A patient asked me this week what I'm growing this year. I had to tell them I didn't have that kind of time during their Healthcare appt to list it all. 😂
@RootsandRefugeFarm Hey Jess ! Was wondering if there is a difference in yield between Dr Wyches and Kelloggs breakfast ? I've started both but might not have the room and may have to see if I can give a few away.
@@hermestrismagistos3145May God bless and guide you always. Graft one into the other and you can have both in one plant and root system without extra space. Be sure the graft unites well before being rid of the plant you want to graft into the other
Do I know with nearly 100% certainty what Jess is going to say about tomatoes? Yes. Will I still watch a 44 minute video of Jess talking tomatoes because I love gardening so much? Also yes. 😂❤
What a weird coincidence that so many of your favorites are my favorites! It’s almost like you’re the one who introduced me to the wide world of tomatoes or something. 😉💚🍅🍅🍅🍅
"It is a *relatively* short list" (I pull out of full screen to note 44 minute run time) 😂You are probably at your most joyous anytime you are talking about growing tomatoes. The wife and I love you, Jess
My husband's late wife's late uncle was keeping a variety of tomatoes alive in Keiser, WV. When he died, no one in the family was interested in keeping them alive. So Grig and Christine took them over. After Christine died, Grig started keeping them alive. Now I'm helping him keep them going. Every year, we save the seeds from the two biggest and earliest tomatoes for the next year. Our unnamed tomatoes (l've been calling them Larson's on the theory that if the family doesn'tcare enough to keep them alive, we can claim them) are currently sitting on the dining room table showing signs of life and I'm looking forward to moving them to the garden.
We're in Fairfax, VA, so the tomatoes are no longer in WV, but that's where they spent somewhere around 170 years. Or, at least, that's what we were told. God alone knows if it is true. For all I know, we're busy keeping some variety you can buy from Burpees alive, all in Christine's honor. If that's the case, I hope she appreciates the intent, and understands it's because Grig will never stop loving her.
What a really cool story! My Mom's cousin's maiden name is Larson and the family bar's name is Larson's (her mom was my grandfather's sister). If you'd ever be interested in a seed swap or selling me some seeds, please let me know. What a great surprise that'd be for her (she loves my garden). I'm in SE Michigan.
Immediately sending this video to my seed shaming daughter cause she does not understand why I have 23 different varieties of tomatoes. She said I should do 2 canning, 2 slicers and 2 cherry types and only do 10 of each. Bless her heart 😬😬😂😂
I’ll be starting 60 varieties of tomatoes this year and that’s not all the varieties of tomato seeds that I own. (It was going to be only 50 kinds but then I watched this video.) I have no seed shame. Jess is my inspiration.
I want to love tomatoes so bad 😂 I am convinced I am just need to expand in trying different home grown variety’s 😅🍅 this video is much appreciated because up until now I bite into them from the store and am not impressed 😩👎🏽 EDIT: Imagine this: similar to a wine tasting but of tomato variety’s with Jess at the R & R garden 😂😍🍅
When my grandmother passed in 2003, I got her seed boxes. Some of these were from the 80’s. In 2022, I grew the tomato labeled “tomato- experiment” and they were so good! Seeds are amazing.
@@RainbowNeeMUAI’m doing an experiment myself on some seed saved from over 20yrs ago 🥴🤞🏼 have 3 currently in a pot and waiting to see if they pop up! If they do it puts my 16 varieties to 17 but I’ll take it! 🤣 better than the 25+ from past years! And hopefully be a bit more manageable 🤞🏼 come on Boney M! If only so I can sing songs to it! 🤣
Biology is so fascinating, we all come from stars and then when we where born here we had many many seeds that came from space and hence why we have many cool stuff to cross breed and so on
On the farmers table I would love to see tomato preserving recipes. Our family eats a ton of tomato products and we are growing a lot of tomatoes to put up this summer!
That would be great! Aside from just canning, one of my very favorite ways to preserve tomatoes is Smoky, Spicy Tomato Jam from Food in Jars by Marisa McClellan. So delicious!
I’ll be brief? 43 minutes? That’s why we love you Jess, you, your husband, your children, your farm and animals also. You make hardening fun and very enjoyable. Thx dear
Currently treating my coworkers to cherry tomatoes, grabbing what's ripe in the morning before getting in the truck. The guy on second shift is madly in love with Sungolds. Next year, I'm going to try to convince my mother into driving 1000 miles to visit me by luring her with tomato sandwiches made with a variety of slicers.
