THE BEST TASTING TOMATO YET!

[@tonyajackson8827]

There’s nothing like a homegrown ‘mater! I’m loving the bobwhite singing in the background, it’s making me homesick!

[@andyo1333]

I can hear the bob white quail whistling in the background. I live in upstate south carolina and the bob white is far gone here.They use to grow soy bean and peaches here and i the bob white decline after they stop growing them. I use to love to whistle back to them and they would come to you.I miss doing that.Thank you for your time you put into these videos.

[@zwtrussell4517]

That is a sound that you don’t hear much any more. It does bring good memories. Some times on Travis video you can hear a mockingbird.

[@ldg2655]

I love listening and responding to them too. We had a few last summer here in SW Missouri, but I haven’t heard any yet this year.. we’ve just moved here though, so haven’t been through a full year of seasons yet.

[@williamjohnson2461]

Love the sound, I'm in the midlands and we still have a slim few wild birds

[@3gunfun]

I love the quail whistle in the background

[@johnnyjohnson3733]

"Get the Goody out of it" My grandma from Abbeville Georgia used to say that!

[@tgood9344]

The maters look so delicious. I also can’t imagine the wonderful smell from trimming the basil plants. Appreciate the update & all your hard work.😃🌺

[@LazyDogFarm]

Our pleasure!

[@2aisabsoluteTim]

​@@LazyDogFarmthe determinate tomatoes are very determined to grow

[@2aisabsoluteTim]

​@@LazyDogFarmI was never impressed with the Ford Thunderbird

[@diannemiller4754]

I'm waiting for my tomatoes so I can have tomato, bacon, and avocado sandwich. I'm jealous....MI maters won't be ready for another month at least.

[@gerhardbraatz6305]

Nothing better than a mater mustache in the southern summer heat. The German Johnson does well for me here in SE N. Carolina.

[@michellemilner3380]

We grew Red Snapper this year from watching your videos and have been really impressed! Big, pretty tomatoes and bushy plants that provide great shade for their fruit. Biggest problem we've had is keeping the weave from falling over from the weight of those BIG tomatoes. We will grow these every year from now on.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I have to run around 5-6 lines of weave for a 4' t-post to keep them upright. Those heavy fruits will make it start to sway otherwise.

[@sislertx]

Me too..im also gonna try biltmore..i hear that is great..and the florida 47

[@prestonberg9604]

You know I’m obsessed with maters trav!!! Mine are gonna grow like crazy hot up here this week

[@Shelzbells]

I love your tomato comparison videos. I grew about 45 plants this year, almost every one is a different variety LOL (and yes I am a mater nerd) Most are starting to produce now but just little green ones at this point. I cannot wait to try the Bella Rosa, the Red Snapper & Tachi. I have high expectations from those. Im a little jealous that you are already harvesting so many ripe ones.

[@elliottmcfadden6261]

One thing to keep in mind with Thunderbird is that it was bred to set initial fruit at high heat. It was designed to do well for a fall tomato harvest when it might still be quiet a bit hotter when the plant starts flowering, not spring harvest. I don’t know if you are going to do fall tomatoes, but it might be worth trying then to see if it performs better.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks for sharing that valuable info Elliott!

[@heathershomestead7612]

This is the best garden video I've watched all year so far! There's nothing like watching you dig into a fresh garden snack, cracks me up every time. I think the fish is under one of the Dr. Wyche's plants.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks Heather!

[@singncarpenter6270]

Red Snapper is on my list for next Spring. You're killin it in the garden Travis. Great stuff and fun to watch.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks 👍

[@2aisabsoluteTim]

Snapper is a good fish

[@nolawarren3560]

I am growing the Kelloggs variety for the first time this year, wow, so wonderful tasting a permanent part of the garden.

[@LazyDogFarm]

It is a treasure!

[@skypilgreen7376]

This is my first year growing the Dr. Wyches and I harvested one yesterday that weighed 1# 5 oz. There are even bigger ones that are just starting to blush still on the plants. It is a great tasting tomato.

[@LazyDogFarm]

They taste great and they get huge!

[@TheNightnightowl]

Those Dr Wyche’s are my favorite yellow tomato. One slice is enough for a sandwich- on homemade bread toast-YUM!!!

