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Although our heirloom tomatoes took a hit with daytime temperatures in the mid 90s, the plants that survived are providing delicious tomatoes in our backyard garden! Join us as we show you some of our favorites and make the best tomato sandwich ever!
We'll also be planting our sweet potato slips from Steele Plant Company in one of our no-till plots. We'll show you how we prepare the plot for planting and the way we put the sweet potato slips in the ground.
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@fuzebear5583 2 года назад

You are just too funny. I just got my sweet potato this week.

@michaelharvey6038 2 года назад

oh yeah great sandwich

@poodledaddles1091 2 года назад

Thanks

@littleblackdogs 2 года назад

Damn that sandwich looks good.

@beverlyboyce1041 2 года назад

My dad would make a high ridge of soil and then planted the slips on top of ridge. It worked great

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

That's the way I usually do it in the tilled plots. It does work great.

@carolynmoody9460 2 года назад

Blessings ❤️

@nikitavanhoose405 Месяц назад

I grew Kellogg's Breakfast last year, and it produced some of the largest tomatoes I've ever grown, or seen. I had one that was almost as big as a volleyball, and I'm not exaggerating. Hillbilly Potato leaf tomatoes make some monsters, and so do Gold Medal tomatoes. One of my favorite plain red heirloom tomatoes is one named Mortgage Lifter.

@citylotgardening6171 2 года назад

We always plant Georgia Jet variety it grows the best for us here in central Indiana

@naturesbenefits7407 2 года назад

I think it will be delicious 😍

@ColRubyDimplesManacha 2 года назад

That sandwich looked mighty tasty! Can't wait to try Paul Robesons, first time growing them here too.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Hope you like them as much as we have!

@Floreypottery 2 года назад

Probably right on the heat been their I used some asprin spray to help mine come out of stress

@daviscountryfarm6452 2 года назад

we planted beaugard and centennial

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Both solid varieties!

@billyrichardson4306 2 года назад

I got the bush porto Rico and vardeman (24 plant combo ) . Been going for a week and a half or so.

@INeedABeatDJ 2 года назад

Have you noticed a difference in Indeterminate pruned vs unpruned in regards to size or total yield? For every article you see to prune, you also see one that says to not prune.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I'm not noticing a huge difference in yield. What I am noticing is that the pruned indeterminates are easier to spray effectively because we can access and coat the entire plant. As a result, we haven't had hardly any insect issues on them. The downside to that is more foliage usually helps protect the plant on really hot days. So it's a catch 22. I do prefer the pruned method though -- just makes for a cleaner, more tidy setup.

@Scott-jf1nh Год назад

Enjoyed seeing Paul Robeson tomato. I have 2 of them growing right now and they have small green fruit right now. Really looking forward to seeing how they do. The plant itself is a muscular specimen. It took the seeds 19 whole days to germinate in March. All the other heirlooms I have took 3-6 days. I almost gave up on them. I’m in very N Atlanta, GA zone 7B and yes, we get lots of mid 90s and 100s in the Summer too.

@greenthumbacresfarm7068 2 года назад

I can tell you herbicide drift is a real thing and something I had to deal with this year. They sprayed on a too windy of a day and my gardens all got drifted on. I am surrounded by soy or corn fields on 3 sides of my property. Corn this year so they sprayed the heavy broadleaf and awful stuff called atrazine. I had to replant alot and throw away alot of produce that was close to harvest.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

No doubt it's a real thing. But fortunately, we haven't ever had any issues with that here although the spraying is rampant. Even the guys in the airplanes seem to be pretty dang good about only spraying what they're supposed to be spraying. They use a chemical additive that supposedly makes it drop faster and not drift.

@greenthumbacresfarm7068 2 года назад

Midwest... home to endless acres of corn and soybeans. My recent research has lead me to discover that about 70 million gallons of Atrazine is sprayed annually and is becoming an issue with runoff contaminating fresh water supplies that is used for drinking water.

@cliftonmcandrew4786 2 года назад

I live in Kern County California we don't get the humidity that you get but we do get 110 in the summer I've never lost a tomato plant they do stop producing because of the Heat

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

The humidity is rough on them down here.

@aaronlangham3884 2 года назад

They actually are spraying pine plantations heavily now. Considered common practice particularly for loblolly pine. I think this deserves further research into how it can effect gardens.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Interesting. Considering that pine straw is mostly used as plant bedding around here, that seems like that would be prohibitive to the quality of the end product. But I guess any chemical residue would affect trees and shrubs differently than vegetable plants.

