Anticipation is Killing Me! | Every Tomato Variety I'm Growing

[@juliehartley3652]

Wow - so great to see all those lovely tomatoes, and to see you smiling through the whole video. 😄

[@moirad6579]

I've also noticed tomato fruit trusses growing new suckers, especially on cherry tomato varieties. And my gardener's delight has also been growing suckers also all along the length of the plant's leaves. Never seen this before so interesting that others have had this experience as well this year. 🤔 I'm in Eastern Ontario 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@tecmow4399]

I’m so jealous of all the indoor growing space! So many pretty varieties, they all look stunning. The anticipation is palpable

[@jaynekennedy8469]

I’ve got a spare water butt in which I have added nettles, comfrey and seaweed for an all round liquid fertiliser.

[@yolandamoore1752]

Looking great. Money Don on Gardener's World 2 August, talked about tomato whitefly. His are suffering from it, it affects the leaves and the honeydew gives the tomatoes a mouldy staining. However he said you can wash it off.

[@JBNat]

Interesting, thank you!

[@theallotmentnewbie]

The polytunnel in its full glory. Very jel of your tomatoes!

[@lifegiver9612]

Love your videos, JB! Spoon tomatoes are really cute and the first to ripen for me. But soooo prolific. I discovered that freezing them whole works really well for those extras and they are fabulous added to dishes all winter for little pops of fresh tomato flavor and color. We love them in eggs and as soup and stew garnishes. Happy harvesting this month! -Kryn

[@Allotment-of-the-Dead]

My tomatoes are way behind, was so late this year! Looking good JB!

[@JBNat]

Appreciate it Jason, thank you!

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Well look at the tomato jungle.. how cool is that view? (Ok.. not actually cool temp wise). My outdoor tomatoes are shocking this year, compared to the indoor. I’m not sold on growing any outside again next year. Love the Apero trusses. My cherry brandywine seem to be growing similar type of trusses. The greenhouse jungle is positively wild 😂😱😍

[@GrownLocal]

Black Moon looking incredible!

[@Carol-oc7mx]

Your tomato plant have really come, here's hoping for a grat harvest 🤞

[@glassbackdiy3949]

Looking good JB, I've only got one tomato I'm really keen to finish 'Berkley tie die' it won a blind taste test against hundreds of varieties with hundreds of testers at a big US homesteading show, been trying to get seeds for 5 yrs, all the pics I've seen are regular size toms, mine are huge look like beefsteaks with the characteristic tie die stripes.

[@JBNat]

ooooooh that sounds fantastic, hope it comes good for you!

[@kazjohns]

Noticed the same with my Alice’s Dream, indoor stunted and outdoor really strong and healthy, but a few weeks behind. Im guessing the weather extremes is playing havoc more so for indoor growing. I’m using quite a few Autopots for years now and use Biobizz fertiliser, no smell issues and is absorbed into the pots quickly. Thus by using the individual pot trays once a week. They also have instructions on their website for this method. Looking forward to your tomato taste tests. 👍

[@christinebrooks6364]

Hi JB, I have the same as you, new leaves,growing at the end of my trusses too and have snipped them off. Very strange, i sont know,why it's,happening, I'm growing sweet million and crimson crush. Your tomatoes are wonderful, lots of varieties. Lovely video. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

[@Chattyman2]

The amount of leaf roll on my tomato plants this year is off the charts 😢

[@kory6695]

I have a tone of tomatoes that are huge beautiful trusses been there for weeks but not one blushing or even close ....exciting though !! 😊 only my second year I'm in cornwall iv had no problems iv had 6 collies 8 cabbage a tone of courgette potatoes and peas and beans oh and my corn is 9f tall with bulging with cobs I haven't had any growing problems that I see everyone having including my friends ....beginners luck I think 🤔

[@Dawn_Grows_Veg]

I am growing Black Moon outdoors in quad grows. The trusses are looking great so far. My Honeycombe cherries which were amazing last year are looking quite poor which is annoying for an expensive F1 variety and they are having the same water and feed at the Black Moons in the quads. Maybe they liked the grow bags better last year who knows. HArvested my first Black Beauty in my greenhouse but dalys it was inedible because it had been got by snails and had a big hole very sad for that as they are my fav tasting bug tomato. I has also had a huge Lotus ripen. It is a pale yellow tomato and tasted lovely quite delicate for a meaty looking tomato. Excited like you for what is to come 😁😁

[@coletterobertson2035]

Glad to see you look like you've got your gardening energy back 😊 I have tomato envy - it's been pretty mild up here in Scotland for the most part and tomatoes aren't as far along

[@Mark_G-h9z]

Hi JB, tomatoes looking great. I've grown Rosella for the first time this year. Been ripening for a week or so and, by far, the best I've grown or tasted!! Looking forward to your professional opinion on them!! 😂😂

[@mrich1416]

Great stuff JB!

