The TOMATOES - Polytunnel set up. Finally! Ep222 || Plot 37

At long last the Tomatoes are in the Polytunnel!! In this episode I talk through the varieties that made it (slug warfare survivors) and who's going where in the newly covered polytunnel.
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[@KOLLEKZIYA_FASOLI]

💚💚💚I make labels from empty beer cans. I cut off the top and bottom, and cut the rest into strips. Then with a pencil or pen with an empty lead, I press the name of the variety. It will never be erased. And this strip can be attached to a tomato rope, like would be winding it. To press through well, you can put the strip on a notebook. Then the effect will be better.💚💚💚

[@lobodo988]

Your outside tomatoes have SUCH a charming location, what with those pretty calendulas standing by in rows like well-behaved staff ready to draw bees and confuse marauders. So beautiful! I just love everything you do on your plot, each year is so different and somehow better than the last!

[@christinebrooks6364]

Hi Jessie and your Mum, lots of tomatoes planted. The,weather has been awful, pouring rain then sun. Tough year for all of us growers 🙄 shame about your apricot tree. Lovely harvest of fruit. Yum! Another great video update. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

[@zannasfoto]

I like this chatting better than music 😊 I find it soothing and nice to listen to you. ❤

[@sandra127100]

I’m fascinated by the way tomatoes are grown in the UK, especially the pruning to one main stem with little extra. I’d love to be able to protect them from pests and disease but they would last about two days in the TX heat in a greenhouse. But then, I’ve already processed 36 pints of Sloppy Joe / BBQ sauce and 15 quarts of spaghetti sauce from I think ten plants. They’re about done now but will hopefully rebound in Sept. Loved your take on all the varieties and look forward to seeing how they do.

[@fossil4465]

Jessie your plot on google earth looks so well organised love your videos and I am learning a lot for my allotment THANK YOU !!!

[@jennyjohnson9012]

The weather is certainly getting everyone down this year. We've got our radiators on up here in Scotland. Pouring down all day and cold with it. Came back from Corfu 2 weeks ago, hoping for some sunshine, but no luck! Let's hope it improves Jessie.

[@juliehartley3652]

Lovely to see your happy tomatoes in the polytunnel. 😊

[@gardentothekitchenwithtracy]

A lovely assortment of tomatoes Jessie, I love your videos so much. Thanks for sharing with us, 😊Tracy

[@stevendowden2579]

i enjoyed this video as always loved all the tomato names a lot i havent heard of well done jessie

[@tamararoberts9307]

Hubby's favorite cherry tomatoes are sun golds. A volunteer came up this year and it looks and tastes the same as last year's 😊

[@marilynstanbury5098]

Great to see your toms in your lovely polytunnel planted

[@marilynstanbury5098]

Second attempt at this! Great to see your toms planted in your lovely polytunnel, amazing sounding varieties. I was thinking i wouldn’t grow toms anymore, but now feel inspired to keep at it. I was wondering what sort of compost have you used in there? Always enjoy your videos, thanks.

[@teresaedwards3659]

Great video, thanks for all the tomato info!

[@rosemariecrolla2499]

Hi, ❤ your channel. I'm surprised you are just putting tomato plants in the polytunnel that are so small! Our tomatoes 🍅 have trusses and 1 ripening! We are a community allotment near Glasgow. Roll on more sunshine 🌞. 0:51

[@CommonGroundGardens]

Ooo I love Black Strawberry tomatoes. They are stunning on the vine and so delicious. I did them two years ago for my Single Seed Challenge.

[@RNgirlknits]

Looking forward to watching your tomatoes take off this year. Wish I could send you some of our heat wave so we could both average out. It's currently 99F (37C) but supposed to get to 103 (39). That's too warm for me and it's been like this for a week. But, I did get my first ripe sun gold today so someone likes the heat. :)

[@lynnpurfield9430]

Ooo, I feel inspired to do a lot more tomato varieties next year Jess. A friend gave me an apricot tree he grew from his own stone. It lived years and I never looked after it well. It fruited and gave delicious juicy apricots but I neglected it badly and it died. Might be worth a try.