[@david.6040]

Did some lemon basil this year, smells amazing. Grew celebrity tomatoes for my determinate variety this year, impressed so far.

[@judithgilreath1784]

Celebrity is our favorite.

[@melissac3313]

Thanks!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks Melissa!

[@dwaynesmith6340]

That look on your face when you were enjoying that Rose tomato is the same look that I'm hoping to have on my face when my Rose tomatoes ripen. Thanks for the Basil trimming tip...the way I've been doing it takes entirely too long.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Hope you enjoy the Rose as much as have!

[@Hatfield_Country]

Tomato plants are looking good man! I'm growing Cherokee purple, mortgage lifter and San Marzano. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@sherrylingenfelter8991]

I have some young basil growing & one that’s older. The one great herb that loves our monsoon season in SW FL.

[@79PoisonBreaker]

Lookin nice. All those beautiful tomatoes and basil rows made me hungry ha ha. 🍻

[@rebellionpointfarms6140]

That thai basil dries up well. and holds good flavor to cook with.

[@jeannamaynard5037]

I love your comparison videos they are so informative.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Glad you like them!

[@tan2230]

Crushin' it! Great early analysis, amazing "backyard grocery store" and an incredibly juicey nutrient dense homegrown mator!! Great job! I planted my Big Zac and Kelloggs Breakfast contest tomatoes in 4 different areas...the best so far are the ones I plugged in my finished compost bin. No surprise there! I'm looking forward to my own little trial results. HOF city, Ohio so still got a ways to go. Thanks for the inspiration!!!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Hope you can grow some big ones! Looks like it's going to take 2 lbs plus to win for either variety.

[@shaggy1823]

Got Red snappers and Homesteads looking great!

[@ross-smithfamily6317]

I LOVE the basil trimming!!

[@suepatterson2702]

Sweet looking tomatoes. My favorite is still the Bella Rosa.

[@seblearien]

tout cela est magnifique !!! bonjour de la France !!

[@SH-gd9uq]

The three start with the letter R. Lol keep up the great work and videos. Thanks Travis.

[@naturalgardeningmethodswit4829]

Kelloggs breakfast tomatoes are by far my favorite they are delicious

[@fairytale_after_dark6696]

Great video with so much valuable information 👍 Thanks for sharing and I look forward to seeing more 😀 All the best from the UK 🇬🇧 🙏😁👋

[@LazyDogFarm]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jimoyler1780]

This year I planted Invincible, Red Snapper, Hossinator, and Super Sweet 100 Cherry. Awesome so far!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Very nice!

[@carolburnett8372]

I like the way you actually answer some of the comments here, thanks. I want a tomato that is tart tasting and not sweet......some only taste like water.......I live in mid south GA. and the tomatoes just do not taste as tasty as in far North GA. I bet all of you like a sweet tomato - I am so different.........please help if you know which tomato is most tart/tasty............comments? Thanks....

[@tommathews3964]

Looking great, T! I'm growing Thunderbird and Rambler in a trial as well (along with Shelby, Supremo, and Pink Delicious). Jury still out on them, too early to tell but they're loading up. I've had some wilt problems with my heirlooms this year, pulled 4 already and it appears that a few more are succumbing. That wilt does not discriminate either, Brandywine, Kellogg's, Black Krim have all had it.

[@MrSymbolic7]

The Red Snapper and the Hoss Container tomato are my best producers in this never ending drought in Southeast Texas on the coast , my main problem is keeping enough calcium in the soil as I have to water twice a Day or loose them to the 125 F temps. in the full Sun !

[@LazyDogFarm]

Whew! 125 is rough!

[@SouthernLatitudesFL]

One thing thst sold us on Grand Marshall was that they are much more heat tolerant for Florida summer. I didn't know about the spotted wilt, but isn't affecting mine as much. Have you tried Dixie Red? It is also heat tolerant.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Haven't tried Dixie Red, but I'd like to next year.

[@paulhansen5508]

Hey Travis, I am up in Dublin, GA so not too far off. I have been a fan since you were with the previous channel. Keep up the great work!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@carolynmoody9460]

So glad I found your personal channel a few days ago.. Blessings ❤️

[@LazyDogFarm]

Glad you found us too!