[@JBNat]

Thank you! Tunnel looks so good 😁

[@PreatorRaszagal]

My 2 plants are GROWING very well. fruiting, not so much 😄They look like thinner versions of your black moon minus the fruits haha. And i can't really reach to trim it at the top, so they're going wild in the balcony ceiling 🤪But the thing with the strings though. Don't they "need" them? If they do, does it matter if the stems are a bit thinner? 🤔Greenhouse looking good too! LOL at those spoon tomatoes! 🤏And that does indeed sound like a *lot* of nutrients! Hope the way you do it works out, and by the looks of things it seems they do hehe.

[@JBNat]

If I didn't have the strings or any other kind of support then as soon as they started fruiting they would flop over because the cordon varieties get so tall. Often the flopping can snap the stems too. They definitely need some kind of support.

[@margaretalice6343]

I crowd my toms. Some need major space. That’s all it is

[@Jacqui-Pen]

I've not got many tomatoes on my plants yet. I'm hoping they pick up. I've also had the odd tomato with blossom end rot. JB it's difficult to compare with Tony. He's using peat compost as opposed to peat free. I've also had labelling mishaps with cucumbers. My outdoor ended up in the greenhouse & my greenhouse ones outside 😅

[@peaceandlove-r4v]

Ok, I thought that it was only my tomatoes that were super slow, but i can see its same for others. Mine are exactly same state (both outside & in poly), they just dont grow and tomatoes are hard, small & green. I am not sure they will ever ripen this year... I had however couple that seem to be doing better than others - Lucid Gem, Berner Rose, Thornburn Terracotta & maybe Anna's Russian. For next year planning to significantly scale down on tomato plants and grow mainly these 4 varieties + couple more to trial. I was so exited for the tomato season this year, bought so many seeds from all over the world... a bit disappointing!

[@paulwoodcock764]

looking fantastic , good on you for realisung you could have been touching some kind of rot and washing your hands .

[@paulinebyrne1321]

How exciting well done JB looking amazing. I use the string method., but next year I think I'm going back too canes. Or maybe a trial of doing both.

[@JBNat]

Any reason you're not getting on with the string method?

[@paulinebyrne1321]

@@JBNat I've noticed a friend who uses canes seems to have strong tomatoes plants stems than mine. And, then you suggested why you thought the stems might be weaker because of the help they are getting with the string method. It makes me think that could be the difference between mine and my friends. I am still getting tomatoes so I'm happy but his seems strong and will probably produce more fruit than me.

[@Carol-oc7mx]

Surely support is support in what form it takes 🤔

[@donnastevens8832]

Wouldn’t leaving those leaves on the ground provide cover and encourage slugs and other pests? If you put boards down for slugs already, do you really want to bring in more with those decaying leaves.

[@Lynne-plot35b-36b]

The tomatoes are looking amazing in the poly. I’m so glad it has come up trumps for you and we know it has a sacred meaning to you and so I bet it feels like a bit of Steve has helped you with the growth in there too in some way. Did you grow black cherry?

[@JBNat]

Thanks so much Lynne! Yes black cherry at 12:55 (I had to check I hadn't left it out of the video!)

[@Lynne-plot35b-36b]

Sorry I must have missed you mentioning those when my hubby way chatting… I normally stop the video when he pipes up lol 😂

[@emmastace2793]

My tomatoes are quite poor this year but I'm wondering if it's a soil issue? I grow mine in pots with growbag compost and they are so weak looking whereas the 3 i planted in the raised bed are completely different. Ive grown black moon but am a bit clueless as to when i know they are ready! They are almost all purple and are feeling soft?

[@LucRom-kz5uw]

Top video jb Tomato fantastisch look the Greenhouse Top week fried ✌️🌤😎🥤⛱️🍅🌿🪴😅

[@patnicholls131]

Hi JB. Is the Indigo Blue Chocolate available in the UK. Thanks Pat

[@JBNat]

I don't think it is unfortunately! It's from Brad Gates. If you remind me at the end of the season I might be able to post some out :)

[@patnicholls131]

That would be lovely thanks. X.​@@JBNat

[@traceypotts9425]

Lookig good but will they ripen with this winter i meen summer we are having 😮

[@JBNat]

Ha yes I'm sure! All of August and September yet!!

[@magpie1492]

I am already eating my Alice's dream, Black strawberry and Queen of the night from my polytunnel in SE England. When they start producing fruit, you are not far off the end goal.

[@jonathanpatman7102]

JB. I’m growing black moon and silly question but how do I know when they are ready. What does the inside supposed to look like?

[@JBNat]

They turn a dark red and will be slightly squishy if you give them a squeeze

[@Robertosborn420]

The wood for slugs?

[@JBNat]

Yeah they really love hiding under wet wood so it's like a trap you check. Not actually found any yet which is a good sign!

[@estherevans9844]

Do you have amr on?

[@JBNat]

Not sure what you mean by that I'm afraid!

[@stephenbailey3138]

I've read that tomatoes and cucumber dont grow well together, looks like a cucumber next to the tomatoes that aren't doing to well ?

[@JBNat]

Hmm yes it could be that I suppose, I've always grown them together in my small greenhouse with no issues though!

[@stephenbailey3138]

@@JBNat yeah I did notice later that your outdoor tomatoes looking very happy next to a cucumber. I did read it on the internet, so it must be true...;)