Record Tomato Harvest From Just 20 Square Feet!

Wow. What a haul! We have never had this large of harvest from such a small area. Organically grown as well!

[@mcauley19]

I bought MIGardener seeds and followed Luke’s single stemming technique…and I have tomato plants that are over 11 feet tall!!

[@wendyc.5769]

That’s just amazing! You’re doing a great job with your teaching Luke

[@captaincucaracha]

YAYYYY!!!!! ANOTHER ONE!!!! TY you helped a bunch with my issues with soil and pests!!! glad you keep putting harvest videos, im about to put a set of plants into a greenhouse to see how they workout during the wintertime. never tried it before .

[@mrmacgregorshomestead233]

Dehydrate the skins and crush them to be added as a tomato seasoning

[@shirleyk623]

I'm going to try this. I've heard several people recommend this. They say it will thicken your sauces. Sounds like a great way to use all of the harvest

[@Kayle15Kayle]

I would really like to see some garden tours of you just walking through your garden and showing things and talking about your personal experiences and thougts. It would really make the video more personable and interesting vs of standardized. Give us some plant love!

[@BethKiesel3n1]

32 plump Roma tomatoes!! I love your channel, I learn so much and I especially love your positive attitude. We moved from Maryland (zone 7a) to Florida (zone 10a) in late April & I am finally getting a container garden started. They say I can start tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers & beans now so I've done that, along with starting my cool-weather seeds.. I hope I get a crop like yours come Christmas, or maybe even Thanksgiving! 🌲😋🍅❤️ Enjoy your honeymoon!

[@christophercaswell6758]

I NEVER comment on videos but you are great. You are the man. I'm in the same growing zone and have only bought your seeds for the coming year. I will watch as much of your videos I can.

[@guylamullins3602]

Wow! That’s a lot of tomatoes. I had one Roma that volunteered itself from last year. Had a bunch of cherry tomatoes that always come back up every year. I started 4 beefsteaks from seed. I grow the beefsteaks for fried green tomatoes because they work better. They have a bit more flesh than celebrities. Right before frost with the cherry and Roma’s I pick the last of the green ones and make salsa verde with them. It’s a good way to use the fall cilantro, green onions and chili peppers.

[@nenac3741]

What a beautiful late harvest! I’ll have to try this next year!

[@shannonessig5959]

I appreciate seeing how determinate tomatoes fit into the fall garden. In the CA Central Valley, it gets so hot so fast, that I start my tomato seeds in late January/early February, to plant by late April. But the plants get super stressed in the heat and my last tomatoes are harvested in late June/ early July. I mostly grow tomatoes for canning. It's nice to know I can get an awesome crop of tomatoes for canning, with determinate plants in the fall. I'm so looking forward to 2022. Thank you so much!

[@ericawentz2734]

Amazing haul of beautiful tomatoes, Luke! I counted 32 Roma’s off the two plants. Thank you for sharing your wise advice. Take care and stay healthy💪🏻

[@Veitermc]

Got your Amish paste seeds over last winter and this year they are doing fantastic! They have been yielding tomatoes now for 6 weeks and many more to come. Frost will get these plants before they burn off, good stuff Luke!

[@richardlaird2641]

I love your show. I don't know why it took me so long to find it. I've had a great crop of tomatoes this year. The plants are over 7 ft. tall and we've canned about 45 qts so far and there are truckloads coming on it we don't get a freeze. This video was fabulous. Next year I'm going to have some Romas in my garden. Thank you.

[@jamesalexbarnes1116]

Great tips. Much appreciated. I will do this next year.

[@montanaliving4769]

I'm astounded at my tomatoes this year. Due to weather we had to replant 3 times! We ended up with so many that 7 plants were against the wall of the house which gets no sun whatsoever. Then the heat dome stayed on us most of the season! As soon as it left the tomatoes took off! So far I have put up 32 pints each of tomatoes, salsa, tomatoe sauce and stewed tomatoes. We are nearing the end here but they are still flowering and putting on new. I have put up26 pints of green tomatos salsa Verde and there are still many Roman, cherry and regular tomatoes turning red. What was the real shocker is how well the plants who never saw sun did! They turned out to be all beefsteak and are huge! We've eaten many of thier ripe ones and until frost they will stay on the vine to ripen as much as possible. So despite poor beginnings and horrid weather, the 22 plants have done well. I put in a few new roma type to me and the weather has had little effect. They are twice the size of my usual Romas and as soon as I pull the steaks I will stick a tag away as I intend to plant them again next year. I was very surprised to get such a supply and its the first year I have not had to purchase any for my csnning.

