Tomato Seed Varieties We Are Growing For 2024
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- Leigh walks you through what tomatoes we will be growing in the 2024 season. If your looking through your catalogs and don't know what tomatoes to get Leigh shares are favorites and some failures we have had!!
In this video we slice and show you how they grew in our backyard garden.
Indeterminate tomatoes or pole tomatoes as they are also called, grow with no upper growth limit, they can vine and stretch and produce many fruit.
Determinate or bush tomatoes grow to a specific height and will produce a limited amount of fruit, great for smaller spaces.
Grow some tomatoes in your space whether a pot on a patio or even in a window box you can find a variety right for you!!!
Featuring - Baker Creek Seed, MI Gardener Seed and Park Seeds
Please enjoy and happy growing!!!🍅
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Came for the tomatoes, stayed for the birds!
Lol awww thank you! Summer videos usually feature the boys outside! And if you don't see them, you'll hear them! Lol Welcome!
No complaints with giant crimson. Good yield, transplanted outside in may and kept producing till october
Thank you for commenting I can't wait to try it!!
Nice video. Bonnie Best is a great tomato. Spoon tomato would be good to grow in a chicken pen/run so they can nibble when they want. Amish Paste, I prefer San Marzano because S.M. don't dry out and crack on the top like A.P; they are a cleaner paste tomato with perfect clusters. Early girl tomato is a small baseball sized mater that is amazing and HIGHLY productive. The Blue Berry Cherry is also a eye catching crack resistant semi disease resistant high producing amazing tasting cherry mater, been growing these for years and still will. My elderly 2 cents. Thank you.
Hi there, and thank you! We love a.p and s.m I will always grow them! Haven't had luck with early girl but parks whoppers always shows up by first week in July! Thanks for being here!
Giant Crimson was a wonderful tasting tomato.
Thank you for sharing that, I can't wait to taste it! It will be here before we know it!
Great reviews! Thank you!
Thank you so much for watching and commenting we appreciate the feedback 😊 ❤ hope to hear from you again 😊
Happy New Year from New England. 1st time here, and LONG time gardener, tons of tomato, (pepper, squash cukes, and more, too)
Happy new year! Thank you for watching and commenting! I love hearing from long time gardener's. I hope you will share your experience with us in future videos!
I usually do 30-40 varieties a year, last year i got a new favorite. I let my 2 year old daughter circle a tomato out the catalog. It was Granny Cantrell, i grew 2 plants each had no disease and produced 10-12 nearly flawless 1lb pink tomatoes. Flavor is fantastic, smooth, balanced, juicy, similar to Brandywine but better in my opinion
Thank you for watching and commenting 😊 where did you get your seed? I never heard of the granny but I'm always looking to add new tomato varieties. Next year will be more new but 2 of each instead of 3. We have a bumper crop coming this year! What state are you growing in?
@@ourbackyardgarden I'm in zone 4 northern ny (adirondack mountains) I've seen the seeds for this on MIgardener, Baker Creek, Totally Tomatoes to name a few...I hadn't heard of until last year and I will never not grow it...this year I have 2 more of them and they are off to a great start
@@chrisnyman9258 I'm going to check them out, thanks so much. I have a garden tour coming I hope you will join us!
Orange Russian 117 is a great bi color oxheart tomato. Low in acid and the Abe Lincoln 1923 is my favorite big red tomato.
Thank you for watching and commenting 😊 I love suggestions. I've heard 1923 is great I might try it. I'll look for the 117 too. Oxheart is such an incredible tomato Thank you again! Where do you buy your seeds?
Oh yes, I was going to say that most Oxhearts are great. We bought some Oxhearts locally from farm market in 2012 and they did great in the drought.
I'm getting back into gardening so I'm growing 13 diff tomatoes 12 cherry 1 slicer tomato: Nectar Hybrid, Isis Candy, Matts Wild Cherry, Green Doctors, Gobstopper, Super Sweet 1 Million, Fantastico, Candyland Red, Sungold, Orange Roussollini, Honeycomb, White Currant & Black Trifele. And a Mash potato squash LOL. Next year I'm investing in a Tower garden.
Wow most of these I've never heard of! I would love to know how they do for you!
