What "Heirloom Tomato" Really Means

[@rickmorrow993]

I just ate an "heirloom" tomato from Trader Joes. I sliced it and sprinkled a little salt on it. Man, that tasted good!

[@tetianamykhailovska9680]

me too! It is sooooo good, I also add olive oil and lime juice to mine.

[@brianvaile8682]

Thank you for this info! I grow different variety of heirlooms every year. So far so good no diseases and a ton of produce. I haven't met an heirloom tomato I didn't love yet!

[@Gardenerd]

Glad to hear it! Keep on growing those heirlooms.

[@grandpajoneshomestead6903]

I could listen to you talk about tomatoes all day. 👍😀

[@gr8n10city3]

I love your channel. It’s so clear you love your work. Thanks!

[@sowrightseeds]

This is great information, thank you!

[@jeil5676]

I ate an edible and now I cant get out of my chair.

[@bobsiddoway]

Noice. 🤣🤙

[@OldNewsNewNews]

So there was an elderly woman on FB, who claims she has a heirloom tomato from the 1960's and she's holding a Mellon sized tomato do u no anything about that ?

[@Gardenerd]

If she saved the seeds herself and can track it back to then, she is welcome to call it an heirloom. The word is overused, in my opinion, but the idea is genuine.

[@SumerianDays94]

Severely overused....especially on KZbin

[@Myrcella_Rykker]

I'm growing 2 heirlooms this year. They are disappointing so far, less yeild, more tempting to the squirrels and chipmunks. Next year I'm only going to try one, the rest sadly GMO

[@Gardenerd]

It is unlikely that your other tomatoes are GMO. They are probably hybrids, which are completely different than genetically engineered plants. There is one GE tomato available to home gardeners that I know of as of this writing. But there is no shame in growing hybrid tomatoes. They are resilient to many diseases, and are known producers (take Sungold) for instance) - tried and true and great for new gardeners and those who don't have space to experiment. It's all good.

[@Myrcella_Rykker]

@@Gardenerd thanks, my other two varieties are Sunray Gold and my go to cherry tomato Chocolate Delite. Both hybrid as you said above. I'm having really bad luck with the Black Krim which is a heirloom. I learn something new every year. This year the using of a vibrating toothbrush placed against the flowers to get them to pollinate. Wish I learn this trick earlier in the season

[@mattgohlke8216]

Ordinary citizens aren't allowed to have GMO. Boycott GMO. Trust me, it's nothing good. Its not done for the benefit of the consumer or humanity, they exist for one reason only...... $$$$..... thats it. And no, they wont be sharing that either.