@dstringf 2 года назад

Kelloggs breakfast tomato is one of my favorite varieties but I just can’t grow them here in the Atlanta metro. A couple of really hot days and they just give up.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Ours did pretty well last year, but it wasn't as hot as this year. The two plants we have are giving us plenty though.

@tommathews3964 2 года назад

You're killing me with that mater sammich! That's living, my friend! I thought you'd like Paul Robeson, he's a good one for sure! I've got Paul, Kellogg's, Cherokee Purple, Black Krim, and Brandywine going for my heirlooms. I've pulled 3 up so far with similar symptoms to yours. That's one reason I plant so many! Got fruit coming on but still a little way til sammich time! Looking good on those sweet taters!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Not sure why I waited so long to try Paul Robeson, but it's definitely a keeper!

@tommathews3964 2 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm Those heirlooms are a pain to grow and take care of but they're worth it to me!

@crystals14acregarden61 2 года назад

Looking at your 2 rows of trellises, can you run shade cloth from one row to the other somehow? I hate giving up lol

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I probably could, but not sure it's worth the effort at this point. We'll probably devise something next year.

@metalmartha2571 2 года назад

Wow it’s amazing to see how beautiful your gardens are! I’m still just putting tomatoes in the ground now I live zone 3B. Was just wondering, when you plant in straw do you worry about snakes and spiders? Lol that’s the only plus of living in a cold climat like I do the spiders never get bigger than your thumbnail legs included lol. Looks like you’re having a fantastic growing Season. Always love your content from your Chanel 🤘🏻

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Spiders don't bother me. Snakes do a little. But I've never seen any snakes in the straw.

@junkyardgardener8690 2 года назад

Trav wish you would consider doing a podcast here and there so we could grill you with questions and shoot general gardening BS! My first year doing sweet potatos. need advice on decease and insect management! I'm sure it's coming.and weather to hill at planting, during maturity or to hill at all.i also plan to use NS 8-5-5 at planting and Agro thrive 3-3-5 there after if that suffices. Edit : I'm going to be two weeks behind the channel on planting so I'm sure my questions will be answered in the next sweet potato update.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I'm considering doing a membership-based live stream. Haven't ironed out all the details yet, but it's very likely.

@leroneerwin7605 2 года назад

WOOWEEE! That sammich bro. GOT! TUH BE MO CAREFUL!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Gotta be very careful -- only for professionals ... lol

@1947mouse 2 года назад

First year to try sweet taters so I went with Georgia Jets

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Good choice!

@jordanstamps5475 2 года назад

I had the same thing happen to my hossinator and chef’s choice pink and my red roadsters I’m thinking it’s heat stress

@donnalovintexas8760 2 года назад

I don't know the variety of sweet potato I am growing. I bought a package of organic mini sweet potato at a local grocery store. I planted them in a tote and now have beautiful slips to pick out and plant. That is on my list this week. No one in my family eats sweet potatoes but me. Actually I live alone but all my family lives within visiting distance. I am in zone 8A in East Texas. It is hot and no rain expected for at least a week. Ya'll Stay Safe and Have a Blessed Week.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Hope those mini sweet taters do well for you Donna!

@r.louiseworley-parsley4208 2 года назад

I have about 70 heirlooms in 95 to 102 degrees. You did not mention the curly top virus transmitted by leaf hoppers. I considered leaf hoppers just annoying until I saw the damage this year from the virus.

@simmran1 2 года назад

I'm glad someone mentioned curly top virus (transmitted by leafhoppers), because when I saw your last video that's the first thing that came to mind. The effect does resemble 2,4D damage, so that's probably why over spray was mention by another viewer. I agree with the above assessment.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I don't know that I've ever seen a leafhopper in my garden, certainly not this year. Definitely something to be on the lookout for though.

@markware7748 2 года назад

@@simmran1 I don't seem to have leafhoppers here but aphids and thrips will do the same type of damage as disease vectors. Once your tomato has been bit, it's too late. They're already infected. I make it policy to spray Azera every two weeks, even before I see signs of aphids just to beat 'em to the punch.