Just wanted you know-you’ve inspired me so much. I started veggie gardening 4 years ago with my dad- I’m 55 now and he’s 80- both new to gardening!! My 6 year old granddaughter has been helping us the entire time. And thanks to you - we now sing Happy Birthday to our seedlings 😊 thank you for sharing your light 💫 and passion with the 🌎 you’re a beautiful soul
Dwarf and micro dwarf tomatoes can be indeterminate as well, actually. It's really nice to have a countertop tomato indoors that keeps producing for an entire year!
Prolific red cherry tomato 'Mexico Midget' is an interesting currant-type tomato variety that was sent to us in the early 2000s by author and tomato authority Craig LeHoullier. The plants are vigorous growing, sprawling, and very productive. Its fruit are borne in clusters, tiny and pea-sized, red in color, and deliver an intense, full, tomato flavor. 60 days, indeterminate - Black Krim and Gold Medal are always on my list along with many of your favorites..
You are literally the reason I started growing a garden several years ago. Everything I grow is based off of your suggestions. Dr. Wyches is my favorite! ❤️
I started Barry's Crazy Cherry tomatoes a little over 3 years ago based on your recommendation and we love them! Quickly became a staple for us. ❤ We are trying many others from this list for the first time this year too! 🤗 Thanks for the video and great suggestions!
Jess I must say I have not ever liked tomatoes HOWEVER you have made me want to grow different varieties of tomatoes and try them all again. You've actually been the only person to make my mouth water literally just listening to you talk about tomatoes 😂
I like Utyonok ("little duck" or "duckling" in Russia). It's a little yellow cherry to saladette tomato with a bit of a tart flavor, but what's impressive is its ability to stay fresh on the counter for weeks. I originally got seeds from The Sample Seed Shop (RIP Remy), but seeds are extremely hard to find. Black Sea Man was the first tomato I ever grew, and the smoky flavor of that first tomato has stayed with me even more than a decade later.
It doesn't matter how many times I see a tomato 'favorites' video, I HAVE to watch it! Yes, I too, am addicted to Heirloom Tomatoes! I wanted to add that Brad's Atomic Grape is one of our 'must-haves' each year. I have found that it gets the most comments when shared with friends and family--for its delicious, unique flavor and beauty. I also tried the Tiny Spoon tomatoes last year and they will now stay on my must-have list--I grew them in a pot, and the fruits are the size of a pea, but WOW, do they pack a punch of tomato flavor! They look adorable in a mixed tomato or green salad too! And it's fun to see the look on everyone's face when they repeatedly grab them off the vine during garden walks!🤭If we have to narrow down our favorites, my husband and I both have Aunt Ruby's Green tomato at the top of any list--it's flavor, beauty, and uniqueness is a must have in our garden! I can't wait for tomato sandwiches!!!!!!
My absolute favourite cherry tomato to grow in the garden has to be Thumbelina cherry tomato: long strings of very sweet, tiny red gems. tastes like Campbell’s tomato soup!!! Almost a current size tomato but larger. Amazing but a lil harder to find the seeds. So when I do buy seeds I get more than I need lol. Thank you Jess for turning this once tomato hater in to a tomato queen.. I grow upwards of 30 varieties every year in my city garden. Looking forward to being tomato rich again this summer ♥️♥️♥️♥️
I love growing tomatoes for different reasons, buuuut, the one that I have to grow every year is the Barry's Crazy Cherry. These are my dog's favorite. He loves tomatoes, but cherry tomatoes are his favorites and Barry's are the tomatoes he gets the most excited about.
My favorite videos on youtube are of you going on and on about tomatoes. Makes my day! I'll probably watch it again while I'm starting seeds in a few weeks. 💗 Love ya Jess!
I haven't gotten so much joy in a RU-vid video in a while. 😍🍅 I'm in South Africa growing two Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye plants at the moment. This first time I'm growing the variety and I'm super excited for the look and flavor. I also prefer umami flavor in tomatoes. The one plant has a three individual tomatoes growing on it, while the other has one fused fruit from a megabloom that I allowed to go to fruit. It was a late-Feb planting so I thought I see if there's a much difference in ripening time of individuals fruits and megabloom fruit, given the limited time before the cold temperatures shut off tomato metabolic functions.
Small red cherry recommendation!! Chadwick cherry! I’ve grown so many different varieties and this one tastes amazing and does well in my humid climate!
Jess, grow the Orange Accordian tomato! You got me hooked on starting my own tomato plants to grow the unusual stuff. (Paul Robeson will always be in my garden!) I grew the orange accordian for the 1st time last year, and while you don't get a ton of tomatoes off one plant, one tomato makes a ton of fruit! I grew 30+ varieties last year, and that orange accordian makes a GREAT tomato sandwich. I brought a variety of tomatoes to the office and set up a tomatoe sandwich bar for everyone. Toaster, bread, Mayo, and a variety of sliced tomatoes.... they LOVED it and hadn't ever eaten such delicious tomatoes. WE did that, girl! Thanks!
