Rare Heirloom Tomatoes (16 Varieties)

[@Atimatimukti]

Your Aunt has been everywhere!!! Quadrazais is so isolated and almost nobody livres there. The name means "4 couples" refering to the only inhabitants of the place. Very good search!

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Helllo Atimati Muki Ma, My Aunt's family is from there and it is a small little town but people live there. My Aunt's family still own property and houses there and have friends and family living there. Once upon a time it probably started with 4 but of course like any other time multiplied. A lot of little towns started that way all over the world, like my own families little village at the top of a small mountain...

[@janicegame2372]

What lovely tomatoes! I have spent hours looking at loads of sites yours look the best by far! I can tell you love tomatoes x I’m blown away by your replies so comprehensive, you are a very special human being!! I will be ordering in future BRAVO.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Janice Game, What absolute lovely comments you have given me. Yes, it really is a passion for me... I agree, I have seen others tomato plants but none as robust as my plants I've also noticed. It all depends on what people feed and amendments they add to the soil for their tomatoes for a great outcome. Also, weather and watering as well helping in pollination also makes a huge difference in outcome. The weather these past 2 years have been colder here where we are in Southern Vancouver Island, but still a good outcome for us this year. I try and explain the best I can to help others and hope this comes through. Thank you for your kind support and such beautiful comments. You have made my year!

[@lachozidanesvalchanneltanaman]

Amazing👍👍👍☘️☘️

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Lachozidanesval channel tanaman, Thank you for the kind comment...

[@louisacard6168]

Congratulations! Finally on KZbin. You are such an awesome tomato grower. Keep it up. Waiting for video number 2. Louisa

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Aww, thanks Louisa... 20 years of growing knowledge but still a bit of a video rookie.. lol. Thank you for your awesome support, means the world ...

[@johnathonperales1329]

Awesome video! 👍👍

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Thank you kindly Johnathon! Thank you for viewing our channel...

[@afiabegum5838]

Very nice garden plants

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Thank you for your kind words...

[@cassidystraub4509]

This is so beautiful thank you for sharing!

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

You are very kind Cassidy, thank you for supporting us in watching our vids...

[@rodrickgivens2565]

Wow black is beautiful 😍❤it

[@rodrickgivens2565]

Love heloom tomato plants

[@rodrickgivens2565]

Do you save seeds and if can I get some from you please and thank you

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Rodrick.. Yes, I do.... Just send me an email to: [e-mail] and remind me of the seed you want and I will respond back.... Thanks Rodrick!

[@vixxcottage]

Great video!

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Vicky, thank you for your kind comment...

[@harrisonskelton6934]

I grew the black beaties this year and they were red with some black tint to it. Yours is so much darker that's pretty cool.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Harrison, I've now planted the Black Beauty for the second time now. The first time, it was mostly black and now the second time... I have some with green marbling especially on the blossom end. Thank you for your comment... keep em coming!

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Harrison, I was noticing that I missed your comment in the color aspect... The Black Beauty should not be Red at all... a hint of green, yes... But should still be mostly Black. If you have Red with a hint of Black that is a Purple Top variety which is a Red tomato with Hints of Black as I've said. I believe you may have gotten the wrong seed in your package. I also have Purple Tops of which I will show you if you would kindly send me your email, I will show you both side by side.

[@harrisonskelton6934]

@@RascalandCrowFarm i appreciate it it's [e-mail]

[@brandonvincent8277]

Great Video Claudine! I am of Portuguese descent (Azores more specifically) and I have been tracking down strains associated with Portugal to grow as an homage. Thank you so much for introducing me to some varieties I've never heard of or come across.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Brandon, Nice to hear from an Azorean.... Portuguese people and even Portugal was bad for keeping the tomato names.... No one in these Portuguese regions could tell me what they are actually called but of course you can see their type by the type of tomato. So, I named them from the region they came from which all were from home gardens. Thank you for your kind words and your comment.... hope this explains.

[@vishalpatel4957]

what soil amendments did you use to get so many tomatoes and good growth?

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Fish compost, magnesium, calcium, nitrogen scavenger and green fertilizer (all natural powder form)... I change things up for experimental improvements some years.