@r.louiseworley-parsley4208 2 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm I did not see any in my tomatoes. I have about 150 tomato plants. I noticed some in my melons. I had never heard of the virus, but I did not think it was a fungus and it was just different from anthing I have seen and I have been around gardens my whole life (61 years). Based on photos and symptoms, the virus fit. From what I read, it just takes one bite from a virus carrying leafhopper. I have both a large container garden and a small inground garden and this was in my container garden. Gave me a helpless feeling. Love your informative approach.

@mysticmeadow9116 2 года назад

Umm, that mader sammich looks yummy. 🤤 I'm growing food pantry sweets that sprouted before we could eat them all. Should be interesting to see what (if any) grows. Did you check calcium levels in your soil? I'm in 8a GA and I almost lost my maders last year due to deficits in calcium. Now I save my eggshells, wash & dry them, run them in the coffee grinder and top dress. Worked great and saved my crop. Happy Growing!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

We did a soil test on all 10 plots back in the spring and they showed that our calcium levels were good. Had a few early determinates with some blossom end rot, but that was it.

@dontaylor8451 2 года назад

Travis!!!! I watched your video, you know over at that other place, and you used drip tape, so that's what I did on the Georgia Jets I planted on the second. Should I try to ease it out from next to the tattors? Yes new to most of this gardening in ground, moved from city in January. My tomatoes look like heck, but are producing. My sister-in-law next door has beautiful plants but few maters.....

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I have used tape on them in the past ,but I haven't the last couple years. You can leave it. It's not going to hurt anything. Just my personal preference not to use it anymore.

@drivin69 2 года назад

emmmmmm that looks like a sandmitch emmmm cucumber sandwitches are wicked...the heirlooms are the best emmmm looks good

@christinebowen6545 2 года назад

I am also having problem with my tomato. They are stunned and the leaf is growing weird ( curling) I live in tx.. but I heard that alot of other are having the same problem

@billstubbs2786 2 года назад

You think you could email me one of those mater sandwiches? Yummy!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Sure, why not

@marvinbrock960 4 месяца назад

Will using pine needles as a cover mulch mess with the ph of the soil?

@eroggero 2 года назад

I planted my sweet potatoes last month, Ashley was wondering if you can trim them I did plant them and raised bed in the vines and sprawled two other raised beds in our into my tomatoes. How far can I cut the lines back without doing too much damage? Thanks for the info on fertilizing schedule will need to change that up some

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

You could trim them. The vines are very vigorous, so I don't think you're going to do any damage.

@maryg9516 2 года назад

This may sound crazy but I grow my sweet potatoes in stand up raised beds in my greenhouse been doing it for a couple of years this year its covington and Beauregard I get my plants from steele also. It's gets very hot when with the ventilation they do great, I have red viking potatoes in a raised bed that are doing great but putting out shoots from one plant to another do you know what that could be . Enjoy your videos love all the info

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Nice! Glad to hear you're able to grow them in those beds!

@karenzorn773 2 года назад

That mater sandwich looked fabulous. It's definitely mater time.

@diannemiller4754 2 года назад

Oh my I surely do love me a nice mater sandwich. August can't get here soon enough.

@johnoshiro8885 2 года назад

I'm growing Okinawan sweet potatoes again in potato bags as I do every year. This year I grew my own slips but I got the original slips from Baker Creek. I saw this year they sold out of the slips quick. They like a good bit of phosphorus so I add a few handfuls of bone meal when I plant them.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I tried those one year. Not a real heavy producer for us, but they were quite tasty.

@johnoshiro8885 2 года назад

They sell these at Asian markets in So.California for $10 per pound. I bet you could get a lot of money selling them in the south, too.

@vfmnx 8 месяцев назад

Love the cannel! Catching up on some of these older videos ❤

@elizabethdelzer1067 2 года назад

I am about to plant my two varieties of Sweet Potatoes, Georgia Jet & Bauldaguard. I am so very excited, but yet scared. I Love Sweet Potatoes !!! Prayers for A Good Harvest in 100+ days !!!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

You got this! Sweet potatoes are easy to grow! Enjoy your planting!

@taluis1 2 года назад

Paul Robeson is a great tomato, but I believe Brandywines (Pink and Yellow) are better. I grow both types, so no worries. I also love Mortgage Lifter tomatoes. Hard to grow Brandywines here in Tennessee because of the heat and humidity, but it's worth the effort.

@marysills4317 2 года назад

I’m growing sweet potatoes for the first time. I only found some Beauregard.

