Tomato Tasting '24 - Four Varieties You Might LOVE! || Black Gumbo
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- Well I've started the seeds, transplanted seedlings, put them outdoors, cared for them and now it is finally time to enjoy the fruit! My annual tomato trial looks at the varieties I've grown and tastes them to see which are winners and which are losers. We have four this year (two did not make it):
1. Edox (F1 Hybrid, Indeterminate cherry type)
2. Icicle Candy Dwarf (Determinate, seeds were gifted)
3. Jolene (F1 Hybrid, Determinate, medium fruit)
4. Harvest Moon (F1 Hybrid, Indeterminate, gold beefsteak)
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Wow, very nice 💚🤓💚
my 8yr old Addy was watching and her commentary was the red cherry with the orange inside looked like candy, the regular red one is a "classic tomato" and those big orange ones looked like mini pumpkins, we both enjoyed the video
Haven't heard of any of those varieties though I don't grow many hybrids. I used to shy away from them but now I'm more open to growing them and usually grow a few but I typically grow varieties I get from seed swaps and not many people are swapping hybrids. Btw, just planted my tomatoes yesterday. We are really behind this season. Been getting more rain than usual for this time of year. Better weather is here finally.
Your review of Jolene did not disappoint. It sounds just like the song. lol. I might have to get some seeds for next year....
Love these taste test videos! You would be an awesome BBQ judge!
This was great. David the Good sent me here.
Edox is a great performer, I’m in the La Grange area, thanks for these reviews. Bella Rosa VFFNA Hybrid Tomato has done very well for me too.
Out here in Lubbock hybrids are king! That and some sunshade. With our high plains elevation the UV index is out of this world.
I have noticed the pests have really increased in my garden this year, too! I have been thinking about doing half and half heirloom and hybred.
Sorry to hear about your garden but makes me feel a little better about mine in central TX. Weather and heat and tornadoes took most of mine out. My tomatoes did not flower hardly at all! I’m assuming the heat 🤷♂️ keep up the great content!
9a SETX backyard grower here. Picked the last of my tomatoes today. Too much rain this year. Had good production considering the weather. The Cherokee purple outstanding flavor. The regular hybrids are good also, just prefer the heirlooms. Luckily the blister bugs weren’t too bad this year. Heirloom and hybrids produced some slicers bigger than my hands. Which we have enjoyed on BLTs several times. Thanks for the different varieties taste test.
I got a late start on my tomatoes this year and just now have fruit ripening in Willis Texas on Lake Conroe. I planted a few Mountain Queen which are an indeterminate hybrid for the fist time. They are about 2 oz and perhaps the sweetest maters I've ever grown. Anyone else grown these?
The algorithm doesnt like giving me your videos. But your friend, David the Good sharing it got it to me. 👍
Good to know. I'm in 9b SE Texas and the two that did best for me were Azoychka (really flavorful yellow) and Supremo Bush Roma. The romas was the strongest and successful tomato I've grown in 10 years. Stink bugs and hornworms bothered every tomato but this one .
The bugs are horrible this year. I pulled out two Cherokee Purple and two Barred Boar already 😢 just got a few off each plant. My Amis Paste, San Mariano are doing well and Juliet still a winner.
It's been bad in this area in regards to rain and VERY moist air. I don't have tomatoes growing and really just got started because the ground was too wet and I had to do landscaping to put in a raised bed. More often than not the air is a little more dry by now and we may still get some storms but this has been a crazy amount, and I know that sets up a more favorable environment for molds and fungus and different insects. I assumed because I'm getting a late start that I'd need a shade cloth and insect netting but I didn't assume I'd need to keep rain off the bed too.
The millennial gardener channel recommended a burpee hybrid called Brandy Boy for beefsteaks that perform well in hot humid climates and taste like a Brandywine. I haven't grown it, but i bought a packet of these seeds last week. So I'm going to try Brandy boy next year since i have no room for additional tomato plants.
It looks like you already know about Brandy boy. You have a review of the tomato several years back. Did you stop growing it after finding something better?
Nice to compare with Houston. Austin here. Got my tomatoes in the first of Mar 2024 and am at peak harvest now (1st week of June). The heat dome came a month earlier than last year, so it's a race. 'Jolene' sounds like my 'Carmello'. We grow 'Carmello' every year because it is the most "tomato-y" tomato...perfect slicer for a burger or a BLT and consistently best flavor. I'm interested in 'Harvest Moon'. Sounds similar to 'Heart of Ashgabat' which is my favorite this year and last; it has a mild but distinctive taste and great texture. Very meaty almost like a mango (but not mushy or mealy). I've made notes of your choices and might try both 'Jolene' and 'Harvest Moon' in 2025. Almost forgot...my one crazy plant was 'Purple Calabash' which is close to being a wild tomato. Tastes like tomato sauce cooked with wine vinegar. Very seedy, thin skinned (the only tomato that's gotten sun scald) and spreads like wild. Does not want to be contained. It's the only tomato still flowering in this heat...and seems to be setting fruit.
