How do vegetable farmers feel about (HEIRLOOM TOMATOES) 

I don’t know what happened, but I wasn’t able to post my video till just now. Thank you for being patient. We love you all!

You all are hard workers. I appreciate you taking the time to film for us.

I just love when your dad says, "I'm Grandpa." Cali is going to be really lucky to have so many Grandparents in her life.

A new friendly face - Diane! You guys gonna need a family tree or flow chart 😬 to show everyone of the veggie boys and girls and who is related to who. 👍 keep up the good work on the farm and market. Thanks for your video work!!

We Canadian’s are known for our clean air hence better “air loom” tomatoes with Canadian air. Lol

Did it again...you and dad dropped some new knowledge on me that will certainly help me be more successful in my garden. Thanks!🙂

I love your farm market, farm and staff!!! You guys are doing a great job!

How about a videos of all your flowers and baskets, they look so beautiful!! I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your videos! Thank you for them! Your such an awesome family! Much love from East Texas!!

There is that tree covered with pink blossoms. So beautiful. Almost like those beautiful pink seeds. Non commercial seeds are not colorful unless they are corn.

Grammy, Aunt Diane and Aunt Bonnie are such beautiful ladies.

Nice job Andrew. Soon to be a daddy. Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a daddy!!!

Thanks again guys... I enjoy watching you all

Thank you for showing more of Daniel. Love to see every veggie boy and girl on this channel, but Dad and his three boys are my favorites.

Love you guys and girls!!!

One advantage to the arid climate here in NM is the almost non existence of mildews and only slight bouts of blight. But it can get too hot and the pollinators aren't out or the pollen can go sterile. That happened to me last summer 3 heat waves had really low yields compared to other years.

I just realized at 1:07 his mask matched the curtains 🤣🤣🤣

Heirloom tomatoes are tricky. I have done the grafting to aggressive root stocks and couldn't believe the yield. More importantly picking early like you said is a must. Higher yield means nothing if the tomatoes are smiling back at you.

What a wonderful end of the work day surprise

My exact same thoughts about heirlooms, and you are so right about picking at first blush of color. In your germination area, instead of just plastic over the plug trays, what we used to do was bend 1/2" conduit into hoops and put every 4 ft apart along the bench, so it was like a mini greenhouse in the greenhouse. Over that we would roll out row cover fabric and then plastic over that. Then when it was sunny, you could pull the plastic up and leave the fabric so it retained moisture and bottom heat without cooking the seedlings. Then at night or when the weather was cloudy, you pull the plastic down. Worked well for us for years. Love watching you guys.

You guys have an amazing operation.

You guys really work hard! Everybody needs a farmer 👩‍🌾!

Thanks for the tip. Have a good one

I lost every tomato to blight in 2019, the next year I laid down weed fabric, tremendous improvement.

Good quality control on the farm and well diversified. Your town is lucky to have you. You having fun while working hard makes it enjoyable for the viewers.

Nice operation. I agree with your thoughts on heirlooms. I quit growing them several years ago.

Cherokee Purple is one of my favorites. Oh, Sun Gold too!

Love german pink heirloom and Cherokee purple and german queen tomatoes

😉😉 ça m'enchante de voir papa ( le boss ) et maman ( grand coeur ) travail dur mais toujours avec le sourire, j'aime beaucoup merci

I just planted opalka tomatoes which is a paste tomato. It is a polish heirloom. Supposed to be one of the better ones because it bigger than Roma tomato and makes a sweeter sauce. I keep you abreast of how well it does.

We stopped by Sunday to buy some herbs. Your farm is the first one to check out for plants, and I love the items in your store, too. Last year, we tried two heirloom tomatoes, but they, along with all our regular tomatoes, had a bad summer, with lots of cracking. On the other hand, we always have lots and lots of all kinds of peppers!!

Grammy nice to meet your sister !!!! Hi Diane!! 🙋‍♀️😊 Everything looks super duper great!! 😊

All of you are the greatest teachers. Thank you for all you do.

lots of love from the england a proper family

Your greenhouses are prolific and beautiful! With aloha from Hawaii...

Marglobe is my favorite

I really appreciate your videos, I have learned a lot from them.

My tomatoes are coming inside too tonight. Better than out in the field with a frost coming !

and veggie baby lol

Wonderful farmland. I love this work so much. Your vegetables are so good.

Started eating dinner and boom a banger upload to watch😂❣️

How about growing the heirlooms in the greenhouse to protect them from the elements and bugs? Purple Calabash everytime.

Thanks for the veg garden disease info. I always heard water in the evening so it doesn't just evaporate in the sunlight during the day.

My family really loves your show we can’t wait for the next video

Hey will one of you guys turn around so I can talk behind your back. LOL. You guys are funny.

Andrew, Can’t begin to tell you how much fun you’re going to have as a father. You’re life is going to change in so many wonderful ways, and the best thing, you get to fall in love with your wife all over again, this time as the mother of your child.

After watching you guys last season, I have planted Cubanelle peppers this year. Fingers crossed! 🤞🌿🌶

Hi veggie boys n girls beautiful garden love all of it God continue Blessing you n ur family's 🌼💖

I really enjoy y’alls videos! Have gardened for years and even being in zone 8, I’ve learned a lot that can help.

Good job Andrew keep up the good work

Good to watch and informative video. Plants are really taking off now.