@cityofoaks 2 года назад

Me too. I don't know what variety I've got... I rooted my own slips from organic grocery store sweet potatoes. I didn't know that there are so many varieties. I'm getting an education!

@jtharp9265 2 года назад

Yummy yummy to that mator sandwich travis . God bless you & Mrs Brooklyn & the Fam.....🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@judyjohnson1012 Год назад

Glad you enjoyed that samich!!!

@petitjeanriverhomestead 2 года назад

Check out my Garlic videos I pulled the smallest one and as big as a baseball. Also planted store bought Small garlic and it turns out they are soft necks and the one I pulled was a single clove. I bet the rest are also... Bobby

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Baseball size is impressive!

@carochiqui1 2 года назад

Darn! That sandwich has my mouth watering!

@tonyhamilton4861 2 года назад

You should toast that sandwich after you assemble it for the ultimate mater sandwich

@dand7056 2 года назад

My chickens keep getting in the fence and pecking the Paul Robeson tomatoes. They know what is good. It is my favorite tomato so far . I hope it hangs in there in this heat. Great looking sandwich with the bicolor.

@localunion874 2 года назад

Haha thanks for the heads up gotta keep my lone paul robeson survivor away from them. Been having to really baby it though think its finally taking off.

@WhatWeDoChannel 2 года назад

That tomato sandwich looks really good, I can’t wait! In other years I seem to recall that you didn’t sucker your heirlooms, maybe all that extra foliage helps keep the plants protected from that hot sun. Klaus

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

The extra foliage probably does help with the sun damage, but having the air flow seems to help with disease and thorough insecticide application.

@amyshaler7134 2 года назад

I planted Vardaman sweet potatoes this year. Got the slips from Steele Plant Co with your link. Growing them in raised beds, and the description mentioned them being more of a bush variety. Thanks for the tomato update. I have spoken to many friends that are also suffering tomato plant loss this year. The first ones of mine to die have not been my indeterminate, it’s been the Bella Rosa and Snapper. Grew beautiful plants and set lots of fruit before the plant just started dying. I’ll investigate closer for some of the problems mentioned. I honestly think it’s been the crazy dry and hot weather. I did, however, get a few tomatoes already. My lemon boy and black krim are still cranking out tomatoes.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

That's crazy that the Red Snappers died. They're always my most vigorous and hardy tomato plants of any of the varieties we plant.

@nancytharp8213 2 года назад

Drooling on the tomato sandwich tasting. Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝

@MIgardener 2 года назад

That Paul Robeson tomato was beautiful! How’s your giant crimson doing?

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

It's very productive and seems to handle our extreme humidity okay, but the tomatoes aren't very "giant." The first round of production was a little smaller than a tennis ball. But the later fruits do appear to be getting larger. Is this something you've seen as well?

@leahness3588 2 года назад

That samich looked amazing. I need to order some Dukes so I can have the real southern experience. I planted Paul Robeson for the first time last year ...it's a winner baby!!! I also had great success with Black Krim, Dr Wyches, Jet Star and Super sauce. Love me some mators.🍅🍅🍅🍅❤😁👍

@izzyguerrero3909 2 года назад

I'm just growing tomato from seed.the weather looks nice

@hilltophomeplace6802 2 года назад

I grew Paul Robeson’s and Black from Tula’s this year as well as the Cherokee Purple and other varieties. My opinion is the dark tomatoes beat out all others for flavor. They’re just delicious. For the yellow tomatoes, I grew an heirloom variety called Claude Brown’s Yellow Giant from Sustainable Mountain Agricultural Center and it beat out the Kellogg’s. It was very tasty. Love them all and will grow them all again, but the ones I mentioned were just the best in my opinion. Take care.

@tommathews3964 2 года назад

I'm with you on the black maters!! I grow a good mix every year, Paul, Black Krim, Cherokee Purple, Black Brandywine, etc. Didn't grow any Black from Tula this year, thanks for reminding me of that beauty!

@hilltophomeplace6802 2 года назад

@@tommathews3964 I got it from Seed Savers. Very good!

@tommathews3964 2 года назад

@@hilltophomeplace6802 I believe that's where I got mine last time I grew them, which has been a few years. Thanks again for the reminder! I may second crop some of them!

