Growing Tomatoes From Sowing to Harvest

[@JasonLockwood87]

This guy is literally the coolest gardener ever! Keep the videos coming dude!

[@GrowVeg]

Will do Jason! Cheers for the approval.

[@jimdowney91]

Absolutely. Cool, calm and consistent. Best videos out there for newbies and regular gardners. I could listen all day long 👍👍👏👏

[@philhode5104]

Coolest guy,full stop.

[@sarashahin1703]

persia

[@xxz_Zfritro_xxz]

@@GrowVeg You know once u pat the bag one Do you water the compost everyday and take the bag off or do you not water them

[@CJJacksonBGT]

I've no idea why this guy is not a regular on TV !! He's brilliant, honest and so easy to understand!

[@paintingwithparrots8446]

I grow Stonor's Most Prolific which has been unavailable since 1980's. It was produced in 1930's when my father's friend grew the variety and passed seed onto my father, who saved the seed annually and when he couldn't grow anymore, gave me the job of keeping this indeterminate variety going.

[@Haze1434]

You should set up a little eBay or Amazon store to sell some on, if you wish. That would be really useful and appreciated by the rest of us, as well as keeping the variety going strong.

[@GrowVeg]

Wow - you are a true variety guardian. That's quite something.

[@paintingwithparrots8446]

@@Haze1434 Thank you, great suggestion. I don't want this variety to be lost .

[@JulieWallis1963]

Painting with Parrots I’d love a few seeds of this variety for next spring. Literally 4 seeds, any chances you and I talking?

[@sharonhumphrey9129]

I would be honoured to be part of this seed protecting scheme,

[@preciousmetalhead5155]

It’s times like these I’m grateful to my dad and grandma for teaching me to grow my own food. It may go from useful hobby to outright necessity. 🤘🏻🌱🤘🏻

[@barbaraennema1559]

Precious Metal Head I completely agree with you. When there are reports of the next buying craze being seeds, I smile to myself because I’ve been doing it for years, and I’m well on my way already. 👍

[@GrowVeg]

Too right!

[@ELBlDu]

@@barbaraennema1559 time to start saving your own seeds. They grow well b.c they're now climatized for your area

[@haroldinho9930]

My mother and grandmother taught me

[@Sky-Child]

Absolutely. Panic buying? I was like "Ha I have an allotment!"

[@EleanorPeterson]

Ha! Yes! 🙂 The potting-on advice at 3:10 about picking up seedlings by their leaves was something my late dad taught me when I was small. He said that lifting a very young plant by its leaves was like picking up a toddler by placing your hands under its arms. Safe, gentle and secure. Grabbing it by the stem was like picking up a child one-handed by the throat! 😲 Seriously, though: the explanation is that squeezing a flat leaf does relatively little harm; squishing the cylindrical stem can crush vital transport vessels and choke a young plant to death.

[@GrowVeg]

Very true. A gentle, careful touch is always best. :-)

[@PetalsonthePavingSlabs]

Its one of life's treats, being able to grow your own tomatoes. Really enjoyed this, thank you.

[@GrowVeg]

It really is!

[@matthewhill5983]

New to this gardening stuff , watched loads of videos and keep coming back to yours . Love your Attitude and videos as they short and to the point . No waffling . 🙏🏻 thanks 🙏🏻

[@sirwilliamofpennylot]

Totally agree, so many knowledgeable presenters waffle on for ages and ages before getting to the point.

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks for that Matthew, very much appreciated.

[@pamtaylor3244]

I am growing Ildi, a yellow cherry bush tomato- sweetest I have found! Also have some coeur di bue, san marzano, roma, tigrella, russian black, marmande & sungold- our granddaughters love the different colours & shapes. Needless to say most are eaten before they make it to the house!

[@GrowVeg]

Always the best way - eat 'em fresh as you can!

[@SmallGardenQuest]

Another tip is to prune them to the lowest fruit. This will allow more airflow and sunlight to the tomato :)

[@jovsitalo]

I love how you use metric and imperial systems in your videos. Thank you!

[@GrowVeg]

We try to cover all bases for both US and non-US audiences. :-)

[@haroldinho9930]

Shirley Martin that isn’t a system, just a tempature thing

[@vanessaeden8174]

Even in the metric UK some of us still prefer imperial 👍Although there is a rumour we may be using both in 2022 due to Brexit🤔🌿

[@elainelerner3337]

I saved seeds from a wonderfully sweet cherry tomato called Sugar Gold last year. I now have a dozen starts for myself, family, and friends. Can't think of a better gift. Thanks for this timely video.

