I got mushrooms basket seeds from Russia, have one plant,produce soo good, so many on,and so tall.Also I have one apricot tomato,so fussy and looks so productive,Hope taste way they say. And Amish paste my favorite. I also have new plant call Mongolian midget,looks like go over ground ,bushing all over and so short,start having fruits on,now size like plum.When all that my new tomato’s ripe I see what my favorite new one .
ha! i have a really tough tomato plant too.....i made my garden beds with cinder blocks. when i was transplanting my tomatos i found a HUGE rock. and i thought i filled the hole of the rock, but i overlooked one specific cinder block that was now completely out of balance....and proceeded to transplant as usual. the next day, tragedy!, the block had fallen on top of one of the plants. it was completely flattened.....i lifted it gently, cleaned all the dirt from it....it looked very sad, about to tide....but i kept watering it regularly....and it got better.....right now it took over the whole garden bed. it has the main stem, and at least 5 secondary stems, and many tertiary ones....the tallest and overall biggest tomato plant i've had. it's yellow pear. has so many tomatos just waiting to ripen......
My 5 favorite heirlooms: Mortgage Lifter, Gold Medal (Bi color), San Marzano Redorta (large paste), Japanese Black Trifle and Black Cherry. I also love my Uncle Jonny's from Italy. You can't get them from any seed house. Given to me by a friend 5 or so years ago. It's a very large ox heart sauce tomato. Delicious!
@@karenrogers2826 No, a friends Uncle brought these heirlooms to America a hundred years ago. They are big, sweet, beefy, delicious sauce tomato with few seeds.
While serving in the Navy in the mid/late sixtys I was surprised at the wonderful tastes of tomatoes I had in Mediterranean countrys, The Italian and Greek tomatoes had intense flavors in a small package . I have never forgotten the food and how Americians were so welcomed .
I really like the list printed in the description. Some RU-vid videos don’t do that and I can’t understand what they are saying! Thanks for sharing. My daughter is moving to Alaska, i will let her know about the Northefn variety.
Kohlrabi Oregon Sugar Pod II Pea Northern Delight Tomato Bok Choy Rhubarb Danvers Carrot Hardneck Garlic Cabbage (all varieties) Slo-Bolt Lettuce Rogue D'Hiver Lettuce Broccoli (all) - There are more, but all of these grew excellent every year.
Thanks for recommending Opalka which you recommended a few years ago in a video. I tried unsuccessfully growing it for two years in Florida because of the nematodes and diseases. Finally managed to grow it Ohio, but it have a slower growth rate than other plants and got completely crowded so I only harvested a little. Still it's one of my favorite tomato I ever ate because of the texture. In term of flavor it not the most complex, but the texture is incredible, it doesn't have any runny juices but when you chew it all the juices are released, and the slices are very attractive on a dish. My other favorite this year is Mega Marv which is a competition tomato. I grew it with a good trellis and limit one blossom per truss, I got about a dozen of upper 1 to 2 pounders per plant. Biggest one was 2.5lb. But it also taste amazing and great for canning.
Have to look up Mega Marv. I like the Opalka for that very reason, not too juicy. Best tomato for salsa. LOTS of compost and worm castings brings out its flavor.
An heirloom is a subjective term. Some would argue that an open pollinated variety needs to be of a certain date like 25 years. I don't hold to that theory. If someone wants to call it an heirloom at 10 years it doesn't matter to me
Ok, I have a mushroom basket plant based off your recommendation. I really wanted to try your Noah’s grape but I just couldn’t buy the seeds. Will you have more available this coming year?
I grew a few different varieties this year. The only one I grew that you showed is the Mortgage lifter, which was favorite tasting. It has what I consider a tomato should taste like, and nice and meaty, which I like. It’s also a good size tomato; not too large, not too small.
You tell the best stories! Thanks. Can't wait to get some Noah's grape seeds. They would have come in handy this year as we had 6 inches of rain in 24 hours one month ago and this past weekend we had about 4 inches. You should try I**s candy (put si in for the stars) cherry tomatoes. One yard revolution's Patrick got me hooked on them.best taste ever for s cherry tomato.
mortgage lifter can have slight ribs and sometimes smooth on top. Mine have produced both ways at times. Don't know why the ribs show up at times and not others
@@Growyourheirlooms Thanks for that info. That is really interesting. Our grocery store bought truss tomatos come in those two descriptions. The bumpy one's taste better IMO!! I always wondered why, now I know. I will have to look at my plant more closely.
I think I've found a new favorite gardening channel! I'm a not-too-distant neighbor in Redding (zone 9b) and am interested in Noah's Grape as well. Will you possibly have it available in the next month or so for this year's garden?
