I grew the weirdest tomato ever...

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[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

Is that a traveler's tomato in your pocket or are you just horribly deformed and happy to see me?

[@rubenperez2797]

Nooooooooooooo!!! 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 Whyy?!?!?!! 🤣

[@jedidiahhendricks8572]

Gives a hole new meaning to blushing red.

[@lisarochwarg4707]

​@adamnelson5080😆😆😆

[@tanyaconfer]

😂😂😂

[@politicalfisherman540]

Lmao , epic

[@beckymartinez9926]

I thought you were going to say the bugs made them grow like that 😂

[@exotic-grower-gamer]

Same

[@FastandFoody]

Suprising enough brown mottled shield bugs actually do inject there saliva into tomatoes… and it causes abnormalities and tons of strange mutations alike.

[@kalitosumi9833]

same

[@thecheetah3758]

Is that just a coincidence that we all thought the same thing?

[@Pink_Floyd_Forever]

😅😂

[@Dylanschillin]

It's official, Kevin was the kid in high-school eating tater tots out of his pocket in math class Napoleon Dynamite style

[@LindseyLayne]

I immediately thought of Napoleon's tots too!! 😂

[@Maya47222]

I used to carry tater tots in my pockets my 9th grade year and I'd eat them in my later classes. There were people that were actually willing to eat them. Then again I did have them in a paper container thing they came in.

[@Tayl0r_]

One time I was scrolling in a youtube video’s comment section and someone was explaining that at work they’ve seen their boss eat part of an apple, put it in a pocket, then proceed to pull it out again later to continue the act of snack sacrilege😭😭 Several times.

[@emilywforreal]

​@@Tayl0r_ I believe you mean snackrilege

[@xyonpeculiar4301]

"Hey, Napoleon, give me some of your tomatoe!"

[@susaninseattle7854]

so interesting...now i want to try and grow a plant next season

[@TedK4307]

I call food in my yard… yard snacks. Tomatoes, Blueberries, Figs, Apples and so on. I eat as I garden. :)

[@mamasrescue1212]

@kristalk4307 I never considered trying it before, but if that’s what gardening is like, then i just might have to give it a go! Yard snackin sounds like my kind of hobby😂 lol

[@corneliusbrunneis7208]

You should post videos of your garden if you have plants like that.

[@420ramborip]

Is that your real name?

[@booognish]

You have all those in your garden?? Impressive. I mainly have herbs..

[@Saoirse-xt7mi]

Last yr, none of my sugar snap peas made it inside. I took care of a friend's garden while she was on vacation. A lot of Sun SUgar tomatoes & strawberries were consumed straight off the vines. We aren't supposed to do this? Oops!

[@ember-song7030]

Why. Have. I. Not. Heard. Of. These?! As soon as this season is over, I’m buying some starters next year

[@wombatstriker]

It would be pronounced differently in German, but yep, travel tomato...

[@dirkhirbanger4153]

Difficult to write out, but rise-a-tomat-eh is closer than raise-uh-tom-eight

[@jaroslawczach4845]

NO S*** SHERLOCK YOU LIVE IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY....WOW!!!!! SERIOUSLY!?!?!?

[@niklasschmidt3610]

​@@jaroslawczach4845He is talking about "Reisetomate" which seams to be german. "Reise" meaning "travel" or "Voyage" and "Tomate" ...well "tomato".

[@dagmarfrerking2235]

You wonder how many seconds it would have taken for him to google the correct pronunciation....

[@dagmarfrerking2235]

You wonder how many seconds it would have taken for him to google the correct pronunciation....

[@monsterDUDEof5]

Napoleon dynamite moment

[@genuinedelusionsmusic]

Napoleon, give me some of your tomats. 😂

[@stephanies9071]

​​@@genuinedelusionsmusic No i don't want to give any of my tomats; gosh. 🤓

[@Tangerineschpeedo]

Love it! My pocket tomatoes are Sweet 100s!