[@GrowVeg]

You're in for a treat Elaine.

[@kath-phlox]

One tomato I'm growing for the first time the year is Paul Robeson (named after the actor) because it was very very highly recommended by another gardener as the best she ever tasted, she says.....pick them in the afternoon before watering and it will blow you away.

[@madmanjim795]

I have expanded my tomato seed collection and this year I am growing 15 different varieties suited to living in tropical Indonesia. The three I am most excited about are Lucid Gem, Madagascar and Peachy Keen. Nice video!

[@GrowVeg]

Sounds great!

[@philipketchell8369]

Hi, I also grow Tomatoes here in the Philippines....

[@orako-g752]

I would recommend bone meal pot Ash and kelp meal and bat guano on top of manure lime can also be helpful to regulate soil PH. Super soil is the best 👍😉 (maxicrop liquid seaweed is also great for giving tomatoes and extra feeding if needed).

[@GrowVeg]

That sounds like a superb mix! 🍅

[@orako-g752]

Works good for me, thanks for the content! ​@@GrowVeg

[@bonnieguo4761]

The best videos! Short, to the point, and full of information. Thank you!!

[@lynnedinsdale5009]

See home grown veg too yog pot, 10l bucket with 10 leeks, n carrots in a pot genious

[@heatherstubbs5372]

Our season is a little different in Florida. Just picked my first Cherokee Purple yesterday. It was utterly delicious... so worth the time invested. Just waiting for more to ripen. This channel has helped in my success. I appreciate the knowledge.

[@smile30981]

Heather, I'm so jealous you are already picking your garden bounty! I can't even plant until the end of May (in Denver).

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks Heather. Lovely to be picking tomatoes already!

[@akatobi2002]

These are my favorite types of videos. Showing beginning to end. Takes a lot of work I'm sure but it is appreciated

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks for that! :-)

[@bbbisbell66]

We are growing red cherry, blueberry, purple Cherokee heirloom and German heirloom this year. All have successfully been sprouted and transplanted into their own pots. They’ve been in a sunny window but are just about ready to spend a few hours outside and make the transition to outdoors full time! The video is very helpful, thank you! From Tacoma, Washington, USA.

[@500Rufus]

Moneymaker, Alicante, Sungold, San Marzano and Big Mama

[@riffatyounis8962]

Hi, my mum has been growing tomatoes for the last few years from seed, this year she treated herself to 5-10 young seedlings they are growing well.Its a big effort watering them daily.

[@GrowVeg]

Hope she gets a great crop from them. :-)

[@pennyhorton8418]

I’m growing Tigeralla Seedling they are about 7cm tall, after watching your video I am going to plant into own individual pots as per your advice

[@haroldinho9930]

First year gardening, this year I grew Shirley(most successful so far), Gardener’s Gold(first tomato is orange right now)and Tiny Tim

[@GrowVeg]

Some good choices of varieties there. I can recommend 'Moneymaker' and 'Gardener's Delight' as classics for growing outdoors.

[@Kiwi-od7eh]

I'm in NZ - and my favourite is Scorsby Dwarf as a determinate, with Russian Red or some Beefsteak type as an indeterminate with a couple of cherry-types for the grandkids. 50 plants is about right, although this season it's 70+ - if you have space you can never have enough tomatoes ! (although Black Krim are great as well)

[@GrowVeg]

Totally agree, you can never have enough tomatoes. :-)

[@ML-po2hq]

Thank you, lovely to hear an English voice :)

[@Oktopia]

Despite moving house this summer I managed to get my best-ever tomato harvest. It wasn't much really but enough to pick to ripen finished inside. I live in Norway and have only a small plastic greenhouse, after all. Next year I'll start the plants earlier and give them plenty of time to ripen outside.

[@dianeallred9288]

I love your videos. I don't pick off the suckers on indeterminate varieties. I have a determinate in my greenhouse, and I have beefstake started to put in a raised bed, and I have a semi-determinate started that I plan on having in pots by the raised bed. Thanks again😍

[@leslie-lynnesinkey1225]

Amish Paste are a large (almost fist-sized) paste tomato that is good for fresh eating...it is listed on the Slow Food Ark of Taste list of some of the best-tasting heritage varieties that they are trying to save. I've never been a huge tomato fan, but I love these--and if they can survive the "benign neglect" they get in my garden, they'll for sure survive yours!