@caseyarmstrong7064 2 года назад

Travis, as I mentioned in my last post when you were discussing about pruning them to 1 main line. I live in zone 9b and we get 20/30 days of 100 degree +. I did exactly what you did, and my plants/tomatoes looked horrible. I firmly believe as you say that they just can’t handle the heat. They need all the plant to help shade itself, and help produce great looking tomatoes. I’ve done that this year and my tomatoes are looking great. Great video man.

@khaskin18 2 года назад

Hey! Me too! Are you in Texas? Our tomato's leaves are all curled. They're producing fruit, but idk if they'll get to their full potential. I'm thinking of having my DH build a structure to put up shade cloth. It's just so much time, money, effort to grow plants that just don't put out. Our potatoes and corn were kind of a bust. And I can't live on peppers alone! 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

@jameshall9873 2 года назад

Yes I'm thinking that is the problem single steming in the south hot weather cuz I have one Arkansas traveler that I single stem cuz I didnt have enough cages and it did kinda what his did kinda look welted at the top but the other Arkansas travelers that's in cages and bushy is heathy as can be so I think you on to something with that

@khaskin18 2 года назад

@@jameshall9873 ok thanks! I've heard that people leave the suckers on and let them get bushy so they shade themselves. I have other non-edible plants that have a bunch of dry, crispy stuff on them, but I leave it to shade the new growth instead of trimming it up to look nice. I guess it'll work with maters too! Lol

@caseyarmstrong7064 2 года назад

@@khaskin18 I am in Fresno California

@melissasullivan1658 2 года назад

The issue with that though is that despite them having enough shade it’s still too hot to pollinate, so you may have healthy leaves but you’ll get a poor fruit. For me, I say screw the leaves. They can curl and look hideous as long as the fruit is still getting pollinated/grown before it’s way too hot to ripen. Edit: Oh I’m in sacramento, btw.

@denniswillie949 2 года назад

Hey Travis we have our Beauregard and Puerto Rican red slips planted about 5 weeks ago they’re up and running trying keep grass out of them we are in the process of planting another row this evening just to try . Enjoy your videos and sharing your knowledge Thanks and God Bless

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Good deal! Thanks for sharing Dennis!

@lindawilbert3202 2 года назад

I got sweet potatoes for the grocery store where they sell locally grown. I thought that I have a good chance to get a decent harvest. So I have no idea what kind I have. To get slips I just put them in some soil and kept them moist. Once they had sprouted I placed those in water to grow roots. I'm in zone 8b

@hardstylzz5024 2 года назад

Trying this myself got 2 sweet potatoes already ready to cut into slips gonna put this in 3 gal containers, looks like might have 8 to 10 containers to put them in.

@btwh007 2 года назад

We have had a hard time with our tomatoes. Squash bugs and stink bugs stung them so bad and the plants started dying when they were full of small green tomatoes. This week we pulled them all up and hope to do better next year. Yours look great and I love your channel.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Sorry to hear they bit the dust so early. Most of ours are hanging in there. They look rough on days with intense heat, and then they'll somewhat recover on overcast days.

@tifreakhachey 2 года назад

I envy you soooo much! Our maters will only be ready in August! Zone 4B upper Canada. Took your style/advice and planted the heavy producer hybrids. Also planted about twenty other variety just for fun. Lots of kinds nowadays. Will see what turns out!

@vickihalverson6328 2 года назад

I'm growing Vardaman and Covington this year here in Kansas. I'll let you know how they turn out. I've grown Vardaman before and they did well, but this is my first year for the Covington. Sweet taters are one of my favorite plants to grow, its fun to dig them and see what little gems you get.

@nikitavanhoose405 Месяц назад

I'm not exactly sure I'd trust using pine straw for garden mulch. It probably wouldn't hurt anything just sitting on top, but I would be afraid of any of it getting into my soil. The sap in pine tree needles and limbs have a lot of harsh, astringent chemicals in them that I wouldn't think would be the best for your soil microbiology, and they could honestly effect your soil PH levels if to many of them get mixed in. My favorite things to use as mulch is either, wheat straw, or dried grass clippings. I've tried using hay, but hay has a lot of weed seeds in it and it takes longer to break down then straw, or grass. Dried and shredded corn leaves make a pretty good mulch as well. I know a neighbor who used dead brown leaves they had in the woods in their back yard as a mulch for several years. Then all of a sudden they started having stuff struggling and dying that usually do well. Well they went and got soil test's done and figured out their soil PH was way off, and even though they disagreed with me, I'm convinced it was the leaves that caused it.