[@winxred12]

😂 our pocket snacking tomato is our sungolds 😅 they never disappoint

[@chriswimmer7528]

Still waiting for the list of what not to put at the bottom of a raised bed 😂

[@SaMa-sq3mu]

Definitely not grinded fried chicken

[@bricecameronmusic]

Stay away from anything with paint on it, chunks of concrete, metal that can corrode, pressure-treated wood, plastic, styrofoam, and construction garbage to name a few. Personally, I would use things like branches/mulch, leaves, grass clippings, hay, and unaltered rocks (as found in nature). Just don't use plant matter from weeds, or you could have lots of weeds growing in your beds. If you are using branches or leaves, make sure they came from plants and trees that were not diseased or infested with insects.

[@chriswimmer7528]

@@bricecameronmusic thanks for your thorough answer, these are the stuff I have been putting in them. I was making a joke to OP from another video where he says check the comments for a link on what not to put in it but he didn't follow thru 😁

[@BooBuKittyPhuk]

​@@chriswimmer7528 i remember this... there was no list! I dunno why, in my head, I say this like the spoon kid from the Matrix 😜🤣

[@cs7717]

Your Karen neighbor. You must resist the temptation. Before anyone whines and reports me to yt, that was a joke... remember them?

[@NATOSucks-lv4zj]

- Your new tomatoes look strange.. - I'll just rebrand them for hikers, they'll buy anything 😂😂

[@Voodoo-ut6zp]

Well, it's an old variety from Guatemala

[@ConstantChaos1]

We need to normalise these

[@7burnitdown]

No we don’t. Grow whatever tf u wanna grow.

[@rraqua1279]

@@7burnitdownat least grow something differnt than supermarket old red salad tomatoes or else whats the point i grew bunch of weird look colourful heirloom and it fun af

[@ConstantChaos1]

@@7burnitdown well rather obviously I want to grow these and I want more people to fund out about them and want to grow them Why the hostility?

[@mella8298]

​@@ConstantChaos1Agree entirely!

[@mariaposse9632]

100% YES!!!!!

[@unapologeticallyamy9031]

A traveling tomato and a walking palm tree. I’ve seen it all.

[@PlantBasedFolk]

Haha there’s more to come for sure 😂

[@Janani_Kannan]

There's a walking onion too!! 😂😂

[@Ash_G]

Them green beetles weren't too pleased when you disturbed their napping in the perforated green tomato.

[@mariaposse9632]

I never saw these before but I’m in love… is this what they call love at first sight?? ❤️❤️

[@Humptydumpzit]

I put fresh eggs in my pockets sometimes and forget and end up smashing them when i sit down. I accidentally pulled one out while paying at the gas station one time. For that reason i can’t keep tomatoes in my pockets either 😂

[@ratelhoneybadger]

Lol eew the sliminess hahahahahahaha!😂

[@bubblelady8528]

Me waiting for him to scream because those bugs crawled onto his fingers:

[@spacecase0]

I grew those a few years ago, had issues with each section ripening at the same time. Maybe I should try again some year

[@theseeker4700]

I was going to say this...better off growing the mushroom basket tomato.

[@nici5451]

I had the same problem. Only a few fruits were completely red. I don't think I will grow them again.

[@moriuchirie8985]

just bought some seeds because of you! can't wait to try em 😂

[@southofthesticks]

Where did you get them from ?

[@juliakim2330]

Wow! It'll have to be added to my garden!

[@noone6037]

I prefer to live in my house but whatever floats your boat man...

[@johnsheetz6639]

I went all out this year on one plant, it bent my tomato cage and fell over I'm holding it up with bungee cords at this point. I wasn't ready.

[@petrescue2093]

Next year we recommend that you create tomato cages out of rebar and make them three levels high + 3-levels wide. If anything breaks out of that you can call it a jailbreak three levels wide!

[@joesqudy]

That’s an awesome tomato, however, what are the little bugs crawling across the tomato and your hand in the video? Are they good or bad?❌⭕️🙏🏽♥️

[@sonnied839]

Idk the name of them but I don’t think they’re good

[@koi.in.pond3149]

Those are stink bug babies

[@rainbowditto9033]

Theyre baby stink bugs! They do eat fruits like tomatos, but not in the way that youd think. They poke a hole in the fruit and suck some juice out! They can be a problem, but tend not to be. Especially in big gardens with lots of excess or ugly fruits that wouldnt have been eaten otherwise :) In short: they can be a little annoying sometimes but arent necessarily harmful to a garden