Thank you so much for the tomato preview! I grew the crimson last year- MI Gardner sent 7 seeds- all germinated- I shared 4 with friends, kept 3- I will grow them again this year! I would also agree with Dr W being a favorite! Last year was my first year for that one as well..
Thank you again!
Hi Vicki thanks for letting me know!! Now I'm even more excited 😊
Happy New Year Leigh. This year here in SoCal, I’m growing my tried and true Tiny Tims, Sungold cherry tomatoes, Celebrity, and Beefmaster. Great yield last summer.
Hi Monica happy new year from both of us. It's always nice to hear from you. Every year I say I'm growing sungold then I forget to. It's not too late though! Lol
Pineapple tomato is absolutely delicious and such a gorgeous color when sliced. It is sweet and low acid. Enjoy
Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate your testimony and I just cannot wait!
Agreed! Have you tried the Thornburn's Terra-Cotta. We finally tried it last year. It was so good! My 82 yo mother was asking for more!
Hi Leigh - that was a thorough tomato review! Taking notes, as always 📝 ! I tried some store bought plants from my local nursery last year, planted in the Greenstalks. They grew, and produced fruit, but I considered it a failure. I used the Greenstalk trellises, but the plants got so big that they went to the adjoining Greenstalk trellis. Basically, I couldn’t move the Greenstalks because they were locked into one another. My adventure in tomatoes will have to wait until the 2025 growing season when I know I’m home all summer. So yup, note taking! And trellis planning too because I like those bigger varieties for sandwiches and salads. I will do a couple of plants in better locations this summer, but not more than five, and probably of a dwarf variety.
Lol - I love hearing the 🦜 boys in the background! I swear they’re saying “Mom! Mom! MOM!!!” It completely reminds me of when my son was five, and he would yell to get my attention.
And finally note, I bought some store tomatoes earlier this week and they were sooo unpalatable - just dry and bland. I can’t wait for summer!
Occy screams mom but they love saying dad and daddy more! Right now Mr buddy is reasoning with them, telling the "stop, stop it now!" It's a real life cartoon. But yeah I'm wishing my life away right now for garden fresh food. Once you have homegrown there's no appreciation for store bought. It's snowing right now!
@@ourbackyardgarden 🤣Mr Buddy yells at the others?!? Omg, that’s precious!!! And hilarious!! It really does sound like a cartoon! 🤣🤣
It started snowing here a while ago, but nothing is sticking. And as much as I would love to stay in and enjoy the weather from a warm couch, I have to bring my daughter and her family some pedialyte; they all have a stomach bug and can’t get out of the house to the store. Parenting never ends. 🙂
@@annamarie9858 that bug is going around down here too. Yes they all tell on each other but buddy actually reasons. Says things like hey, stop it ok, daddy has to work.
@@annamarie9858 how did you make out with this storm last night? Insanity!
@@ourbackyardgarden I was thinking of you this morning when I did a check of our house! I hope you didn’t have another incident with the window wells. That line of rain that came in between 10pm (NJ) and 12am (Long Island) was intense and had me very worried! I keep going from window to window upstairs and trying to see the front and backyard. How did your backyard do? And your home? Did you get any rest?
We fared okay, but there was some dampness in the basement along our south facing side, and that is a first in this house. I’m stumped as to how to handle it other than run the dehumidifier. I think the rain just ran down the exterior wall, then got into the channel of the basement windows, and then did what water does with casement windows…moved under the pieces and down my interior cement walls. My husband worked in the window industry, so he might know of a solution to fix that without compromising egress. One of my outdoor umbrellas toppled over onto a patio chair - no damage that I can see. I drained the water out of the umbrella top this morning, but put it back on the ground because the wind is still whipping around here. I should move it into the garage later. My little canopy over our bbq also shifted a bit; I just shoved it back in place. lol, it cost me $80, fair to say it’s not one of those things that lasts forever.
The greenhouse was fine. I still have the screens in, and I always anticipated getting rain or moisture inside it which is why I spent two months prepping (sand, stain, seal) the wood last year. The gravel base, along with the wood shower flooring did their job - water flowed through as it was designed. The removable polycarbonate roofing tiles all stayed in place along with the weather stripping…and I was very pleased! The little cages holding the butterfly chrysalises didn’t budge and remained dry.