[@colliecoform4854]

What was the new to.A you tried? I am going to plant mostly Roma's next year saving some room for our favorite spiders. I have a separate area for cherries and grape. With all the new varieties I usually end up with way more than we need but they are fun and easy to give away.

[@MissJens]

I grew the Martinos this year too. Such a great harvest out of only four plants. I will definitely grow them again.

[@dependentongod4ever]

I counted 32 from those 2 plants, which is amazing! I am curious on your spacing for these tomatoes. I'll go back and rewatch your video on your fall planting to see if it was mentioned. I'm just awful at figuring out the right spacing for things.

[@katrinaneedy5765]

Ty I lost count that was an amazing tomato harvest indeed.

[@ktalas9168]

I got the same amount

[@minifarmwife6753]

32 was what I got too! :)

[@MIgardener]

We spaced them out about 2 feet apart.

[@NancyCupp]

I did not know you could plant tomatoes so late, especially in Michigan. I didn't know the difference between indeterminate and determinate as far as the amount of harvest all at once. For canning and storage, planting determinate must be the way to go. I never thought of that before, so thanks for the explanation of the difference. You are such a good teacher!

[@helen2061]

That was so much fun, Luke! Next year... 😀

[@Clintscollectiblez]

I grew a garden with cucumber and tomato, mint, few other herbs and was my first attempt it turned out pretty good 🌱🔥

[@lorenzshawl8230]

GREAT HARVEST love ❤️ sweet Roma tomatoes definitely going to try this for 2022.

[@helenmcgill5563]

Fabulous harvest. 👍 it sure did make a great video, thanks.

[@JamieE76]

Super inspiring! I definitely want to try a determinate crop next fall.

[@sweetsavorywords3506]

That is just amazing. I'm excited with you♥️♥️♥️

[@marysee6134]

This was exciting! I'm hoping to have my first crop of tomatoes since moving to central Florida by doing this. It's finally starting to cool down to mid-80's. My seedlings are almost ready. By late November, I will be harvesting. Thanks for the education.

[@BethKiesel3n1]

Me too, Mary! I'm on the coast so technically South FL, but in Brevard County.

[@LSFprepper]

32 tomatoes from those 2 plants. That was an amazing haul!

[@idahohoosier8989]

Those romas are fabulous! Blessings, julie

[@samuelslavik1588]

I counted 32 and my tomato’s that I planted in planter are at least 8 feet tall if had 3 harvests so far and there’s more tomato’s and flowers blooming also I had flowers that didn’t produce in the past that all the sudden fruited tomato’s so I have more growing and plants still getting taller first time growing a garden myself doing very welll

[@colliecoform4854]

I am definitely doing this next year. Probably do some in the spring also. I usually plant several varieties, mostly indeterminate but next year will be mostly determinate! I say that now but when I start ordering seeds who knows what will strike my fancy. I always order more than I have room for.

[@paulashuck8042]

Loved the "vicarious" picking! :)

[@littleguyandjoeyand]

That's amazing! I definitely plan to do this next year. How many plants are there?

[@juliemcgugan1244]

I grew just pomodoro cherry tomatoes and San Mariano’s last year and had a bumper crop from both! Expanding to others this year, including Super Snow White, Ildi, honey bubbles, as well as the two I planted and grew last year. Fingers crossed they all grow well!

[@jbonkerz]

I just harvested my tomatoes and peppers. I made a delicious salsa out of them.

[@gardenergal5198]

I like when you get close up on the picking!

[@christym6128]

Beautiful!!

[@FarmerGarden]

Amazing work🌲🌱🌳👍

[@sherriekemper1828]

I'm sold Luke! What was the specific variety you grew for this amazing harvest? Thanks for sharing.

[@terrantula7733]

I was wondering that to?

[@JK_341]

now that was massive, id definitely call those good seed saving candidates for sure!

[@cindynielson4231]

Great harvest! Enjoy your honeymoon! TFS

[@seanrich1367]

34 I counted. pretty Amazing. Great Job.

[@lindapetersen1800]

Luke I like the way you think of tomato Plants!!! Green Roma will you bring those into the house and let them ripen over the months??? 32-33 tomatoes that is a lot!!!

