Dwarf and Micro-Dwarf Tomato Varieties I'm Excited to GROW! (The Dwarf Tomato Project)
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I grow 60ish varieties of micro dwarfs every year over the winter. Gives me something to do over winter. Love them.🥰
Where are you located and what conditions are you able to grow in? Thanks!
@@katherinebelk8398 you can grow them indoors with the right setup. They are like little tomato houseplants.
I've tried that and had aphid issues
@@katherinebelk8398 I am in Northeast Ohio. All they need at most is a 1 gallon container, but I have grown them in smaller containers. They need warmth and supplemental lighting.
@Rita S. I have occasionally had aphids. I grow them in a hoop house so I release lady bugs.
I did a whole Greenstalk with the orange hat and micro tom tomatoes from Baker Creek Seeds last year. I am a fairly new gardener and they did great! We liked the Orange Hat best, they were sweeter, and I will do a tower of just them this year. I got my Grandpa a Greenstalk for Christmas and am starting some Orange Hats from seed for him too! He laughed at first and said " here I am trying to grow the biggest tomatoes and you're growing the smallest!" But he thought they were really cool in the tower and tasty! I'm excited to grow some micros alongside Jess and Grandpa this year! 💖🌱
Got orange hat for my green stalks this year. So glad to hear a good review!
I just got mine in the mail today to for trying to get my daughter to start growing in the greens talk I gave her for Christmas 👍 Thanks for covering this type of growing food💗
I did the same last year and didn't have a good experience. But I had a terrible tomato season in general last year :(
@@nataliyavolkodav320 sorry to hear that. It’s always a struggle for us as we don’t get a lot of sun.
Mi Gardener’s Tiny Tim have great flavor and are beautiful little plants.
The first time I ever ordered seeds I got them from Tomato Fest. I was very gung-ho about ordering but very slow in actually planting them. Last year I finally tried and the germination rate was amazing. I’m pretty sure they were 3-4 years old. I was going crazy trying to pick out which varieties I wanted and then found out they had a special collection just for short season gardeners like myself in northern Nevada. I loved that because it solved my problem with deciding which ones to buy! I’m looking on their website right now and they also have a patio gardener collection. Here we go! 😊
Have fun! I garden in USDA Zone 4-5. There are so many tomatoes we can do, thankfully, right?
We grew Orange Hat over the summer and got a great yield! The flavor was awesome and they were perfect for the kids to snack on. I'm also a crazy houseplant lady who bought one of those ikea glass cabinets and turned it into a greenhouse. Houseplants just don't pay you back like garden plants do! So I've been removing houseplants from the greenhouse cabinet and adding herbs and those little Orange Hat tomatoes😊
I grew the one from baker creek, and gave plants as gifts. My sister loved them, I didn't care for them.
I saw the title and immediately thought "awwww yeah, Craig LeHoullier on the R and R podcast"! I've gotten some of his varieties when we lived in the same city.
I am groaning the orange hats right now ! Love them!
I actually bought Orange Top Hat with the plan of putting it in my greenstalk. 😊
Awesome!
I just got a boatload of dwarf micro tomato seeds today in the mail!!!!! So excited to try these :)
I sold the orange hat variety as seed starts in 2022 and people loved them! Easy to care for and sets a good amount of fruit!
I like the larger varieties personally!
I love the tiny Tim tomatoes they are tiny and delicious
Seeing people glaze over when talking about tomato varieties reminds me of when I first got chickens and was so into it. I remember talking to our local postmaster who had retired and she mentioned she noticed my chickens. I went into which breeds I had and what color eggs they laid.....she was checking out. I knew she had chickens so I asked "What kind of chickens do you have?" Her reply...."Red ones.". I never mentioned chickens again. You have to know your audience and we definitely want to know the varieties of everything!
That's too funny. I totally understand
My niece and I totally dominate the conversation when someone brings up chickens😂😎
OMG, I am so familiar with the eyes glazing over...not only with chickens and other poultry, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, and other garden plants, but cooking, baking, and auto mechanics. Yes, the eyes glaze.
So I try to stay in a lane they can relate to, but it's not easy sometimes. It's so nice to get together with other people who share your same depth of interest.