[@jaynekennedy8469]

I use plastic milk cartons cut into strips and Sharpie permanent markers for my labels. I made gooseberry jam this year using a mix of green and red berries. It’s a beautiful clear pink colour and tastes really nice.

[@bowtielife]

For us it's Sungold all the way!! We have not had any in THREE YEARS, though, and it doesn't look good for this year. Huge congrats on getting the tomato house back up and running after the big disaster! We deal with rats on an epic scale as well!

[@kaia41]

I hate to say it, but I`m hauling in the most delicious Tommies right now. I also grow Atomic fusion and I can tell you this so far : It`s a super weedy plant, lots and lots of fruit on it. The bigest ones are like Pears. Not very high but rather wide, bushy. Was not able to tame the plant, bcause it decided to explode out of the ground with three stems. :) To stop bragging....you inspired me to grow more brassicas. Wich I cannot. I am surrounded by agriculture and they grow a lot of Canola (?) wich is in the brassica fam. Which means my humble plantings of every f****ing type of brassica is destroyed the moment it sits in the bed outdoors. And its not cabbage white. Its a plethora of bugs and pests. I am at the end of my latin, as we say in german language. So cheers to you Jessie and your normally beautifull Brassicas.

[@bertibear1300]

Use a veggie net.

[@janenewley1014]

Following your recommendation…I found myself near a British Garden Centre last weekend…so had to visit😀. Excellent service, excellent choices…money spent carefully!😀 Thank you, Jinxy

[@user-yq4rv9ox1s]

My goodness Jessie you have become quite a tomato 🍅 expert!! I’m very impressed!! Awesome video!! 🤗🥰🦋🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@zoepatterson3643]

Looking forward to your Tommy crop ,brilliant vid Thankyou .

[@philipwilson4025]

Hi I saw you on potty mouth yesterday and I have seen you on your plot. I’m in the same boat as everyone else and fed up with the weather this year so far not to mention the slugs and so on I have stopped sowing seeds coz it seems pointless. I’m very impressed with the knowledge that you seem to have and I hope that you have more success with your plants

[@veronicashipley9123]

Hi again Jessie 🙂. A fork is great for stripping off your blackcurrants. Just push in at the base of the stringy bit and pull, hey presto, straight into your container. Sending love, light and Summer (?) Blessings 🥕🌽🍅🍓 xx

[@Ragt0p]

I adore your polytunnel! I especially like that it’s not a hoop shape and has raised, inground beds 🤩 I have installed a green house this year, but have serious space envy. Trailing winter squashes in a smallish green house is a less than great idea… learnt the hard way this summer. Especially after filling it with tomatoes and peppers before getting the great idea to try winter squash in a cold climate. Greetings from my Norwagian squash-jungle 😂

[@zuzauramek9850]

I don't know if you can buy Kiepenkerl Indigo Pear Drops cherry tomato in the UK but if you can I highly recommend it. It's sweet like Sungold but it's not F1. So you can harvest seeds or let self seed in polytunnel. Idigo has small tomatoes, brown on top, and yellow blush on the bottom. Grow high and profound.

[@ginaturner8176]

I have punnet envy¡ The berries on my jostaberry weren't just quite ripe, but had plenty to come. Went away for 11 nights, got back EVERY SINGLE ONE GONE! Ah well, there is always next year, when I will fleece / cover against the beasties & birds. Got a lovely looking melon in my PT though, so not all bad! Thanks & cheers Jessie!

[@zoepatterson3643]

I will try your method of stringing Jess ,thankyou love your vids .