Yes! Orange accordian is such an amazing producer. We grew it last season, and it grew huge fruits, great for sandwiches. I got so addicted to eating a huge slice on a bakery bagel with cream cheese 😂 It’s a must for our garden now.
Cherokee Purple is my favorite slicing tomato to grow. I love the flavor. This year I’m adding a lot of new varieties that I’ve never tasted before. So that favorite might change. I’m excited for the 2024 growing season!!!
Mine is also the Cherokee Purple!! So so good. I’m growing Black Beauty and Dr. Wychies for the first time this year with a tiny spoon variety I’m excited for my kids try! ❤
Cherokee purple tends to get disease, but I do also love them. Came across Cherokee Carbon last year, and they will replace Cherokee Purple for me. So Prolific, delicious deep flavor.
@@MrDahlia. I’m gonna have to try those bc I get late blight on my CPs. I do love the flavor but if the Carbons gave all the flavor plus disease resistance, they sound perfect!
They were my favorite for years - but the last couple of years they have hardly produced anything for me (in Austin). I think I'm going to plant one of the other cherries instead just to experiment a little.
Black Cherry has been my fave for years. BUT, last year I planted a Sun Sugar and OMG those were so good! I'll continue planting both for now on. Sun Sugar will be my candy and Black Cherry what I use in cooking.
Black Cherry is great! Usually a huge plant that produces MANY tomatoes! I like to sell them at my Farmer’s Market in a mixed basket with yellows & reds.
For anyone in HOT and dry climates, punta banda cherry tomatoes are phenomenal both in what they can handle heat wise and haven’t had any issues with splitting which can occur with monsoon rains. Zone 9b, AZ.
I learned about Barry’s crazy tomato from you last season. I live in Hawaii (at a high elevation) and can grow them all year long in my greenhouse. They are CRAZY! They never stop. Love them. Thanks Jess
Yeees to Sungold! I started growing them two years ago and they are my "must have" every single year. I get buckets and buckets of them throughout the summer.
Just when you first moved your new place, you had the small garden right outside of your house that would be a perfect place to show people the variety and the amount of food that they can grow in a small face like that. I know you have the larger scale one, but that is probably more in line with your every day Gardner and I think that would make a great video.
Black Beauty is consistently the first to fruit in my Oregon garden and the last to be pulled. Every year. ❤ It will always be my favorite and will forever have a place in my garden. (And you can put a sticker on it as it grows and make designs. 🤣🤣🤣🤣)
JESS!!! I had to comment, BLACK KRIM!!!!! Paul Robeson and Terra cotta are my favorites, but I did a deep dive on favorites and a TON of old school tomato farmers were saying black Krim was their all time fav… I grow black beauty every year, and I feel like their flavor is pretty meh. But it’s so cool looking too! Atomic Grapes are sooooo good, I grew them last summer for the first time, and they are so good! I will never not grow them. I’m growing everything you are this year, and the 2 I haven’t tried, I’m ordering! Cheers! 🎉
I absolutely love purple bumble bee. I think the flavor is so delicious. My favorite fun tomato would definitely be the orange peach. It is actually fuzzy and sweet.
I grew 2 yellow pear tomato plants when I lived in CA. They got about 6 ft tall and I had HUNDREDS of tomatoes off of those two plants. I worked at an upscale Italian restaurant at the time and I asked my boss if she would like me to bring some to work for garnish on the plates. She loved the idea and I took a ton of tomatoes to work with me. Mine did not split. I'm thinking it is because I was living in a dry climate. They only got water when I thought about it lol
I had a similar experience, I lived out west and my yellow pear plants never had the problem of splitting tomatoes. I did however have an issue with powdery mildew 🙁 they always looked unhealthy yet still made a ton of fruit.
I just made a tomato recommendation video too (not posted quite yet) of varieties that have done well in our northern California garden. Our Sun Golds turn very dark orange... maybe it is the region. They are also always the very first tomato ripe in our garden., which is fun. I feel like Sun Gold and Sun Sugar were very similar in our garden with blind taste tests. We love a ton of varieties in our garden as well! Always fun to hear other people's favorites. We are some of those people who love Brad's Atomic Grape.