Last year I grew a few micro dwarf tomatoes; Little Red Riding Hood, Hahms Gelbe, Monetka, Rejina Yellow, Hardin's Mini, Moment, and Rosy Finch. The only one that stood out enough to grow again this year was Rosy Finch...such a pretty pink color, and really delicious, more intense flavor than the others with balanced sweetness/acid. This year I'm growing Rosy Finch, Rosy Falls, Fat Frog, Spunky Bird, Minibel, Jochalos, Pinocchio Orange, and Chibbiko.
I'm also mostly doing dwarfs this year in my bigger garden area; Sweet Scarlet, Peppermint Stripes (so pretty!😍), Bendigo Rose, Velvet Night, Metallica and Purple Reign. I'm very excited to see which ones make the cut this year! My main dissatisfaction with growing tomatoes has been how unruly they can get, so growing dwarfs is perfect for me as long as the flavor is there.🙏🏼🍅😍 I just stumbled across this video so now I'm going to go find out how the experiment went last season for you.
And I must agree..."variety people" are my kind of people!😂
Last spring I planted a whole green stock with micro dwarf tomatoes it was so cool.
I am so happy to hear you are branching out to a new experience in tomato growing. Talking about seeds and varieties always makes me happy. Today, we had a very springlike day, so I went out, cleared off some dirt, and set up my winter sowing. I sow in 1020 flats with 6 cells or 4 inch pots. I did things like poppies, cerinthe, alyssum, coreopsis, onions, mustards, cabbages ect and put clear totes over them. It will be a while before I see sprouts. We are headed to a below freezing temperature as a high week next week. I'm happily anticipating spring.
Two years ago I grew Mandarang Moon and loved it! Then last winter I grew Micro Hat and Tiny Tim inside. Once it got warm out and they seemed at the end of the road, I put them in the ground just to see and they both gave me another round of fruit. The taste was much improved by being in the sun. So last summer as I sat and watched my garden get decimated by squirrels, I decided that this year I would grow everything under small hoop/green houses (my backyard/garden is only about 400sf. With that, I went down the dwarf and micro tomato rabbit hole as well and got many of the same varieties you did. Well fast forward to garden planning time and a work opportunity will have me moving in April. Not knowing if I will even have a garden, I still plan on starting all of my dwarf/micro seeds. At the very least I will plant out my green stalk, so we will be experimenting together.
The Mandarang Moon I got was from Hudson Valley, I got a few varieties from Tomato Fest, my local garden center had a bunch of seeds from Sandia Seed for a $1 and they had a variety called Mexico Midget that I’m going to try. I still have some micro seeds from Baker Creek, and I ordered some from Totally Tomatoes. Other dwarf things I’m going to try are Tamarillos from Baker Creek, some dwarf cucumbers and also zucchini. It will be interesting to be able to compare notes and follow along as we both embark on this journey at the same time.
Ahhhhh girl!!!! I just learned about these and here in MN it will be a GAME CHANGER!!!!! So excited for tomato sandwiches earlier than usual!
Orange hat is perfect to stave off the winter tomato withdrawal! I started two at the end of the growing season last year & am still getting tomatoes off mine🧡
I appreciate the cherry tomatoes also!
❤️ You!
So glad you did this video. I’m growing Orange Hat for the first time!!! I’m crazy excited.
I grew several varieties of dwarf and micro dwarf tomatoes in Greenstalks last year. I got a LOT of tomatoes. They were really fun to grow.
I’m only familiar with Baker Creek’s dwarf varieties. What other varieties have you grown and where did you get the seeds from? 😃
I've grown both Baker Creek's Micro Toms and their Orange Hats. The way I grew them was in an Aerogarden and they fit in it very well and produced way more tomatoes than I thought they would. I actually got several flushes from each plant. Growing them this way doesn't give you the depth of flavor that you would get in a summer tomato that's been ripened outside, however, I live in Canada and these micro-dwarf tomato plants beat the pants off of the taste of grocery store tomatoes.
My friend who can’t grow outdoors loves her Aerogarden so I will certainly make that suggestion!
same here! THIS
Yes! I agree! They are great in Aerogardens!!
Me too!! Exactly! 🧡🧡🧡
Kate Crossbones. I’m in Canada too. Where have you found seed
Had Orange Hats growing indoor for the last 2 winters here in Michigan, nice tasty fresh treats when there is feet of snow outside.
