2020 Cherry Tomato Tour

[@hermanhale9258]

Watching this in early December, just ate the last cherry tomato from my plants yesterday. This video makes me miss summer, so much. I save seeds and I like the mystery of goofy looking tomatoes.

[@gapey]

I miss summer so much too. Can't wait for next season.

[@aaronwesly9927]

I was looking for one video on KZbin that can have a bunch of cherry tomatoes explained and I could never find one better than your video in three years of searching.

[@gapey]

Wow that's a lot of searching! I do a cherry tomato video every year and grow different varieties every year too. You may be interested in seeing some of my other cherry tomato videos. :)

[@alexandermonzon8165]

Awesome Cherry Tomatoe Collection...

[@gapey]

Thank you!

[@truthtone58]

I have had some cherry tomatoes, not quite ripe but I was in a hurry. Super sweet 100's, they are delish.

[@gapey]

Those are very popular. I think I grew them once a long time ago. I should grow them again.

[@LittleGardenSK]

Hello from Zone 3 Saskatchewan Canada! Lots of great varieties you got there! Yellow Pear & Sungold were the favourites in my garden this year.

[@gapey]

Those are good ones too!

[@Robs346]

I’m digging the indigo cherry drop ! Have to add it the grow for next year . Nice tomato update!

[@gapey]

yeah it's a good one and pretty prolific. It wins the prettiest award!

[@SalongirlGardens]

Thx for this cherry tomato tour! I need some of those crazy cherries for next year. Sungolds were my favorite out of the 22 varieties I grew this year.

[@gapey]

That's a lot of tomatoes. Were all 22 cherry tomatoes? I missed sungold this year but maybe I'll grow again next year.

[@SalongirlGardens]

Gapeys Grub no, Paul Robeson,(3plants) black krim(3plants) black from Tula(3 plants)azoychka, tommy toe, tiny tim, sun gold (3plants), San Marzano, white cherry, genovese costaluta(2plants) and a red pear whose name escapes me right now 😂and a volunteer cherry from last year. Tomatoes 🍅 galore!

[@gapey]

@@SalongirlGardens Nice, those are all great varieties. black from tula is the only one I haven't grown.

[@gardentips1249]

Have you tried Sun Sugar? I like it slightly better than Sungolds, but they're both good.

[@SalongirlGardens]

@@gardentips1249 oooh no! I’ll have to look for seeds.

[@fernandatrapp6173]

My favorite kind of update video, they all look great, even the ones that are not doing so well, they all look like candy. :)

[@gapey]

Thanks. They're finally starting to do pretty well. Now if only the bigger ones would ripen so I can make some tomato sauce. :)

[@johnjude2685]

The blue might not be getting as much sun as previous season of your pass. Thank you for the teaching

[@gapey]

Yes, that is likely.

[@therealbdbeatz]

Wow those look amazing! Always a nice diverse variety😎👍

[@mumbaibalconygardenerhobbies]

I was waiting for you to upload this .

[@gapey]

I'll do a separate video on my big tomatoes once they all ripen, if they ever do. There's at least one that I'm skeptical about ripening but I think the others will make it.

[@jeremymassimino1176]

Thanks for this wonderful review. I’m in search of a sugary sweet pepper variety and I don’t care if it’s a super small pepper- have you come across something I should try?

[@gapey]

There is one that is called sweet apple that I grew a couple years ago that was really sweet. Here is one review I found of it. His description says its the sweetest pepper he's ever tasted: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2K9mWSBpNRrkNE

[@jeremymassimino1176]

Gapeys Grub thanks so much!!!!!

[@chuw9325]

The "Blondköpfchen" - or Blondkoepchen if your keyboard cant type the ö (oe) / ä (ae) / ü (ue) - has definately a german name ("blond" + "head" but in a belittled form), and might have German roots but some sources also claim Hungary as its origin. There also seems to be 2 types of it with this name, one a Cherry-tomato, the other more a Salad-tomato type, both pretty similar to each other.