[@Atimatimukti]

I'm portuguese living in Braga área, in the moment. As far as I know, we only have to portuguese varieties, Coração de boi ( ox heart) in the north and Rosa (pink) do Algarve. Everything else, are hibrids be ause people don't know about cross polination. The one you named Braga, looks like a Marmande or a Gigante dos Mercados ( Giant from the Markets). I think they are french varieties.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Atimati Mukti Ma, I know there are more varieties than the 2 in Portugal. So here's the thing.... a tomato may look like another but is not the same variety. By just looking at a tomato, you can't tell what variety it is. You can however tell what type it is, such as Ox, Beefsteak, Slicer, Cherry, Strawberry etc.... There are thousands of tomatoes in the world and even Heirlooms are hybrids as they are cross pollinated either by hand or naturally. When heirlooms are cross pollinated by another heirloom it is still an heirloom but a new variety of heirloom. There are lab created hybrids, there are created tomatoes by cross pollinated any tomato... but the lineage is the important thing to know, weather it is of heirloom cross pollinated varieties or not. It takes at least 50 of the same lineage for a tomato to be an heirloom. Thank you for your comment and sharing... I love Braga. To note, my aunt is from "Quadrazais".... it is a small community but I guarantee there is much more than 4 couples living there.... lol. It is quite possible that "Quadrazais" means 4 couples as the zais could be from the word "couple" as "casais".... however it doesn't have a "z" in it. I'll have to ask my aunt if she knows the background on the name. If I find out, I'll let you know what she said.

[@Atimatimukti]

@@RascalandCrowFarm when I was looking for a farm to buy, I was in Quadrazais. It was the locals that told me the meaning of the name :) . Anyway, I collect tomato varieties since 40 years and never heard of more than two in Portugal. Would be fascinating to know more so please, keeps us informed on how this goes. I mean, can you keep the form, colour and flavour year after year? Once I created a new variety and my friends called it "Tomato Atimati ". But after 3 years, it became something different. If you ever come to Braga, I live north, closer to the Gerês National. C Park. Come visit

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Atimati Mukti Ma, To answer your question about a new variety that was created... So, this was a natural cross pollination that produced a new tomato not the one you originally planted as it got hybridized from a cross pollination of your other tomatoes. You then said that after 3 years, it became something different. Okay, so what happened is that a newly created tomato takes years and years to stabilized that seed. You need to keep planting that seed year after year. If it becomes something different then go back to the original seed you had and keep on planting that same seed. Never replant the changed tomato from your originally created one to try and get back that original tomato, won't work. It takes years and years like I said, for a new variety to stabilize by replanting that true tomato seed. Go back to the original seed that produced you the right tomato and plant more than one. This is why it is not easy to produce a new tomato variety... I have also created new ones, about 4 in 15 yrs. occuring in naturally in cross pollination. It happens once in a while.

[@danielt6689]

Thank you for posting. What is your spacing between tomato plants?

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Daniel, thank you for your question and supporting our little farm by your viewing. I space my tomatoes usually between 20-24 inches. I tend to space around 20 inches usually as space is at a premium.

[@DaFAMOnDeck]

Amazing video with beautiful tomatoes. Any chance you would be willing to sell some seeds? I'm really interested.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi JusCoolin, Thank you for your kind words and support! I will be selling selected Heirloom Tomato seeds in December 2020 on our website: rascalandcrowfarm.com

[@jamesbarron1202]

Where did you get your Bumble Bee seeds? Im going to try that one for sure. I tend to always like the cherry tomatoes taste better. They seem sweeter than the larger types. Plus they produce better in the Texas heat. Black Cherry is the best tasting tomato I've had produce here.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hello James, If you are interested in also my favorite of the Cherry tomatoes, the "Bumble Bee"... If you would like to forward an email I can contact you with... I will gladly forward that info to you. You can go to our site on our Contact Us at: rascalandcrowfarm.com

[@MariaMackiewicz]

Hi! When do you cut all leaves?