My favorite micro dwarf tomato varieties are Aztek, Lil Peeps, Orange Hat, Fuzzy Wuzzy, Kibit’s Ukranian and Tumbling Tiger. My favorite source for micro dwarf tomatoes is Bunny Hop Seeds at Heritage Seed Market. Ellie has a lot of great varieties and she has bred a few of them. My favorite dwarf varieties is Dwarf Wild Spudleaf, Dwarf Purple Heart, Dwarf Chocolate Lightning, Coastal Pride Orange, Shadow Boxing, Aftershock and Dwarf Rainbow. 5 gallon buckets with a tomato cage work well for dwarf varieties.
Fuzzy wuzzy are wonderful! Mine just started producing when our freezes began so I took 3 cuttings from the one plant and they're doing great. Mine was about 2 foot tall though
Fuzzy Wuzzy and Kibit’s Ukranian grow about 18-24 inches tall. They can be grown in small containers.
Thank you Jess. I am excited to try my first tomato plants on the patio. I feel more confident now that I can do it and can have delicious home-grown tomatoes right outside my door.
Hi Jess. Uluru is pronounced 'oolooROO' . It's actually the indigenous name for Ayer's Rock here in Australia. I'm guessing the tomato variety is called that because the fruit colour resembles the ochre reds of Central Australia.
I'm pretty sure you're correct about the name and colour.
Those orange hats would be an amazing kitchen tomato to just have with indoor herbs. Wow!
Can;t wait for an update on these!
This is the second year I'm using TomatoFest seeds. Last year I had 100% germination out of 84 planted, and a 98% germination rate for the same number this year. Quite pleased!
I've grown the Orange Hat from Baker Creek and the tiniest tomato of all, the Spoon Tomato. My Orange hat is 3 years old and still happily producing. The Spoon Tomato is super sweet and you can literally fit 3-6 in a teaspoon but are super sweet! It also grew 12 feet high..lol
Just a couple of varieties that I bought! 😂🤣😂🤣
Sounds about right. I need to try these. 🤣😂
I’ve been growing Tasmanian Chocolates fora few years. They are delicious, not too big, and perfect for our small family. Did well in the So Cal summer heat. Can highly recommend! They are considered an heirloom and I seed save from them.
That doesn’t surprise me since where they originated in Tasmania is a cool temperate climate that does experience high temps, and SoCal is a warm temperate climate so they’re pretty similar!
I have these seeds. Can't wait to try them😁
@@claireskinner9077
'Tasmanian Chocolate' originated from a cross between 'New Big Dwarf' (an historic large fruited pink dwarf) and 'Paul Robeson', made in 2006 by Patrina Nuske Small in Australia. The variety was further selected and named by Linda Reid of Tasmania
Hi Jess. I live in Tasmania and just yesterday picked my first Tasmanian Chocolate tomato of this summer. I grew it last year and saved the seeds, I've found it to be a really hardy seedling and plant. The fruit has a very chocolately brown tone when ripe and the flavour is really good. Looking forward to seeing how you go with it!
can't wait to see how that turns out. definitely want taste test videos of the different tomatoe varieties you grow in you green stalk
I'm excited about micro dwarfs and I plan on growing Orange Hat in my micro dwarf garden---my travel van! Boondocking all over the US I'll have fresh tiny tomatoes when I can't find a farm stand.
I love when you share the different varieties you are growing. It's funny to think that growing up I didn't like tomatoes, but now I love them. This will be my first year planting from seeds and I ordered 5 different varieties of tomatoes, one of which is the Thornburns Terra-Cotta.
I am going to plant a few Dwarf and Micro-dwarf determinate and semi-determinate tomatoes. I have raised beds, and big containers in my garden areas. Have a short tomato season here due to excessive heat and early cold.
Just received my two new Greenstalk towers and was looking for tomato seeds for my root pouch grow bag garden. You made me stop your video - order some dwarfs before I heard all the names - got Orange Hats from Baker Creek and came back to you. Just like that you influenced me but then I'm an easy target with my love of green stalk gardening on the cement driveway that gets full sun. THANK YOU Missy! At least I do have a place to plant them once started.