That explains my yellow and purple tomatoes both regular and cherries did not do well

Beautiful family, and to think I complain after weeding 2 rows of kales ☺

Great advise about the watering,and so true,love u guys for being so honest,a always sound advise.👍🙋‍♀️🇨🇮🍀👌👏

I don’t mind hybrid tomatoes but I grow almost exclusively heirloom as a home gardener. I totally see how they would be much more difficult in a commercial setting. I stake and prune them, great out put and taste. My favorite part is growing a plant I would never find in a store.

The two main tomatoes in my area are Rutgers and German Johnson. They are knotty and ugly but everyone grows thrm. Not me though, I like Pink Girl. They are dependable, smooth, meaty and my family loves them.

Blessings to all!

What is that machine at 4:09 that holds the seeds in a perfect symmetrical pattern for planting? super cool

Oh ya....nothing bad cone from 🇨🇦....I just heard that....😁

1/4 of the total tomatoes I have are heirloom. The number one customer request I get is “big heirloom tomatoes. I want the really big ones”. So I go with brandy wine, black krim, Cherokee purple, Kellogg’s breakfast, pineapple and a few other common ones. They get their own plot so I can spray them with mancozeb and copper until harvest starts. Black plastic mulch and drip tape are key to keeping the blight off as long as possible.

Nice farm and your family i am your fan sir I watched your all video's

Thanks for a another use for tent stakes.

In Canada, the consumer is very resistant to GMO tomatoes. Which is why I only grow heirloom Beefsteak tomatoes. // In addition, I found making the soil a little acidic, adds flavour to the tomatoes.

I have a huge problem of cabbages damping off. I will try watering earlier in the day.

Which I can get some of them pepper seed those peppers big

I would be interested in your barn setups *video idea* thanks

Try chocolate sprinkles a grt cherry tom

Andrew your hanging baskets look beautiful. Will you post me some😜love from L and B from South Africa

In a home garden, I can just take the best 1/4 tomato every year and use the seeds for next year. The best 1/4 is the tomato in the 1/2 with the best tomatoes and also in the best 1/2 of disease-free. 1/2 of 1/2 is the best 1/4. I have let some things go like "self-supporting" and "early production". However, too late production gives more time and opportunities to catch more diseases. Just like late corn has more bugs.

You guys in a previous vid said you planted Primo Reds one year. Really didn't get much of your thoughts on it. I've got about 100 Primo transplants in now, germination % was good in the nursery.. but slow!. I'll see if I (and mainly my customers) like them once they are marketable, but if you had further thoughts on them, good or bad id like to hear if you can spare a few mins.

i miss the tomatoes of my youth, something happened in the '60's

You guys are soooo tall you should be raising up your side tables when doing work on them like with the peppers transferring duplicates into empty spaces, your backs must be killing you by the end of the day being bent in that position for any length of time? I’ve had five back surgeries so I know back pain. Something to thing about for future. 🙏🏻🥰🇨🇦

Have you thought about growing gourds? Check out the prices of dried gourds on the internet.

Keep up the good work. #LewisFamilyFarms

thank you! I wonder if a blower would help after you water, for the night times like in this video. maybe a cordless, not too powerful, but leaving the leaves much nearer to dry? :) I'm sure you've thought of it! even a powerful hair dryer on no heat setting lol

Please set CC !

HI DIANE!!!!

Team Grandpa😎

Well you could actually raise your own tomatoes and peppers year round if you converted some of your greenhouses to hydroponics and then you would be able to grow them year round. You’d be amazed at how incredible tomatoes and peppers grow in nutrient rich water. You already have the watering systems set up and heating system and you wouldn’t have to worry about any pest pressures or diseases. All you would have to do is put grow lights in. Anyway May want to be something to consider??? 🙏🏻🥰🇨🇦

Down here in Va we plant about 1k to 3k heirlooms each plant and they do pretty fine must be a little different up there

Watching you guys is really interesting and a lot of fun, wondered have you ever planted grafted heirloom tomato varieties? I’m guessing it’s not cost effective?

Andrew, nice meeting you last week. I forgot to ask you how you like your work shoes.

Eles São incrivel 😍😍😍

I plant heirlooms and I do what you said as soon as I see any color I pick them ,but the bugs move in fast on any blemish. If they weren't so tasty I'd plant something else.

Andrew. Watch you videos where. ( Grandpa ). Aka dad give. Us All this little tip on garden he ever think of making a book on all the little tips or we can call it the veggies boys tips

Frech air from Canadá 🇨🇦 👏👏👏👍👍👍🇧🇷🇨🇦

It’s Safe to say that I don’t think most people realize the effort involved with planting seeds. Kudo’s.

You guys' sure have some GREEN THUMBS!!! When are we going to get a good view of the baby bump?

i need your shirt.

Andrew..anyone- anyone..lol How did you like the Red Snapper Tomatoes? I just started a bunch of them. Been hearing a load of good reviews for them. So far for me, man these guys seem sturdy! I'm excited to see the harvest, here in Central Fl.

How do you keep your sprouts from “damping off”?

Closed captioning please please

Sounds like Heirlooms would be ideal for growing in a greenhouse. Once you start emptying out your greenhouses from seedlings and get one that is empty do you try and grow any in there . . . .even if they are just for the families use ?

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So heirloom tomatoes are best to be grown in polyhouse or green house

Ok question ….what is the difference between turkey potpie and turkey pie deluxe?

Just watching you leaning over that short transplant table makes my back hurt.

Still trying looking for the model and mfg of that dirt machine! We can't seem to find them for the smaller grower.

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You be careful no yelling at Grandpa he has friends and I am One!

you guys are so knowledgable about everything you do！I‘m curiou：did you get a degree on agriculture from college or just learned by working in the field and from your papa？