GROW MONSTER TOMATOES WITH THIS VARIETY!

[@30bkg]

Used to work with an older guy we called pops, he told us about this one time he stopped at a veggie stand and told the guy he want to buy a couple pounds of maters and the guy replied "I don't cut my maters in half for anybody!" 😂

[@LazyDogFarm]

Hah! Nice!

[@olddaddie5645]

My first criteria for tomatoes is always flavor!

[@LazyDogFarm]

That's a very important criteria to have! Most of these Sakata hybrids are pretty similar in taste. I don't know that I could tell a difference if blind-folded.

[@brianmorris364]

Holy moly that's a big mater. Nice work 👍

[@timfetner8029]

It’s a true master that can weave a “Big Butts” reference into a gardening video - well done Travis, well done!! Great update on the tomatoes and pumpkins, and sorry to see your giant pumpkin rupture. It’s all about try, learn and adapt. And those giant marigolds are beautiful!! I’ve grown the standard size marigolds but after seeing yours, I will definitely be adding those to my list of flowers to plant next year.

[@LazyDogFarm]

The giants require some support, but they're well worth it!

[@linmcdon1662]

“I like big maters and I cannot lie. You other brothers can’t deny”. I hollered. Super FANTASTIC video, as usual.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@pameliadobson4349]

Great video!! The description about the different types of tomatoes and how the greenery grew was very informative. I hollered and almost fell out of my chair when you said "I like red snappers and I cannot lie"

[@LazyDogFarm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@takeitslowhomestead5218]

Comparatively speaking, your pumpkins are HUGE! (AND your tomatoes!) Thank you for sharing your inspiring garden experiments.

[@lianagilbert61]

Binge watching. Same zone 8b in Central Texas! Learn so much from you and Brooklyn! Gonna get me some Red Snapper.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks for watching!

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Anybody that can grow a 2 pound tomato has my respect!

[@C3Voyage]

Taste is top for me followed by diversity of flavors.

[@HeyJudeDistributing]

Big Zak always produces sturdy plants and huge slicing tomatoes! I have them planted for the third year now. It's a winner!

[@LazyDogFarm]

I like it too!

[@mousiebrown1747]

Beautiful marigolds with the Florida weave. What a great idea. I love the primrose yellows best.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Those yellows are something else!

[@jonlewis6630]

I always grow red snapper for the size and taste. I tried Bella Rosa this year and they are great. Good production and almost as big as red snapper. The dry spring has helped the tomatoes with diseases. My plants are still going strong, Coastal NC, zone 8a.

[@ColRubyDimplesManacha]

This year I've become fond of marigolds and your hedge of marigolds is fabulous!

[@ColRubyDimplesManacha]

PS, I'd love to try some of those pumpkin seeds!

[@pamelaremme38]

I have heirloom tomato plants that came from a mother plant 31 years ago. I don't know the kind of tomato but I do know that my tomatoes are about a pound each!! They are very meaty too for canning. I am saving seeds so next year 32 yr old plant.

[@sherrylingenfelter8991]

That Georgia Streak is a big ‘mater!

[@lauraellington2011]

I would love to buy some of your giant pumpkin seeds. I loved getting your glass corn. Thank you for all you do, I love learning from your videos

[@LazyDogFarm]

You are so welcome

[@legalyzeit]

we grew Rosa Siciliano heirloom variety. we had 4 plants produce about 8 lbs. very nice. pretty tomato not huge but good for sauce. great video as always travis between you and david the good i am learning tons thanks so much. i sport my lazy dog farm merch with pride :)

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks for not keeping us a secret!

[@Justgrowit-v8j]

I would like to grow the Atlantic Pumpkin!! I’m currently growing Big Max. There is one that is getting pretty big. I’m so nervous that something bad will happen. Lol! Keeping my fingers crossed!!

[@LazyDogFarm]

They will make you nervous when they start getting big like that. I lost a couple.