Elli with bunny hop seeds is WONDERFUL. She is a busy (smart) girl …. Bought many micro seed from her (part of heritage seed). I continue to test them out .., some wonderful, some tasteless IMHO and yes most with some thick skins. I have found Pinocchio and orange hat to be quite good as well as window box …. There are plenty to test drive. I believe they are worth the shot and space 😀
I love growing dwarf tomatoes, I've noticed I have better luck with them and cherry varieties especially in my zone
Sneaky Sauce is a prolific variety from the Dwarf Tomato Project that is great for canning! I harvested about 40 fruits from one plant that was the only plant that didn’t seem to care about a very wet humid season last year 😃
That sounds like fun. I have started my first two cherry tomatoes, the sun gold, and napa rose (like the chardonnay, but pinki/red). Rare seeds isn't carrying this one this year. I have about 15 plants scattered on the east, south and west sides of my house, nestled between mature hibiscus bushes. They are about one to two feet high since November, and with the weather here in central Florida in the 70s for a high, they are really starting to take off, and I am seeing flowers now. I wanted to grow smaller tomatoes first, for fear that I could harvest before the bugs or animals get to them. I will also find out the best spot to grow them as well. I have been having trouble keeping the rabbits out of my romanesco broccolli!
Napa Rose!! I love Napa Chardonnay! will have to find seeds!
I just ordered 5 dwarf varieties from Victory seeds about an hour ago. I'm so excited to grow them!
Your dwarf tomato experiment is spot on with so many who lack the space for traditional gardens! I love your idea of growing a variety in a couple of GreenStalks. Another idea might be to grow a “salad” Greenstalk, with these tomatoes, various greens, maybe peppers, green onions, basils, and whatever works. Micro and dwarf tomatoes may not have that big heirloom flavor, but when the other option is store bought, it is a wonderful alternative.
looking forward to hearing your results
Thanks for this! I got divorced a year ago and lost my garden space. Now I grow out of containers. Last year I grew one tomato plant and felt sad about my lack of tomatoes. But now I'm going to fill my greenstalk with some micro dwarfs. I hadn't even considered this as an option. And my gardening excitement is turned up to 11!
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I LURVE Heritage Seed Market and I buy a TON from them! They're the only place I can get berbere seeds (from my husband's country Ethiopia).
I'm excited to follow this project! I did Orange Hat for the first time last year and was so impressed!! The flavor and the fact that the one I brought inside after frost kept right on producing for months indoors! This is an unheard of joy up here on the Canadian border 🥰🥰🥰
I am definitely trying several more this year 🌱🌱💚
I started Orange Hat last year, and it was a big hit with everyone! I have some started now.
I had the dwarf uluru in two 5-gallon bags last year and fruits got pretty big. Although I only got about 6 total on 2 plants. They were beautiful tomatoes and tasted great. I enjoyed them.
❤️ dwarf tomato project ❤️ Fred’s tie dye is the prettiest tomato I have ever grown.
If you can find them, the Russian variety Utyonok ("little duck" or "duckling") is lovely. I grew in 3ish gallon pots, they got about 2 feet tall and were very productive to be so small. The tomatoes are bright yellow (actually, they look like the Birdie Jaune variety, jaune being French for yellow) and had a nice tang to them.
What I was most impressed by was the longevity--I had a few that lasted 4 weeks or more on the counter! I'm hoping to have success germinating with my remaining seeds as it's very difficult to find. I originally got them from The Sample Seed Shop, whose owner sadly passed away a few years ago.
Black Sea Man is another nice container-friendly variety.
I have never grown a micro dwarf that didn't have a tough skin. They are also definitely determinate, so they don't have a long productive season, so people should not expect to keep them a whole season. I do love Tasmanian Chocolate, also Silvery Fir tree. They have done fine for me in 5 gallon Root Pouches. And Czech's Bush.
I also think Silvery Fir Tree is a great variety, strong plant loaded with tomatoes and good flavour.
Thank you for this. Moving from a the farm to garden on a large deck 35 x 16.
I’ve been watching you for years and you have inspired me in the garden. I have your gardening book and love it!
P.s., anyone interested in Craig LeHoullier and how much he used to grow in his driveway in a neighborhood can look up a Joe Gardener episode called Epic Tomatoes (Craig's book). Craig is the one who originally got me into heirlooms before I found Jess!
I LOVE this experiment Jess! As a new homeowner in a neighborhood, I’d love to hear about maximizing my tomato harvest, even if it’s a dwarf. ❤
I've grown Tiny Tim's for the last few years. They are the cutest little plants, barely getting over 1 foot high. They get loaded with fruit, so much that the branches often break! Often considered a heirloom micro they were first introduced in 1945 :) Also excited to hear your love of Thorburn's Terracotta, I ordered some with my seed order last week. Actually many of the tomatoes I grow are from your recommendations and they are becoming our favourites as well!!