[@anitamurphy2454]

Red Snappers doing great, second year here. Harvested a 2 lb. 1.5 Oz. Abe Lincoln tomato this week here in south Arkansas. That Rose tomato looks like a good one!

[@LazyDogFarm]

It is! I'd highly recommend trying it!

[@leahtinsley913]

I was wondering about the basil flowers. Thank you!

[@bigl4765]

😂😂😂that mater tastin cracked me up man! I also love them R snappers and Roadsters!! They are jammin!!

[@sandraoconnor5700]

Beautiful and mouth watering maters!!

[@iwanttobelieve5970]

Got my first five cherry tomatoes. Saved them for my daughter and granddaughter. 😍❤️

[@LazyDogFarm]

That's great! They will surely enjoy them!

[@RICHat22]

Hey Travis. I want to admit an Eraser mistake, and then tell you about the issues we are having over in EC AL. My buddy Jay, who is a faithful follower of you as well, were having a discussion about a certain 2, 4-d. We discussed fuming and timing. I decided to stay WAY away from my 45x45 garden with it killing my clover in the yard. Which worked well. BUT, I decided to spray the fence line around my garden with Eraser. It's a new plot with tons of grass/weed. It did it's job. I used a no-mist attachment and did it on a day there was no wind. Low pressure, no mist, 3 inches from the ground. A week later, fence line is dead exactly where I wanted. Happy. 6-8 inches wide along the bottom. 2 weeks later I have several different plants yellowing within 10-12 ft of the fence. Dying even. I have messed up my garden in a bad way just trying to keep all the grass and weed seeds out. The other issue we're having here which is new to me is fruiting WAY early for the maturity of the plant. I have okries fruiting 8-12 inches tall. Taters 4 inches with fruit in the ground. Tomatoes in the ground in several locations that used to do well, now they are barely putting up plants. Raised beds doing much better which is backwards from prior years. Keep up your good work. Hope to see you soon. ***Also looking at the pine straw deal around the plants. Never thought of that in the garden...

[@LazyDogFarm]

Sounds like you might could benefit from some soil tests to see where your possible nutrient imbalances might be.

[@amyshaler7134]

Great update! That Grand Marshall tomato was in an email from Johnny’s Seeds today about it being great for the South due to its heat setting ability. It would be nice if that one hangs around setting fruit longer than the others.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I think it would probably do better in most years. This has been a tough year for tomatoes.

[@melissasullivan1658]

You should check out Wild Boar Farm seeds too. He lives on the cusp of the sacramento valley (Napa) so most of his varieties are super acclimated for high heat. I’m growing them in sacramento and they’ve been fantastic. Also San Diego Seed Co does well for me too.

[@amyshaler7134]

@@LazyDogFarm agreed! I’ve lost almost all of mine to something. Still not sure what it is. Will try again with a new seed batch for late summer planting. Thankful I got to preserve so many last year.

[@jamestboehm6450]

I grow Amish paste tomatoes, taste great and make good sauce. The only down fall is they need a high calcium content to the soil. Bone meal and powdered egg shells. Seed save very well also. Buying seed is nice but seed becomes a custom to the area they are grown.

[@nigellablossom]

We grew Paul Robeson last year, here in Delaware. Sorry to say it did terrible in our conditions. We had something like 15 varieties of heirloom tomatoes, and only 2 or 3 of them didn't do well. Paul Robeson was one that just couldn't perform. Overall, I prefer Cherokee Purple and Carbon.. they do really well for us every year, and the flavor is a lot better than Paul Robeson. A little context - We have hot humid summers here, with big rain events, since we are right on the coast. July tends to be 90s-100s and dry, but the rest of the summer is pretty wet and 80s-90s. Just passing along our experience, for fellow tomato lovers in similar climates 🍅 P.S. We love Kellogg's Breakfast.. so good. The plants are some of the saddest looking things starting out haha, but, man, they really come through. Huge tomatoes, excellent flavor, and really nice texture.

[@mr.c2763]

Another good video and I planted some Black Krim from seeds this year and they look good. I can't wait to taste one.