[@GrowVeg]

That sounds like a great all-rounder.

[@carolavant3778]

Here in Central Florida USA I'm growing heat-tolerant, determinant hybrids in my little suburban garden. I chose Brickyard, Bella Rosa, and a new Roma-type tomato called Tachi.

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Roma tomatoes are my fav! Where did you buy your Tachi seeds? Thanks :)

[@coralscrafts7258]

Thank you for uploading this video as I struggle every year with planting from seeds. I then started using plugs and had a full harvest last year.

[@GrowVeg]

Sometimes it's worth just buying in your plants/seedlings. That way you can grow a greater variety of types too.

[@MamboDogFace]

This year I have 4 varieties, 2 are Black Vernissage and Russian Purple. The other two are from seeds I saved 3 years ago! I didn't label the seeds except for "Purple Delicious" and "Yummy Red", so who knows? I'll have some surprises! All four germinated beautifully, 12 of each plant, so I'm gifting a lot of tomatoes this year :)

[@canadian-gardening-6A]

Only growing three varieties of tomatoes this year. Gold and Red cherries for salads. Roma for tomato sauces. Slicing tomatoes for sandwiches and juices. :)

[@GrowVeg]

Very nice!

[@broj2371]

I'm growing amana orange, Cherokee purple, yellow pear, brads atomic grape, red cherry, and an unknown heirloom I saved from last year. I'm excited for this season!

[@keithweaver7984]

Fantastic. Yet again, clear and precise instructions. If every vegetable I wish to grow in my garden is covered by your short and excellent films, I'm in for a good season. Thank you.

[@lynnedinsdale5009]

See home grown beg site lovely gent 10l bucket growing

[@mew589]

I have 2 new favorites. Sleeping Lady tomatoes, and Moreton Tomatoes.

[@julieedwards1846]

Growing for the first time. Love the growveg app. It has so much useful info in it and love the flexibility of changing your mind of where to transplant things. Highly recommended.

[@lynnedinsdale5009]

Home grown veg yog pot, 10l bucket leeks n carrots fast germ.

[@dut52288]

I get most of my heirlooms from an Amish greenhouse. Trying a few new ones this year: beef heart, mint cart, and meaty yellow - all supposed to be low acid varieties. Also growing big beef and my favorite sungold cherry tomatoes.

[@vanessaeden8174]

How can anyone dislike this video. They just keep getting better and better. My only problem with growing my own is I keep forgetting I only have a small garden😂

[@lynnedinsdale5009]

Uk home grown veg small. 2.5lb spuds in 10 inch pot, 10 leeks in a 10 inch. He is a lovely gent. Yog pot growing too

[@robXtop]

I wanted to congratulate you on using both the imperial and metric systems. I'm now almost fluent in both as I follow a lot of UK and US channels, but I remember when this was not the case: I had to stop the videos and convert the measurements somewhere in order to fully understand the message. This will help your international audience I hope it grows, you deserve it! P.S. I really like your app - looking forward to the new version.

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks for that Robert, it's appreciated. I've learned a lot about Fahrenheit since doing these videos!

[@haroldinho9930]

UK officially uses metric but since they created imperial lots still use it

[@unitnippynipz]

Have you been on tv before ? Your presenting skills are amazing!!! Subbing to your channel as I have recently started a vegetable patch. I need as much info as possible, and so far your channel has been the most helpful! Thanks dude !!!

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks so much for the sub! Only been on TV briefly. Enjoy the character and variety of KZbin more I reckon. 😃

[@carlawebb3841]

Not sure if it's a quirky type but we are growing a champagne cherry tomato this coming season. First time trying these.

[@GrowVeg]

Hmm - they sound delicious!

[@HektorBandimar]

One of the best videos I have seen on how to grow tomatoes, great tutorial, interesting information, thanks very much.

[@GrowVeg]

You're very welcome - thanks for watching. :-)

[@smile30981]

I bought a packet of mixed Heirloom tomato seeds and expect to have Bonny Best (red), Brandywine Pink (pink), Golden Sunburst (yellow), Black Krim (purple), Evergreen (green) and Djena Lee's Golden Girl (orange). I think I have 20 plants under grow lights upstairs - I may have gone a little crazy! Thank you for your videos as I always find helpful tips, especially the ones that brought me success at starting from seeds this year!