I love it, Jess :) Thanks for keeping us in the loop! :)
Hey Jess! I'm a first-time seed grower, trying out a few varieties of micro dwarfs including the Pinocchio Orange and Red Robin. I've had great success with germination rates, and growing sturdy lil plants with plenty of blooms that are starting to fruit. It's really exciting and encouraging to see these results on the first try. I'd love to see an update on your experiment! Thanks for sharing with us.
I'm doing a micro dwarf project as well thanks for sharing!!!!!!
Colder climates such as Canada use dwarf plants almost extensively from my experience with our friends up north. Easy to pack inside. Hope you and your tiny family are all healthy and blessed. Thanks Jess.
I’m not sure where your friends live but I’m in Winnipeg and most gardeners are growing indeterminate varieties and cherry tomatoes. I do occasionally throw in a determinate variety to try.
We grow all kinds of tomatoes here on Canada's West Coast with breat success
My Orange hat plants are over 2 years old and still producing!
I love this Jess..I love it when you talk tomatoes lol my favorite thing to grow!!! It's your fault that I get so excited about 🍅 seeds!!! I had been looking at some dwarf tomatoes seeds..but didn't know anything about them..now I'm really excited to try some. Much ❤
Jess, I absolutely love you. You're so fun and kind and joyful and you even spread the good word. Thank you for being you. God bless you and your family.
Hey there! Aside from being informative and entertaining, you're a welcome addition to my life. I value your experience and knowledge. The first video I saw of you was a tomato video back in 2018. You we so enamored with tomatoes that you caught my attention very quickly. The way you talked about this fruit also made me think about me geeking out over gardening. And how people's eyes would glaze over.......I thought to myself, "Jess is my spirit person! " lol I was hooked on your garden tours from day one. But what has really kept me coming back was the fact that I trust you. The source of your advice comes from a real place in your heart for others to learn to trust themselves. Your joy of gardening is what we love to watch. For we fellow geeks can relate to you more than you could possibly imagine.
Thank you Jess for doing this. I don't have a garden space but I'm going to experiment with indoor gardening.. I've been researching things. So this is going to be exciting
Two years ago I bought tons of seeds from TomatoFest and they were awesome. My favorites (large) tomatoes are Giant Belgium and Amana which are not what your vlog is about but the company has great seeds: selections, germinations and very flavorful tomatoes.
I’m growing dwarf tomatoes inside using the kratkey method of hydroponics. So far, they’ve set fruit but haven’t ripened yet. I’m excited about winter tomatoes 😊
I look forward to seeing the results.
My kids live at a house were they cannot have a garden. I am trying to convince them on the Greenstalks so they can actually grow some stuff.
Bounty hunters seeds are where I got my first Dwarf tomatoes and they have over 500 varieties of tommatoes.
I have been growing some Orange Hat tomatoes in my classroom for over 2 years. My students have been eating the tomatoes in class and are amazed that that is how tomatoes grow. Planting seeds in their heads! Love introducing gardening to kids.
I’ve been happy with the “Tiny Tim” micro-dwarf, which I grow in relatively small hanging baskets. The fruits never make it inside the house. I just snack on them when I’m working in the garden.
1 am growing several dwarf varieties Kelly green, peppermint, chocolate lightning, bendingo moon, and lemon ice. Plan to grow them in 10 and 15 gallon grow bags. Fingers crossed they are tasty. Growing in a humid zone 7b
I grew Tasmanian Chocolate last year and gave plants to co-workers. Everyone raved about it. Victory Seeds has an amazing collection of dwarf tomato seeds.
I also grew Red Robin micro and they were really cute and tasted great
I'm trying this one too!
I’m so excited to see new dwarf varieties! I have grown orange hat tomatoes to give the seedlings away as gifts for several years now, and everyone loves the novelty of them.
I'm trying the Orange Hat. Only got 2 out of the whole package to germinate. Still waiting, just in case.
I swore i wasn’t going to start tomatoes this year after having a really bad year. Now I’m excited to try some micros in my GreenStalks!
Jaune is French for yellow and sounds sort of like zhoon rather than the name Juan.
