 5a, hot dry summer, no fungus, few insects. I believe in growing what the locals grow before exploring new varieties. For us it was Big Boys bought at a fund raiser for a singing group. The Big Boys have been so successful that it's hard to justify using the garden space for anything else. Even with one variety there's still room for experimentation. One row was dutifully trimmed for single stem growth. The other row was allowed to bush out into multiple leaders. The bushy row won the productivity contest in both size and number hands down. Could be the extra leaves shielded the flowers from the heat. Could be there's a threshold of leaf growth the plant needs to trigger production. But it certainly went against all the guidance I've seen about growing indeterminants. Foliage was so dense I couldn't tell whether or not there were any tomatoes until the tomatoes ripened and the lower leaves began to fall. I will explore other varieties, just in case, and also, just for fun. But I'm here to tell you, the Big Boys are a big success here. It doesn't sound very exciting to grow something everybody else grows, but man they taste good, and they make a good size tomato.
@@groussac Thank you for sharing your experience! We did something similar this year and allowed the plants to bush out. The hardest part was walking down the paths because they went everywhere, lol! We also direct seeded them and I feel it really made a difference!
My Cherokee Purples burned up in the sun this year.
@@DiggingForHealth Right. I never walk down the path without knife and twine for tying up leaders. I've also had good luck with volunteers, which implies direct seeding as an option. The Vols quickly caught up with the store-bought and were just as productive. As for bushing out, I kept the thick vines that branched out from the base of the plant. Keeping them off the ground was a problem, but man they were loaded with tomatoes. I consider the thick vines as the tomato's way of telling me how it wanted to grow...
As a fellow Maryland gardener, I really appreciate this info. Maybe next year will be my Year of the Tomato!
I hope so.
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Next year I think I’m going to treat my Cherokee Purples almost like a determinate. Prune new growth once the initial bunch of 4-5 tomatoes have set, and start another seedling to replace it. After I harvest that initial round of fruit, chop the plant and replace it.
Interesting. I am going to shade cloth it heavily as my experiment
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Hi Gary, thanks so much for all your great tomato videos. I live in the Portland, OR area and grew 45 varieties, was surprised how healthy my plants have been with virtually no disease, I may have grown some of them too close together because I got lots of leaves but not a lot of fruit on some of them, I didn't prune them either so that might be a why. We also had a fairly cool and wet June and then alot of heat that fried some of the early flowers which also may be the reason. Some varieties have produced really well, red and yellow pear are prolific. Most of my big ones are not ready to pick yet but am very excited that they are almost ready. Love going out to my garden very morning and harvesting the ones that are ripe. I sincerely appreciate your help in this first endeavor. Only wish I had more land! My dog run is the only sunny spot in my garden that I can grow in but it has worked well and the dogs have left the plants alone fortunately.
Nice on the dogs being respectful.
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I live in Pennsylvania ,I stopped the pineapple ,black rim,Cherokee purple,mortgage lifter,and big red
Love your channel I love the Chadwick cherry
Thanks so much. Chadwicks we grow at the farm. They are good.
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Great information and thank you for sharing Gary. Best wishes Jason from Melbourne Australia.
Appreciated and cheers. Good luck to the start of your warm season
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My black krim turned out great last year.
Thank you for sharing this great information!
Thanks
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I took notes as you are presenting your varieties so that I can try those keepers next time I plant my tomatoes. Thanks for sharing.
Good luck
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What to do with too many tomatoes? The orange and yellow varieties make great salsa. And just about everything else can be canned, or juiced, or chopped and frozen for cooked recipes that call for fresh tomatoes. Then there are all the new friends you can make with excess ripe tomatoes.
Ive dont that Lol. Its a lot of tomatoes Im just saying.
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Try the black strawberry cherry tomato from baker creek. They've by far been the most productive plants in my tomato beds this summer here in central NJ. I have 2 plants over 8 feet tall, stunningly littered with beautiful fruit. The taste is also sublime.
Ill put it on my list
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My garden didn’t do well this year due to the heat. Southern NJ. While it wasn’t Habakkuk 3:17, I did harvest a little, just a little.
I was a tough summer.
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this summer has been awful for tomatoes zone 10s.
I'm just going to wait till next month to replant them and grow em through the winter
Thats a good strategy shifting months.
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I'm sitting here watching your video and eating my heart out cuz I'm sure not eating any tomatoes. I'm in North Dakota and our tomato crop is really struggling with the heat. I do a lot of canning and had big plans for my tomatoes this year and I don't think they will be coming to fruition (pun intended). I always pay close attention to your videos and have learned a lot. Thanks.
Thanks for watching. I hope some tomatoes come through.
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My beef steak did poorly last year, but this year it has many more fruit. The Brandywine did not do well either year... one big one, one medium, and 4 very small this time. Not worth it.
