THE GREAT HEIRLOOM TOMATO TASTE TEST!

On this week's Row by Row show, we do a blind taste test with many of the heirloom/indeterminate tomato varieties that we grew this year.
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[@marinabel815]

you guys are funny, really enjoyed your video!

[@janetkennedy9013]

Does Greg have a KZbin channel? If so, how can I find him? Love this show, but I also follow others. Thank y’all for all of the helpful information!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

kzbin.info/door/ZnfO4fIz4ThYKHwB7t4NWw

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

You guys need to try a German Pink, it's less acidic and a little sweet, but has loads of flavor. It's indeterminate and will produce until late fall. Does well in our southern heat, they are an heirloom variety and are massive fruits. A slice completely covers a slice of bread.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We'll have to check those out! Thanks for the tip!

[@kevchard5214]

Thank you You kept your word!!!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

You bet!

[@jeffmartin693]

very much enjoy your vids!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks Jeff!

[@garycurd2180]

That was a proper good laugh thanks

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Always!

[@lorenjudyvideos9954]

How do you keep the squirrels out of your sunflowers

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Never had that problem

[@warriorriver3612]

I wish yall would have added the pink brandywine. Those are my favorite!!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We grew those last year. They weren't very hardy in our area and got diseased pretty quickly.

[@michaeljohnson3976]

Pink Brandywine is my favorite tomato to grow in Michigan. Great tasting tomato.

[@ashleighnelson512]

Am I the only one who wants to see these fellers do a wine tasting? 😁 Love your descriptions of these 'maters!

[@chinfuzzchet3616]

Of course the *actual* sun gold was high....

[@wilheys.6224]

Way to go, Greg!! "Taking it for team".. Thanks fellas for another great show!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks for watching Wihey!

[@barentfoley6264]

More taste tests please!!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Will do!

[@sargefaria]

I thought i watched this one already, maybe it was the other tasting one. What a good laugh out of that one! You guys are great!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks for watching!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks for watching!

[@tommathews3964]

Great show, as always, guys! I ain't getting blindfolded around you, Travis! Glad to hear you guys are going to start carrying silage tarps! Sand bags too, I'm sure! I feel a show coming on! I'm sure you'll bring this up and it will be in the product description, but folks can cut these tarps to size without any problem. They will not fray like woven fabrics, such as landscape fabric etc. Enjoyed the taste test!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks Tom. Excited about bringing the silage tarps into the mix!

[@tommathews3964]

@@gardeningwithhossI think you guys will like them. They REALLY help us out, especially since we are not on site all the time. If I get a bed ready and run out of time before planting.....pull a tarp on and next weekend, I'm weed free and ready to go! So many uses!

[@mjp5429]

It's a week away from July and you Southerners are harvesting produce be already. Thanks for rubbing it in.! My tomatoes are just barely making flower buds. Southerners.... Just Kidding...

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We harvest year round down here.

[@heimatliebe116]

I have been harvesting tomatoes from last year's left over plants since March, here in SoCal...

[@larrymoore6640]

Enjoyable video. I didn't know that a tomato has a hot variety lol.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Haha. Spicy tomatoes!

[@jenniferturner7293]

I enjoy your videos but would really love to see more forage of the garden. When you are talking about the squash, show some video of it. Show the brickyard tomatoes because I have no idea what those look like. 😁 Keep up the great videos!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks for the suggestion Jennifer!

[@countryfrau8328]

I just adore you two together. I learn a lot from you. Also, I admit that you are really funny together--you tickle me.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We try -- not really, but we do have fun together.

[@Grumpyneanderthal]

Great Show Guys!! A couple of shows back Travis mentioned his frustration with BER Blossom End Rot and I think I heard him say that plant would be OK after the initial BER episode. I understand that BER primarily results from lack of calcium. Explain how and when to apply calcium and what form after transplanting with calcium under transplant. Greg has expressed issues with calcium availability to the plant.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

It's not necessarily a lack of calcium, although it can be, but more the uptake of calcium. In some cases you can have plenty of calcium in the soil, but the plant can't uptake it.

[@truthseeker3977]

Great "off the cuff" taste test. We have the brickyard seeds ready to seed for a southeast Louisiana fall try in zone 8b. The Hoss high wheeler has simply been an amazing addition for me along with the drip tape system. Too, that Jambalaya okra is coming along like little bulldogs. How can a person go wrong with the Hoss product line? Quality products for the garden and tested through and through. Thanks for all you do!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Glad you're enjoying our products! Hope you have a great fall tomato crop.

[@adamcarroll1975]

Great video, as always! Love hearing about y’all’s gardens. Next summer I’m going to have a Hoss plow!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks for watching Adam!