[@rickthelian2215]

I’d say No2 or no3 has the fish. You can count the three Brooke picked by taste and add latter to count, but 3 tomato’s ain’t going to make a huge decision. Many tomatoes and basil😀

[@mootoochunasamy389]

Beautiful looking tomato’s we don’t have these types in New York

[@mousiebrown1747]

Great video! Lots of fun watching YOU do all the work. Lol! 😁

[@robynsmith1536]

We are big fans of your channel! Have learned a lot from you about drip irrigation, fertilizing and picking varieties of veggies that can tolerate the heat. We are in Eastern North Carolina. Hoping you can help with a problem with our tomatoes not turning red. So much green fruit but none turning color. So frustrating. It has been high 90's and up here for about 2 weeks and same in the future forecasts. Any advice?????? Looks like we are doomed to green tomatoes this season.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Those first ones always take forever to turn. But they'll get there!

[@markware7748]

We're just now in the blossom stage, but early plant vigor in 5b at 6500' elevation, the rankings would run Thunderbird, Rambler, Grand Marshall, and Red Snapper in last place. Just opposite of what you've seen, but it's early yet for us. Snappers are catching up. It's noteworthy that Thunderbird and Rambler were just released last year by Sakata into their commercial tomato line and were not intended for the home garden sector. They may perform differently in commercial production with a synthetic fertilizer and IPM program. All my indeterminates are Italian paste heirlooms and so far, so good. Great program as usual.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Very interesting indeed. I have seen some theories that some of these commercial varieties do perform better when fed synthetically, so that would make sense.

[@eroggero]

Wow I’m impressed those plants all look so good and those tomatoes look awesome. Love all the trials that you guys do. I had only done really the invincible for the first time, and while you were correct lots of tomatoes and they are hard to hold up, although fruits were pretty small I think. My plants still have quite a few tomatoes that are green but the plants are almost dead I’m assuming from all the heat. Will be pulling them soon I guess.good luck with the rest of your harvest, Looking forward to seeing how the potatoes did in the straw.

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

I find the Thai basil flowers like crazy but it doesn't affect the flavor. I have 2 sweet basil and 2 genovise going now. 2 and 2 more started for transplant later in the season.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yeah I don't think the flowers affect the flavor either. But trimming the flowers does seem to make them bushier.

[@zwtrussell4517]

The heat is on in South Georgia this week. I been watering my corn, squash, zucchini, tomatoes, cantaloupe and peppers every day. My soil will not hold water. We can a inch down pour in short time and then it’s gone. Need to add some good compost.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I've been watering from two spigots 24/7 for the last 8 days. Tell me about it ...

[@b.p432]

Red Snapper is by far my favorite to grow. Trying the Stm2255 against it this year.

[@hollynelson543]

Always love your channel. Write to the point.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I appreciate that!

[@willytorgerson8485]

love your videos so enjoyable and entertaining to watch

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks Willy!

[@JulianJP21]

Great Travis as always ✌️👍

[@tracybradshaw9867]

I see some fried green tomatoes! Yum

[@rebeccaryan6229]

Always enjoyable to watch!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@nancytharp8213]

Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝

[@LazyDogFarm]

No problem 👍

[@DeborahBrown-tj7wx]

I grew Dr Wiche and Kellog's Breakfast last year. They were pretty good but I really like more acidic tomatoes. I have very limited space to grow (small outside area of condo) so due to the high grocery prices, etc. this year I focused on my favorite most productive varieties. I mostly have determinates Celebrity, Roma and Bella Rosa. I am also trying a couple of the indeterminate Jet Star as every year Living Traditions Homestead grow those and love them. Other than those I have a few cherry tomato plants, Supersweet 100, Juliet, and Sun Sugar. I'm trying this year to get the most bang for my buck. I actually started some other varieties Grand Marshall as one but I neglected to keep up the watering and feeding under the grow lights and they just never took off. I've got a few dwarf and micro dwarf varieties planted in a GreenStalk planter to see how those do.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I can't figure out all the hoopla around the Jet Star tomato. That's an old hybrid that doesn't have that great of a disease-resistance package. If I'm going to grow a hybrid, it better be "suited and booted" with all kinds of disease-resistance.