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

So, with "determinates" (5 feet tall, usually plums and cherries and dwarfs... or bush type varieties), you don't thin or cut leaves. The "indeterminates" (8-10 feet tall vine varieties) which is mostly what I grow, you must thin as the plant gets too much leaf growth and needs to be thinned. I start thinning when I can establish where the flower branches are coming from to determine what I want to take off at that stage and what I don't want.... to help the plant grow vigorously. Remember your suckers are fruiting branches and many sites tell you to take them all off... I dont think that is good advice as you may get very few tomatoes otherwise on your plant. Here's the thing.... If you take off too many suckers you might get bigger tomatoes but fewer tomatoes. If you leave lots of suckers on, you may get many, but small tomatoes... so you have to find a balance on each individual plant. I start my first thinning on my indeterminates around the 2 and a half to the 3 foot mark... take a few leaves here and there usually every second leaf on each individual stock and making sure to "never remove the leaf above the fruiting branch".... that is the lung of the fruiting branch. I then thin again when the tomatoes have fruit established on them about 3 weeks later and then again about a week before I harvest them to give a last push and sunshine to the fruit. The video "How to Maximize your Tomato Plant Growth" shows you an idea of what I do. Hope this helps and thank you for your question!

[@MariaMackiewicz]

@@RascalandCrowFarm Thank you very much for such an exhaustive statement! Why are there so many Portuguese tomato varieties on your farm? What do you value them for?

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

That's a great question! I grow many Portuguese varieties because I have looked for them in the different regions of Portugal which you can't find here in North America as no one has them or much of Portuguese varieties... (believe me I've looked) except for the standard usual or variations of Ox. I grow them because they have been excellent tomatoes both in flavor and yield and sizes.... especially the beefsteak varieties. I don't have their seed on sale this year but I may next year depending on my planting area for the next growing season. Also check out my video on "How to get Bigger Tomato Yields"... it will also give you another help in growing them better. Hope this all helps... Thank you for your questions!

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

I explained in one of the videos in which I showed the heirlooms severely pruned, was infact because a client wanted to be able to see the tomatoes. I only pruned them this way just days before harvesting them. I never severely prune my tomatoes this way during their important growing cycle. I strategically prune them a few times during the season to open up the plant to allow more sunlight and better pollination. Yes, I am very aware that tomatoes need their leaves as it is the much needed chlorophyll and lungs of the plant to be able to grow and is one factor to their flavor profile, but not the only one. Many things affect a tomato's flavor, and leaves are just one of them. Certain leaves are really important that have to be left on the plant for the fruit to grow. If you notice, most of my videos show the heirloom tomato plants very lush with many fruits. No worries, my tomatoes are very very tasty, or else I wouldn't be able to have a "tasting event" every year here on our farm. No worries, no tomato plants were harmed in the making of the videos... thank you for your comment.

[@homebound1533]

Just beautiful tomatoes! I have a question. Can I grow an heirloom tomatoe plant and a sun gold tomatoe plant close in the same area and still harvest the seeds and get the same plant next year? I would love to order some of the black variety kind!!! Thank you for your advice and videos!!

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Homebound... Thank you for that lovely comment... Okay, so that is a great question.... I only grow heirloom tomatoes together in general.... however, I did plant one dwarf tomato to see how it performs in a regular bed instead of it's container destination. I would say that you can get cross pollination in that you can get characteristics to jump from tomato to tomato, usually it comes out in it's shape. For example, you can have a beefsteak and then it can have some tomatoes with an Ox shape to some. For the color jumping it is rare that you will have a hybrid in color and actually have a hybrid tomato.... to stabilize that tomato takes years and to stabilize that seed and produce that same tomato. So, I plant all kinds of heirlooms together in general at about 2 feet apart and I actually mix the colors in planting. I have found that when I keep the light colors together my tomatoes, don't seem to have great flavor on the yellows, oranges and white tomatoes. But, when I mix them all with reds and burgundys, they seem to do really well in flavors all across the board. I don't worry about it too much as you have to plant them in the growing area you have, rotating your crops of course. I haven't had too much of a problem. I try and save seed from each plant "every" year and this way, if the tomato didn't perform very good in a certain year, then I go back to the previous years seed to have the option for an optimum selection in my seed for any given variety. Hope this helps! I'll have a look and see what my stock looks like for you ... Can you email me at [e-mail] and just remind me of the seed you would like again, and I will get back to you in a few days. Thank you!