My main focus on tomatoes is in San Marzano to make sauces and tomato jam. Last year they were prolific. This year they ripen much smaller and not as much fruit, yet. I had them coveted, so it was not blossom drop.
Talking to other gardeners, many of us are experiencing the same issues in our area. Lots of slow or stunted growth, or no fruit on some plants, but others are thriving. It's mind boggling.
Here in MI my beefsteak tomato plant was an epic fail. I only have 3 out there so far. I'm going to plant it one more time next year and make adjustments before I move on. The San Marzano tomatoes were doing fine until yesterday I saw 3 that had BER. I don't know how thar could've happened because the other one just like it is fine so I added more calcium and watered it in. Hopefully that'll fix it.
Shade cloth is going to be something I use more for tomatoes next year. It think it matters a lot come high heat times.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Same here. Thanks Gary
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN going to do this next year too
great video! Gary, I am in TX with tons of heat and disease (so growing tomatoes is a big challenge) and the plant that did the BEST for me as far as disease and production this year is the Tommy Toe tomato. Since you are looking for a good red cherry I thought I would recommend it. They are also beautiful and look like grocery store red cherry tomatoes. The only cherries that actually produce still in my 100+ weather are the sungold (and they are small), but for a red cherry I highly recommend the Tommy Toe... it is finally showing a little bit of damage but nothing at all like my others.
Ill put it on my list. Thanks
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Hi Gary,
Thanks for the suggestions about Arkansas Traveler and Supersonic. Definitely going to look into those for next year. Totally agree with your comments on Early Girl. It's readily available, but what the heck, it is one of the more disease-resistent hybrids, and it tastes great! Quite a bit of seeds, but who's complaining?
A few suggestions: Try Jet Star. Living Traditions Homestead recommended it, and I have been super impressed. It's a hybrid, but tastes like an heirloom. Low acidity. Good disease resistance.
My favorite red cherry is Sweet Million. Hybrid. So delicious! I think moderate disease resistance.
Thanks for those. Ill put them on my list
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I am on the border with Homestead tomatoes. I tried 3 new varieties this year; Homestead, Steakhouse, and Big Beef. Feed them all the same way and have them the same amount of insecticide/fungicide. The Steakhouse and the big beef produced nice beefsteak size tomatoes, I was expecting the homestead to produce at least 8-12oz but it only gave me Campari-size tomatoes. It had great heat tolerance and disease resistance but the size yield just wasn't what I wanted.
Hmmm. That is odd for the homestead tomato size. Typically more baseball like. Might sound odd by try a different batch of seeds if you try again.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN I’ll give it one more shot this spring then. I’ll use a different seed company hopefully this works because I really had high expectations for Homestead.
I grew Arkansas Travelers this year also when I couldn't get my usual Amish Paste. They performed well for me also in hot humid Tn. Def will be growing again.
They are solid for me
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When you say you don't know what to do with a tomatoes, why not just freeze them? Lay them out on a cookie sheet and put that in the freezer and then once they're frozen roll them all into a baggie
That's what I do. Perfect for cooking. Also the skin comes right off as it begins to defrost so no need to blanch them.
The freezer is full lol. I give a lot away too.
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How about canning? That’s what I do.
@@thistlemoon1 Me too! 😄🍅
Canning reds and green tomatoes!! With the greens slice them thick and place on top of each other in wide mouth pint jars add half teaspoon lemon a pinch of salt and water and process..we love frying green tomatoes all year for the frozen ones absolutely loose most taste and watery!!! Recipes on these online!!
Black Krim, Aunt Ruby’s, and Pineapple displayed the same disease issues in Missouri as well. I do not plan to regrow.
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Just wanted to say that the Tiny Tim tomato (seeds I purchased from you) did really well in the Texas heat. It was the only one who survived without shade cloth!
SO glad. They are solid little guys.
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I have to foot-stomp growing what you like - AND - what grows well for you. Tomato-wise, I grow mainly for flavor and versatility (sandwich and/or sauce). Last year, I tried 15 different varieties and learned I do not like the "green" tomatoes. This year - I scaled down to 8 varieties. All in all, Park's Whopper remains my go-to; it's a hybrid that tolerates the Midwest temperature swings from 40's in mid-May to 110 heat index in June, July and August. It produces medium size fruit (but can get over a lb) that reminds me of the Mortgage Lifter or Brandywine when fully ripe. Brandywines and Mortgage Lifter do well for me - and I love their flavor on a sandwich or in a sauce. I prune pretty heavily though - to mitigate disease. Next year, I am scaling down to a half dozen varieties - but 2-3 plants per. IN short, "if it don't make you happy, kick it out" .. right? :)
Nice summary. Give them the boot.