[@melissasullivan1658]

Have you grown Berkeley Tie Dye yet? When they’re ripe they’re acidic still. Gorgeous tomatoes! But I like mine super rich and low acid so I don’t grow them anymore. The plants are also more petite (I think I topped mine at 5ft last year and it was super loaded), for being an heirloom and can handle a patio as I grew all of my plants. :)

[@jeffmartin693]

Got some roadsters going for the first time , just getting blooms so far, like all others no problems so far zone 5

[@dvrmte]

My guess as to which plant had the fish buried beside, is whichever is the smallest plant. LOL That's my experience using fish as fertilizer that haven't been composted beforehand. I used to fish a lot and it seemed easier to just bury fish or fish guts rather than putting them in the compost pile. I tried burying them under hills of corn and squash too. The plants were either severely stunted or killed within a few weeks, depending on how close the fish were buried to the plants. Also, critters like to dig up the fish, even the half rotten ones. However, I have had amazing results planting where I buried them the previous year. My neighbors and I caught over 300 crappie one weekend, We filleted them and buried the remains in a trench I dug in my garden. I planted tomatoes the next Spring and they done amazing. Too amazing actually. The vines were rampant but they eventually slowed down at about 8 feet of growth. By the way, there's no documentation other than one dubious source that the Indians regularly used fish as fertilizer. There is archaeological evidence they used fish heads in Peru. The quote from the Pilgrims and Squanto was before the Pilgrims had actually witnessed Indians planting corn. When they did see them plant it they noted that they used no fertilizer. The Indians typically used slash and burn agriculture techniques. The ash from the fires was their only fertilizer. They manipulated their environment just as we do. They weren't living in accordance to Nature. The area where I live was a fire maintained, ridgetop prairie, when the first settlers arrived here in upstate South Carolina in the 1750s. Sorry about the rant. LOL

[@LazyDogFarm]

I agree that the effects of a buried fish are usually only seen in the second year. I rarely just straight fish emulsion. The Agrothrive we use has fish emulsion and corn steep liquor which seems to give the plants a quicker pop along with the slow release.

[@annmc3878]

You should try Galahad (AAS) determinant. It is a beast.

[@sharonmorton6734]

Thanks again. Always informative. Always entertaining.

[@Rabbi393]

Just found your channel. Didn't know you were doing your own channel over from Hoss. Made my day Travis.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Welcome aboard! Glad you found us!

[@kathybray7156]

Maybe you could sell some of thhatbasil at a farmers market

[@jonlewis6630]

Hey Travis.. I am growing a few more red snapper than you. But man they are loaded and looking great. I am trying Bella Rosa, and they doing pretty good too. I am growing Tachi again this year and they are loaded up too. The only indeterminate I am growing is a cherry. The dry spring here in Eastern NC has helped the tomatoes but I am watering a lot.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Those Tachi tomatoes get so loaded that I have a hard time keeping them upright. But it's a great variety nonetheless.

[@kipper122670]

I'm thinking #3 has the fish buried next to it. I planted Red Snapper and Bella Rosa this year. I did 3 succession plantings, planting them two weeks apart, planting 20 tomatoes at a time. Hoping to get a bunch canned this year.

[@Chris-op7yt]

when we had a glut of basil at end of summer, i just used the machine but, if you can ever be bothered, creaming basil using mortar and pestle, produces the best creamy pesto. entirely different texture than using a machine.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I concur.

[@handleistakenthatisunfortunate]

I'm growing Roadster and Hy-Beef 9904 this year, I've never grown either before. It's still very early in the season here but I can say that the Hy-Beef 9904 is a taller and much more vigourous plant. Both have just barely started to bloom so I can't say what production will be like.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Interesting. Roadster has a much better disease package, but it may not matter where you live.

[@handleistakenthatisunfortunate]

@@LazyDogFarm Tomato diseases are extremely rare around here, the only problem I've ever had was late blight in an unusually cold and damp year, it's normally very dry. I suspect the height difference is just variety based, the amount of blooms on both are very similar at the moment. I have had big tomato plants that didn't produce well, and smaller tomato plants were great producers in the past, so I guess I'll just have to wait and see which variety does better in my climate.

[@matthewking2209]

Maybe you can try Dixie Red next year it has resistance to TSWV it does well for me. I'm thinking the fish is by the Big Zac with the larger matter or the large Dr Wyche matter plant.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Good guess, but it's not one of those.

[@KenJohnsonUSA]

Hmmm...amazed how the fish didn’t make things obvious. Usually fish makes plants go crazy. I believe it is with one of the yellows...but that would be only a guess. Not the results I am used to.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Not one of the yellows. I think the fish trick only works if you do it year after year. Takes too long to break down in the first year, and so the benefits are more long term. At least that's my thought process currently ...