It is becomming popular to grow Micro dwarf in winther , as a pot plant to indulge in during winther months in scandinavia. Garden bloggers have challenges like september dwarf tomatoes sowing or november tomato sowing, in order to see if we can supply outself with fresh tomatoes to indulge in during winther months in scandinavia
My focus is dwarfs and their flavor is now on par with heirlooms- I’ve not yet tried micro’s- but I hear organs hat taste very nice.
I love that your big focus this year is all about the little tomatoes 😊. Makes me so happy and thankful that you continue to keep your perspective open to those in alternative situations.
I grew "dwarf" tomatoes that were supposed to get UP TO 18" tall in my Greenstalk. They grew closer to 5' tall, flopping over obviously, and dragging on the ground. Maybe I'll consider some micro-dwarfs, but I hope they stay small!
Victory Seeds sells lots of the Dwarf tomato project varieties.
Can you give a little insight into how many tomatoes you would need to grow to be productive canning? I’ve always had a garden but this year will be my first year growing on a bigger scale.
Im trying dwarf tomatoes this year. Golden gypsy, chocolate lightning, uluru ochre and rosella purple 🍅.
Im in California and got my dwarf tomatoes from San Deigo Seed Co.
Tomato math is worse than chicken math. Last fall I bought "a few" micro dwarf varieties, with the same purpose of filling a Greenstalk with them. In my vision, it almost looks like a Christmas tree :)
And I'm looking forward to growing terracottas again this year!
Hoping for a good tomato year.
I grew those dwarf tomatoes from baker creek last year. My mistake was putting it in a pot w ornamental plants ..it grew some fruit but I didn’t pay much attention…..maybe i will try again…
I'm so excited I've been waiting for your tomato videos 😍🥰 I'm growing a few dwarf varieties after having tried intedetminates in my tiny balcony garden. I will have Dwarf Nimu, Dwarf Shadow Boxing, Dwarf Peppermint stripes, Dwarf Antho Pink Panther, and micro-dwarfs: Vilma, Chiquita pot, Tomfall 😍
So inspiring and exciting! Counting down planting days with you ❤❤❤
I have grown the baker creek tomato in my Aero garden! I worked really well, it is a very compact sturdy little plant. The flavor reminds me of the sun gold cherry tomato!
This is exciting! My son lives in an apartment and grows 1vpeppwr plant, 1 tomato plant, and 1 basil plant - all in containers. So, he's definitely turning his waiting room into a classroom! If you have good results with these tomatoes, I'll get some seeds for him to grow next year. Thanks so much for doing this experiment, Jess! Very much appreciated.
I grow a Veranda tomato. Miniature type. Good tomatoes
I grew Uluru Ochre (ooh - LOO - roo oker) last year and it was amazing. The texture was so interesting, very smooth and creamy. The color is so strange and you definitely have to do the "feel test" to check when it's ready to harvest. I am definitely growing it again this season.
Victory Seeds has all the tomatoes from the Dwarf Tomato Project. I have been ordering from them for years and have found them to be very reputable with excellent germination.
Thank you! I’m looking into Victory Seeds now.
@@ERAforALL I ordered the uluru ochre recently after watching the lucky garden RUclips interviewing an Australian woman about dwarf varieties.
I’m trying the Uluru for the first time this year too. Great to hear this!
Heritage Seed also carries a lot of tomatoes from the Dwarf Tomato Project.
@@mattandbarbhartt2860 I thought it was really delicious. I didn't get many off of it, but the ones I did get were great. I'm normally not a fan of heavily acidic tomatoes, but this one was like a salty acidic, for lack of a better description. with a nice complexity of flavor. Just enough sweetness to cut through the bite. I only grew one plant last year, but this year I think I'll likely have about three of them.
Yes please continue to Geek out over tomato varieties. Not tried growing a dwarf variety yet but I have had great success with Totally Tomatoes seed company. They have some unique tomato varieties with good germination.
I'm older, (65) and have been through some life and health challenges that have slowed me way down.
Instead of the huge garden jungle I used to grow, this year I'm only growing a few tomatoes in big containers. They're about the size of those big tubs people get for their kids' toy boxes.
I love hearing about different varieties, and the thought of having small plants in the house all winter is exciting to me. Fresh tomatoes all winter, even if they're all cherry varieties, would just be awesome!