[@SouthernLatitudesFL]

I have Grand Marshall going now in 9b. Mine were so heautiful-plant and fruit. True they aren't huge but for us, they just had to fit between bread. Lol. Dixie Red is holding its own too. Still setting fruit IN FLORIDA! I l8ve the Red Snapper but more for over-wintering in 9b.

[@littlefootranch4410]

I'd totally buy some pumpkin seeds! Pumpkins are so fun to grow & just a ton of fun at Halloween!

[@detectivemikevarnado7515]

I grew a 2.2 lb. "Big Rainbow" tomato this year. I have never even come close to growing one that big. The same plant produced a half a dozen or so more 1 1/2 lb fruits. I have the big one in the freezer to make tomato gravey. I will take a picture of it when I go to thaw it out and post it. It is a beautiful giant. I grew five Red Snapper plants and that is the only determinate plant I will ever grow again I think. It is still producing one pound plus delicious and beautiful tomatoes. Thanks for the recommendation on the Red Snappers. That variety made me look like I knew what I was doing. I'm a big hit because of the Red Snapper.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Good to hear Red Snapper did well for you! 2.2 lbs is impressive!

[@archstanton9703]

Those are some giant tomatoes! I grew almost 20 varieties of tomatoes and nothing to brag about growing here in the AZ desert. Hossinator 2255 produced very few nice sized tomatoes on the bottom and still has a few small tomatoes higher up that are taking forever to grow and ripen. Roadster tomatoes were much smaller and more prone to BER. I probably won’t grow again Roadster again and 2255 again. I have Bella Rosa, Grand Marshall, Red Snapper, and Thunderbird seedlings I’m going to transplant next month. Hopefully, one of these will do better before it freezes in early November. I didn’t get around to installing the drip kid, which might of made the difference. Thanks for the update on the Sakata tomatoes.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Drip will make a huge difference if you can get it installed. Keep us updated on the fall trials.

[@archstanton9703]

@@LazyDogFarm Will do. Hopefully, one of these varieties will be a winner out here. The monsoon is here, so the drip kit probably won't get installed this year, but for sure it'll get done for next year. Have a good one!

[@markkristynichols845]

I really like this tomato review! Please keep these types of videos! ❤️ y’all, Kristy in Missouri zone 6b 😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@LazyDogFarm]

Will do! We try to do a wrap-up each time we do a trial of several different varieties.

[@raggedrootgardens4226]

I would love to try some seeds from your pumpkin 🎃

[@nigellablossom]

It's alright, man.. we like big maters, too 🤣🤣🤣

[@LazyDogFarm]

Glad I'm not the only one. lol

[@Yankee_Doodle_Stacker]

Hampton VA zone 8a. Im getting 1lb 6oz maters from Brandywine grown in 15 gal grow bags. 20 Heirlooms(cherokee purple, black krim, brandywine, Carbon, 5 Hybrid Cherokee carbons and 5 rosella purple dwarfs this year went in the ground or bag March 31st. Having CRAZY production, some raised beds and grow bags for the rest. Growing 2 sometimes 3 branches on strings.

[@robotgopher7739]

I pulled all my tomato plants today they were just dropping flowers in this heat and I got great production this year the leaf-footed bugs were all over them, they were also diseased so I planted cucumbers and squash today. also final some rain in the forcast where I live thank god

[@LazyDogFarm]

That's a good time to call it quits. No point in providing a breeding ground for those bugs and diseases.

[@melissasullivan1658]

I was super impressed with German Johnson’s pollination heat tolerance this year. Have you tried them? What’s interesting is they pollinate before the flowers are even open (I use an electric toothbrush every morning), and I’m thinking that this somehow protects the flowers’s stigma from drying out in the hot afternoons (we are at 100+ already). Give ‘em a try next year. :)

[@robotgopher7739]

@@melissasullivan1658 i have some german johnson seeds i got from migardener for next year already.