[@sweetblondie277]

We put pole beans out for the kids. They absolutely love it. We make a tunnel of hog panels for our cucumbers to grow over and they grow through and hang down. Kids call it Pickle Heaven 😂

[@trx20shooterlikky86]

What external or environmental factors influence tomato flavors? It seems some years certain tomato plants taste better than others and others taste better other years. Is there an explanation for this?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Garden tomato fruits that grow into flavorless, watery disappointments are often the result of excessive watering. Great article below for reference. bonnieplants.com/gardening/the-basics-of-tomato-flavor/

[@constancelovejoy7308]

What kind of tarp is that? Please make video on how to use with extinguishing cover crop! 😊

[@gardeningwithhoss]

It's a 6 mil poly tarp. It needs to be black so it doesn't let light through it. We'll surely talk about it more once we get it on the site.

[@BosnWayne]

He gave a 4.1 to the Cherokee purple. That was his #2. Greg is going to skin you

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We should have written them down as he scored them.

[@angelasgardensense8128]

I thought so too! Cherokee Purple was much higher than he was told.

[@alph8654]

You were mistaken about how Greg rated those tomatoes. He gave the Jubilee a 3.8 and the Cherokee Purple a 4.1. I replayed it and that is what they were. The Cherokee Purple was his second choice and the Jubilee was his third.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Sorry about that. We shoot it live and should have written down the scores as he made them.

[@alph8654]

@@gardeningwithhoss No problem. I just thought you might want to know.

[@willharris2100]

Here's a question for you. We dug out potatoes yesterday (we're a little behind y'all in the growing season) and we had some damage on the potatoes from ants. What are some ways to prevent ants from getting into our potato hills and damaging the potatoes? Thanks!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We had some ants in our hills too. Ants don't like heavy traffic areas, so if you keep hilling and cultivating between rows, that will keep them at a minimum. Spinosad will also take care of them. We try to harvest the potatoes before the ants get too bad.

[@willharris2100]

@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks! We'll try that next year.

[@joelhenderson3951]

Greg I thought you was smarter than that,although it was funny Thanks Travis. PS when you waved your hand in front of your daddy it was funny thanks!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Got a little too close with the blindfold check!

[@C-gull24]

Any update on when you will have the silage tarps available?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

hosstools.com/product/silage-tarp-40-x-50/

[@kipboswell4955]

😂 he got you with the hot sauce! Great saw! Just pulled up my bush beans and I had a lot more bush than beans. I spoon feed them to much! Would really like to know how much fertilizer you recommend to put to the bush green beans.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We don't really fertilize legumes much. They fix their own nitrogen so they don't need much extra.

[@e.r.t.583]

Got deer coming in my garage eating my beans and peas and I live in an area of the county that’s populated and it makes it kinda difficult to kill them I’m interested in how to get rid of them and protect my vegetables Iv fenced off with 4’ chicken wire but they jumping over that Anyone have Any ideas

[@gardeningwithhoss]

A fence is going to be your best bet. We don't have too much of a deer problem down here however we have heard of them jumping 6 foot fences. You may could put a netting over them?

[@MichelleM0704]

I grew mortgage lifter last year and wasn't impressed with the flavor. You got ther order a bit mixed. Lol! Greg rated Sun Gold 4.5, Cherokee Purple 4.1, Jubilee 3.8, Amish Paste 3.2, then Mortgage Lifter @ 2.9. I really enjoyed watching this video. 😁 I have yet to try the Jubilee, but out of the other 4, my favorite is Cherokee Purple, then Sun Gold, followed Amish paste, & Mortgage Lifter. What's your opinion between Brickyard & Bella Rosa? I'm thinking about trying one of those for next fall. I already have this year's fall tomatoes started. They'll be going in the ground the first couple of weeks in July, depending on my work schedule. When do you start your fall garden? I'll be deciding what to plant & when this week. I'm gearing up a little early this year because it always sneaks up on me.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We'll start fall transplants around the end of August. But around here we grow year round, so we will be continuously growing transplants from September through the winter.

[@garyschmelzer]

Travis you should have put cavenders on them lol...laughed so hard I almost spit out my dinner..

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Cavender's certainly makes them better!

[@hercule1610]

That might be the last time a blind tasting will happen. Haha!!! Great vid!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Fool me once ...

[@McDonaldPlantFarm]

The Phoenix sun has scorched my tomato plants. 111 degrees crisped up the leaves. I want to try again and plant late summer/fall to grow through our mild fall/winter. Do you think determinate would be a better option for me?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Determinate varieties will always provide more solid production in a smaller window. If you're going for production, go with determinate.

[@sherry2836]

When its going to be over 90 I hoist up the shadecloth during the hottest part of the day.

[@OILME651]

What us the difference in the tomatoes. I just plant them.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Well there's indeterminate tomatoes and determinate tomatoes, and many varieties of each.

