You must know about Sun Sugar and Sun Gold cherry tomatoes. Try those if you haven't grown them before. They are DELISH! Also Cherokee Purple and Krim are yummy heirloom varieties if you like kind of a smokey meaty juicy slicing tomatoes. They are most like your Ananas Noir (which looked mouth wateringly good )of all the tomatoes in your garden.
Love your videos Gapey. I've been growing tomatoes in central Alberta for 40 years. A short 3-4 month growing season this far north but 17 hours of daylight in mid-June with no over-bearing heat make for great veggies. I use 6 ft bamboo stakes (often add an extra stake or two for heavily producing plants) and prune heavily. Annual favorites (all indeterminates) are Black Krim, Italian Pear, Purple Cherokee, Green Zebra, Nova Orange Grape and San Marzano. Krim and Zebra are the 2 best flavoured slicing tomatoes I've ever had. Nova OG, a hard to find hybrid, is the best small one. Visitors to my garden literally are wide-eyed when they taste one of those off the vine. Two heirloom ones I tried for the first time this year that exceeded all expectations are Old German and Amish Paste. They were large, prolific and tasty. Pink Princess looks great. I almost grew those in the past so will add them.
Sounds like a very challenging area to grow in! I've grown nearly all of those you mentioned. The only one I haven't tried is Nova Orange Grape. I will have to search out some seeds for that one. Edit: Looks like Johnny's Seeds has it. I occasionally order seeds from them so will add it to my list next time I get something from them. Actually I don't think I've grown Old German yet but I do have some seeds for it in my stash. :) I'll add it to my list to grow next year!
Ananas Noire was my favorite tomato this year. Wow! We had good weather and it was so productive! Trying to decide on a good yellow:red bicolor (like pineapple) for next year. There are so many it’s hard to choose.
I think the pineapple was the first of that type I've grown. Have no idea what I'm going to grow for tomato varieties next year. I've got so many seeds and just joined a rare tomato seed swap so we'll see what I get from that.
That Ananas Noir almost looked like a water melon when you cut it in half. And your chickens must be happy with all those tomatoes they're getting hehe 😄
Now that was a great video!! It's kind of like a "Tomato Cheat Sheet." I've not heard of most of these varieties, so thank you for that. I generally grow the usual Early Girl, Better Boy and have added Brandy Wine for the last 3 years. They have all been easy to grow and quite prolific, but the production and general health of the plants notably improved when I decided to use shade cloth. My next step is to add some type of paste tomato to the group. Thank You GG!!
I'm bound to grow a lot of not so common varieties every year because I like trying new ones and many are ones that may be somewhat rare. I've actually never grown better boy or early girl but I know they are very popular and are some that my parents always grew in their garden. I have done brandywine before but it's been several years. I'm already starting to look into what varieties I want to grow next year. I might look for another paste tomato to try that I haven't grown before.
@@gapey I"m looking forward to your next tomato video. I also watched some of your videos on propagating fig cuttings last winter and this fall, and also up potting fig trees. This was my first sojourn into fig trees, which I found to be a lot of fun, and hopefully productive. Thanks again
Hmm well I just ordered a Whole bunch of tomatoes from Bill Yoder lol. I think that's all I'm growing next season from the looks of it. hah. I have several tomatoes on a wishlist but I really don't know when I'd be able to grow them as there's so many already I want to grow next season. Chestnut chocolate, goatbag, indigo ruby, Abbatista, starlight are a few. :)
Love the tomato tour! I’m planning for next year. I’m looking for a good oxheart paste variety, and saw the Fertunia and was like “Awesome!” then “Doh! I can’t get seeds!”😂 I’m not a big fan of Greens either but was super Surprised by the Green Giants Craig Lehoullier recommended in his book! When I close my eyes, it’s like a yellow variety in flavor.
If Craig says so it must be good, he's the tomato expert. Perhaps I should try that one. If you are in the US, I can send you some seeds. I actually got some seeds out of a few of them this year. :) Edit: Oh I just checked my seed inventory and happen to have some seeds of green giant!
@@gapey Craig’s book changed how I grow tomatoes for myself. Your videos also changed my cage choice for this year. Texas Cages are awesome. I sent you my address through Instagram. Thank you!
Loved the video, I really want to grow a good paste tomato to make my own sauce so I might try a san marzano next year. *Side question* what critter was responsible for the gutteral belch at 10:58? Lol cracked me up!
Bummer. Is it still not producing fruit? It is a little bit later variety. Hopefully this extended season helped some. I typically grow it in my greenhouse but have grown it outside before too.
You must know about Sun Sugar and Sun Gold cherry tomatoes. Try those if you haven't grown them before. They are DELISH! Also Cherokee Purple and Krim are yummy heirloom varieties if you like kind of a smokey meaty juicy slicing tomatoes. They are most like your Ananas Noir (which looked mouth wateringly good )of all the tomatoes in your garden.
Yep I've grown all those you've mentioned before and they are all great varieties and would definitely grow any one of those again.
Love the photography and closeups of the maters
Enjoyed your tomato tour this year Paula!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Love your videos Gapey.
I've been growing tomatoes in central Alberta for 40 years.
A short 3-4 month growing season this far north but 17 hours of daylight in mid-June with no over-bearing heat make for great veggies.
I use 6 ft bamboo stakes (often add an extra stake or two for heavily producing plants) and prune heavily.
Annual favorites (all indeterminates) are Black Krim, Italian Pear, Purple Cherokee, Green Zebra, Nova Orange Grape and San Marzano.