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

See that hole in the tomato? They did it lol

[@julius_the_python]

​@@rainbowditto9033yeah they also make the fruits that they eat from stink like their scent deterrent. They're awful. I suck them up in a Shop-Vac full of soap water. I hate them

[@melissaschroeder1670]

Haha my 5yo calls them garden snacks. Much of the harvest is plant->mouth

[@candyackley1255]

My kids do this too! They love to eat cucumbers and peas straight from the plant 😆😆❤️

[@billyd7628]

the people who question why you would snack on a tomato or just dont like tomatoes have never eaten a home grown tomato. guys the reason why grocery store tomatoes are bad is because they are picked green and artificially ripened all the sugars arent there. tomatoes actually taste really good they're berries afterall.

[@alexismcmackin]

Stop. The farm tomatoes are still gross. We like what we like.

[@billyd7628]

@@alexismcmackin not farm tomatoes homegrown the ones that dont need to be shipped because you grew them yourselves.

[@Hyderagean]

​@@alexismcmackinsomeone's fallen victim to societal narcissism

[@dingdongdaddy589]

Tomatoes on a trail will require some Tums for me…

[@FloraM44]

Homegrown heirlooms might be different, if you haven't tried already! I had horrible reflux for 20 years and didn't think I could eat tomatoes raw when I started growing them. The really sweet ones (labelled low acid, but acidity is very similar between all types) I can eat without issue! Even many of the regular ones too. The hybrids I've tried give me a sore throat though, which is what most grocery stores sell.

[@dingdongdaddy589]

@@FloraM44 - Hmm that’s great input, thank you! I will look into it!

[@FloraM44]

@@dingdongdaddy589 Yay, I'm glad! It's a real joy to be able to enjoy them. If I may recommend a few: Cherokee Purple, Great White, Abe Lincoln, Kellogg's Breakfast, Rose, Delicious, are some of my favourites! 🥰 I find the "meaty" large tomatoes with little gel and few seeds are often some of the sweetest.

[@outoftheklosset]

Yeah it's weird I can (sparingly) eat large tomatoes fine but the cherry tomatoes kill me! 😮 They are so delicious and I wish I could gobble them up all the time. I remember just eating huge tomatoes with sprinkled salt as a teen. At least I have the memories.😅

[@a2e5]

@@outoftheklosset the smaller ones tend to have higher concentration of sugar and other things like acids. That's where the stronger flavor comes from, but I imagine that can also be a bigger punch to your stomach…

[@Dr_Monitor]

I swear these were the visual inspiration for the Tato in Fallout 4.

[@wefhyuewif]

Do you have any advice for warding off lanternflies? Here in NJ they are a huge problem.

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

They ate ALL my bush bean plants here in PA. I'm ready to take a flame thrower to those little sons of 🤬

[@moniquemannaert3468]

Is a lanternfly the same as a firefly? I so miss seeing those!

[@clearerpicture9509]

My 3 yrs old son loves tomatoes. Watched a few of your videos. You are deadly! God bless! 🔥 🙌🙏🏼

[@katrina3560]

Pocket 🍅👌🏼

[@boredniko2406]

"my little pocket tomatoes" has the same energy as "my little pog champ"

[@moonorchid9242]

I grew them last season. Was a terrible year for growing though the summer didn’t get hot enough. I’m going to try again this year starting tom seeds in trays in a few weeks ready to plant out at the end of sept

[@ahleenah]

As I German, I got a stroke from that pronunciation

[@stefanieseidler2784]

Learn English before you criticize their German: it has to be "as a german" or "as I'm German" and "pronounciation" with ou in the middle! And I'm German, too... Well, ok, the pronounciation is wrong, but how should they know if they just see the word?

[@yolandasotolopez]

Oh my, what are those bugs?

[@Bubu00069]

stink bugs

[@Art-X-W]

If you scare them they squirt.

[@arnoldmmbb]

Stink bugs anoying fellas

[@Ultr0lard]

they way you said "reise" just broke me XD

[@RidgelessJack]

I just bought seeds for those today. I’ve never see them advertised before, so thanks for showing them to people. They’re a great tomato to grow😊

[@andreawilliams9460]

Where can we buy them..please

[@RidgelessJack]

I bought them from a seller on Etsy.