I guess there wasn’t too much damage locally - usually it’s a cacophony of chain saws after a bad wind storm. It’s quiet out there. And my daughter said she didn’t see much damage as she drove to work this morning. I hope your area avoided any tree damage.
Nice video! South Dakota I'm sure has different growing conditions, so not sure my experiences would apply. I've grown both the Pink Oxheart and the Hungarian Heart. I preferred the Hungarian Heart. It is so dang meaty! It sure is a wild plant, isn't it. I am growing the German Pink and Pineapple this year as well. Two of over 75 varieties I am growing here in suburbia.
I took advantage of that MI Gardener sale as well. We'll see how it goes! Best of luck to both of us.
Thank you for watching and commenting. Hearts sure are meaty. I cannot wait! Wow 75 varieties I would love that!!
I LOVED the Spoon tomato!!!
Do you get a ton if volunteers?
Wow, great reviews of each tomato. Thanks!! Very helpful. I absolutely love the look of the black beauty. Kind of want to try it anyway lol ❤
Thank you for watching and commenting. The black beauty was a good flavor and a high producer. It showed up early stayed late, and put on a show. The tomato inside is beautiful with good flavor. It's just that the bugs love it too, and it doesn't sit well on the counter! I sure hope you enjoy it!
We are in Zone 6b. The tomatoes that out-performed the other varieties in our blazing 2023 Midwest heat: Isis Candy, Tropical Sunset, Mushroom Basket and Rio Grande...these 4 were from MIgardner. I'll grow these again for 2024. Still in the planning stage for everything else. Definitely working to attract more pollinators. We love watching them busy in the garden!
Thank you for watching and commenting! Thank you for bringing these selections to my attention I'll add them to my list. I've had my eye on mushroom basket! Our garden gets so hot, south, southwest micro climate. I'm trying to find the best! We are adding tons of flowers this year. 😍 I love the bees and butterflies
Last year I decided it was absolutely absurd that I had purchased so many varieties of tomato seeds over the years before. So, we grew 152 tomato plants averaging 2 plants per type. Hands down, the Thornburn's Terra-Cotta was the most delicious fresh. We decided that we want the following varieties each year:: Thornburn's Terra-Cotts, Cherokee Carbon, Black Beauty, Orange Strawberry, German Strawberry oxheart, Orange oxheart, Jersey Devil and Sungold Cherry. I look at this post and can hardly believe we performed that experiment. And worse, this year we decided to do the same thing with peppers. We've already started seeds in trays. The peppers we are growing are to make our own sauces, salsas, chili spice and meat rubs. I want to streamline our garden and purchases. 2022 we performed the same test with green beans. We always have Blue Lake Pole Beans on even years. Oh we preserve and alternate garden space by concentrating our efforts on specific plants every other year. Once we pare down what we prefer to grow, we can grow each vegetable/fruit every year.
I'm also doing more pepper's this year. But wow I had 104 I think 20 varieties I can't imagine 152! Well maybe I can I take that back 😆 🤣 What state are you in? For me, it's mortgage lifter and dr wychie yellow. Jersey devil was amazing I'm growing 8 plants of that this year.
Hi there! Try tomato honeycomb f1- sweeter than Sungold also black Opal better than black cherry! I never thought you could improve on these varieties. Also try Spanish black very tasty and prolific,and Orange banana and oval paste tomato, Berkley tie dye are really prolific with a complex flavour small beafsteak size.
Rosella cherry a beautiful tasty cherry also 😊best wishes!
Happy New Year! I enjoyed seeing all of the tomato varieties you’re trying this coming season. My garden size and time dictate what I grow. I Garden every other day, early in the morning before it gets hot. I’ve narrowed it down to 7 plants, single stem on pretty black obelisks in a 3x21 foot row. Garlic grows behind the tomatoes, strawberries in front and peppers in between. I do 5 San Marzano for canning, 1 Marmande for slicing, 1 grape D’Inverno for sun dried and 2 hanging baskets of golf ball sized Tumbling Tom for salads. All heirloom so I can save seed. This seems to be the right amount for me to manage without overworking and getting exhausted. Our garden got a lot smaller last year and it was way more enjoyable. I process the harvest every other day as needed when I’m not in the garden. 2 to 4 hours is my limit. 😊
Well you just painted a lovely picture for me, I can just see it! It sounds perfect! Sometimes less is more. I'll be there soon! Getting older...