Krim and Zebra are the 2 best flavoured slicing tomatoes I've ever had.
Nova OG, a hard to find hybrid, is the best small one. Visitors to my garden literally are wide-eyed when they taste one of those off the vine.
Two heirloom ones I tried for the first time this year that exceeded all expectations are Old German and Amish Paste.
They were large, prolific and tasty.
Pink Princess looks great. I almost grew those in the past so will add them.
Sounds like a very challenging area to grow in! I've grown nearly all of those you mentioned. The only one I haven't tried is Nova Orange Grape. I will have to search out some seeds for that one.
Edit: Looks like Johnny's Seeds has it. I occasionally order seeds from them so will add it to my list next time I get something from them. Actually I don't think I've grown Old German yet but I do have some seeds for it in my stash. :) I'll add it to my list to grow next year!
Ananas Noir is my favorite!
It's a really good one! Glad I grew it this year.
Ananas Noire was my favorite tomato this year. Wow! We had good weather and it was so productive! Trying to decide on a good yellow:red bicolor (like pineapple) for next year. There are so many it’s hard to choose.
I think the pineapple was the first of that type I've grown. Have no idea what I'm going to grow for tomato varieties next year. I've got so many seeds and just joined a rare tomato seed swap so we'll see what I get from that.
That Ananas Noir almost looked like a water melon when you cut it in half. And your chickens must be happy with all those tomatoes they're getting hehe 😄
Oh yeah it is their fav time of year!
Now that was a great video!! It's kind of like a "Tomato Cheat Sheet." I've not heard of most of these varieties, so thank you for that. I generally grow the usual Early Girl, Better Boy and have added Brandy Wine for the last 3 years. They have all been easy to grow and quite prolific, but the production and general health of the plants notably improved when I decided to use shade cloth. My next step is to add some type of paste tomato to the group. Thank You GG!!
I'm bound to grow a lot of not so common varieties every year because I like trying new ones and many are ones that may be somewhat rare. I've actually never grown better boy or early girl but I know they are very popular and are some that my parents always grew in their garden. I have done brandywine before but it's been several years. I'm already starting to look into what varieties I want to grow next year. I might look for another paste tomato to try that I haven't grown before.
@@gapey I"m looking forward to your next tomato video. I also watched some of your videos on propagating fig cuttings last winter and this fall, and also up potting fig trees. This was my first sojourn into fig trees, which I found to be a lot of fun, and hopefully productive. Thanks again
Nothing beats Sungold IMO, but the splitting issue is a problem with yield. Sun peach was a pleasant surprise .
It's definitely hard to beat sungold!
Redorta is great. I think it's one of the best options for people to grow.
Do you have a list of 5-10 rare tomatoes you're looking for?
Hmm well I just ordered a Whole bunch of tomatoes from Bill Yoder lol. I think that's all I'm growing next season from the looks of it. hah. I have several tomatoes on a wishlist but I really don't know when I'd be able to grow them as there's so many already I want to grow next season. Chestnut chocolate, goatbag, indigo ruby, Abbatista, starlight are a few. :)
That Terra Cotta looks like a Purple Bumble Bee
I have grown that one before
How you doinng?!Enjoyed~that is best editing!dude-=)
Doing well. Thanks for watching.
Love the tomato tour! I’m planning for next year. I’m looking for a good oxheart paste variety, and saw the Fertunia and was like “Awesome!” then “Doh! I can’t get seeds!”😂 I’m not a big fan of Greens either but was super Surprised by the Green Giants Craig Lehoullier recommended in his book! When I close my eyes, it’s like a yellow variety in flavor.
If Craig says so it must be good, he's the tomato expert. Perhaps I should try that one. If you are in the US, I can send you some seeds. I actually got some seeds out of a few of them this year. :)
Edit: Oh I just checked my seed inventory and happen to have some seeds of green giant!
@@gapey Craig’s book changed how I grow tomatoes for myself. Your videos also changed my cage choice for this year. Texas Cages are awesome. I sent you my address through Instagram. Thank you!
@@debbski1405 Awesome! glad you like the cages.
Loved the video, I really want to grow a good paste tomato to make my own sauce so I might try a san marzano next year. *Side question* what critter was responsible for the gutteral belch at 10:58? Lol cracked me up!
Sounds like my rooster. He makes funny noises sometimes. lol
I grew Pineapple tomatoes this year as well, very similar results, good tasting but not many fruits.
all my larger varieties were not very productive. I need to grow black krim or Paul Robeson again. those were good productive decent size varieties.
I too had similar results. Beautiful and tasty fruits just not many of them.
Anana's Noire, is one of my all time favorite varieties! Been growing it for years. Sadly my Fertunia I got from you, didn't produce any fruit...😞
Bummer. Is it still not producing fruit? It is a little bit later variety. Hopefully this extended season helped some. I typically grow it in my greenhouse but have grown it outside before too.
6:37 Bet it would be good for salsa. Look yummy.
I made some fermented salsa recently but with a fertunia tomato. :)
I have searched the whole universe online for these Fertunia tomatoes....Where can I find seeds?
Yeah I don't think anyone sells them at least not any stores. I have some that will be available soon. They're drying now.
@@gapey ok in this case two questions
1. Do you have a website that we can order from
2. Do you ship overseas to the UK?
Thanks!
@@Apostolos-UK Unforunately the answer is no two both questions. I only ship within US and just take orders over email.