[@promeneuzivotu117]

Beautiful yeald.🍅

[@jackiehorsley9263]

Luke what and awesome harvest I counted 33 tomatoes off the last plant you harvested off of

[@cindyskillman544]

We've already had five freeze-level nights, one of which was in the middle of August. 😒 I'm glad all my tomatoes are in my (unheated) greenhouse. There are a few nipped leaves, but I'm still getting lots of tomatoes. ❤️

[@OSGCourtWatch]

You must have had your seedlings attain some great size before planting out to get that ripe of tomatoes by 3rd week of sept if planted in August...how long did you raise seedlings before planting? Our determinates generally go from end of May thru end of sept...

[@debcarpenter8519]

I live in Colorado, and this is my biggest harvest ever. One problem. I've got Cherokee Purple, Big Beef, 4th of July and a cherry. I haven't had a tomato yet, that has hit me with that authentic homegrown flavor. That sweet, earthy, have a party in my mouth kinda flavor. I use Trifecta. My plants are still very healthy. 😔

[@italiana626sc]

What a gorgeous tomato harvest!! Enjoy your honeymoon. :)

[@spottedsparrowgardens9999]

Insane tomatoes!! And you still have green tomatoes!

[@sina5354]

My tomatoes are just dying in this time of year. Is this normal? I'm not disappointed because I had an enormous harvest all thanks to your videos

[@lemagreengreen]

Next year I'm going to try stacking a whole lot of small determinate plants like these in pots on unused shelves in my greenhouse, I'm determined to get maximum production from the space and the shelves are not in the ideal position on the opposite side to where the indeterminate plants grow but I think there's probably a lot of unused potential.

[@SouthernYankee]

So when you harvest that many at one time what do you do with them? Do you make sauce with them or something? If so you should show that process I would be interested to see how it’s done! Huge massive haul congrats!

[@khall4089]

An earlier video I also watched today: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKPZkHyamrSCarM

[@victoriajankowski1197]

This seems like a great way to get a bumper crop for canning after to busiest of the growing season so you have time to can with out competing with the summer garden bounty for time!!!

[@redpilled9595]

This gets me excited, my roma tomatoes are not far from giving me tomatoes I live in South Africa. Weather is fantastic.

[@toniasilvas5422]

I’m definitely gonna try a determinant Roma tomato. I like to make sauce, so ripening all at once is perfect.

[@raymondpinner8328]

When you update your site, can you please put an option so you can search determinant/indeterminant?

[@judydrouhard2651]

35 on one plant! Wow. So nice. 🥰

[@charlesknight3204]

Congratulations and outstanding gardening!!! What variety of Roma tomato please? Me and mine wish you and yours all things great and good; take care, be safe, all my best and God bless!!! Chuck Knight from Buffalo, Texas. 🤠🐩✝️🙏👍

[@Nannylinda]

Counted 32!!! amazing!

[@marytepp4212]

I love your videos and have learned so much. My problem is that I cannot rotate my crops because of space limitations and growing mostly tomatoes and peppers. And cant do raised beds. What can i do?

[@katherinebelk8398]

I dream of days where I can get a harvest like that!

[@indecisivegardener]

I counted 35 including the couple you picked from the right. I felt like I was watching sesame street lol

[@bethanyfields4706]

You got 32 tomatoes from the two plants on the end!!!♥️ 🍅♥️🍅♥️

[@kleineroteHex]

I cannot hear, see, do any more tomatoes 😂 so over them this year!!! I hope this is my last pot of sauce/paste cooking! But I still have a few I couldn't bring myself to pull, just too many nice tomatoes on yet😂 then again, where my cucumber was a tomato must have landed and I have 100 some seedlings again, may be I will try one in the house again over winter😉

[@zarahsgarden2097]

What about cloning for a second planting/ fall harvest? I tried this year but it was a bit too late for my short growing season. Will try again but make the clones a bit earlier next year.

[@beckysteinmiller338]

32 tomatoes?!? 2 plants?!? Amazing!

[@LSFprepper]

I'm trying Roma's next year. This year I had San Marzano and they were horrible. Over half of them were tossed out due to end rot. I watered them the same as my other 5 varieties and they were the ONLY ones that had this issue.

[@BliffleSplick]

What do you think about staggering the sprouting / planting of tomatoes so they don't all hit at once?

[@colliecoform4854]

That is what I plan to do starting in the spring planting.

[@barbaramilbradt2188]

Awesome!!! Next year....

[@uggie]

I love determinates. If you get into canning it's worth the effort.

[@tonyandrea5774]

I had a Roma plant with over 200 tomatoes on it this year .

[@toniearnest1861]

Wow !!! Looks like we all counted 32 !!! ...That's a lot of tomatoes !!!