[@justinnutter9008]

Ah yes. I often eat raw, unwashed, unseasoned tomatoes as a snack.

[@Jayl__]

No one is gonna talk about what those bugs are on the tomato?

[@alpaca990]

They're lantern flies and are invasive/harmful to the US. they're all over much of the east coast so far, I guess they're travelling

[@mikocika]

The bugs there means no pesticides are used 🎉❤

[@noobseemswrong]

Those tomato bugs are having the best day of their lives.

[@hambonesmithsonian8085]

What are the little bugs?

[@kimberleyperez6774]

I wanna know too

[@jujube2407]

Squash bugs😊

[@elleelle812]

Lantern flies.....they are terrible for trees that have sap and even fruits. What you saw there are the "younger" of the fly. Eventually, they develop wings.

[@angelaperez6393]

Spotted lanter flies they kill crops and can lay up to 100+ eggs

[@jujube2407]

​@elleelle812 these are actually green stink bugs...I looked up to be sure... they are 100% not a spotted lantern fly larvae... look at the pattern on the back

[@UnknownSender1111]

Wow that is absolutely amazing. I love tomatoes and I gotta try this

[@arnoldmmbb]

Thats pretty cool I guess its a mutation in the flower structure that make It grow weird like that

[@mankanur7758]

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[@whatisgoingonineedtoknow.]

cute. love tomatoes but they make my joints hurt and swell.

[@agustintintin2126]

than there are plenty other fruits and berries alternatives......

[@sixtwoinak]

I can dig it. 👍💪🙏

[@tammyprovost936]

No i've never seen these grown and i would love to grow these thank you for giving everyone a good idea this is amazing. And God bless your garden looks amazing thank you i live in florida and i can't get one going to save my life thank you for sharing

[@wingedinfinity6715]

This is SO COOL !!!

[@angelastuhmer1817]

Those two bugs at the start startled me so much 😂

[@WoodHawks]

What a treat

[@fallout3freak360]

Just get in there and enjoy

[@devoncottone1553]

Just what I was looking for ✌️

[@2Fat2Furi0us]

Why the fuck did I wink back. 😂

[@cesrelawrence-towner9453]

So cool

[@ericr154]

"And the rest of the tomato is just fine" Kronenburg heirloom tomatoes- "Why are you doing this to us!"

[@dinokook8664]

The weirdest part 😂was you having pocket tomatoes.

[@MIN0RITY-REP0RT]

"Imagine you're on a hike. You take your favorite tomato with you..." Okay, hold it right there, son, where are you going with this?

[@dbrn_1562]

They look like they have a cell multiplication problem. Not the cancer tomatoes 💀😭

[@ciekakxjksjhx7313]

alveoli tomatoes

[@LadydogC]

Loved that wink 😉

[@kr7149]

I've never seen this variety 😮😮 so cool !!!! Thanks for sharing ❤❤

[@PeriwinkleFairywinkle]

Tomatoes warmed by the sun right off the vine are one of my favorite snacks ever

[@cheri6785]

@epicgardening You’re too darn botanically cute🤭 But seriously, for many reasons, you and your crew have become my FAVORITE gardeners to watch and learn from! Thank you for the millionth time for everything you share with us. The best part is that while I’m learning from you I’m always smiling 🍅

[@pineapplepotato6985]

Everyone gangster until the pocket tomato

[@frankwilliamk3769]

The way you pronounced the Reisetomate nearly made me cry

[@zemperus1639]

I thought you managed to clone a genetic mutation from Chernobyl for a moment

[@dripapproved1582]

now I’ll forever imagine you as the Resident Evil vendor but just with different kinds of tomatoes stuffed in your pockets😭 “These one’s are good for throwin’ and these are the one’s for snackin’ on!”

[@N00BleSouP24]

“Napoleon.. give me some of your tomatoes”

[@Foggy_Til_Noon]

This is so cool and awesome. I love how they're able to be eaten from and stored away. That they're perfect for hikes. Wish I liked raw tomatoes.

[@VoiceOf1CryingInTheWilderness]

I love when he told us the "very specific reason" it looks like that.

