The Only 10 Tomatoes I'm Planting This Year

Here's my list of tomatoes for this growing season, in every category. I guarantee if you plant these ones, you're gonna have a good year of fat, juicy, delicious tommy boys.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Cherry Tomatoes
03:15 - Grape Tomatoes
04:33 - Slicer Tomatoes
06:45 - Sauce/Paste Tomatoes
08:51 - Heirloom Beefsteak Tomatoes
12:54 - Weird Tomatoes

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[katipohl]

Sun Gold, Supersweet 100, 5 Star Grape F1, Mountain Magic F1, Glacier (swedish, cold tolerant and early), San Marzano, Amish Paste, Cherokee Carbon (heirloom beefsteak), Beauty King (beefsteak), Costoluto Genovese (beautiful beefsteak), Currant Tomato (tiny, wild), Fortamino Rootstock (root system, grafting).

[gkes]

You should make this a series with loads of different fruits and veggies would be so useful!

[lindapertusati]

I always grow Sungold for the purpose of making Bruschetta with it. I combine the Sungold and the Super Sweet 100's with basil, EVOO and Pecorino Romano and it makes a very tasty Bruschetta.

[tarawilliams]

So let me get this straight? You started a YouTube channel about gardening and now it has progressed to owning a seed company?!?! That’s EPIC

[joshbarker]

I would love to see this type of series done for peppers, potatoes, and other various veggies as you see fit. Love it

[marks]

My favorite for the past few years are black cherry tomatoes. They are NOT particularly sweet but have a much more savory flavor, they also keep for a fairly long time on my kitchen counter.

[cortneynichols]

Growing the Super Sweet 100 is a great confidence builder for new gardeners. You will be SO proud of the crazy bounty!

[avocadomegs]

I have an over planting problem with tomatoes. Can’t resist I want them

[anna]

Yay! Sungold is far and away my favorite cherry tomato.

[ljgerken]

Sun gold is the first cherry tomato that I have grown this year. I am in zone 9b/10a in west central Florida. I have about 20 plants at six feet high and I am picking about 25 fruits a day right now. I started the seeds in November, kept them in the garage overnight when it got below 50 degrees, and planted them in the garden in part shade January 1 to trellis between my hibiscus plants, and trellised elsewhere. They are really a "burst" of flavor each time I eat them. More on the acidic side, but I prefer this over a very sweet tomato, for salads, soups, and just general snacking. I'm growing a beefsteak called Jolene that is a hybrid that likes heat and humidity, and they are about six inches tall so far. I recommend the Sun Gold cherry tomato.

[mdfarm]

Matt’s Wild Cherry is my absolute favorite cherry tomato. They are small like a maraschino cherry. Tastes like a beefsteak, prolific, fast producer(40 days here in Caribbean), reseeds itself for years, keeps you well fed while gardening. I freeze gallon bags of them whole and then just dump them in sauce in the off season to give it some texture. Skins are so thin they are not even noticeable in sauce. I have grown them in Upstate NY, South Jersey, and the Caribbean. They do well in all three climates even though they are so different.

[wildkev]

You know what would be sweet? If you released a limited time variety pack of all the seeds you plant in an episode. I always want to try growing the same things as you but don't really want to buy them all individually. Keep up the good work !

[bjbrown]

I really enjoy the yellow pear tomatoes. Small and sweet and great for a snack.

[FrontYardAdventures]

Adding dwarf beefsteak and slicer varieties would be my vote. Micro dwarf tomatoes perfect for GreenStalks would be a real win, too! Any nurseries that sell dwarf varieties as starts in NorCal sell out ASAP. I'd love to see Botanical Interests add them to your lineup!

[FaceEatingOwl]

A comparison between the taste of those grown on rootstock and those left natural would be interesting. See if you lose or gain anything.

[Skylarka]

Oh wow I had no idea you guys owned botanical interests! Used your seeds for my whole garden this year!! Everything is still in the seedling stage, but the seeds were excellent quality!! Can't wait for my tomatoes!!

[eileenbartnick]

I can totally agree with you on the Amish Paste tomato!! Couldn't believe the volume I got, and the huge size that they grew!! ! Made delicious green tomato chutney with a lot of my end of season ones.

[juliemcgugan]

My fav grape tomato is called Honey bubbles. It is so sweet, lovely to snack on and as it is indeterminate, you can grow it as big or as small as you like. It is such a prolific producer, that I can easily have my share, share with friends and family and with the wildlife that comes into my garden! Lol! I use them to prevent wildlife from snacking on my other tomatoes, actually. It can be grown as a literal hedge.

[laurieslifeessentials]

Loving the whole plant marker as a dibber method! 😄 I am most often a "whatever is within reach" kind of gardener! Usually it's a pencil, lol.

[camiscottagegarden]

I’m so glad you guys are trying this rootstock stuff. I am not skilled enough to try something like this. But after ya’ll kill it this year and share the knowledge I might give it a try 😂😅