[@shervajoseph-kelly2275]

Why doesn’t your plants have leaves?

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Sherva, I explained on the video that it was just for display purposes for a client on the day of harvest that I did this. You can't grow tomatoes without leaves.... which are the lungs of the plant.

[@bighatchie]

Do you get cross pollination growing the different varieties close together? Not sure it matters unless you are harvesting the seeds for replanting for the next season.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi there Alan, You do on occasion get some characteristics jumping like the shape of an Ox-Heart onto a Beefsteak to give you an example... but an actual natural heirloom hybrid cross tomato... it has happened to me about 4 times in 14 years resulting in an actual hybrid tomato.... This hybrid of course would take years and years to stabilize if I continue to plant that seed over and over again to create and keep the new natural heirloom hybrid. Which I haven't concentrated on doing as I know how long that would take. So, you mostly on some occasions have the shape characteristics that jump on just a few tomatoes I have found, and to give you an idea... you are looking at around 4 actual hybridized plants out of about 600 plants. The characteristic jumping happens alittle more often like a couple of plants each year it seems out of around 45 plants. I plant them around just under 2 feet from each other. I think that it's impossible to plant with no little anomalies like this once in a while.. and yes, I do save my own seed. I give a tomato 4 plantings before I decide if I want to keep that variety for myself as a prized tomato. You need to give a tomato I find in my experience at least 3 of your own planted seed because what may be a mediocre tomato the first year, could actually be a fantastic tomato the next. That is why I believe, when people share their tomato taste test that have only planted tomatoes just once, does not give the audience a fair and true assessment of a tomatoes flavor on any particular tomato on these many videos out there.... which is a pet peeve of mine. I think, if you have grown a tomato for years, then you can tell an audience that a tomato is indeed fantastic, not from a first planting! I hope this info helps.... Thank you for your question!

[@jennifersteeves5482]

Do you guys sell seeds?! Im always looking to expand my heirloom collection

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi J. Steeves, Thank you for your inquirey. Look at our site rascalandcrowfarm.com and on the front page I'll list what I will sell in seed starting in December when most sites start selling tomato seeds after processing.

[@papijay7]

Hi. I'm a newbie gardener. I'm captivated by the variety of tomatoes plants you have. How do you get the seeds? I'm interested in purchasing as many varieties as I can get. I live in Nigeria, West Africa.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Efosa, Thank you for your interest in our farm. We have seeds available on our farm's website at rascalandcrowfarm.com. Please leave your email at: [e-mail] or place an order on our website's seed store of which it will ask you for your email to proceed with an order. Any seeds you want that are not on our online store, please let us know to see if we can accommodate you. Our seeds sell for $3.50 US /25 Seeds per pk. which comes to the equivalent of $4.50 CDN (Canadian). All sales are sold in Canadian currency and total is calculated for you before sale to let you know in case of currency conversion. Sales done ny direct E-transfer or through E-transfer one through Paypal. You need a Paypal account if going through Paypal. We do many international seed sales.

[@Multitrash100]

You cut leafes becouse of diseases? Does growing like that affects to taste? I thinks photosyntesis produce sugars in plant.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Tica, You should have a clearing of the bottom of your plant from leaves... you should be clear of leaves at the bottom about 10 inches off the ground. Never let your leaves touch. If that is what you mean about cut leaves because of disease. It is so that when you water your plants, if you have leaves touching the soil... By trimming these bottom leaves, any molds or mildew won't make it up the plant from the leaf that is touching the soil. You have to keep the bottom of the plants clear of leaves on up to about 10 inches. I then prune my plants 2 sometimes even 3 times as indeterminates that grow 8-10 feet tall. These are vine types that need pruning or else you will have mostly leaves and no tomatoes. The blossoms need to be able to come through those leaves for pollination... Indeterminates grow an incredible amount of leaves, unlike Determinate (bush) types that you don't have to prune much. That is why, not many people grow Indeterminates as they are very laborous in their care. Pruning Indeterminates won't harm the plant, you have to remember to be selective in what you prune of course especially at blossom stage... You have to let the plant breathe as it were, or else the plant will overgrow itself on leaves not producing enough fruit... It is work but it is worth it. Yes, the plant needs it's leaves, especially the one above the fruit stem which has to stay on as the lung of the plant for the tomato. You have to take some off, as the plant will concentrate putting out more leaves not concentrating the sugars to the tomato itself... For this reason is why you have to prune the "Indeterminates", not to get confused with the smaller Determinate types that don't need pruning and stay at usually less than 5 feet tall. Hope this helps.