[@Super_Nova739]

Second gardening channel I follow that has mentioned these.

[@kath0000]

👍👍👍 I LOVE IT!!!! I gotta find these!! Never heard of them before!! Thank you!👍 Tomato is one of my all time most favorite foods!! (Vine ripened & fresh) 💕🍅🍅🍅Yum!

[@juliush1297]

Never have I ever taken a tomato on a hike furthermore never have I ever seen someone take a tomato on a hike for a snack lol

[@Rinitha024]

Moral: When spider bites a man - spider man When spider bites a tomato - weirdest tomato

[@closair]

If I ever play d&d with other players, I am putting this as my character's favorite fruit

[@Krishna77787]

I'm much much more amazed looking at those Oranges loaded Tree in the Garden.. That's Heaven ❤

[@serpente300]

Amazing! And they look very tasty!! 🤤😋😋

[@QuietFury9]

Never once have i been anywhere and been like " a tomato snack sounds awesome"

[@IssaMerk]

….more crows videos!!! That’s what I’m here for!!! Please

[@hghtrfnko8634]

"you're on a hike and you take your favorite tomato with you"

[@kadevohn]

thats about what my hemorrhoids look like

[@eternalspring1034]

My first impression was, " i think that one needs to be put down".

[@54cal54]

Got my Phil's Two growing yet, the kids love them.

[@contestwill1556]

i grew some first time this year, some close to a marglobe and i think they must have crossed coz some of the marglobes have little mini-tomato tumors

[@patriciatinkey2677]

​@@contestwill1556 Thanks for making me really lol! 😂 Garden Surprises! Hope they taste great!

[@outoftheklosset]

I legit thought I was hallucinating those bugs 😅

[@dr.zoidberg5096]

“Napoleon, give me you’re ‘mato’s!”

[@TheeGoldenGoddess1]

Those are something different indeed. Kev, are you putting seeds in your store or are we on our own? 😅

[@JenniferD.-wt4uj]

Where did you find that tomato plant? I would love to plant that in my garden!

[@amorales6462]

I found them on HR seeds and Amazon. I hope this helps.

[@JenniferD.-wt4uj]

@@amorales6462 Thank you !

[@elisabethjones4917]

Were those harlequin beetles on your tomato? If not what were they and do they damage your crops? I have some that look just like them but they are yellow. And it seems like they're destroying mine

[@grantmccoy6739]

I bet it makes good sauce too, because it must be quite meaty. Imagine a pepper that was shaped like this. It wouldn't be mostly empty space like it usually is (or juice, in the tomatoes case).

[@theblobfish9614]

Your pronounciation of Reisetomate is hilarious

[@shelbyseelbach9568]

I got your pocket tomato right here, pal!

[@efisgpr]

Reisetomate: "RYE-zuh tow-MAHT-uh"

[@pasisisengle]

Bro, your background has full of oranges in that tree

[@Aterhallsam]

“That is my pocket, but those are not tomatoes honey. Please don’t try to separate them.”

[@ATable4You]

Hey, Napoleon, give me some of you pocket tomatoes!

[@its_whack]

If someone brings a tomato as a snack I'm walking the other direction

[@josephhebert1785]

So that was a tomato in your pocket. I was thinking you were just happy to see me.

[@Griffin050A1t]

I ACTUALLY AM GROWING THESE RIGHT NOW. THEYRE REALLY COOL AND I GROW LIKE 40 TYPES OF HEIRLOOM TOMATS (no. It’s not a spelling mistake. It’s just funny when you try and pronounce it in your head, tomat)

[@yoloswagger5429]

How wrong do you want to pronounce "Reisetomate"? Him:

[@jeanriordan4892]

Hiking with tomatoes for a snack 😅😅😅LOL.

[@DouglettDD]

It’s all fun and games til you see it obliterated on your clothes when it accidentally goes through the washer

[@annabughman1886]

“Pocket matoes” we’re one of my now 10 year-old’s favorite things when he was about 3. I’d load his pocket with cherry tomatoes and he would just giggle.

[@lilikoijuci]

The pocket! Best lunch box ever! As a child we'd take musubi for lunch and it was always on the pocket for later. ❤

[@Doobalydoo222]

“My little pocket tomatoes 😉”