I’ve been getting seeds from Trueleaf market since I saw a reel about them having cats in their warehouse. ( rescues for rodent control) They didn’t have every variety that Jess mentioned but had quite a few - that I saved for next spring. 🙂
My favorite tomato will forever be the Paul Robeson. The flavor is just exceptional. I grew big beefs and romas for a couple years then I learned, from you of course, all the different varieties that existed and when I grew and ate a Paul Robeson my life was changed! Maybe that sounds dramatic but it opened my eyes so much to the flavors and varieties that are out there. It’s always my first tomato sandwich tomato!
My husband has a ban on us growing tomatoes, he complains that we grow way too many, even the neighbors stopped taking them🤣 We still sneak in some different varieties and we have fun doing it. Once again thanks again for your knowledge and information.
My pansy plants, purchased from a nursery, must have been harboring some tomato seeds. I have some random tomato plants growing in my flowers pots, I don’t know what they are, but I’ve decided to keep them!
One of the genetic modifications I'm working on is inserting disease resistance into existing Heirlooms. This is a way to get the resistance genes into a cultivar without the breeding selection of outcrossing to other cultivars and changing up the traits of the original strain.
Thank you for your tomato variety analysis and experience record, Jess. This is the best RU-vid content you provide to viewers. You are a true gardener!
I am growing San Marzano, Amish Paste, Black Krim, Black cherry, Brandywine, Beefsteak, and large black cherry. All are open pollinated. I may do pineapple again but they didn't do well in my garden 2 years ago.
I love how excited you get about tomatoes. I don't. I don't like tomatos. My grandpa used to grow them and he would make me eat them. They were better than store bought but still not my favs. I will probably grow a few plants. I do like Tomato soup, salsa and spaghetti.
My must haves are: Brandywine - delicious taste, low seed voids. Mortgage Lifter - NEVER stops, hearty, for whatever reason, last year was my best taste winner. Life is short. PLAY in your adult sandbox called a garden. Try something new!
The one tomato I would never NOT grow is Aunt Ruby's German Green. ALSO, my husband would be very unhappy if they weren't in the garden. Massive, meaty and absolutely DELICIOUS! Second would be Pineapple.
Cherokee Purple and Black Krim were the first varieties i grow years ago.. i never grow them now even thou they can be most tasty in the garden.. the reason is simple ... short shelf life especially the Black Krim... and i could never imagined saying this before but if a semi ripe tomatoe does not last 3 days.. then is not much worth growing... and i had so many of them just going bad so fast (not all) the difference between these two and other varieties is so noticable
@@antondavidoff150 You're right, this season I really noticed that problem. I harvested at the breaker stage to avoid pest problems and tried to ripen on my shelf but too many developed soft spots or split. It's getting more difficult to grow heirlooms in the deep south as things get even hotter - also more sudden rain deluges that make fruit split.
@@hyacinthABC from that colour Paul Robeson.. but really any other tomatoe has reasonable shelf life but the Black Krim or the somewhat better Cherokee Purple.. i think you ought to do hybrids mostly.. maybe sweet 100 as cherie, some early girl , some lemon boy and then some larger ones.. like this you have longer periods of available tomatoes which are decease resistant and have good shelf life
@@antondavidoff150 I prefer the flavor of heirlooms and their hybrids so I'm going to try more short season determinates next season. I'm trying a couple now but will start them even earlier next time. We don't have a long season here - the pollen gets sticky in the high 80s and fruit won't set, even under shade cloth.
One of my top cherries to grow is called Tomato Cherry. I have no idea where to find seeds for it but I keep forgetting to save seeds each year (hoping this year I remember) Was in the dollar store and just saw a few seed packets and didn't think it would actually produce much. I even put it in the worst part of my garden. It was the best grower out of all my cherries. Out grew my trellis. It's more of salad tomato, the size and shape are like an actual cherry.
Girl I have 18 different varieties I've started this year not knowing where I'll be putting them all but I will be tucking them everywhere lol. So between tomatoes & peppers I'll have to squeeze in everything else tee hee😂
Sun Peach is the best cherry tomato I have ever tried however I would say when it grows from green to red it has yellow shoulders and pinkish salmon color that I assume where it gets it’s name it is really sweet flavor every person that has tried them absolutely loves them
Brad's Arominc Grape is my absolute favorite. Beautiful, delicious, crack resistant. Similar flavor as Blue Moon beer with an orange slice, but sweeter. Complex flavor. I could go on and on 😂
I grew Brad’sAtomic Grape this year and a vole burrowed underneath it and the whole plant is drooping. I was so sad but it still gave me some tomatoes and I’m IN LOVE. This is my new favorite. I agree with your daughter. I found these to be extra sweet. I wonder if growing climate affects the sweetness? I’m in Vancouver, Washington in the Pacific Northwest.