@psalms125selah 2 года назад

Travis the problem is the strong solar rays and heat from the Sun, my tomatoes on the south end of my home curled up bad, and the ones in a north garden, under some partial shade from trees till 1 pm, then they get full sun, they are producing and looking great, I've been watching other channels that are having the same issues as we are! Also the rows in the north garden are covered over in leaf mulch, whereas the ones in the south garden have hay mulch around them to try to keep the soil moist and cooler! Soil temps seem to be playing a big part in plant stress in many of my crops this year, including all my cucurbit crops! I know for a fact that the hay I'm using doesn't have any grazeon or herbicides in it, So my South Gardens tomatoes that get full sun from 10 am and till sundown are getting mostly all day sun exposure, whereas my North Garden only gets a half a day of sun exposure! Pretty soon we all might need to grow our food under shade cloth if the summers if they are going to be this harsh on the plants! I noticed that my Fig trees don't like my full day of Sun exposure either down here in Florida, that's why I instinctively knew to plant them in partial shade/ Full Sun like my Neighbor did next door! Lived here in Florida all my life, and I can notice a big change in the strength of rays of the Sun, In low 90 degree weather here your skin never felt like it was burning within 2 minutes of full Sun Exposure! Even Danny from Deepsouth Homestead has been talking about the effects that the Sun is having on his outdoor crops!

@angeladrury7060 2 года назад

Do you guys ever eat the leaves?

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I haven't, but I know lots of folks do!

@creative227 2 года назад

I think I’ll try shade cloth on my tomatoes. The heat is early this year I hope I can keep them going all summer!

@krmcc01 2 года назад

I usually get my first ripe tomato here in southeast TN around the 4th of July, and damn it's so refreshing.

@lynnlovessoil Год назад

I am growing Dr. wyches this year and I am not that fond of it. Also, am growing chef’s choice orange and i really don’t like it. I had big hopes for them but I guess I just really prefer the red tomatoes. The Bonny Best and Thornburn’s terra-cotta are great. I do love sun gold cherry and other yellow cherry varieties. I planted some toronjina as well. Looking forward to trying those. I planted them a little later along with some celebrity plus and cream sausage.

@mousiebrown1747 2 года назад

Man, that black soil looks great! Bet it feels good in your hand. Happy soil! That’s really a heartbreaking tomato stand. ☹️. One of the more unique sites I follow has pointed out that, especially in the South, daytime high temps are about the same as in the past 5-10 years; HOWEVER, the night time summer low temps are way too hot! Earth is not cooling off as much at night as low as formerly. I have no idea if that really means anything. Doesn’t Paul Robeson color up to black/purple shoulders?

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Mine haven't. The shoulders seem to stay somewhat green even at peak ripeness.

@mousiebrown1747 2 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm It sure looked yummy! And more to come!

@christinecrowley7132 2 года назад

Your a lucky,well feed man.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Thanks Christine!

@BamaRollOn 2 года назад

Zone 8a here in central Alabama and we are waiting on our first ripe tomatoes. We have had a couple ripe ground cherries! We “planted” Beauregard sweet potatoes left over from last season in a small raised bed. We harvested enough slips to plant 2 larger raised beds and the small bed we used to grow the slips. Loved not having to buy slips this year!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Nice!

@adryawebb2556 2 года назад

It's hard to pick a top favorite tomato variety but my top 3 are Supersteak hybrid, Beefmaster hybrid and Mortgage Lifter

@randybingham1342 2 года назад

Nice maters Travis, we're still waiting on ours but they look good. Danny at Deep South inspired me to try and grow my own slips this year. I used a few of our stored Georgia Jets from last year and had great success. We've got sweet potatoes tucked in everywhere!! 🤣🤣

@michaelmorris1802 2 года назад

I planted Vardem? This year, never planted a bush variety before, thought I would give it a try. Also have a pile of volunteers that came up from pin taters I didn’t get up last year. Just letting them grow… just to see what if anything grows underneath those… they happen to be I a space between two of my garden plots as I reconfigure to something a little more manageable than a single 50 X 200 plot.

@melissac3313 2 года назад

I had a lot of problems with my heirlooms last summer. I took a break from them this year and planted hybrids this season. But their taste does make up for it.