Great review and comparison review also!
We just opened I think the last of 2022 canned tomatoes and I have to say the aroma that came from those jars way out did any of the 25 varieties I did in 23. I will have to look back, but I know there was Opalka and Federle for paste.
I did receive the spoon tomato also this year and will give it a go. All cherry tomatoes volunteer readily and are easy to hoe. I should have put a tarp under the cherries last year as I didn’t clean up all of them in the fall😅 I will think of them as a crop cover 😅.
The black tomatoes I didn’t care for. My mind likes vegetables to be the color they are known to be, however I will try the black pineapple (ananas noire) which is actually multicolored only because a tomato taste tester that seemed to know his tomatoes chose that as his favorite overall. I haven’t had luck by using this method in the past, but will give it one more try. Tomato taste, texture and productivity are important for me and I feel I’m in a race to get the right OP one to save seed from. As you mentioned even the Whopper (hybrid?) has changed. I think we are losing the true tomato flavor. I read low acidity makes a poor keeper. A late season Sun Gold to me had the taste and texture of a grape 🍇 😮.
I had huge tomatoes in 23, Mtg Lifter, Abe, Amish Gold, Amish Paste (Jung Seed), but think I was most disappointed in Brads Atomic Grape and Mamie Browns Pink. Brads was of course over saturated colored picture drew me to grow that and it was awful. Did the A Grappoli also and it was a much smaller plant and had decent 1-2” tomatoes and not a huge producer. I prefer true cherry tomatoes or large tomatoes. Grape shaped tomatoes did very well and don’t crack. Jung’s Sweetheart tomatoes had a nice pop of a crunch and flavor and were under an inch, no splitting-I liked them others may think the skin too tuff.
Yes, don’t like the shipping, but I did order Parks Beef Master Hybrid. It will be a real test for me. I thought I was being smart and order them off Amazon and think I still paid for shipping as some companies do on Amazon.🙄. I won’t be able to save the seed, but will know if the flavor I’m looking for still exists.
I have some other tomatoes that are in the stash including the Kellogg’s Breakfast. One other thing I do remember in 22 was Brandywine Pink. They come in Red and Yellow now-see what I mean how things change?
It’s still a ways off for me to start seeds. I’m starting later this year on some plants that grow very fast as it doesn’t pay here with late frost and I’m so over running around covering everything. Animals, plants, houseplants need to be tuff to live here😂😂. They need to stand up and take care of themselves a bit 😂😂. Why should I do all the work? Been doing that my whole life and it never proved anything so I’m retiring-literally.
Ok! Found my binder for 22. I grew many Burpee Hybrids-Super Sauce, Bodacious, Steak Sandwich and loved all of them and have decided to grow again. They were all Huge. I don’t remember not liking any of the flavors. I didn’t care for San Marzanos, but did like Opalka (Seed Savers). Didn’t like Burpee Early Treat, too watery and wasn’t very early.
Thanks for forcing me to get 22 binder out. I almost forgot some of this info. I’m sure those canned tomatoes were some burpee slicers and I know I had Opalka and Super Sauce. So with any luck I can recreate that wonderful aroma in a jar again.
So maybe I need to rethink my seed saving strategy. Can I trust these wonderful hybrids to still be available for as long as I need them and hope the price is still affordable and not stress over saving seed? Probably. And we eat less so I won’t need as many. If it means having great taste, less waste, better disease resistance and above all - less work - I think I’m in. After growing 25 varieties of heirlooms in 23 and not really liking many I think I just found my answer.
😂😂thanks for the think tank discussion Leigh!
Wow you have tried so many! Can you just imagine what we could do as neighbors! My brain stopped at Amish gold! I need more varieties!
If you want to see an amazing looking tomato is Sart Rolaise from Bakers Creek. Bright yellow with purple shoulders. Please try because I know you will enjoy taste and looks.
I'll add it to my list, thank you!