[@GrowVeg]

You can never go crazy enough with tomatoes!

[@lydiaw4628]

This video was just what I needed right now! I started some seedlings indoors and now I need to repot them.

[@lynnedinsdale5009]

See home grown veg sm gardener. 10l bucket 40 carrots, 10l bucket 10 leeks a great gent. Yog pot produce too.

[@abigaildawn2996]

Love your videos Ben, would love an update on verities and yields for next season. Also do you ever can/process. This will be my first year so I’m only planning on growing what I think we will eat most as we go and Will can extras periodically so next year I have a better idea of yields and pick times. Don’t want to sacrifice any valuable space on experimentation.

[@GrowVeg]

I tend to grow a selection of varieties each summer. Always like to try something new. But will definitely try and remember to share what I’m growing next spring. I don’t bother canning any of the tomatoes, as I never get enough to do that. They all get used up as they ripen, with any excess, just getting turned into tomato sauce for the freezer.

[@--Paws--]

I got my tomatoes from planting sliced tomatoes in soil; I thought that hack was fake but it does work.

[@GrowVeg]

Nice work!

[@chillandrelax9896]

This guy has been a god send to my allotment .

[@GrowVeg]

Cheers matey!

[@hantayowin]

I'm growing Roma, Celebrity, Jet Star, and a mystery variety (the tag fell out and the store didn't know what they were so I got them cheaper.) They're all growing like crazy and are covered with fruit. I'm in central Texas just south of the Oklahoma border.

[@GrowVeg]

That sounds like a delicious mix.

[@Zenkitty26]

I have 12 varieties with a total of 120 plants this year. Last year I had 19 varieties with over 200 plants that sold out by the end of June. This year, however, sales will be hard due to the lockdown so I scaled back a bit. I only keep about 12-14 plants for market growing but again, I've had to readjust my sales goals for the season. I also ended up with blight for the first time last fall when it rained for 3 weeks almost constantly in September. I lost everything still on the vine. Sigh. The life of a gardener.

[@GrowVeg]

It's a tough life sometimes!

[@headChingon]

I just found your channel but I quickly subscribed because you state fatcs, and continue to educate me every with watch through of your videos. Cheers from America!

[@GrowVeg]

Cheers for the sub Carlos!

[@normalevin5182]

Hi Ben, thanks for all the advice. Love your videos. They have spurred me on to grow my first spinach from seedlings - delicious - and am in the process of growing kale and tomatoes from seed. Whenever I don't know what to do next, I watch your videos and off i go with new found confidence. Really great!!

[@GrowVeg]

So pleased to hear that Norma, thank you. :-)

[@haroldinho9930]

Tiny Tim tomatoes are great if you live somewhere cold I was able to keep them outside after mid May in an area(Northern Ireland) with a record temperature of 30 degrees

[@lynnedinsdale5009]

See home grown veg gent grows in a yog pot n fast carrots, n 10 leeks in 10 inch pot brilliant.

[@MonotoneCreeper]

Thanks for this really concise video! It's my first time growing tomatoes this year, and I can't wait for the fruit!

[@dorisqualls1735]

Growing yellow pear tomatoes. It will be my first time. I can’t wait to see how they turn out!

[@markjones2880]

Brilliant , I learnt , EXACTLY what I needed to know about the Tom's, thank you so much,. I live in Barry s.wales

[@GrowVeg]

Cheers for watching Mark. Good luck with this season's toms.

[@christielamb5076]

The best gardening site on you tube. My garden is bopping

[@GrowVeg]

Yey!

[@GoddessNightMist]

My family likes Black Krim and Paul Robeson to the point of them being a topic of dinner table debate. I also grow Kellogg's Breakfast, random colours of Vernisage, Pink Oxheart, Amish Paste, San Marzano, or Olpalkas, or anything that strikes my fancy. This year I have yellow pears because I got a free packet of seed. I do not generally have everything all in the same year mind you! Though if we start selling I might. Generally anything from Eastern Europe or Russia does remarkably well for me, and the Amish and Cornell varieties are pretty much selected for where I live.

[@GrowVeg]

Varieties from Russia are generally quite cold-tolerant too, and hence reliable in more temperate regions.