@maryrose6229 2 года назад

Question: why can’t someone use sorghum Sudan grass as a regular lawn if you live where it’s hot and dry and hard to grow anything else? Also if you have to cut most of the leaves off winter squash due to powdery mildew will the squash still mature?

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

You could, but sorghum sudangrass is not going to have the rhizomes like yard grass varieties which makes them form that dense mat. On the squash, you should still get some and the ones you have might be bigger. But you might lose some production numbers-wise.

@maryrose6229 2 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm 🙏 Thanks

@nickparton8324 2 года назад

Man oh man that mater samich looked good !

@13pointranch69 2 года назад

Travis, have a sweet potato planting question for you. All my slips arrived this last week and are ready to plant, BUT..here in the Abilene, TX area we're having a major heatwave with temps 104-108. The lowest our temps will in the next 10 days according to the extended forecast is 99 for 2 days then right back up to 102-104. Is this too hot to plant my slips? Any ideas what to do? I can't find any info online about planting slips when over 100 degrees. Also, wanted to share this with you and the Lazy Dog Family...Have you ever tried growing russet potatoes? I tried growing Norkotah russet potatoes which are recommended for Texas twice in the past with NO luck. However, after reading about an early 90 day russet potato variety called "Gold Rush" that grows really well in Florida, I ordered some seed potatoes online and planted a 24 foot row to see if they might work here in Texas. They were super SLOW, to break ground and grow into plants, (2 weeks later than the 7 varieties planted at the same time) so I had little hope for these russet potatoes. On June 1st, when I was harvesting new potatoes from some varieties, I decided to pull 2 Gold Rush russet plants just to check them. Honestly I was expecting to find no tuber formation because of our high temps for so long now, BUT each plant had 7-9 perfect little mini russet potatoes! Yesterday, I pulled another plant and this plant had had 8 gorgeous small russet potatoes, so despite 102-106 degree heat in the 10 days since I pulled the first 2 plants; the Gold Rush potatoes are still growing and sizing up nicely! Baked a couple last night, and they taste AMAZING! Can't wait to try them for making french fries & potato chips! For comparison, storage time for Gold Rush Russet is supposedly longer than Kennebec. So for any fellow Southerners who want to grow russets but haven't had any luck due to heat and their long season, you might want to try "Gold Rush" (some seed potato sellers list it as "Goldrush", one word) russet potatoes to see if they work for you! We will plant them every year from now on! :)

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I'd let them sit in water for a few days and get really strong before planting them. Then plant them late in the afternoon and give them plenty of overhead water for the first few days. Good tip on the Gold Coast taters!

@pamelaroden5513 2 года назад

I am having the very same problem? Is it to late to pull my bad tomatoes out and replant am in zone 5, it's been cooler than usual here and rain, so I don't understand what is going on??

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

If you have backup plants, you might have time to start over. But it's probably too late to start from seed again.

@TMesser74 2 года назад

I just grabbed some organic sweet potatoes feom Publix and put them in a pot . I pulled the slips and Tried rooting them in water first. That didn’t go so well. So I planted them straight in the garden on three occasions. That worked best. But the best ones were when it had just rained and the ground was saturated. I didn’t have to do anything to them and they are thriving! First time with sweet potatoes and looking forward to harvest!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Good to hear you were able to get them going!

@rickthelian2215 2 года назад

I like that Alphabetical Order Planting Method 😉 Enjoy those Tomatoes Travis...😀🇦🇺

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Thanks 👍

@tailgategardeners7752 2 года назад

Planted centennial and covingtons so far. Waiting for our beauregards to come in from Steele now. Also, we set up a shade cloth in our mater plot to see if it would help us extend the life of our maters in this Louisiana heat. I’ll let you know if it helps. Great video as always.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Definitely keep us updated on the shade cloth!

@mattpeacock5208 2 года назад

That one you cut open for a sammich has no snot in it at all!!!!! Perfect for sauce....or a sammich....or just eating by itself

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

There's another one we'll show next Monday that is meaty like that as well.

@OldesouthFarm 2 года назад

I grew my slips from some sweet potatoes I bought from the store. I put up some shade cloth over my tomatoes. It has been so hot, the plants were suffering. My tomatoes are happy now. I also have been using my lawn clippings dried as mulch, using what I can for free.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Sometimes the heat can really work on those newly planted slips. But once they get rooted in the soil, they should take the heat just fine.