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Red Cherry tomato; I tried Sweet Chelsea for a few years, a very good larger cherry tomato, strong all year, minimal splitting. A bit hard to find, I went to Reimer seeds.
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Check out these varieties that all have a strong disease package and heat set gene. 1) Bella Rosa 2) Momotaro/Tough Boy 3) Heatmaster 4) Phoenix 5) Jamestown. All do well here in Texas Zone 8B. Seeds & Such carry all the seeds.
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I have had great success with Bella Rosa this year, definately a keeper. I will look at your other suggestions for next year.
This video is GOLD. I'm such a fan of Black Krim. It's my first year growing it and production is not stellar. Such an odd weather year in the PNW 6b however, so may not be the best for long-term decisions. I'll give it another go before ditching. So far no pests or disease anywhere. Heirlooms Delicious and Rutgers have been extremely successful for me as well as a classic Roma and a Burpee Longkeeper. Brandywine not as much but I'm captivated. Slightly cooler weather is on the way so I'm still hopeful!
I am going to put my BK under shade cloth next year
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Early girl did the best for us in Mid-Atlantic region, and we're beginning gardeners just figuring things out. Fewest disease problems and splitting compared to the others and tasted the best.
That is a solid tomato variety.
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We did the Rutgers tomato this year. It did so well even with the months of heat. No disease and great production. Next year I will not prune the suckers to see what happens
Ive grown that. It is a good one.
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Cherokee Purple and Black Krim have never been consistent producers for me either. Tomatoes developed or naturalized for heat and humidity tend to do best in my area (Texarkana, TX - far NE Texas). The purple/black tomato I have the most success with is Indian Stripe. I believe it was developed in Southern Arkansas, about 90 miles from where I live. Many believe it is a naturalized cultivar of Cherokee Purple. It is more prolific, has slightly smaller fruits, and outlasts the Cherokee Purple in my area. Seems more disease-resistant, too. The plants I had this year set fruit when the temperatures were in the low to mid-90s.
Do you grow regular or potato leaf IS?
@@olgas2332 The Indian Stripe I grew was regular leaf. I sourced it from Tomato Growers Supply. In terms of flavor, I really cannot tell the difference between it and Cherokee Purple.
I put Indian Stripe on my list
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Great video! Early Girl is the most reliable for me here in central IN. Tough year for tomatoes here this year and the Early Girl has continued right along as normal. I also plant one later as insurance since it always makes it to frost.
Its a good one and good idea on insurance
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My first year growing the mortgage lifter. I’m in zone 5a. I’ve gotten a lot of giant tomatoes from it. I was told about the story of the plant after showing off the size of one of my tomatoes. I love the store behind it as well. After watching this video I think I’ll try early girls next year.
Its a great story.
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This has been a really heartbreaking gardening year here in south central Montana….Cold, late spring-my so-called Early Girl finally blossomed this week. Pests (everything from leafhoppers to deer) are ravenous. Then the multiple days of scorching heat. And a hailstorm that completely shredded almost everything that survived all the other challenges!
My Celebrity, Supersweet 100, and San Marzanos are the only ones producing more than a few fruits per plant. So I guess if they can survive all that, they are keepers!!! In the past few years I gave up on Black Krim, Cherokee Purples, and (regular) Brandywines because their tomato to nuisance ratios were unfavorable. I tried out a Glacier this year and it was loaded with fruit until the hail…I didn’t get a chance to taste a properly ripened one, so I don’t know if it’s a keeper or not.
Good luck to all my fellow gardeners!!!!
Its been a tough year for sure. I hope you get some.
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Most of my tomatoes were total failures this year. Even the Romas. Some sort of black specks all over the fruit-I had to bag those and take them to the dump. Tried a Belarusian tomato that was attacked by something.
Good to hear your assessment of Cherokee Purple. I had Black Krim fail too, very similar. I’m going to try a different location. I’m in NE Tenn, only a bit further south from you. I had great results with the hybrid Red Racer last year but couldn’t find the seeds this year. Already have them ordered for next year.
It’s been a tough year in general….
Good luck.
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Very good advice. Each person can make their decision in the place where they are and what they need and want from their plants. Every single time I grow, I grow SuperSweet 100s. They have never disappointed me! I did learn that when a storm is forecast, I go out and pick every ripe or near-ripe tomato before the storm. This way I don't wind up with splits, and the flavor is excellent, not bland from too much water. I have seeds for many different varieties that I was going to do this year, but health problems got in the way, so now I'll have to wait til next year. It will be fun learning first hand what the different varieties will do, taking notes, and deciding on keepers. Anything I keep will have to taste delicious (to me), and be hardy and productive. I think that's what most of us want. It's great to see on your videos the considerations and decision making process. Thanks for the effort you put into the garden and the videos!
