Your Top 10 Questions on Tomatoes, Peppers & Tomatillos with CaliKim & Gary (& Bloopers)

[@CaliKim29]

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[@calichillin760]

If you grill the tomatillos first you will get AMAZING salsa! Grill the peppers while you’re at it too!

[@jasonjuarez2460]

Instead of boiling, try rubbing oil on your tomatillos, jalapenos, tomatoes and garlic then toss them in the oven. don't add any water when blending and I think you'll utilize the flavors alot more. Make sure there is just a little char on your veggies before blending. Salsa comes out so flavorful. Amazing video guys thank you.

[@lindahipple4817]

Great colab! Love the out takes too. The shade cloth tip for tomatoes is great, we have had 100*f temps and my tomatoes were feeling a bit stressed. I remembered my old shade cloth when you mentioned it in the video. I'm ready for the next heatwave now. Thankyou!🍅🌶🍉

[@chuck21222]

Awesome video! Thanks guys! Love the bloopers at the end!

[@anselb2000]

Two of my favorite gardeners in 1 video! Great! Out takes were very good, too, just like a big time production!

[@emmadalrymple4102]

Loved the bloopers so much, that I am now wiping tears from my eyes from laughing so much. It's cool to see the two of you level-headed people goofing off, lol. 😂🤣

[@jeannewilliams956]

First time growing tomatillos, appreciated all your advice!

[@CaliKim29]

Excellent!! Start simple and grow from there, Jeanne! Keep us all posted - Kim

[@stephanie9851]

I love that you are going back and answering viewer questions. The Coast to Coast Facebook page is always filled with fellow gardeners with lots of helpful tips. Thank you both so much for the information and inspiration. Gardening can be rough when you start having things die or wilt, but a little knowledge and encouragement goes a long way. Now, my family always has something fresh from the garden to eat for dinner so, thank you for all you do! See y’all on the next video!

[@raydowdy6914]

Thanks for the leaf tip. Some of my tomatoes leaves are curled a little bit

[@tinkalinks]

Great colab! Going to check out Gary's garden, I love the setup! Thanks😊

[@alangomez7592]

Really enjoyed the collaboration.

[@robosoap2857]

Thanks for the tips.

[@indranimanuel43]

Hi Kim, can you please make a video on how to grow zinnias and other flowers

[@thehealingberrygarden9608]

Great video Gary and Kim! And excellent camerawork, Jerry! Loved the bloopers, so much fun! I learned: Making videos isn't easy. ;-) I really found the tips very helpful, thank you so much. I would never have thought that I would need shadecloth one day, but yesterday we had 89 degrees Fahrenheit here and my raspberries (in containers on the west side of the house) got sunburned leaves! Never had to deal with that before.

[@sensei6281]

Nice Video. The two of you work well together.

[@gabrielareyesaviles1362]

Great video!

[@doughylkema2920]

I like the collaboration. Interesting tips from different growing zones. Question about tomatillos, when transplanting from a seed start to a pot or soil should I burry a portion of the stem like tomatoes?

[@helennelson3120]

Hi Calikim. Thank you for sharing. I found the whole video interesting and helpful. I discovered how many pepper plants to plant in a 5 gallon container and what size container to plant an indeterminate tomato. This has been a concern of mine seeing as it will be my first spring planting in containers coming up. It has most probably been mentioned in prior videos but it's the first time it has clicked with me. I'm so excited to start my seedlings. It was wonderful to watch.

[@212mediaTC]

First time growing tomatillo's this year and I didn't know they should be planted in pairs! I have 3 total plants, but they are in different garden areas in my yard. Should I attempt to dig them up and move them together, or would it be better top try to hand pollinate between plants?

[@6426fl]

This was one awesome video. Thank you both so much for all the info, much appreciated!

[@gulpasmr5848]

Thanks for the tips! Wonderful video!

[@mkshffr4936]

The screen on this phone is kind of small for old eyes but is that Dr. cuddy teaching us about tomatillos? Based. 😅😇 Seriously thank you. Really thinking about these for next season.

[@CaliKim29]

Okay....that made me laugh! Gary is so loveable!

[@kil2250]

Is it weird that im getting all nostalgic for the cue cards there?

[@VianneyCreates]

Outtakes are the best! LOL!

[@Daughter_of_the_MostHigh]

You can roast them in the oven or on a grill better flavor for salsa remove from heat before the burst for best flavor

[@jen-freedom-and-peace]

Excellent! I'm going to do tomatillos next year.

[@juliettoronto]

Great duo!

[@a.randolph8112]

I live in Montana, just get frost covers.

[@Amal757]

I like the idea of the five gallon pepper containers set in the ground. It looks very organized. Are there any specific instructions for planting that way?