[@gapey]

Thanks for the info. I will have to hunt for the salad tomato version :)

[@chuw9325]

@@gapey I ordered some seeds for the coming season in a very little webshop (probably private run as they do not show/report trade-taxes, only companies have to in GER), which also happens to sell both types (Cherry one sold out). I got nothing to do with it, but can report that i got everything I ordered (+1 extra variety as gift) labeled and packaged properly; furthermore I cannot say anything yet. If interested, search for "tomatenjunkie" and the german-domain ending "de" and "slash" "varietyname" (hier ö as oe) ... international shipping fee is 2.20€. Sorry for the mess but i didnt want to post a direkt ink 😎

[@minimeguju6868]

Can you tell us where u bought your white current seeds? So we won’t buy from them

[@gapey]

I didn't buy that one. I got it in a seed swap.

[@williamqwamdaayyyyyyy5074]

Hi Gapeys Grub, I am wondering how much stem you put on your tomato plant (Barry's crazy cherry) and WOW extremely big clusters what's your spacing for your cherry tomatoes from each plant? Thanks

[@gapey]

I am not sure I understand your question about putting stems on my tomato plants. I don't put stems on them. I use about 2ft spacing between all my tomatoes as that is the closest I can fit the Texas Tomato cages that I use.

[@williamqwamdaayyyyyyy5074]

@@gapey Hi, I mean like suckers, do you prune your cherry tomato plants? I have heard many recommend to prune to 1 leader, (main stem)

[@gapey]

@@williamqwamdaayyyyyyy5074 oh yes I do prune the suckers. Maybe not to 1 leader though. I will usually do 2 main leaders. If it's a dwarf or determinate variety I will not prune as much.

[@togarashi8086]

That's a lot of maters! So how do you get the right seeds from a hybrid?

[@gapey]

you buy them directly from a seed company instead of getting them from seed swaps. :)

[@togarashi8086]

@@gapey 😂

[@carolynmoody9460]

nice video 👍 great info

[@gapey]

Thanks 👍

[@growingwithgreenthumbss277]

Super sweet 100 is a hybrid itself so saving its seeds rnt really good. Well u can but it won't be the same

[@gapey]

Yeah seems like I grew a lot of hybrids last year that I got from seed swaps. not sure the people I got them from were aware they were hybrids or not. I usually don't grow hybrids unless they're from a seed company but I felt adventurous last year I guess. :)

[@growingwithgreenthumbss277]

@@gapey the thing with hybrids is that u do get better yeilds in my opinion. I actually had two different ikras one was a hybrid one was an heirloom and the hybrid produced much earlier that any of the others

[@BDistoshortforahandle]

How did the presumably F-2 supersweet 100's taste?

[@gapey]

They are pretty sweet. The tomatoes are very firm and meaty or maybe they just weren't ripe enough? I'll try letting some stay on longer and see if they get any softer. I'm hoping to do a brix test on some of these to see just how sweet they are.

[@ambersamusements]

The indigo cherry 😍

[@gapey]

It's a beaut isn't it? So is the midnight pear. Too bad that pear splits so easy.

[@WMHhomestead]

I stopped growing Tommy toe because of their size. I found myself aways having to cut them up which is not what I look for in a cherry

[@gapey]

Totally agree! Cherry tomatoes should be bite sized.

[@sutomo7]

Wow

[@jennifereverett6298]

Is Barry's Crazy Cherry ever mealy like pear tomatoes can be?

[@gapey]

No, it's not mealy at all.

[@jennifereverett6298]

@@gapey And I really like Sun Golds (not growing them), but you prefer Barry's. What are the reasons for that other than how prolific? I have potted space for only one tomato plant, and the one I'm growing now is sweet but not producing well in a pot. I've tried twice now. In-ground is great, but in a pot gives very few small tomatoes.

[@gapey]

@@jennifereverett6298 I've never tried growing them in a container. They taste sweeter to me than even sungolds and they are a beautiful yellow color. They are also pretty crack resistant and age pretty well after picking.

[@jennifereverett6298]

@@gapey Thank you greatly! I'm currently growing Super Sweet 100s which are very crack resistant, never mealy, and always sweet even if eaten before fully ripe. The flavor is nice but not as complex as with Sun Gold and savory tomatoes.

[@ValSpringer]

Are those tomatoes growing in grow bags? If so what size? Great video!

[@gapey]

Thanks. No. I've never grown tomatoes in grow bags.

[@bconsilio3764]

No taste test! That’s why I watch

[@gapey]

Sorry! I'm not very good at describing tastes. :p