[@Multitrash100]

@@RascalandCrowFarm Thank you for detail answer, it helps me a lot. This year I grow tomatos for the first time and i wasnt satisfied with taste of tomatoes. Next year Im changing way of growing and varieties hoping to have better tasting tomatoes.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Don't give up on those tomatoes... Tomatoes take time to adapt to your soil. So what you grew this year that wasn't that great, can be a fantastic tomato next year. I give mine 3 tries from my own seed meaning I plant them at least 4 times to decide if I want to keep them. Remember, depending on weather, your watering practices, your soil condition, the amendments that you add to your soil, your pruning methods will affect the flavor of your tomatoes. Every year the flavor can change or even get better... People make the mistake of giving up on them after one planting and purchase new seed without giving those tomatoes a chance. Save that seed from those tomatoes that grew and use that seed the next year... keep saving your seeds from the same tomato... that is how the tomato will adapt to your soil by you replanting the new seed you save each year.

[@michaellane9079]

@@RascalandCrowFarm no need to massacre them like that. Hard to look at. You need an intervention. Put down those shears and back away. Everything will be okay.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Michael, Thank you for your concern on the health of my tomato plants.... and making me burst out laughing.... Hilarious! I only show them trimmed severely a week before harvesting, in fact it was actually just a few days before harvesting for last push of ripening for sun to get in. The leaf above the fruit is usually not trimmed as the lung for the tomato during this last week growing push before harvest. I assure you the plants are lush throughout their growing season as you will see in other videos.

[@21simper]

Excellent video... I had a produce store 80's to late 90', the best variety by far we ever sold was called Mandy but may have been spelt differently.. Hi acid, dark red with green lines, not a big tomato... Just wondering if you ever heard of it.?

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hello Tim, Thank you for your question... I have searched for your "Mandy" and can't find it by this name anywhere.... like you said it may have been spelled differently. Haven't found one close to that name in my research... maybe you can further research and see if you can find something that sounds like it or maybe in your paperwork from your produce store. Would be so interesting to know...

[@chrisp5526]

How many vines do you normally let grow for each tomato plant to get the large quantities you get? They all look beautiful! I love your videos by the way. I’ll be growing many varieties this year, too: 1. Iran type one (no name yet) 2. Iran type two (no name yet) 3. Purple calabash 4. Traveler’s tomato 5. Peach tomato 6. Japanese black trifle 7. St. Pierre 8. Bloody Butcher 9. Paul Roberson 10. Thessaloniki 11. Galapagos 12. Everglades 13. Costoluto genovese 14. San Marzano 15. Large San marzano 16. pera d’abruzzo 17. Pienolo Del Vesuvio 18. Corbarino 19. Gigante di rotanda. 20. Federle 21. Rosa di benevento 22. Canestrino di Lucca 23. Frank’s Iranian tomato 24. Cherokee purple 25. 4th of july 26. Boxcar willie 27. Hill Billie 28. Amish paste 29. Christmas tree 30. Fiaschetto