Wise on the picking for saving the splits. Very logical.
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Gary, here's one for you: last year I grew the same 5 variety of toms. Celebrity, Park Whopper, Fantastic, Black Krim and SunGold cherry. It was a great year with a tremendous harvest. The plants grew to near 60". This season I did everything the same way as last year-- same soil mixture, ferts, peat moss, home made and bagged compost, etc. Same pots (#10 black). I use those red wire cages for support. This year they are all about 6 or 7" above the tops of the cages. I'm just now starting to see a bit of ripening and the fruits are not much bigger than golf balls. The cherry toms are doing the best of all. In spite of doses of calcium nitrate this year, I'm still seeing a certain number of BER fruits. The weather has been very warm again this year as well. I guess I won't mind smaller toms-- they look good in salads, but a few for a hamberger would have been nice. I like these varieties and will grow them again next year, if possible. BTW, we got no hail storms this season in our immediate area. Thanks, and any comments, my friend ?? Cheers, Bob in SW MT.
Was the rainfall sporadic rather than steady? Good amounts for weeks, nothing for weeks, then rain again? I see more BER when watering is inconsistent than I do when we get rain every few days.
We typically grow only German Johnson and have great success up here in zone 6a. I tend to prune heavily in mid to late June such that there is no growth for the first 18"-24" inches by mid July and then I don't see any diseases nor fungal issues until mid September. This year the excessive heat did affect flower production for three or so weeks but we still got 3-4 pounds per plant through that stretch even with all the pruning. This is typically where we see that pay off as the plants are now 7 feet tall or so and very bushy and flowering up in the canopy with at least 6 or so mid sized (for German Johnsons) green tomatoes all queued up on each vine and far more small baby tomatoes appearing over the last week. By first week of October I will usually have harvested 20ish pounds per vine and then use a tall ladder to harvest another 10-15 pounds (in total across all the plants) from way up at the top which will ripen in the windows after that.
I like German Johnsons for my zone. They tend to do well assuming it doesn't rain too often during the summer.
Ive grown that before it is a good one for sure
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Cherokee purple is the best tasting tomato, in my opinion, but you are right. I only get 3 or 4 tomatoes in Houston.
The taste has kept me trying. Going to use shade cloth on few next year. That will be one.
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Interesting review. I grew over 25 heirlooms and really didn’t like any. Too much core and cracking, but we did have severe drought and a late freak frost. I did install irrigation around July which was wonderful.
So I really didn’t care for Black Krim because it didn’t keep well and cracking. Lol, it could be that my brain likes tomatoes to be red, but I didn’t care for the texture and flavor of many of the varieties this year in my garden. I will try a couple again now we have irrigation and plant out well after May Z5a, WI.
A few years back we tried Arkansas Travelers and they don’t like single leader pruning here and needed more shade. I remember an oxheart I bought at our market in 2012 and it did excellent in that drought and we didn’t stake it or prune and it was fantastic.
I just expect on August 1st that the lower leaves start to yellow.
Another thing I noticed is there are different Mortgage Lifter varieties and maybe you could try that as ours were huge.
It really is trial and error for each individual garden. I will try more hybrids next year with some other new to me heirlooms as I really want to find the perfect to save seed from.
So much about trial and error till you find the right ones.
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I love my Brandywine, Early Girl and super 1000 tomato. I'm in 5b. Great channel 👍👍. Thanks Gary.
My Brandywine put out very few tomatoes for me. It's one I plan to drop. I'm glad someone is getting good results.
Glad to share
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What a difference 50 miles makes. Mortgage Lifter is one of my keepers in Northern Virginia; it's been so productive that I've been slicing up at least one each day for sandwiches at lunch, Caprese salad for dinner, and core/score/freezing for canning -- as well as regularly taking tomatoes to coworkers and neighbors from 3 plants. I put it in a head-to-head "which will I keep?" battle against Big Rainbow (previous favorite), but it completely lost the fight against Mortgage Lifter in my garden.
I'm streamlining my garden next year to just Mortgage Lifter (for slicers), Amish Paste (for sauces/canning), Rutgers (Hub's alma mater), and Sweet Cherry (for snackers).
Thanks. It is always interesting how the crops vary. I am kicking around shade cloth for some of these tomatoes next year
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I have had good luck with a cherry tomato called Thousand Tomato
The best tasting cherry I have ever grown. Only one of three plants still producing , skin has grown tougher and smaller but still have great taste as the heat has increased.
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I guess it depends where you live. The Black Krim grows fantastic with lots of fruit, where the Brandywine doesn’t produce nearly the amounts that you get. Like you I’ve tried various varieties to see what are growing best for me and production.
My best large tomato this year is Mountaineer’s Pride from Southern Exposure Seed Cooperative. Robust growth and disease resistance and good fruit production in my central Virginia garden. Stands up to the humidity.