[@suzuhich2145]

Hello Travis & Greg, I hope you all doing good I have question about cucumber, why is my cucumbers taste sour spicy for some reason even last year I have same problem, I do spray neem oil but I am not sure if that the case please advice

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Sounds like a great question for next week's show!

[@isaacwood1872]

What part of Georgia are y'all from

[@gardeningwithhoss]

SW GA -- in a little town called Norman Park -- between Moultrie and Tifton.

[@alph8654]

How many uses can you expect to get from your silage tarps?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

It's pretty thick stuff. We would expect several years of use.

[@alph8654]

@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks. I may have an interest when you have them available. Appreciate your shows!!!!

[@waynebusse6376]

Sungold cherry tomato is a hybrid. Heirlooms are open pollinated enabling you to keep seed and it will breed true as long as bees don't cross pollinate them. If you save the seed from a hybrid, you will get a crap shoot of all the different parents of the hybrid. I had some volunteer Sungolds one year that were more of a yellow color. I spit out the fruit as it was terrible. One of it parents must have had some disease resistance or something but was inedible, yuck. There is an heirloom on the internet called Big Sungold. Is that what you grew ?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We grow and sell the hybrid sungold. That's what we had on the show. It is not an heirloom like some of the other varieties on the show.

[@OhioSaugeye]

Do I still have enough time to grow the sunflowers in Ohio?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Oh certainly. Plenty of time for zinnias, sunflowers, ageratum and cosmos!

[@OILME651]

I have like mildew mold stuff growing on my yellow squash. What causes that and how can i fix it. I don't want to loose my plant.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Watch this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGOrlWWNqM1mi6s

[@OILME651]

@@gardeningwithhoss the mold fuzzy stuff is on the base of the plant. I am afraid i will loose my squash

[@lisettesyummygarden2299]

I sure hope he [ don't like any of them tomatoes ] !! I'm still rolling about that (corn) !!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

He loves tomatoes! And corn too!

[@lisettesyummygarden2299]

@@gardeningwithhoss Please just stop.....LMAO

[@steveviau7159]

I’d kick someone butt if he did that me

[@42660]

Travis turn your dads mic.up a little bit..

[@gardeningwithhoss]

It's a two channel system. So if you're listening on a computer and only have one speaker plugged in, you will only hear one of us well.

[@joshmccallie4537]

Great video I see a little bit of payback come into lol🤣 And good luck On y’all tomatoes this year I’m not gonna have any tomatoes got sprayed by some Die Camba 😔

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Oh no. That's not good. That Dicamba is some bad stuff!

[@joshmccallie4537]

Yes it is it took all three rolls of my tomatoes and I went ahead and planet Sees in the ground couple days ago maybe I have enough time

[@flowerpower2079]

Hello. I'm brand new to gardening so I have a lot to learn. My husband built me three 8 x 4 raised beds and two arched trellises made from cattle panels. I subscribed to your channel today and I'm looking forward to learning much from you guys. I took note of that book " Pickled Pantry", but can't find it anywhere. What is the name of your website? I would like to order it from you. I would like to learn how to can my harvest....can you recommend a good canning book as well? Please advise. 😊🌸

[@gardeningwithhoss]

You can find us online at www.hosstools.com. Welcome to the channel! Glad you found us.

[@flowerpower2079]

@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you. I need some advise. I've decided to vertically plant watermelons & cantalopes. I'm going to use cattle panel. I'll cut the panel into 8ft foot lengths and arrange them horizontally...secured by T-posts. My question is this: How wide do my raised beds need to be? Is an 18 inch width wide enough? (8ft x 18 inch bed)

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Just depends on how well the plants take to the trellis. I would say 2-3' would be safe if you can spare that much space.

[@christopherpatterson2087]

Do you guys post your planting schedule? I'm in the same growing zone with you. I would like to be growing all year but feel lost when planning when to go in the ground or when to start in the green house.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We don't have a posted planning schedule, but if we usually shoot our videos within a week of posting. So if you watch our videos, you should be pretty close to our schedule.

[@carolavant3778]

Greg, you are a GOOD sport!! I'd have punched him in the arm!! Travis, the least you could have done is have a small glass of milk handy to take that heat away!!! As for finding Cavender's, Winn Dixie carries it here in Florida.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Haha!

[@buckshots4800]

Travis you know what they say about payback. No tricks next week? That's what you think.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Haha!

[@johncraftenworth7847]

dislike...his second favorite was cherokee purple...but you said it was the other yellow variety. False info

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Sorry it bothered you. We shoot the show in one take and we do make mistakes from time to time. Promise it wasn't intentional.

[@johncraftenworth7847]

@@gardeningwithhoss Ok. I accept your apology.