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hello Chris P, Thank you for such a nice comment and support! I don't take too many off. See, here is the thing.... I have done lots of experiments... Sometimes as you know on some varieties you get the main one that branches off into 2. Some you have the main one that branches off into 4 and some you have the main vine and only further up you start to get the side branches growing... Here's the myth... the middle shoots that people call "suckers" are not suckers. Tomatoes don't have suckers! Suckers are shoots that don't produce flowers and fruit. These are side shoots and they produce fruit... People generally are told on many sites to go and take off all these suckers, which is nuts! Yes, by all means take some if you would like. So, if you leave many, you will have a bigger yield, but smaller fruit. If you take some off a few here and there, you will have bigger fruit but smaller yields. I cringe when I hear people calling them suckers and that they must take them off on other videos or articles as they are in fact fruiting side branches. Some videos I've seen, say to keep only the main branch that grows a few fruit branches off the main branch... I shake my head as you will get a very small yield. Let those babies grow here and there and when the flowers come, you will see how many flowers they will have on those "suckers, side shoots". On some tomato varieties you will really depend on those side shoots producing fruit for a good harvest... So, don't be too hasty in pinching them off... try first to just pinch off every second one.... like this you should have a happy medium. Also, for your experimentation, if you have a tomato plant that has to branches from the main branch, keep both. If you get four, you could cut it down to 2 but then also try and experiment on one and keep all four. Like this, you will have the experience of seeing how much your plant will produce and what would of happened if you had taken them off... would you have lost lots of fruit. I encourage you to do this, as by seeing is the best experience on your tomatoes. I like to wait until my plant is nice to start cutting out branches that aren't producing much flowers which would take away energy from the ones that have many.... I hope that I have explained it to you well enough... Let me know if you get me...

[@chrisp5526]

@@RascalandCrowFarm Thank you for your gardening tips! I will definitely give your tips a try and look for flower stalks and try and keep them on, and take off the side shoots not giving flowers! I love your description of the Japanese trifle. I am growing that, too and for the first time! I look forward to it, all the harvest and watching things grow!

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Excellent.... so just to clarify, what people call "suckers" at the elbow junction shoot is actually a side shoot or fruiting branch. I'm sure you get what I mean.... It is okay to take a few off that don't have much flower on them so that the other heavy flowered stems produce bigger ones. Make sure to never remove the leaf above a fruiting stem as well. Happy Growing!

[@Betty-qd8st]

Now you need to do a tasting video 🙏. Please ☺️

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Yes, excellent idea! I have thought of that... I wish I had done one this past September under the pandemic among just a few of us... it was really great as I had a lot of descriptive, interesting and excellent comments under each tomato to help the viewer. I will have to do that next season... Thank you for a wonderful suggestion!

[@Betty-qd8st]

@@RascalandCrowFarm I can’t wait for spring to start planting again. Lol so it’s my grow room n utube 😂

[@mchoffner8497]

I wanted you to slice and taste each one.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi I. G. Natius, I can do that... keep in mind, the same tomato can taste different each year because of weather, ammendments, watering practices etc. So, what may not be so great a tomato this year, can be a fantastic one next year. Never give up on a tomato variety until you have planted them at least 3 times of your own seed in your soil, is what I do to determine a keeper.

[@jxmai7687]

Algarve is very nice to be eat as fruit.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

H iMichael... it certainly is... This one from this region as far as I know and have researched isn't sold anywhere... as I got the seed myself from the Algarve.

[@jxmai7687]

@@RascalandCrowFarm I am from Australia, this is my first year grown tomato, my friend gave me the seed, i never see it before, definitely not front local, may be not 100% the same but very close family, it is very meaty in side. by the way, the way of your pruning，especially 3 or 4 branches start very low , can you talk about it in the future.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

H Michael, The Portuguese Ox tomatoes you see out there seem to be the same one. Mine is specifically from the Algave region. Just because a tomato looks like another doesn't mean it is the same one as you probably already know. This year, I will make another video explaining further what I do in pruning to make it a little easier and clearer for the viewers. Thank you for your interest... Stay tuned!

[@qparacha1]

Can you name some good heirlooms bush variety please?

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Qasim, Hmmmm that is a good question.... I generally grow indeterminates and not so much bush (determinates) types as much. In saying that, I do love some varieties of the Dwarf Tomatoes... I grew 2 good ones.... "Fred's Tie Dye" and "Beauty King" were really good varieties... that grow about 3-4 feet tall. I'll have to get back to you and see if I have some good bush varieties I have grown in the past.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Qasim, I find that some of the Dwarf varieties like Fred's Tie Dye and Beauty King of the Dwarf plants are excellent... they are of bush variety size. Also, cherries and some plums are also bush varieties. Bumble Bee is a big cherry variety that is burgundy with a green stripe I have in a few of my videos that is one of the best cherries I've tasted if not my favorite one. I don't grow many bush or determinate varieties as I find that the varieties I usually want are indeterminates 8-10 feet tall.