[@melissasullivan1658]

@@robotgopher7739 good, you’ll love them. Mine are massive!

[@maconbacon8215]

The marigolds are so pretty

[@LazyDogFarm]

Aren't they!

[@kb1236]

Taste is most important then production

[@galamonkey]

In central FL, going to try to grow some Roadster and Big Beef. I have only ever really tried heirloom indeterminate tomatoes and had mixed results. With the climate that we have I am ready to try the production and disease resistance of the indeterminate hybrid tomatoes. Super excited to get my seeds started in the next month and a half or so.

[@shirleyk623]

@galamonkey. I'm in central Florida too. Did you get spider mites on your plants this year? They destroyed almost all of my tomato plants. I actually only got 1 tomato about the size of a soft ball Going to start over soon getting ready for fall.

[@galamonkey]

@@shirleyk623 Nope, I just dealt with blight. Also have a ton of huge grasshoppers too but I just squash them when I see them.

[@shirleyk623]

@@galamonkey I squash those grasshoppers too, they always show up around February.

[@jtharp9265]

Are you starting your seeds indoors like our spring seeds or outside ? I just started 5 different determinate hybrid tomatoes as my heirloom this spring ones , We didnt get a single slicer on cherry tomatoes an I watered daily & feed them , I started outside like hollis & Nancy Homestead they live in florida , Im in Texas zone 8b- 9 Or should I put inside again with heat mat & led lights , this is 1st year doing a late summer tomatoes ? ..thank you Josette - Montgomery County , Texas

[@shirleyk623]

@@jtharp9265 I will be starting my seed outside for late summer crops very soon. Currently I'm suffering with a sciatica issue, once that is done I'll be cleaning out beds and getting ready for the next round. I did not get a single slicer either because of spider mites. They killed all of my tomato plants. I believe they are gone now. I have a few tomato plants that don't seem to have been attacked. You should be able to start your seeds outside. If it's as hot there as it is here, I would put them in partial sun and keep them well watered. Good luck and Happy Gardening 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@shirleyk623]

Beautiful tomato haul. I'm jealous, lol. A bad year for tomatoes for me. Better luck in the fall. Sorry about the pumpkins not getting as large as you wanted.

[@joeyl.rowland4153]

I knew a guy in Circleville Ohio who would cover his giant pumpkins with straw during the growing season. Only thing he would pull all that straw off once a week to let the pumpkin air. He always entered his pumpkins in the Circleville Pumpkin Festival. He had lots of ribbons. He held a couple of records in the 1970s.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Not a bad idea!

[@petpawteek8776]

Awe shoot! What a disappointment on the pumpkins, I was rootin’ for ya. Good thing we can always try again next year applying the knowledge that we learned this year. No shame in it! 🤗

[@LazyDogFarm]

As long as we learned something from it, nothing was lost.

[@DrSmokeBBQ7269]

Have you ever tried super fantastic and celebrity plus? Im in central tx and they are awesome. I planted two red snappers this season and both are eaten up with blight.

[@jtharp9265]

Wow , I grew 15 different varieties and only got Paste & Cherry , no Cherokee purple , no hillbilly , not even Celbrity , IM gonna start a 2nd round here in Montgomery County , Texas , with some hybrid - as I WANT SLICERS , Thank you travis .... God bless you My plants are still amazing & feeding them every week .... Im starting some bigger tomatoes I ordered & what you say .... Mrs Josette Tharp Montgomery County, Texas I WANT A MATOR SANDWICH DARNIT LOL...

[@johnanderson3405]

Love your videos Travis. I’ve heard you and your dad talk about so many ways you like to eat your harvest. I haven’t heard you guys talk about fried green tomatoes. Just curious if you eat them. I absolutely love fried green tomatoes with some good sweet corn. Thanks for all you do!

[@LazyDogFarm]

I do love fried green tomatoes, but don't cook them as much as I probably should.