Good looking tomatoes!
I'm trying a few new hybrids this year as well. I'm most excited to see if the Cherokee Carbon is as tasty and also more productive than heirloom Black Krim and Cherokee Purple varieties.
Thanks Scott. Ray Delbury Sussex County NJ USA
When I was in the hospital in early April for 12 days, my tomatoes didnt get to thrive. My Wife did her best to keeo them alive. But my Cherokee Purple plants took such a beating they didnt make it. So Early Girl, Roma and Cherry is what it is this year.
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They look awesome.
A great taste test as always. I've grown six varieties of Dwarf Tomato Project tomatoes this year and last. My repeat winner has been the Dwarf Johnson's Cherry. They have been resistant to disease and the extreme conditions in Central Arkansas Zone 8a. The rest of tomatoes varieties have been good, but no others from last year made the cut this year. Still waiting on the other varieties this year.
thats a great looking yllow tomato.
Mostly, here in Austin tomatoes have been disappointing this year due to the rain and gloomy weather. They're just sort of watery and bland. Now that it's really hot, I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that enough set that I can get some that are better. Summer Cider is by far the best one so far - big, yellow beefsteak that was all meat and not too acidic. The plant is outgrowing even the cherries, and is still healthy. I'm hoping to get more production off it soon! If so, it's a keeper.
All my tomato plants are full of blossoms and we are being hit with record 3 digit temps😢. I did the Amish paste, Kellogg & Dr Wychy for the first time this year we will see. Thanks for doing this. Yum!!
Brian from Next Level Gardening always plants Kellogg.
@bc24roxy4 This is the first year growing Dr. Wyches and the plant and tomatoes are huge! Waiting for them to blush so I can pick. We are getting temps in 90s so I don’t think any of the current flowers will set fruit.
@@susanpayne5592 We are being hit with record high temps yesterday 103 and today is supposed to be even hotter. I am so bummed all my tomato plants have blossoms no fruit yet. So we will see. Excited about the Dr. Wyches, it was one I didn't start from seed. I was at my local nursery and decided on a whim to buy the plant. I'm in CA and have no tomatoes yet. Good luck
Im trying Cherokee purple, Cherokee chocolate, chocolate sprinkle, black tomato, and pineapple tomato for the first time.
Jolene sounds good to me, I may put it on my list. We have very few tomato pests in the UK, I really feel sorry for you in the states. But at least you have good weather.
hi Scott great info for a family of four i would go with em all but in new Zealand i dont think we have those varieties but will keep searching thanks Scott
I’m going to try Joleen and Harvest Moon next year. Thanks.
Ditto on the leaf footed bugs. They're crazy this year. Zone 9a central Texas.
great vid
I actually like green beef steak tomatoes, crunchy like cucumber, but more flavorful
Man those look amazing! That harvest moon could feed a small family. Would love to try growing some of this stuff (new to gardening) but, also being in 9b, I guess I missed the boat this year. We put some celebrity tomato plants out back this past weekend and they're looking pretty wilty.
Its getting too hot for most tomatoes to set fruit in 9b (I'm in 9b too) but they also grow well in the fall.
Glad to find your channel coming from here in Central Florida 9b. I may have missed it but where did you get the seeds for the Harvest Moon ?
you should try Kellogg's breakfast tomato/ kentucky beef steak , very firm yellow/orange and productive
This is making me jealous! My tomatoes are all struggling and not growing this year. 😢
I'm in WA state, it's just starting. Won't get them until August/September.
They all look great. Should I order the seeds now for next year or wait for the newer packs. Thanks, and have a great night.
I’d wait until the end of the year.
Great. Thank you.
I got the first like
Do you have any recommendations for a determinant tomato for the fall in our area?
I'd grow Jolene again if it was me, try to get some more fruits off of it. Otherwise I don't generally try to grow determinants so I don't really have a favorite.
I grow a beautiful bicolor cherry called Isis Candy, it’s become a favorite. I’ve not heard heard of Icicle Candy, where did you source the seeds?
I don’t remember, it was gifted to me. I also think I got it wrong. I think it was Isis Candy.
Is there anything leaf-foot resistant? I’m in wet 9A, and anything I grow bigger than a cherry tomato gets mobbed and rots before it ripens.
I’m not aware of any tomato is resistant to LFBs.
@@ScottHead a shame. They are relentless.
Hope you are feeling better
im doing an italian garden this year i discovered a pinolo vel vuso its new to the us but its been grown in italy for centeries and its a paste tomato and is good for humidity
I grew isis candy last year and wasn't impressed.
Yes so many worms … all varieties 😫😡