[@GoddessNightMist]

@@GrowVeg Indeed that is one of the reasons I tried them. I am in one of those borderline zones where the weather is rather unpredictable in spring and autumn. With the russians I can put a temporary dome of sticks and plastic over the bed and they will survive unexpected snow and cold in spring, and when I put it back on in autumn they carry on with bearing through several frosts. Sometimes right up until the hard freeze.

[@toffeebluenose7331]

I had some old soil in a plant pot mix rabbit droppings and straw and now eat cherry tomatoes.

[@nohandleforme....]

I decided to only grow three varieties this year... Early Girl, German Johnson, and Tiny Tim. They've all done well for me in previous years.

[@bracebook1965]

it's peaceful watching growing

[@rosewood513]

I grow cherry tomatoes of all types in my house all year. This year I am growing two types I never did before. Centennial and Celebrity. Both determinate. I also got two to a container for a deal... Another great video.... U am starting to watch them more than once...

[@GrowVeg]

That’s a cracking selection of tomatoes. Thanks for watching!

[@KM-wv2og]

Somebody left 3 small tomato plants on the windowsill outside their house saying please take. So I took them not knowing anything about them. I kept them indoors for a 2 or 3 weeks and now all three of them are in a grow bag in a very sunny spot at the bottom of the garden. Flourishing and tiny yellow flowers have appeared. But I don't know if they are bush tomatoes or vine tomatoes I am hoping they will just grab onto the brick wall by themselves but do you think I ought to put a few nails in the wall and tie some string to it? And is it time to add my high potassium fertiliser now I have seen the yellow flowers? Thank you for your time❤

[@GrowVeg]

You would need to tie the stems into their supports, as they don't cling on to supports like, say, beans do. So yes, string would be useful. I would also start adding the high potassium fertiliser now they are flowering too. Hopefully you'll get a good crop! :-)

[@slamdunk58]

I saw somewhere in your videos that you were growing tomatoes in hay bails. Can you do a video on that procedure? Thanks.

[@GrowVeg]

Hi Lorne. I've done a video on this. Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6nEg6JqbpKcpdU

[@steveyackel4637]

Growing addicted to this channel

[@GrowVeg]

Nice one Steve! :-)

[@joeibassett9944]

Garden Peach! Never see them anywhere for sale. Too soft to travel but OH So Yum!

[@galetimpone1712]

ty for your helpful videos...this year i will be growing a cherry tomato call PINK BUMBLE BEE. the photo shows a striped tomato and it is said to have a sweet flavor. started from seed and have just transplanted into a large pot outside. keeping fingers crossed as this is the first time i have ever grown a tomato plant from seed to a thriving plant. will utilize your growing tips from this video.

[@GrowVeg]

Sounds great!

[@FarzanaKhan-j3v]

Just so fabulous. I have just used some of the tips....now fingers crossed! Thank you for this!

[@infoseeker329]

I'm going try and grow some roma tomatoes this year and practice canning with them.

[@GrowVeg]

That sounds like a great idea. Canning tomatoes is very satisfying! :-)

[@clrbrwstr]

I love listening to your videos, so easy to follow for my first veg patch, thank you you are great!

[@GrowVeg]

Very kind of you to say. And good luck with your first veg patch. :-)

[@davelittlehale6862]

Love your videos. I have a couple questions about fertilizing tomatoes. You said at first flower feed a high potassium fertilizer. Make a regular application. How often? Weekly? Every 2 weeks? Also, full strength or half? And can the fertilizer also contain phosphorus? I have a 0-10-10 that I'm thinking of using. Would this be ok? Thank you

[@GrowVeg]

I buy a purpose-sold tomato fertiliser. It comes as a liquid, which you dilute with water then water on. This is usually applied once a fortnight, but I tend to feed weekly at half strength, just to avoid sudden peaks and troughs of nutrients. Follow the advice on the packet. The feed you have may be suitable. But tomato feeds also contain essential micro/trace nutrients as well, which are important for tomato health.

[@preciousmetalhead5155]

I can’t believe one of my favorite video series on KZbin is basically a commercial but they are so well done it’s hard not to love them. Someone is a marketing genius.

[@mantrapjicker]

Exactly what I thought, there's no real work it's just good editing, I do videos up to date and in raw form no mess no fuss just me and my veg

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks for that. We took the decision earlier on to not monetise the channel with advertising. Instead we drop in - very occasionally - mentions of our one product, the Garden Planner, which helps to pay everyone's bills here. Glad you enjoy the videos!