[@SJGardener]

Hey Bud,,, quick side note, i have some of my potatoes bearing fruit!!!! just noticed them this morning, never have i had these b4, im gonna let them grow and see if we get actual seed from them. Now on the subject of Tomatoes ,,, you should try an indeterminant called "Rutgers" this is one developed by Rutgers university in i believe the 1920's and reproduced in recent years by Rutgers, this is the actual "Jersey Tomato" it makes clusters of 3-5 nice round fruit up to about the size of a baseball. They are very meaty i even used some for sauce along with my romas, seem to be disease resistant and don't make alot of fuss to grow , we don't get the prolonged heat that you guys do, but july can be very hot here in south jersey, last year here it was high 90's to 100 for a few weeks with alot of humidity , i know you get it much hotter for longer down there. i'd be interested to see how they do for you.

[@susanpayne5592]

Out of 14 tomato varieties, the only hybrids I grew were Red Snapper and Bella Rosa. Bella was the first to ripen and produced well. However, it was the first to succumb to disease and was pulled today. Red Snapper produced the largest tomato so far and has lots of green fruit on the plant. Planted 12 OP varieties and my favorite is Black Krim. Great flavor and large fruit.

[@concken1]

Is Red Snapper a determinate?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Red Snapper is definitely more vigorous than Bella Rosa from my experiences. Seems to help ensure you get some nice late production.

[@susanpayne5592]

@@concken1 yes, it is a determinate

[@aquillawallace7979]

Yes, please put some of the seeds on your website!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Will do!

[@cherylbertolini3140]

I would love some giant pumpkin seeds

[@LazyDogFarm]

Noted! I'll see what I can do.

[@tannermeade]

I just learned from watching your video that Mater from the movie Cars is named after tomatoe.... lol

[@LazyDogFarm]

Haha! Glad to help!

[@lindahipple4817]

Hi Travis, what variety of Kale did you plant and where did you purchase your seed. I am impressed its' still producing and hasn't bolted yet! Thankyou in advance. Blessings.

[@LazyDogFarm]

The variety is called "Darkibor" and we got the seeds from Johnny's.

[@lindahipple4817]

@@LazyDogFarm thankyou, I'm adding this to my seed list.

[@garyschmelzer]

What purpose is the pine straw providing for the tomatoes?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Just help retain some soil moisture.

[@jeffsullivan3362]

Nice results. I'm in Michigan and grow primarily indeterminent just for longevity of fresh tomatoes. When you refer to production of indeterminent, if you take into consideration that you pluck most if not all of the suckers that may have a lot to do with less production. What do you think?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Probably has something to do with it.

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

Those are some giant marigolds. They really got huge and look nice. I have been happy with Summer Pick the last 2 years and they are looking good, so far, this year. (harvest is still a month or more away) Not really big tomatoes but they work well for canning diced tomatoes or in salsa.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Summerpick is a great canning variety.

[@pondholloworchards]

That's a monster

[@mutantryeff]

Did you ever try feeding the chickens any marigolds to brighten up the yolk color?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I have, although the yolks are already pretty orange from grazing those cover crops.

[@david.6040]

This was a great year for our tomatoes… dry weather I suppose When is the best time for picking tomatoes? When they first start turning, or when there ripe?

[@melissasullivan1658]

I try to harvest mine when they’re at 30-50% blush. Anymore than that and they get susceptible to splitting due to trying to keep them watered in our super hot summers in 9b California. Once they hit 30% blush they have everything they need chemically to ripen on your kitchen counter. :)

[@david.6040]

@@melissasullivan1658 thx

[@LazyDogFarm]

For the heirlooms, I'll usually wait until they're ripe or very close to ripe. For the determinants, I usually pick anything that's turning. I do that so that I don't have to harvest them every single day and just harvest 1-2x a week.

[@wwsuwannee7993]

Over next to the giant marigolds you have kale still growing. What variety is it? Are the bugs after it? It's impressing me for this time of year. I'm in zone 8 too. The decoy lacinato I left in my garden for the pests has of course bolted and they look like shriveled up prehistoric tree ferns :)

[@LazyDogFarm]

That variety is called Darkibor. It's quite amazing.