I did save a bunch. I actually made them available to my local garden friends. They almost cleaned me out. I do have a few left though I can send you. I am planning on saving quite a few thousand this fall since I didn't expect so many people to want them. If you want to send me a message through Facebook, I'll mail you a few of the seeds. Just remember they have not stabilized yet, but you should get great tasting grape tomatoes either way. facebook.com/growyourheirlooms
@@Growyourheirlooms so nice of you! I hope it's OK to wait another season until they are better stabilized. Also, we planned out our space and are already maxed out, darn it. Next year for sure. Love your channel. Thank you.
@@Growyourheirlooms You never had Tommy Toes, then? These little beasts even self seed themselves and they are OP. My Missouri Wonder pole beans, like your tomato, survived a flood here.
I have grown Tomatoes for a few years now and i haven't heard of any of those, maybe that's because i am from England ha ha ha, i don't suppose that you have heard any of ours before or maybe you have? (Crimson Crush, Shirley, Gardeners Delight, Ailsa Craig, Sungold and Alicante) Amazing story about how you named Noah Grape, take care. Barry (ENG)
@@Growyourheirlooms Thanks for the reply, at least you heard of 1 out of that list, i wonder if any of your variety i can get over here and would they grow in our rubbish UK climate? Barry (ENG)
Gr8 info, thank you. Awesome story on Noah, smileyface. Wud luv to have some seeds from Noah, I'll be starting my homestead in Tennessee soon. Tomatoes are up 1st.
Hey Christdriven , awesome username , I'm also in Tennessee , I do real good with organics I do Cherokee Purple, Black Krim Mr Stripey, Black Cherry Brandy Wine German Pinks and Reds Lemon Boy Parks Whoppers, Rutgers, and Red Beef Steak Mortgage Lifters mainly and I do real good with them usually in organic soil and another thing I have found out is heirloom tomatoes also will do very well up under oak trees it's awesome because the roots of the tree stay pulling so much water all the time, you can bet their is a lot of moisture coming off those roots and the Earth worms and the nutts off the tree are doing amazing things for the soil. Will that's my rant I also do some hybrids but I don't really care that much for them, theirs no comparison on the taste .
@@therockymoundbull3698 Thank you & thank you for your choice of maders. Awesome info on the Oak trees, never thought about that. I have some huge Oaks on my property. I'm roughly 1 hour south of Nashville. Take care, blessings >
Darrell let us know how the mortgage lifter did for u. I live in the mid Atlantic area about 100 miles from where this variety originated. Probably the least productive variety I have grown. I put 1 or 2 in every year thinking the previous year was an anomaly. Average 1 or 2 tomatoes a month. Similar results from other gardeners. Nice tomato but barely worth the space in my opinion
Thanks. I did not anticipate the high demand and got cleaned out this spring. I am however growing enough plants to supply anyone who wishes. They will be on my website this summer.
Where can I get Mushroom Basket tomatoes to plant in my garden? I live in Ohio. If not the started plant, where can I get seeds? I'd never heard of this tomatoe before. Just stumbled across your video doing some tomatoe research. Mushroom Basket is the one I'd love to grow in my small garden. Please let me know where I can get the plant or seeds. Thanks. Like your green thumb😁👍
I also like to grow different tomatoes each year an I want to grow sauce tomato type an so far I find the Olpalka they have alot of meat few seed makes a decent sauce when you grow fresh herbs to go with it
If you want to grow San Marzano in NJ make sure you grow the largest of the Marzano type cause I grew them they were the small type to much work. An we don't have that great soil from volcanic soil here but you can put together a nice soil here if you know where to look
You gonna have any of your Grape for sale this Fall? Web site currently says "out of stock". I try to get all my seeds in fall for the Spring planting - I'm kinda an Early Bird.
@@Growyourheirlooms Thanks for responding so quickly!! I think I'll try the row covers! I bought some spaghetti tongs to pick them off by hand from a distance because I'm squeamish 😂!! I loved your Noah's tomatoes story!! When the seeds are available, I'd like to purchase some!!
I will have them back on the site this week. They are harvested and fermenting right now. Probably by Wed. www.growyourheirlooms.com/product/noahs-grape/
In South Carolina's heat and humidity, 90% of your tomatoes would be rotten. I'm jealous that you can get away with having with so little airflow. Also, most of the plants would be dead from fungal diseases with so much ground contact.
My 4 are better boys Beef heart Creole 4 I can't remember name but it's a low acid yellow one. The better boys are my mains for everything from eating canning and selling. Beef heart are big and they are a one slicer for sandwiches. Yellows I like when my heart burn acts up but still want a fresh tomato to eat. Creole is a all round takes the heat good and is my late season ones to have a few to eat and can the don't grow as big and produce as many as the better boys. I cage all mine in large cages about 6 to 7 feet tall and most all my plant grow out the tops. My better boys some get 9 feet tall. But average 8. Haven't grown in while being disabled but my growing was down in sw Mississippi