@AliciasInTheKitchen 2 года назад

Now you are just trying to make us all jealous with that mater sandwich! Kellogg's Breakfast is my favorite for making tomato sandwiches, but it's gotta have Blue Plate instead of Dukes. I just put up my first garden tour of the year this morning, and I forgot to tag it for #bigmater!

@canadiangemstones7636 2 года назад

I love the homespun wisdom that Tickle drops, either in the garden or his awesome show, Moonshiners. Ever talk to Tim, or is that a parole violation? Sure do miss seeing old Tim ‘n Tickle roaming the woods, making shine!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I haven't seen my old bud Tim in a while. He's been busy working on getting all his legal shine endeavors off the ground.

@heavenlyhillshomestead9465 2 года назад

You lucky rascal!! It’ll be end of July probably before I’ll get a mater!! Lol 😂 going to need you to ship a few up this way!!

@shelbys6919 2 года назад

I don't think it's your heat, I think it's your humidity. I grow nothing but heirlooms in the desert and they do fantastic. 100+ degree weather

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Probably right.

@theone031 2 года назад

I'm thinking it might have something to do with the pine straw. The pine resin is like turpentine and probably threw the ph off in the soil. Who really knows though it could be several things. That's growing for ya lol.

@kimberlybenienministries2715 Год назад

This is good information. I’m in Texas and I’m hoping to try som heirloom varieties. Thank you.

@kirstmlarson1 2 года назад

Last year in central Ohio, we had a long June heat wave of over 90 for a few weeks. It really stressed my heirloom tomatoes and they succumbed to disease earlier in the season than the should have. This year, I’ve planted about 25 heirlooms, and 25 of the Bella Rosas.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Good to have a backup plan with those determinates.

@Chris-op7yt 2 года назад

serious tomato envy here, where winter has just begun.

@susanmaguire1503 2 года назад

My candidate for the LEAST perfect tomato is the heirloom Purple Calabash. If you ever plan to enter an Ugly Tomato contest that should be your choice. They are a murky purple-brown, they crack and wrinkle and catface, and out of the bottoms grow deformed noses and fingers. I grew dozens from seed one year and gave away most of the nice, healthy plants to friends and family keeping only a few for myself. I'm grateful those people were friends and family so there was at least a little hilarity mixed with the outrage. I forget what they tasted like.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Thanks for the heads up. I've never tried that one and probably won't now. lol

@stephenpeek124 2 года назад

My favorite heirloom is Cherokee purple. They aren't as productive as modern hybrids (I plant Mortgage Lifter) but the flavor is far superior.

@dwaynesmith6340 2 года назад

I agree, but I do love my Mortgage Lifter tomatoes. 🙂

@mankind2112 2 года назад

Mercy sakes Trav, you got my mouth watering with that Tomatter sandwich brotha! Got my Red snappers with loads of blooms, won't be long now.

@patricklittledew6261 2 года назад

I have 14 different types of Heirloom's going. Saute red onions, fresh soft mozzarella, sliced tomatoes, stack them up on plate, reduced balsamic and olive oil, finish with basil, salt and pepper. Serve with warm bread! Chef I once worked for called it Tomatoes in all their glory

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Yum!

@mirandam8021 2 года назад

Wow I want to try that

@rickjay4639 2 года назад

I am definitely jealous. We won't have ripe tomatoes until the end of June maybe the first week of July. But we then have fresh tomatoes until October sometimes November.

@allantrafford6262 2 года назад

That Kelloggs looks delicious. Will try them out later this year. I personally like the yellow varieties. Been eating lemon boys like crazy and waiting on the Mr stripeys to ripen up.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Lemon Boy is a good one!

@davidsinclair4138 2 года назад

I planted 6 Celebrity tomato plants in Dutch buckets, used Master Blend fertilizer . got over 60 tomatoes off the first level, middle and top level to go, Never had so many tomatoes Woo! Hoo!

@LowcountryGardener 2 года назад

That's one sweet mater samwich. The only thing that would make it better is a few slices of bacon on it. 🥓 🍅 🥪

@MrSymbolic7 2 года назад

I finally beat you to getting a crop in the ground , I planted my sweet potatoes back in April and they are taking over even in a drought my backyard raised bed looks like Jurassic Park and my wife hates it !

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Haha! I bet it does!