[@theplanelife4097]

How far apart were your pumpkins planted? They may have cross pollinated with the other varieties around them.

[@LazyDogFarm]

The only other C. maxima species in that plot was on the opposite side with lots of foliage between them. It could have happened. And if it did, maybe we'll get a giant blue pumpkin?!

[@ivahihopeful]

Yes, we want giant pumpkin seeds! ♥️

[@joeyl.rowland4153]

Yes we do.

[@Rick3196]

What about a taste test? I am growing Roadsters this year for the first time. They really impressed me with their size and uniformed shape. No cracking or rough looking tomatoes yet. I have had a couple of Roadsters that almost hit two lbs. I also have Kelloggs Breakfast and Mt. Fresh. I think the Mt Fresh have a better taste than the Roadster but not as big.

[@LazyDogFarm]

All those Sakata hybrids are pretty good. I can't really tell a difference in them.

[@leroneerwin7605]

HAAAAAA!🤣🤣🤣🤣 I like big maters too my bro!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Glad I'm not the only one!

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

Those would make a few mater samwiches. Mine aren't even starting to turn yet. It's so dry and hot I'm surprised my indeterminate beefsteak tomatoes are doing so well. Did you see Danny's corn at Deep South Homestead, his corn burned up in the heat and drought.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I didn't see that but I'm not surprised. Gotta have drip irrigation on backyard corn in years like this. I cut off the water to my sweet corn stalks after harvesting the rest of it and the stalks were dead and brown in two days. That tells that the drip irrigation was the only lifeline that was saving it.

[@kittiew260]

Travis beautiful harvest. If your friends and family are good on tomatoes any food bank or city mission will gladly take them off your hands. Did I miss a video where you were making sauce? I don't see anything on the channel.

[@LazyDogFarm]

We didn't show a video making the sauce because the Italian family whose recipe we used asked us not to share the recipe. But it's really good stuff!

[@shadyacrefarm1005]

I have quite a few Sakata varieties growing right now. Still a few weeks away from getting any though. I was wondering if you can tell much of a difference in taste in those determinates? I would be interested in Pumpkin seeds Travis.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I really can't tell a huge difference in taste amongst those Sakata varieties. Red Snapper is very delicious though!

[@markware7748]

Jury's still out at Jasmine Street Farm on determinates as we're very much in the blossom and fruit set stage. Pollinators are extinct here so I'm doing the toothbrush thing with good results. Have not had the problems with Thunderbird that you've had. T-bird and Rambler are healthy and setting fruit well, but time will tell. Both of those are Sakata commercial varieties, so they may not make the cut to the home garden segment anyway. Red Snapper has strong vigor but not yet setting fruit. Grand Marshall performed very well for us last year, but I got scared of your disease issues, so they didn't make it out of the greenhouse this year. Trial updates to follow with emphasis on relative flavor.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Given that your disease pressure should be lower than ours, I think Grand Marshall could be a home run for you.

[@lindahipple4817]

@mark ware have you tried the Leaf Cutter Bees? I have used them 3yrs now and have had great results so far with pollenation of my tomatoes, squash, beans, etc. Check into Crown Bees they have clean Leaf Cutter Bees and see if these pollenators will help your production. Blessings.

[@markware7748]

@@lindahipple4817 Linda, thank you for the suggestion on the leaf cutters. Something has wiped out not only the feral honeybees, but also the native bees. There's no commercial agriculture within 30 miles. So, I've become adept at pollinating the tomatoes (40) with an electric toothbrush, peppers with a paint brush and a deft hand on the squash and melons. Have a great season.

[@johnmullis6589]

I would love to grow a giant punkin

[@LazyDogFarm]

It's definitely a fun plant to have in the garden!