[@ericmuenks2079]

I noticed Gary is using a lot of galvanized tubs for planting his tomatoes. Two questions, where does Gary get these tubs? Also, does he drill holes in the bottom for drainage or otherwise?

[@ravest95]

Nice Garden

[@VianneyCreates]

I was going to say "thank you for telling folks that you have to boil your tomatillos"...then Gary says he eats them raw! LOL! That's unheard of. My mom is Mexican and grew up making tomatillo salsas, etc...she taught me to NEVER eat them raw. Since Gary hasn't kicked the bucket, I guess it's ok! (:

[@normisgarden8353]

I eat them raw or into my scramble eggs. They are sweet either way and delicious.

[@abcisneros91]

I always make my salsa verde with 2lbs of raw tomatillos, cilantro, 1 onion, garlic and 6 serranos. It just depends on the flavor you want. I also have made it boiled and roasted. 🤷‍♀️

[@mint_tans]

The out-takes 😂😂😂

[@lisarios9355]

MD - Zone 7: I have big beautiful tomatillo plants but the fruit is falling off before maturing. A few yellowing leaves also. What am I doing wrong?

[@abcisneros91]

same here ! zone 7 too

[@roottrackerzbyyaira]

Try 1-2 tablespoons of Epsom salt in a gallon of water and water it. This helped mine!

[@Esperalzi-Esfaral]

Tomatilllos looks like a plant we call CIPLUKAN or LETUP KELAMBU in Malaysia. Same family, Physalis. I just bought ciplukanlast month, it is actually a weed in Malaysia

[@neerubhayal]

Hey kim,why my early girl tomato's are not riping? It's been 35 days they are big but still green.

[@patrseym]

Are those peppers that are in the containers in the ground in an open bottom pot?

[@hashithemoodyhusky3881]

Do tomatillos form husks only if they have been pollinated (by another plant)? Also, once the husks form, approximately how long does it take before the fruit is ready to harvest?

[@joseesleyer]

What I have heard about the aminopyralid. It quite big news to gardeners here in uk.

[@Lorovilife]

Wow! So amazing garden 😍

[@abcisneros91]

Please help! I cannot find info on youtube. My tomatillos are producing tons of flowers but never any fruit. I picked one tomatillo. This is a mature plant it was planted in March or April outdoors in Georgia zone 7, and it is now July and nada! I am so disappointed; this is year two of trying to grow tomatillos and failing. The temps have not been over 95. Except this week it did get to 97. Also my tomatillo plant is in a 10 gallon container. There are two plants for pollination.

[@philip4588]

How to store Tomatillo over time after harvest?

[@thepigmeat9553]

very informative video

[@CaliKim29]

Glad you enjoyed it, we're had fun hanging out with Gary and making these collab videos. Thanks for watching!

[@angiecallahan6625]

love it!

[@latincaz]

Is it possible to grow indeterminate tomatoes and tomatillos in a 4 × 4 raised bed?

[@misscandicern]

How big of a container should I use?

[@PartTimeKitchen]

Nice video. I have a question about my eggplants. This year for the first time I am growing eggplants in some large containers and even with constant watering and fertilizing, none of my single eggplant flower produced fruit. They kept dropping off. I also did hand pollination on them but no luck. I didn't get one single eggplant this year. What could be the reason? Is this because I am growing them in container or something? I'd really love to know the cause so next year I don't do the same mistakes again. Thank you so much.

[@dongardner9189]

cool! a tomato plant that looks like a green Chinese lantern shrub!

[@CaliKim29]

Glad you enjoyed it, Don! Gary definitely has some amazing tomatoes in his garden. Thanks for watching!

[@jackrudden5970]

please please please make more blooper videos!!!

[@bobvila4381]

Are they saying that the super hot peppers just need heat to produce? Because my peppers are dropping their flowers in the heat so that doesn't make sense to me...

[@angiecallahan6625]

What Zone are you in?

[@fitztastico]

Since tomatilllos are self-incompatible, I wonder if propogated cuttings would technically not be able to fertilize the mother plant because they are clones

[@leelaaloori8328]

Hi one question my tomatillos plant leaves are holls what can I do

[@ALYoung-wj8td]

Same here?? I'd love to hear the answer!!

[@yacabe]

Don't boil your tomatillos too long or they split. Splitting makes them really sour or tart. Let them cool a bit before blending.

[@emmadalrymple4102]

Watch to the end...funny!

[@asamusicdude]

My tomatillo leaves always fall off😩

[@SpaceInvader78]

Outtakes = 😂

[@اشرفغالي-ح3ض]

🌷🌷👑🌷🌷

[@janda8090]

They grow like a weed, 😂😂😁😆🤣 seriously? So cheap at the store right?

[@marckgun7371]

nothing is organic on fertilizer ' synthetic fertilizer or organic fertilizer from store they all same process