Ill put it on my list
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Wow, my Cherokee Purple has been producing well (south of Annapolis)!
I might try some shade cloth on it
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Great video. I'm in the same growing zone as you (Zone 7). This year I grew 10 varieties of paste tomatoes to figure out which ones produced the best for my area. My top 3 were Sheboygan, Korean Long and Jersey Devil. A couple that I won't grow again are Pink Fang and Opalka which were both more susceptible to blossom end rot, blight and splitting despite being grown in the same bed as the others.
I grew the Jersey Devil years back it was a good one.
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I have said that also I am done with Cherokee Purple but I am loving Early Girl!
Im going to try CP under shade cloth
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Mortgage lifter was my best producer this year, grew to 9 ft and last count had 37 tomatoes on one plant... great tasting as well. Zone 6a .
Mine is doing well thus far. Have gotten about 9 so far, about 3 more split in a heavy rainy period and rat got 3… but many more on the vine which is now about 8 feet tall.
It might go under shade cloth next year. One more try with a change.
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I had an Early Girl that grew into a monster, over 7 feet tall, and produced over 60 tomatoes. The tomatoes are good for salads, but not preserving. My Beef steak didn't produce a lot of tomatoes, but made up for it in size. The Bonny's Best had a good overall tomato, but they had a lot of cracking. I have Roma and Dad's Sunset Tomatoes growing and expect tomatoes near the end of September. I'll have to wait until the end of the season to judge them. I have Arkansas Traveler, and Homestead on my list to try next year, as well as a couple cherry tomatoes. I'm still experimenting to see what grows well in Central Alabama, and what I like. Eggplant is pretty much off my list. I like the flavor, but production was not up to par. I can get better production with summer and winter squash. Next year, I am going to grow more potatoes in March, then again in June, so I will be harvesting more, less often.
That's interesting that you don't like the Early Girl for preserving. Last summer, I bought 2 bushels from a farmer's market vendor and I love canning with them. Now, they are pretty juicy but I like to can homemade V8 juice so don't mind the juice.
Oh I forget about Bonnies, they are also a good one.
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@@DeborahBrown-tj7wx I generally water bath tomatoes in pint size jars. Each jar holds about one pound of tomatoes. I can do that with a single beef steak tomato, and they have a sweeter flavor. Early Girl tomatoes have more juice and seed pulp, so you loose a lot of bulk while processing them, so it ends up taking about a dozen tomatoes for a single jar-more work, and time, for less product. I don't juice my tomatoes. If I did, it would be a simple matter to put them in a juicer, and preserve the juice, either by freezing it, refrigerating it, or canning it for later use. Then it would make sense.
I would love to do this in my garden, too! But unfortunately, here it is Aug 23 and zero ripe tomatoes so far this year! What a summer it's been in the PNW! I've got fingers crossed that the fruit on the vines will ripen soon.
Good luck. Timing for this process will vary.
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Awwe sorry about the Cherokee Purple! Ours did really well tons of tomatoes!
I might shade cloth it next year
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If your looking for a red cherry type of tomato, look at the red torch variety!!! Simply the best cherry style tomato. Tomatoes taste fantastic and literally impossible to kill. I tried to kill it last year. My zone is 7-8 ish.
Thanks. Ill put it on my list.
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I grew Cherry Bomb from seed and has produced very well with no signs of disease and I haven’t treated at all for diseases. Its delicious! In SE Michigan
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I would love to see how your plot for the family of four is doing. Thanks for all your guidance.
I just showcased it in the video before this one in Ramblings 63. Youll have to skip through it to find it.
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Great! I look forward to trying your recommended varieties next year. Btw, my pineapple tomato actually did pretty well here in Northern Virginia this year. It got almost 6 feet tall and lots of fruit. Love the color. I also love the Homestead like you said.
Pineapple might go under shade cloth next year
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN yes, I used 50% shade cloth this year during the brutal heat. I think that made the difference on a lot of my plants.
Thanks, going to do the same - black krim is a no grow for me as well, However, pink girl, lemon boy, big beef, jet star, and early girl along with a couple heirlooms like Paul Robeson - have more tomatoes now, Kellogg’s breakfast, and orange icicle are keepers - they all continue to produce. Oh and Bonnie best might stay bc it’s a short little plant that’s getting loaded up with more fruit. So no complaints with that one!
Bonnies is a good one
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The five or so tomato keepers: Arkansas Traveler, Supersonic; Homestead; Early Girl; Black Cherry Tomato; and Brandywine.
Yep.