[@gloriaoscar5505]

I grew Red Snapper this year per your recommendation earlier and they were great. I do not like the tomatoes with the creases all over the top of them so the Red Snapper was great for not having those and my plants were loaded. Thanks for testing different varieties of things. God Bless!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Red Snapper makes a big, perfect tomato!

[@rwheeler4926]

I would like to purchase some pumpkin seeda

[@rickthelian2215]

Travis, save the seeds from your monster too, you never know. Tomatoes looking good....😀

[@LazyDogFarm]

That's the plan!

[@scottlarkin4748]

That looks like a critter got into that pumpkin

[@LazyDogFarm]

It does, but we don't really have any critters. Our cats keep a tight watch on everything.

[@papawsplace]

Nice mater but I think I have one that's going to surprise you. It did me anyways. I still think you have a plant that you're not showing me. LOL

[@LazyDogFarm]

Mine are about done, so if you've got one bigger than that you're probably going to win. I'm fresh outta arrows.

[@papawsplace]

Coming up my friend it's a dandy!

[@borracho-joe7255]

Good my friend! I have a few big boys on the vine so if it’s worth braggin bout, I’ll let you know!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Do share if you get some monsters!

[@borracho-joe7255]

@@LazyDogFarm I am growing Supersteak Hybrids. I'm in zone 9A/10B (literally on the border between the two) in Los Angeles. Hot and dry and these suckers are doing very well.

[@heavenlyhillshomestead9465]

You done good! If you get the seeds out of the exploded one now the seeds should be viable if you are 40+ days old on it which I think you are. You’re probably looking at 150-165# on the orange one. Those tomatoes looked great, I got tons of mega blooms that if they pollinate are looking like future record breakers 7+ pound tomatoes!! 🤩🤩🤩

[@Justme-sb8mn]

7 lb tomato’s?

[@heavenlyhillshomestead9465]

@@Justme-sb8mn yes sir! World record is 10lbs 12.7oz

[@LazyDogFarm]

Since this video was shot, the exploded one has collapsed and it doesn't look it had any viable seeds. But we should get some from the other one that's still there.

[@heavenlyhillshomestead9465]

@@LazyDogFarm that sucks may want to make sure they’re dead though. Sometimes the seeds from giants look odd or not viable but they are. May not be but if you want seeds you are going to need as many as you can get cause the other big gal may not have 100 seeds inside. My 1,016lbs only had 220 seeds and a 100lbs one had over 800 seeds 😂

[@tambrasmith9707]

Wow .. I haven’t seen a tomato that big since my pawpaw Morgan passed

[@tomhoff4172]

Good video yes, i would like to buy some of your seeds.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Noted.

[@Daddyo_farms]

Do you have an opinion on the homestead tomatoes

[@LazyDogFarm]

I grew them one year. The plants seemed really vigorous, but seems like the tomatoes were kind of small. A decent producer, just not very large fruits.

[@Daddyo_farms]

@@LazyDogFarm I tried them this year and that is what I seen. A lot of fruit but small and they seem to take a long time to ripe

[@rickygee8412]

💪🏽

[@randalljarnigan5897]

I am having trouble with bottom rot do you have any suggestions?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Get a soil test and see if you have enough calcium. If not, there's your solution. If your calcium levels are good, could be watering inconsistencies or a myriad of other things.

[@randalljarnigan5897]

@@LazyDogFarm thanks for your response. Where did you get your chicken tractor?

[@sdfft820]

Will these tomatoes sell? I think that most consumers are looking for the standard Walmart tomato. Maybe I’m wrong.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Most small-scale market farmers do very well with the heirloom varieties. Folks are looking for something different than they can find at the basic grocery store.

[@Firepoepoe]

I noticed my tomatoes are dropping while green when I pick the red ones. Is this from the heat?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Not sure. Usually it only happens when we're not super careful pulling a ripe one from the middle of the plant and accidentally knock off a green one.

[@charlesjolly5169]

German Johnsons are the best I have ever tasted.

