I gave this video review a thumbs down because every single statement in it was either contrary to my own experiences and/or outright misleading. Hands-down, the Brad’s Atomic Grape tomato is the very worst of about 40 tomato varieties I have ever grown. Last year I attempted to grow 16 of the BAG plants from seed. Out of 25 seeds, only about half germinated. Several of those plants died at around three or four week mark, the only tomato seedlings I had that died. I planted four in containers, one in the ground and one in a large raised bed. I gave away the rest to friends and neighbors, who all reported similar results to what I had, for those that were actually able to get their plants to grow to maturity, which was about 2/4. One of the BAG plants in a container simply withered and died. The rest all had productivity that ranged from poor, only a few fruits per plant, to somewhat below average, maybe 20 fruits per plant. On all five of my surviving and producing plants, more than half of the fruits rotted on the vine before they ripened. This was not blossom end rot, typically caused by inadequate and inconsistent watering, but simply a rotting of the tomato on the sides, not just at the bottom. Virtually all of the seed companies that sell BAG seeds show photos of a collection of very brightly and distinctly colored fruit, in particular some very lovely green and purple tomatoes. I tried cutting open a green and purple one, at the same level of ripeness as the one shown in this video, and it was dry, tasteless and clearly immature and not edible before ripening. When ripe, the fruits are a mixture of purple, red, and orange in color. Yes they are pretty, but no they do not taste good at all. The BAG fruits have very little tomato flavor when ripe, virtually no acidity and some mild sweetness. They are like eating a green tomato that simply got soft and mushy instead of ripe. The one friend and one family member who had success in getting their plants to produce fruit had the exact same experience., Sweet but tasteless and mushy fruit. In contrast, I grew from seed about the same number of Sungold cherry tomatoes, my favorite varietal. I had about 100% germination rate from the seeds, all Sungold plants grew strong vigorous vines, and even the several I put in pots that were too small for optimum tomato growing had better productivity than the BAG tomatoes I had in either the raised bed or in my inground bed. I have no problems with the Sungolds or any other variety rotting on the vines, and Sungolds picked literally 2 feet from Brad‘s Atomic Grape tomatoes in the same bed were delicious, with just the right blend of acidity and sweetness. I planted about four other multicolored cherry or grape tomatoes, several of which were also from the same grower, Brad, of Wild Boar Farms. All of them were, at best, very average in productivity, they tend to be more acidic without balancing sweetness or much tomato flavor, and none were worth growing. They were all better than the BAG plants that I sadly had taking up too much space in my garden last year, but I will never grow any of them again. I had some leftover seeds from those Wild Boar Farm colored varieties, and I simply threw them out this year, not wanting to waste my time with them or inflict them on anyone else. In summary, the Brad‘s Atomic Grape tomatoes are a highly aesthetically pleasing garden gimmick, far more ornamental than edible. Do a search for Brad‘s Atomic Grape tomatoes on CZcams and you’ll find a video review by a woman with long hair and a southern accent, and she was not exaggerating when she said that she hates this variety of tomato and I don’t think she was exaggerating even slightly in the disgusted look on her face when she bit into one at the end of her video.
Beautiful! Lovely smooth shape as well 🤩
The best tasting tomato ever. Too bad it didn't do too great in my garden last year
This year I grew 50 varieties and I will share my experience here on CZcams ☺
That's nice! I have almost 150 this season 😬😬😬
@@LUCKYGARDENTOMATOES perfect lots of videos then! Really enjoying your channel and the feedback you provide on tomatoes.
@@kittiew260 Thank you! It means a lot to me! 🙂
Did you tried lucky tiger before? I'm curios wich 1 is better
No, but thank you for the information
I gave this video review a thumbs down because every single statement in it was either contrary to my own experiences and/or outright misleading. Hands-down, the Brad’s Atomic Grape tomato is the very worst of about 40 tomato varieties I have ever grown.
Last year I attempted to grow 16 of the BAG plants from seed. Out of 25 seeds, only about half germinated. Several of those plants died at around three or four week mark, the only tomato seedlings I had that died. I planted four in containers, one in the ground and one in a large raised bed. I gave away the rest to friends and neighbors, who all reported similar results to what I had, for those that were actually able to get their plants to grow to maturity, which was about 2/4.
One of the BAG plants in a container simply withered and died. The rest all had productivity that ranged from poor, only a few fruits per plant, to somewhat below average, maybe 20 fruits per plant. On all five of my surviving and producing plants, more than half of the fruits rotted on the vine before they ripened. This was not blossom end rot, typically caused by inadequate and inconsistent watering, but simply a rotting of the tomato on the sides, not just at the bottom.
Virtually all of the seed companies that sell BAG seeds show photos of a collection of very brightly and distinctly colored fruit, in particular some very lovely green and purple tomatoes. I tried cutting open a green and purple one, at the same level of ripeness as the one shown in this video, and it was dry, tasteless and clearly immature and not edible before ripening. When ripe, the fruits are a mixture of purple, red, and orange in color. Yes they are pretty, but no they do not taste good at all. The BAG fruits have very little tomato flavor when ripe, virtually no acidity and some mild sweetness. They are like eating a green tomato that simply got soft and mushy instead of ripe.
The one friend and one family member who had success in getting their plants to produce fruit had the exact same experience., Sweet but tasteless and mushy fruit.
In contrast, I grew from seed about the same number of Sungold cherry tomatoes, my favorite varietal. I had about 100% germination rate from the seeds, all Sungold plants grew strong vigorous vines, and even the several I put in pots that were too small for optimum tomato growing had better productivity than the BAG tomatoes I had in either the raised bed or in my inground bed. I have no problems with the Sungolds or any other variety rotting on the vines, and Sungolds picked literally 2 feet from Brad‘s Atomic Grape tomatoes in the same bed were delicious, with just the right blend of acidity and sweetness.
I planted about four other multicolored cherry or grape tomatoes, several of which were also from the same grower, Brad, of Wild Boar Farms. All of them were, at best, very average in productivity, they tend to be more acidic without balancing sweetness or much tomato flavor, and none were worth growing. They were all better than the BAG plants that I sadly had taking up too much space in my garden last year, but I will never grow any of them again. I had some leftover seeds from those Wild Boar Farm colored varieties, and I simply threw them out this year, not wanting to waste my time with them or inflict them on anyone else.
In summary, the Brad‘s Atomic Grape tomatoes are a highly aesthetically pleasing garden gimmick, far more ornamental than edible. Do a search for Brad‘s Atomic Grape tomatoes on CZcams and you’ll find a video review by a woman with long hair and a southern accent, and she was not exaggerating when she said that she hates this variety of tomato and I don’t think she was exaggerating even slightly in the disgusted look on her face when she bit into one at the end of her video.
Thank you, it was nice to listen to your personal story! 👍