[@teflon165]

I really like my SAN MARZANO tomatoes also. They grow to 7-8 feet tall and 50 fruits and up on each plant. Those Italians sure do know their tomatoes!!!

[@somai_1]

What did you feed them and how often?

[@teflon165]

@@somai_1 I Just used miracle grow once every 2 weeks. I also used only rain water on them once every day. UNREAL amount of fruit per plant. Hope that helps you friend. Best of Luck!

[@ogadlogadl490]

What is the variety?

[@johnpitts9596]

What type of roma toms did you use??

[@ktewin]

PLEASE...HELP...🙂 Hi! I have a question that has nothing to do with this video subject. My question: how do I store my potted soil that I used in my greenhouse? It's out of the large containers and out of the greenhouse. I've read somewhere that I need to dry out the soil completely but not certain I can do that in time because of the overcast wettish weather. Do you have any great ideas/suggestions? Thanks in advance!

[@G-boi]

I don't seem to be able to grow Roma tomatoes as they always get nose rot even though I use plenty of water solvable calcium. Any tips and tricks.!?.

[@jakebrownlongboard]

That sounds like inconsistent watering to me. Try watering a little less. From what I understand, overwatering/inconsistent watering can lead to the plant having problems up-taking calcium

[@bevstegeman]

What variety is this?

[@davidmccleary5540]

Would this ground now have time to grow radishes and onions?

[@arleenk3]

Which variety of Roma did you plant? Thanks.

[@Joseph_Dredd]

Is there going to be a video of you canning them whole?? :)

[@bldroflight]

32 tomatoe fruit from the two plants 😃

[@theagespot9717]

Luke says "grow determinate tomatoes". I am sitting on a mountain of indeterminate seeds. I too have a short growing season. But my indeterminate tomatoes did surprisingly well this year despite the wonky weather and two week late start. Let's pray that next year is a more predictable one as we only got a few Cherokee Purple. Those are the most delicious tomatoes! Highly recommend.

[@tonileigh8660]

Indeterminate tomatoes are great for Spring planting since they have all summer to produce. When planting fall tomatoes, determinate are better since they all produce at one time and can be done before frost hits.

[@colliecoform4854]

I usually plant indeterminate varieties with a few exterminated thrown in. This year I had a lot of insect pressure which I am blaming on a wet and humid spring. Also had some early blight. Despite that we had a good harvest. I am still picking everyday. I always end up planting to much because I hate wasting seedlings. Next year I am going to reign myself in which is easy to say now!

[@657449]

New Jersey zone 7a. Cool spring and then into a very hot summer. Lousy tomato crop.

[@LSFprepper]

Do you have any issues with worms/pests with them being on the ground? How do you prevent hornworms?

[@somai_1]

What did you feed them and how often?

[@jarvam14]

How many plants did you put in that 20sq ft area??

[@itme7685]

This is just obscene. I’m surprised KZbin hasn’t flagged this video and banned it as many tomatoes that is. I’ve been growing Roma the past 3 years, and I’m pretty happy with them. They produce well, they are very sturdy, and work for a lot of things. Plus, you spend less time cooking it down due to less water. One seed pack lasted me 3 years, but I had 6 each year but probably grew more starts in case something happened.

[@rodneyscrivner2504]

You had lettuce in that bed in July????? before these were planted .... Tell me how ?

[@ziiziizii3838]

I have two tomato plants that grew together and are now about 1.5 feet tall. Will they last and produce even if they are 6 inches apart from each other or should I separate them? Also will they died if I have to cut their roots to separate them?

[@jenanielson]

33..wow nice job.

[@basicbaroque]

I'll have to grow more determinate tomatoes next year than I was originally planning. My goal next year is to have extras for the freezer.

[@carolb5677]

Are the sauce recipes posted somewhere?

[@nancynowak500]

Where can I purchase Roma tomato seeds? I did grow some pretty decent Roma tomatoes by planting the seeds from Roma tomatoes that I purchased at Aldis.

[@daves1563]

Roma’s are the best canning tomatoes, and yes I have San Marzano’s too, which are 2nd best.

[@safiyyab]

Which seeds were these?

[@tompalka1035]

Do you sell the seeds for that variety?

[@rebeccasmith953]

How many plants did you hav in the bed

[@lucrachiaalford6412]

3 extra wow I need those seeds

[@GraftingTactick]

Always loved ❤your video. Great content, packed loads of useful tips 🌴🌿🌲🍃🌱🌱#graftingtactick

[@microbefeeder]

Was there only 2 plants in that 20 square feet?