[@anthonynavarro4052]

Good afternoon madam! I am from Philippines, may I ask for a seeds of all the variety of heirloom tomato you have? I eat tomato everyday and would like to plant them on my backyard.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Anthony, Thank you for your inquiry..... At this time I can only supply you with some, depending on the variety you are really interested in. You have to let me know which ones... I may be able to supply you with 10-15 varieties at this time... I can let you know which ones. If you are interested, they are $3.50 US each packet with 25 seeds/pkg., plus $6.50 shipping. You can check our varieties on our website at rascalancrowfarm.com to look up the name of the varieties you want and then let me know. Email me at [e-mail] to order. We E-transfer through Paypal for payment.

[@liamtaggart57]

The Black Russian tastes the best

[@HarshJain-it2bg]

Use waste decomposer from India, for all answers to organic farming ( fertilizer, nutritions, compost, insecticides, growth promoters, hormones, gibberlins etc.) Since the government has stopped making waste decomposer, you have to take it from farmers who are already using it.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Hi Harsh Jain, Thank you for your comment... We also always use compost here in our country which is readily available when ever we need it in many compositions... We have to buy it here, which we do (usually fish soil), and use every season as we can't produce enough ourselves on our land because of our type of vegetation here. Most people and farmers use compost... I don't really know of anyone who doesn't use compost as it's standard practice here in Canada in our lives if you grow personally or on a farm.

[@HarshJain-it2bg]

@@RascalandCrowFarm Just check for yourself. You do not need to buy anything from outside, every fertilizer, compost, pesticide, growth promoter, hormone etc. can be made at your farm itself. By your farm inputs.

[@RascalandCrowFarm]

Yes, you can do it yourself but like I said some people can't produce enough compost to use. Understand that not everyone lives in a land like "India" that is lush in many places and can produce compost from crops if you own enough land producing a lot of brown and green material or veg material for composting. Some who live in geographically challenging places like we do can make growing a challenge. You can produce your own compost if you have the right land composting material... not everyone does. If you live on mostly rocky and sandy soil, you won't produce anything. So, it depends on the land type that you have. We live in a Rain Forest that has mostly Conifer Trees and is on mountain soil which is mostly acidic. If you understand what Mountain Soil is, it doesn't have much nutrients... If you own land like this, you need animals (not every one can, and are expensive) for manure and to break up the land to eventually help the soil for a cleared area if you can afford to clear it. Our 100 + foot tall trees are hard to cut down and uproot. If, you can afford to .... eventually over years you build up and produce better vegetation with manure from animals you own to give nutrition to the soil. It is incredibly expensive and labor- some to do, as well as trying to earn a living at the same time... life here is expensive in our Country. On our land, we do not have enough leaf material and are limited in grass to make enough usable compost. We have a "Cold" compost for land refuse that is mostly branches and needle type brown material and limited grass. If you understand this type of refuse material and these types of trees... it takes years and years to decompose and you end up with a tiny pile once it has. To give you a true life experience, we have a "cold" compost pile for 14 years piling tons of refuse on to it each year untouched, and we have about a yards worth of soil only from the mountains of material we have placed upon it year after year. One yard worth of material is the equivolent to about 16- 5 Gallon Buckets worth. It produces "nothing". If my land was cleared and all the trees taken down and worked by machinery costing me tens of thousands of our dolllars... then I have land to be able to start to produce my own compost, only if I have many acres.... If you know anything about this type of land is that it is not "India". It is not "tropical" and it does not produce much in the way of composting material for a garden. So, in some places of the world like ours, you have to bring in workable soil for a base for a farm which costs a lot. Hope this helps you understand that there are many types of land around the world that does not produce as you do. Hope this clarifies for you what our obsticles are with our land here. Thank you for your comment and helpfulness.