[@KenJohnsonUSA]

@@LazyDogFarm so you did bones, guts, and all? What was the size of the fish? I've put some whole 13" fish under plants and got great results the same year. The only problem I had with this old Native American trick is that stray cats and dogs try to get into the garden and dig up my plants to get at the fish.

[@LazyDogFarm]

@@KenJohnsonUSA I buried a whole Speckled Trout that was 16" or bigger, so a decent-sized fish. Ours was covered with straw after burying it, so no dogs or cats got it that I'm aware.

[@KenJohnsonUSA]

@@LazyDogFarm that should have done it. Crazy!

[@jillcaponi8995]

This year I have (determinant)… Dixie red, red snapper, tachi, and hossinator. All are beautiful and healthy so far. The fruit is still green so no taste tests yet. Also ( indeterminant) black brandywine, lemon boy, and one called terracotta that I received for free from baker creek. All are huge and have green fruit.so no taste tests on those yet either. I’m in zone 6 so it’s still early for ripe maters. I have one plant called candy land that has a billion teeny tiny fruits that are ripening now. They are super sweet. The plant is riddled with disease tho. 🤷‍♀️

[@scottstewart6260]

I lost two gardeners delight starts last night, as well as 6 sweet corn plants.. to the 4 footed furry thief called a raccoon. and i found corn flea beetles today in my tassels that haven’t come up yet. so that good ol Seven got deployed

[@LazyDogFarm]

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to save the garden.

[@garden_geek]

I’m growing 4 different determinate hybrids from Hoss for the first time this year: Bella Rosa, Grand Marshall, Florida 91 and Invincible. I can’t comment on flavor yet but all of them are beautiful and seriously loaded up with tomatoes… except for one. Grand Marshall looks sickly. The leaves are small and pale. It does have some nice-looking full sized fruits but not nearly as many as the other plants. I’m growing a new Grand Marshall seedling right now to see if I can do better this time around. Perhaps it’s just a finicky variety.

[@mousiebrown1747]

How does the Florida 91 look & taste??? TYIA.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Sounds similar to our Grand Marshall.

[@staceyberry6523]

lol your a trip travis..." about make you cuss, its so good".....Im definetly going to grow that variety in the future....I had horrible tomato crop this year, got too hot too fast here in deep south texas and bout burned everything I had planted....Im usually hauling 5 gallon buckets of tomatoes out of my garden, oh well I will try again in the fall.....your garden looks fantastic as usual!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Can't win them all!

[@leroneerwin7605]

Hell, I'll cuss for ya. DAYUM THAT MATER LOOKS TASTY!

[@LazyDogFarm]

'Twas

[@Crankinstien]

Wow I haven’t heard quail in years!

[@meddler69]

I just put my plants in the ground this last week, Minnesota zone 3b, lol, its been in the 40s and 30s at night up here before I planted, tomatoes, peppers, trying cantaloupe, and watermelons, last time my watermelon (sugarbaby)bigger than a soft ball 2015-ish and my cantaloupe 2006-ish was about as big as a baseball. But im trying lol.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I'll trade you some 100s for some of that 40s.

[@meddler69]

@@LazyDogFarm i only remember it getting in the 100s once here and that was 2006 in july, lol

[@archstanton9703]

I'm growing about 20 different varieties of tomatoes in two 4x8 raised beds under 40% shade cloth and trying to find a variety that does well in the southwest desert. I'm growing Sakata's 2255 and Roadster. 2255 was the first to produce a few good size tomatoes at the bottom of the plant but not much further up the vine. Roadster has produced more smaller tomatoes, but they have taken longer to start ripening. I'm picking them as soon as they start turning. I have Bella Rosa, Grand Marshall, Red Snapper, and Thunderbird seed starts that I hope to plant in July. The monsoon is starting up and the afternoon and evening temperatures should be lower and hopefully these plants will set more fruit. Your plants are loaded with tomatoes and mine are embarrassing in comparison. Does trip tape increase fruit set and size? I have a drip kit for raised beds but couldn't find one with drip tape. Also, do you have any suggestions for keeping birds from getting at your tomatoes? One grackle has pecked at a dozen tomatoes so far. I purchased a plastic owl but it didn't deter it. I'm in the process of covering the sides with shade cloth because the bird netting I bought was a tangled mess. Cheers!Thanks for sharing your tomato plants and growing expertise!