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i never thought i will say it.. but "early girl" is the best variety... why... decease resistance, fruitful, strong clusters that does not need to be pampered, i never water it ever ! (i have heavy soil), you can not prune it or prune it heavy will be out of stress in 2 days, size medium to medium small.. dry farmed tomatoe is best "tomatoe variety" and early girl is is the only that can trully do it... any other variety you have to be lucky with the weather
The hybrids are good ones. Nothing wrong with a hybrid.
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I have been assessing my tomatoes too, but I also need to account for what weird year it’s been (the drought). I’ve learned my Berkeley Tie Dies couldn’t handle the heat but my German Stripers have been great but last year both were stars.
So true on a weird year. Some of these I have had over the years
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Your videos are always so timely. Was just starting to do this kind of review in my head ( for the first time 🤦🏽♀️). I grew 7 varieties this year, 4 of which are keepers. Two of my favorite new finds are Napa Grape and Black Pearl cherry. Both prolific and extremely tasty. I’m also going to keep Big Boy and Amish Paste. Next year I’ll also add back in Sweetie cherry… even though it tends to split they are delicious and keep coming.
PS- I planted your SantaFe and Anaheim peppers. They are doing well and are perfect tasting!
So glad they are doing well and ill put those tomatoes on my list
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There's a few critical variables to consider. A person really has to experiment to determine what will work well in one's area.
The heat and humidity can be killers here in Nebraska. Long season varieties can be challenged. That's my experience anyway.
Most yellows just don't do that good for me. The one's I've tried any. That's true for reds, pinks and others depending on their origination and individual characteristics.
Sometimes a cooler spring affects some more than others, Etc.
It's not uncommon for varieties to do well most of the time where others in comparison do better less frequent.
Some simply aren't that productive under favorable conditions anyway and then when adversity is thrown in they fail quite miserably.
Then other tomates seem to do pretty well just about anywhere.
Anyone interested, give Earl's Faux a whirl. I've had really good, consistent results with it. And for a bit longer season, Wes. Boondocks might be another consideration.
Lol If they don't work out, come back and give me heck!
True there is a lot of testing and replacing.
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Gary i am in Rochester ny right on lake Ontario. I planted Mortage Lifter this year for the first time . And we also had a very unusual horrible high heat this year and so far it's done well. Medium production and little disease.. so for me I haven't written it off yet....
Yeah the some varieties will thrive or fail in different gardens so our lists will be suited for our immediate gardens. I hope it hangs on. I love the story behind it.
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If you had your Cherokee Purple in your no dig garden with the Black Cherry tomato, I bet it would have done a LOT better. I harvested 30 tomatoes from by Cherokee Purple last year two of which were well over a pound but it was planted in home made fruit and vegetable food wastes compost rich soil and had a shade cloth over it most of the season and I'm in zone 8A South Carolina where the temperatures are scorching hot for 6 months of the year often well up into the hundreds in the direct sun (where this raised bed was located) but due to the soil and the shade cloth, it produced like gang busters!
Ill experiment with it. Thanks. Shade cloth is probably the key. Ill be working on a shade cloth tomato area next year.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Well, this year I planted two Cherokee Purples under shade cloth in less rich soil - but I thought it would be good enough. It had more shade than last year, but probably not near as many nutrients and I, like you, have only gotten a handful of tomatoes and none of them were prize winning sized like last year's. The soil doesn't hold water nearly as well as last year's bed did either.
I think it is easier for tomatoes to do well if they don't have competition from other tomato plants near them. Last year I really only had the one or two tomato plants and two winter squash plants, and eggplant and a bunch of basil planted. This year I have four tomato plants - 2 Sun Sugars and and 2 Cherokee Purples, 2 eggplants, 3 big basil plants and a Delicata squash that I had to pull out. So this year my tomatoes had to compete more than last year in soil that was less rich. Both years they were shaded with shade cloth.
Tried Black Krim two years in cool north west England. They taste great, but they set fruit often enough
Gary, if you haven’t tried it, see if you can find the Sakura Hybrid Organic cherry tomato. I have been growing it for 2 years now with fantastic success and we have extremely high disease pressure here in southern Ontario.
I grew Sakura last year. She was pretty but will not be returning to my garden. Production and flavor were not high enough. Sungold is my go-to orange cherry, but still looking for the perfect red cherry.
I also gave up on Cherokee purple. I mostly grew them for my neighbor anyway as she can't tolerate a real acidic tomato but I like more acidic ones and it just didn't produce. Have grown twice but not going forward. I love celebrity and mostly grow those. I have Homestead tomato seeds but my seedlings didn't make it for some reason. Will try again next Spring. I didn't grow Early Girls this year but do also like them. I mostly try to grow determinate or semi determinate varieties due to lack of space. The indeterminates are such more work and I'm 70 now and look for easy care and productive.
Determinates are a good strategy.