[@littlegreengardenfarm7483]

Thanks for these videos that are really helpful 😊 we are looking to grow Feo de Riogordo, Moneymaker, Maskotka and Yellow Tumbling Toms. Our first year so really excited 😁

[@GrowVeg]

Oh wow - your first year. How exciting!

[@littlegreengardenfarm7483]

@@GrowVeg thanks been watching lots of your videos and also use the planner and journal too 🙂

[@Weatemilly]

In uk. My cherry tomatoes Maskotka already started to set fruit! Trouble is with lockdown I can't get big pots for them to keep on patio.

[@GrowVeg]

Can you order bigger pots online somewhere? I suspect garden centres will be opening soon - there's a lot of pressure for them to do so given their usefulness at this time.

[@Weatemilly]

@@GrowVeg finally managed to find online pots in garden superstore, including bamboo canes for my already limping tomatoes and cucumbers! Happy days.

[@1960rtgill]

I'm growing ’Galahad’ and ’Five-Star’ tomatoes this year from seed.

[@patriciaantonie5869]

Well i must we put the tomatoe seeds in the nursey then in the ground well of couse we use sticks to prop them wet them on a dailyand that itwe do use too much potting and all the other stuff that you put in most of your plants because we go direct earth and we get produce but i must say i learnt a lot frrom you because you take your time and explain🖐😍

[@Andrea29987]

Ah I have just found you and LOVE your knowledge and enthusiasm. Love growing your own, some great tips here.my new fave channel 😃

[@GrowVeg]

Cheers Andi - so pleased you're enjoying the videos. :-)

[@elizabethlane8690]

I grow Brandywine, Cherokee Purple and for a cherry, Sungold. They are delicious and can’t be bought in the stores!

[@selenekurland3745]

Wow, great minds think alike. I'm growing the same trifecta of tomatoes and threw in an Old German (a tomato NOT a person).

[@tashaalexander2823]

@@selenekurland3745 Me too! Same three, but added in a Green Zebra heirloom and Brad's Atomic Cherry for the first time ever.

[@LindaCasey]

I sowed 'store bought' cherry tomato seeds in March and they're growing very well under grow lights. My question to you is: What 'day' did YOU plant your seeds? Is March really too soon? Thanks for all your handy tips.

[@elizabethlane8690]

Linda Casey It depends on where you live, Linda. In northern Ohio, May 15th is our last frost free date. You can look this up on the internet. Good luck!

[@LindaCasey]

@@elizabethlane8690 Yes, I live in the Netherlands and know to sow seeds after the last frost date, but I was just curious as to when HE sowed HIS seeds since he lives in England. 🌹

[@GrowVeg]

Hi Linda. From memory I planted my tomatoes in the third week of March. I should probably have sown them even earlier given that spring is very advanced where I am. In the UK, you can get away with sowing from around February.

[@GrowVeg]

They are sown in the warm, under cover of course, and need to be kept frost-free at all times. But I have a warm windowsill and then a greenhouse in the sun, which keeps them nice and snug.

[@LindaCasey]

@@GrowVeg Thank you .. I guess I'm doing it right .. but they're starting to get a little 'stretchy' looking so I think I'll start 1 April next year .. I live in the Netherlands so we have about the same climate. 🌹

[@timnewton1073]

Going for some bradley, better boy, grape tomatoes, and still deciding on one more kind this season. We're expecting a late frost this year, normally already have my plants in the ground this week.

[@GrowVeg]

Sounds like a delicious mix of varieties there Tim.

[@Stef.with.an.F]

I’m planning to grow Veranda Red, Indigo Pear Drops, Heartbreaker Vita, Rosella, Tumbling Bella, Green Zenbra and Red Currant this year! One plant each. Hopefully it will work out for me!

[@GrowVeg]

Hmm... what a tasty selection!

[@comfycorpse]

I love your videos! You have made gardening a form of catharsis for me!

[@emylytle7149]

Well, this video is very helpful for me 😊👩‍🌾 I see now I can make my tomatoes get stronger than just germinating them in one pot all at the same time. That’s easy 😊I like your idea of putting the seeds in a small pot and germinate them when hey have two leaves, that is excellent 👍👍👩‍🌾 thank you so much Ben.

[@Sky-Child]

I am attempting San Marzano and Black Cherry this year (I am a semi retired goth)

[@GrowVeg]

Perfect choices!