[@LazyDogFarm]

The benefit of the drip tape is that the plants are never stressed and the root zone always has moisture. I can't speak to how much it increases fruit set and size, but I wouldn't grow tomatoes without it.

[@archstanton9703]

@@LazyDogFarm I am going to look for a way to used drip tape for our raised bed garden, but it will have to wait for next year. Thanks for the reply and have a good one!

[@homesteadinginalabama5904]

Growing Tachi’s for the first time and supper Impressed worth production. They are all still green, but there are >20 tomatoes on the plant. What’s been your experience with Tachi’s?

[@LazyDogFarm]

My experience is that they are extremely productive, so much so that I have a hard time keeping the plants upright when they get loaded.

[@kittiew260]

Mater mustache 😂 man I can't wait to snack out of the garden.

[@Hummingbirdhillhmstd]

Do I hear quail in the background? It sounds like I hear a "Bob White" :) Great video!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yeah there are a few of them in those pine trees. Thanks!

[@Hummingbirdhillhmstd]

@@LazyDogFarm we used to hear them all the time when I was a little girl. Don't hear them much around here anymore so it was really nice to hear one :)

[@bendyzebrafarm9921]

Dr. Wychee had the fish buried next to it.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Close, but not it.

[@leechongyew8807]

Now that's how you eat a tomato.

[@garystephens3250]

Over the years what would you say is the 2 best tasting most flavorful hybrid tomatoes you have eaten with good production. Thanks

[@lawrencebeeles6738]

Have u tryed summer pick tomatoes i grow them and red snapper and lemon boy (indeterminate)

[@hollynelson543]

?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I have tried SummerPick. The fruits weren't that large, but it was a productive and pretty disease-resistant variety.

[@ross-smithfamily6317]

I looked for a rose tomato in several online stores. Does anyone know which rose variety it is - Indigo rose, Chianti rose, or something else? I really want to try the variety discussed in the video. Thanks!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Pretty sure this is it: www.totallytomato.com/product/T00620/85

[@albert1437]

Nice tomatos

[@WILLITGROW]

i would say either # 9 or 11 got the fish.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Gotta get back closer to the beginning of the row ...

[@borracho-joe7255]

Tomatoes look bueno kind sir!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks Joe!

[@sharonthehuman5954]

How does the taste compare between the Red Snapper and Roadster?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I probably couldn't tell a difference if you blindfolded me.

[@jamespearson2342]

Where do you get red snapper seeds? I'm having trouble finding them.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Got mine from Harris Seeds online.

[@msmarygardner]

Should have left a basil plant w/ flowers on each end of your rows to keep the pollinators happy lol 🐝🪰🦗🐞🦋

[@mindybgilmore]

Do you have a pesto recipe?? This is my first time growing basil and I really don’t know what to do with it. I have celebrity for slicing and Roma, Amish paste, and San Marzanos for canning coming in like crazy! Where is the best place to get the Rose that you tried?

[@LazyDogFarm]

You can use a mortar and pestle, but we often use our Ninja food processor to make pesto. Just add basil, garlic, pine nuts, parmesan cheese, and olive oil then blend it until smooth. As far as the Rose variety goes, a viewer sent them to us. But it looks like Totally Tomato has them: www.totallytomato.com/product/T00620/85

[@gidget8717]

Travis, have you had an oxheart tomato? If so how well did they do down here in the heat & humidity. I'm in Florida 9a now but I used to grow them in Virginia zone 6 back in the early 1990s. The ones I grew, I haven't the slightest idea what variety they were, had to be the best tomato I've ever eaten. Considering I'm both southern born and older than dirt, that is saying something. They were large tomatoes (easily filling a mans hand) they were indeed well named and truly heart shaped, they ripened to a dark pink instead of red, low seed and low acid. I ate them like you're eating that one, like the fruit they are, out of hand. I haven't been able to locate a good reliable source for the oxheart in many years so I haven't gotten to try them this far south.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I haven't tried Oxheart, but I've heard very good things about it from folks that grow it regularly.