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I'm in the high Sierra, we have 90-100°days and our nights are usually 45-55°. I have about 30 varieties of tomato going, black Krim, black prince and Ukrainian purple are all doing well here with our cold nights. Abe Lincoln - wow! So much production but it was a late start so we'll see when I get a ripe one if they're good. My pineapple are also doing great. Blueberries cherry, sun sugar and my red lace currant tomato are the best cherry/currant varieties so far. We did get Frost through the first week of July though so everything is quite late this year, hopefully our first holds off well into October but I'm not holding my breath.
Such interesting day and night temps.
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Thanks for this Gary! I've made my list for next year now. The beefsteak did pretty good for me here in SC 7b for whatever reason but the early girl is def a winner!
Lists are good. Enjoy the fall.
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My tomato plants are giving us our best harvests ever. We're getting so many tomatoes I'm having a hard time finding people to give them to. Plus we're making a big batch of sauce every week. One tomato plant I will always grow is Sun Sugar a disease resistant cherry tomato. I'm having great production from Early Girls, Celebrity, Jet Star, Pineapple, Super Sweet 100 actually we don't have any that I would consider losers this year . Maybe the San Marzano's in 5 gallon buckets.
Sun sugar never stops!
Yep, my fails might thrive in your area. I think shade cloth make make a difference to with some of mine.
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Sun Sugar has been good for me, very little disease, great flavor, and no cracking.
It is a good one
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What do you think about what they call a patio tomatoes they don't get that tall but they really do well growing in a planter I also like the early girl
Thank you for such a thorough walk through. I am in north central Arkansas and haven't seen my first tomato yet. My Arkansas Traveler tomatoes didn't survive as seedlings. Gold Nugget cherry type did horrible but the Rosella did better. Chocolate cherry is thriving.
Chocolate Cherry is a good one.
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Great video!! I too am assessing my tomato plants I grew this year. This year I decided to do all hybrids. Normally I plant all heirlooms. I am disappointed at the production. I'm in Portland oregon. We're not as hot and humid as you are but we are increasingly having hotter and hotter weather. I'm growing Arkansas traveler too. And it's okay, not great. Heatmaster which I believe is the determinate one is just absolutely loaded with tomatoes. Jetstar, giant crimson. chefs choice black, & pink which is AAS are just not doing well for me. I also am growing blush tiger which is a saladette tomato, pear, again, spindly, small, few tomatoes. I fertilize and water regular too. Annas noire? Great, slow grower tho. Brandywine is another keeper
I have Heatmaster and Homestead on my list for next year. Tried Tigerella, because I loved Tropical Sunset cherry last year but Tigerella was pretty unhappy here in NE Tenn zone 7a
Heatmaster are good ones.
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Give them to neighbors. Bring them to a pantry. No need to be a hero and eat all those tomatoes alone ;)
Todd, he does do all that you mentioned. He supports a local community garden and has mentioned leaving vegetables for friends and associates to pick up. 👍
@@sharonwright66 very good!
I do. And neighbors and friends are full LOL. Pantry's are really not that accepting.
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Love your informative videos! I’m in the process of making tomato sauce right now. Best tomato harvest in 10 years! Lots of watering and grass clipping mulching because of lack of rain and very hot temps 85-90’s. No major disease issues.
Burpee Organics-San Marzano and Chadwick Cherry.
Nice
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I am making sauce and canning like crazy. My Virginia Select Romas from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange have yielded well over 200 pounds from 16 plants and still probably have another 30 pounds yet. Plant have been so prolific- followed Gary’s recommendations for aspirin spray early on and hydrogen peroxide later. Now they’re almost done. 40:Quarts of crushed tomatoes, 12 pints roasted sauce, 8 pints. Salsa and 3 quarts of dehydrated tomatoes. I am in tomato nirvana. I do have a field rat who is having his fill too- cheeky devil.
Gary, great video. If youre looking for a good red cherry tomato, check out the Super Sweet 100. Im about an hour or so from you. Prolific and disease resistant. Again, great video.
Thanks
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This was a very helpful video! Thank you:)
Glad to share
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Here's my 2cents worth. Last year I used chemical fertilizers and had the BEST tomatos EVER (Big juicy and delicious and NO blemishes on the fruits). This year I went the Organic route and was EXTREMELY disappointed (not as big, they were tasty and the fruits had many blemishes) Now my 2 Zucchini plants were OUTSTANDING. I'm putting organic fertilizers and amendments in the soil to break down over the winter but I will use liquid chemical fertilizers next year. To those that swear by organic only ---- couldn't prove it by my results! SORRY but my results were bass ackwards!
I am fine with both. Plants dont know the difference.
@@THERUSTEDGARDENI think there is a use for both. Many argue that manmade fertilizer is bad for soil health, added salts and other bio. I think if not over done and used when needed they are fine.
Thank you. Very helpful!