[@Elrossico]

Excellent video for the first time tomato grower. Thank you!

[@d.i.ypetaccessories]

That was so useful thank you! I now know where I went wrong and you explained bits that confused me so easily

[@jmills1215]

Thank you so much for everything. Love from New Hampshire

[@GrowVeg]

Cheers so much - and to you! :)

[@aaron34029]

Great clear advice my friend thank you

[@jasonbarnett6330]

I have tons of cherry tomatoes growing right now. I'm so ready for a salad🎉🙂

[@GrowVeg]

Yey! :-)

[@jasonbarnett6330]

I also have regular tomatoes from seed.& beef steak tomatoes.

[@theclotshotdidit3115]

Thanks for another great video. Was feeling a bit sad, both my money makers and cherry seems a bit slow (only second time growing veg. Maybe i misremembered last year). I started earlier this year and they are only about 8" tall, maybe im just earlier and they need more sun, still indoors. But I have loads of onions out already, started between November and feb and a load of beets to go out so not bad, I need to find last year diary for dates.

[@GrowVeg]

I think your tomatoes are doing just fine to be that height already. There's still plenty of the growing season to come - they're doing great!

[@ambermeadows420]

you’re my dad now

[@blindhowlingdrunk]

😂

[@simonm9097]

I often cup my own tomatoes

[@AdventuresBeginHere409]

Good explanation of all the different verities.

[@neilbauer7327]

Every year a new one, to replace some that didn't do well or seed not available. This year is, Marmande, vintage wine, chefs choice bi colour, money maker, Artisan blush, Andiamo F1, black cherry, winter grape, consatino florentino and sun gold. Couldn't get seeds fo oaxacan jewel and riessentraube this year.

[@GrowVeg]

Some great varieties you're growing there!

[@petersewell5800]

I have been growing for 2 years now

[@MrKen-longrangegrdhogeliminato]

What grown Zone or Hardy Zone are you in GrowVeg? ............................Ken&Bev at "Small2Patch-PorchSide Gardens" Wife & I enjoy your videos, we have learned much from your dedicated time in making and sharing your experiences with gardening. Thank you! 👍👍

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks for following the channel - great to have you on board! I am in zone 8 here.

[@MrKen-longrangegrdhogeliminato]

@@GrowVeg Thank you for your reply. We are in Zone 6

[@jwvautard]

This year I'm only growing 3 varieties of indeterminate tomatoes: Cherokee Purple, which is one I've grown almost every year and which has a predictably wonderful flavor; San Marzano plum-type tomatoes, which I'm growing for the first time; and Gardener's Delight, a cherry tomato that I am growing for the first time. All are indeterminate and all are heirloom.

[@GrowVeg]

That's a very tasty and useful selection.

[@ChrisJCarter]

Great video...I started chocolate and yellow cherry tomato seeds in late Jan/early Feb and just placed an order for Tiny Tim dwarf tomato seeds.

[@bettermentglobal9083]

Thanks for this. Can you share why you start them a together then transplant them - rather than seeding them straight into the pots you'd transplant into the garden from? It seems like an unnecessary step?

[@GrowVeg]

They're started like this simply to save space, and because not all seeds will germinate. By starting them off somewhere else, when you come to transplant them you can then guarantee one plant per pot.

[@elainerivera6886]

your page is awesome! Great for beginner gardeners

[@lynnedinsdale5009]

See home grown veg for yog pot n 10l carrots n 10 leeks 1 pot genious lovely gent.

[@frankhochman837]

I really enjoy watching/listening to this guy. I would like to know more about him, other than that he is obviously English.

[@GrowVeg]

Cheers Frank! I'm based in the Cotswolds, which is around about USDA zone 8b. I've always been into gardening - my grandad sparked my interest from an early age. I helped him plant leeks and pick the beans - a great way to get youngsters curious and interested.

[@frankhochman837]

@@GrowVeg Thanks for the prompt reply. We missed driving by the Cotswolds last year. Went to Devonshire, Isle of Wright ,London and everyplace inbetween. My home zone is 9a which I guess is close enough to yours to copy whatever you are doing. Frank

[@pdmfuture53]

stumbled across this channel! wow brilliant, just what I needed ahead of another growing season which I hope is better than my last attempt

[@GrowVeg]

Welcome to the channel! :-)