[@jameshall9873]

I think I have a 2 pound black krim it's about as big as your 2 pounder then I have another black krim that will be alot bigger than that but it's like 3 tomatoes in one like fused together so no sure that's the same lol

[@LazyDogFarm]

Nice!

[@joshadair4744]

I can’t keep my red snappers from getting 7’ tall

[@LazyDogFarm]

Dang that's crazy. Mine have never gotten over 5' or so. Are you pruning them?

[@joshadair4744]

@@LazyDogFarm not much just bottom limbs and if I seen blight pop up I’ll prune those leaves and or branches off

[@FubarKen]

Not considering size what is the tastiest tomato you have ever grown? Production matters to me more than size but taste is king.

[@cynthiaedwards5149]

My thoughts as well

[@steveegbert7429]

For me so far, Paul Robeson, hands down. Big and tasty heirloom so not the highest producer, but the taste is great.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Red Snapper is the tastiest determinate hybrid IMO. As far as the heirlooms go, they're all pretty good. But that Rose tomato we tried this year for the first time has really impressed as far as flavor goes.

[@markware7748]

Many folks like the low acid, sweeter varieties like Pineapple, Kellogg's Breakfast and other yellow types. Others, like me, prefer the smokey richness of the anthocyanin heavy Russian cultivars like Black Krim, Carbon and Paul Robeson. The Italian heirlooms also have great flavor. On the hybrid side, my wife likes Bella Rosa, but I'll stick with my Red Snappers.

[@nailwall1078]

Age old organics fertilizer for taste

[@pamelaremme38]

Are those tomatoes heirloom or GMO?

[@LazyDogFarm]

No such thing as GMO tomatoes. There was one introduction several years ago, but no demand for it. All tomatoes are non-GMO. Don't believe the scare tactic stuff.

[@pamelaremme38]

@@LazyDogFarm What do you think disease "resistant" tomatoes are? I've been researching this stuff for 20 plus years. YES there are GMO tomatoes. If it is not organic or heirloom it is GMO. Genetically modified for those that don't know. That genetically modified also includes "disease resistant" which the seeds are infused with pesticides. The giant pumpkins.....another GMO product. Some call it Frankenfruit. As in Frankenstein lab created.

[@MarkLada]

I feel bad for y'all southern folks.. Not being able to grow the good tomatoes must really suck.. No Brandywines or Virginia Sweets.. No Cherokee Purple, Abe Lincoln, Black Crim, Big Rainbow, Mr Stripey, Mortgage Lifter, Annas Noire, Sun Sugar, Sun Gold, or Black Beauty.. That would 100% be a deal breaker for me.. I always have fresh vine ripened maters from July thru October..

[@LazyDogFarm]

There are benefits to being able to grow year round, and there are disadvantages as well. Not much likes our summer heat besides sweet potatoes and okree.

[@MarkLada]

@@LazyDogFarm Yeah, I wish I could grow year around up here, that would be nice for sure.. I'm in central Indiana, zone 6.. Mid April - Oct is it for me.. If this weather keeps up I may be able to before long.. It's been 90's pretty consistently for the last few weeks here..

[@meddler69]

Jeez the bugs there are bad.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yep. We eat gnats for breakfast around here.

[@meddler69]

@@LazyDogFarm hahaha 😆

[@steveegbert7429]

What's up with all the porn bots? C'mon youtube, get it together, kids click on that garbage! I flagged three just on this video!

[@LazyDogFarm]

It's been really bad lately. It happens right after a video posts, but not much after that. Hopefully YT will get a handle on it soon.

[@saltlifess6226]

I wasn't impressed with Red Snapper. Small and only one so far.

[@randygilbert4577]

Are you brothers with the guy from hoss tools videos? You look talk and act just like him.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Haha. I don't have any brothers, so it must be the same person?

[@randygilbert4577]

@@LazyDogFarm i have figured that out. Good luck