Glad to share
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Man!! I would be on Fried green tomato 🍅 heaven 😋 🤣🤣😂😂
I really enjoy them with Panko bread crumbs
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You sound like the amazing actor Vincent Price!!
I love that guy.
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That was an awesome vlog. You should preserve your tomatoes. Tomato paste, pizza sauce etc so you have sauce all year round. Thanks mate such good info !
I have so much. I freeze it. Many of these just got sauced. But only so much I can freeze LOL
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Gary freeze cherry tomatoes and make sauce in winter & not sure if you can but definitely worth saving harvest. I highly suggest you trying Ananas Noir next year...Awesome tomato
Tip next year if you enjoy the flavor grow under shade cloth or shady area. My black krim & pineapple doing awesome tucked away in shady spot.
Thanks. I am sauced up in the freezer. Many given away. Ill put Anana on list. Ill be using shade cloth too.
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Black cherry clear winner in my garden.
yep
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Hey Gary.
For a good red cherry try Cherry Bomb if you haven’t👊🏻
Looks like by mid season you get the diseases too... oddly enough I gave some of my plants to a friend who has little gardening experience and none of his got any disease, in fact he's been bringing me tomatoes all season since a ground hog moved into my yard and put a hurting on my garden. The heat up here in NJ has been rough, usually we have more than we can eat or even give away but this year very low production. Supersweet 100 and Sungold are two cherries we really enjoy, also "early treat hybrid" which I think only Home Depot sells also is very resistant to disease and produces all season long. Never had luck with San Marzano or plums, always got BER and never ripened properly. Thanks for the review on what works for you.
I ditch Marzanos and Romas fully a few years back. BER no matter what.
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Had my heart set on Cherokee Purple.Husky F1 cherry pretty vigorous would do again. Costoluto Genovese alright maybe.San Marzano small this year
Ive grown the CG. It was pretty good.
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My winners were yellow pear and Tomato Delicious (big and lots). Losers were Beefsteak and Abe Lincoln.
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Sorry a couple new to me this year in Zone 6b didn't work for you. Mortgage Lifter did very well for me in a 1/2 barrel container along with a zucchini plant! (The zuke did well but got a vine borer I couldn't find, tho I tried!) The tom is still producing. Black Krim was my first to fruit and still doing well. Black From Tula also new & a keeper. One of my faves is Gold Medal- a yellow beefsteak. Big Rainbow was slow to start, smaller plants but happy enough with them. One of my big disappointments, also new this year was Roma! Issues with blossom end rot. Didn't do well at all in containers; doing pretty good despite crowded in a kiddie pool garden. I do prune routinely, but don't spray much. Disease doesn't seem to be a problem for me, except the melons. I think they got fusarium wilt (honeydew & canary). The Sugar Baby plants seemed to resist it tho. Have a great day! Thanks for all you've taught me. Have to go start my peas ;) Be well. Stay safe.
Thanks for the information. Cheers
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Although we don't have quite as long a season as you do in Maryland (I'm in the Niagara area of Ontario 6a or b), we do get wicked hot, humid weather that causes many varieties to abort their flowers. My favourite tomatoes that seem to withstand the heat and keep right on producing through the whole summer include: Feuerwerk (easily the top of my list: best tasting of all, productive through the heat right to frost, disease resistant, and reliable year after year), Paul Robeson, and the oxheart types like Hungarian Heart and Jefferson's Giant. I love Brandywine Pink (Sudduth's strain) so much that I grow it each year anyway despite it not being productive in the heat. This year, I tried Big Brandy and Chef's Choice Pink as hybrid replacements for the true Brandywine Pink but they are meh in comparison so I won't grow them again.
The first year I grew Cherokee Purple, I purchased the plant at a local nursery and it was a great performer and very tasty. I've never had success with it since, either through plants I started by seed or plants I've purchased from the same nursery. Perhaps that first year, it was something else entirely and mislabelled. I wish I had saved seed from it!
I also tried Sun Sugar cherry this year after so many gardeners in the internet world recommended it. It's a split resistant version of the popular Sun Gold. Good performer and yes, it's tasty but I find that the tomatoes and foliage smell a bit funny though, unlike other tomatoes. When I put the tomatoes up to my mouth, I get that funny smell again which is a little off-putting until I bite the tomato and the sweetness explodes in my mouth. Juries still out on that one.
Ill put some of those on my list. Thanks
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I get issues when I get greedy and try to let more than 2 stalks grow up a stake. I think next year I'm going to do 2 vines per plant but space them out more with their own stakes. If that works good, then I'll try 3 vines per hole/space. I also noticed the 3 vine ones were super thirsty and needed more nutrients.
I'm going to ditch the ones that are prone to cracking and deform a lot.
Thats a great plan and way to progress on number of vines.
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