[@greetverouden6292]

Thank you Jessie, I know what I m going to try next year. Greetings from a dutchie who just moved to Ohio, US. Starting up a new garden 😇 Lynn

[@chriseverest4380]

Comment : nothing to do with this vlog. Just picked my broad beans. Watched your cooking of them video. You are right = delicious (left the garlic out obviously😂) 16 beans ❤ will grow more next year now

[@barbarafranc5714]

Oh dear, I’m growing Alice’s Dream solely on your glowing r3commendation last year. Fingers crossed it’s the tasty one you tried !!!

[@KOLLEKZIYA_FASOLI]

💚💚💚Nice to see you ,Jessie!!!💚💚💚

[@veronicasandberg8759]

I've grown Dark Galaxy for years and it tastes great (like most indigo type tomatoes) 😋

[@Anothervoiceinthecrowd]

Always exciting to see you talk about tomatoes! I'm sure they will be super happy in their new home. I will be interested to see how Black Moon does in the poly and outdoors. Mine got slugged and as I had planned space for one outdoors, I was pleased that I ordered a grafted one as a back up. The company emailed me to say it would be delayed until September 2025! 😂 I have 2 buffalo sun now instead, as like you I only want to grow blight resistant outdoors. Just need a bit more sunshine now! X

[@bevtooth]

My tomato plants are huge now. Ive had to top them all off. Cus i live in the UK also, i sow my seeds in early feb so the plants are big at the start of summer and therefore the fruits get a much longertime to ripen up.

[@BettyandtheBees]

That is one nifty looking polytunnel!! Tomatoes ahoy!

[@Airboat-Fun]

better one than none tomatoe. I wish you luck, although planting in july is very ambitious. I`ve planted end of may, here in Germany, june is gone and nearly nothing happens, 2024 wont be a tomatoe year. lets talk about beans! just keep on gardening!

[@lisamo128]

Love seeing your video every week! Smallie: you don't mean 'cacophony' but - maybe 'cornucopia'?

[@sandrasparkes4501]

Truthfully I never knew tomatoes came in so many varieties.thank you for sharing

[@Adrienn-00]

Hi Jess, are you planning preserving all these lovely tomatoes this year? If yes, what’s your plan? Great vlog! I love growing tomatoes myself 👩‍🌾

[@rachelstark2391]

Brilliant!

[@shirleyn4677]

Thanks!

[@annaking9213]

Enjoyed

[@labcat647]

Oh dang… I purchased Alice’s Dream tomato seeds when you said it won the allotment tomato taste test. My seedlings are in the ground now. I just had to add your recommendation of a proven taste winner to my collection. Looks like I may need to get Sart Roloise as well now.

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hello Jessie, really fun tomato today. I often watch folks that name any of the varieties that they grow for peppers tomatoes pretty much anything that I like. I listen for the names and I look them up to see if I can find seeds for them. After growing them, I will keep growing the ones I like and the ones I don’t like most likely never again. So they’re quite a few things in my garden that have come directly from you as well as other folks. I was grateful that you take your time to give us the names and tell us some of their interesting characteristics whether it be color flavor or taste. This year I’m focusing on tomatoes strictly for canning. I think I have about 30 Roma tomato plants so I’m looking forward to an awful lot of tomato sauce. Good luck with your tomatoes. I’ll have a good time watching them. Thank you for the video today. I will.Cya next thyme. Steven

[@tanyareynolds1960]

Brilliant vlog Jessie. Loved, loved, loved your "rambling". So much knowledge and passion for your tomatoes and i do agree that Brads Atomic Grape is probably the best to ato in the world 🍅🍅🍅

[@janegarrud9527]

Fab video 🍅s all the way. I was so pleased you did a shot about how you string them up. You must have heard me saying to the TV ‘how are you doing that I can’t quite see!!!’ I shall try that next year 😊 looking forward to the results and the taste test later 😃😃 thanks again always so informative

[@rachelstark2391]

104° today! Upstate NY

[@cathysmiley6798]

Cheers to you Jess! Great Vlog!

[@tamararoberts9307]

As usual, i loved the vlog ❤ looking forward to seeing your tomatoes and other plants grow 😊 🍻

[@ebxo269]

When i re-plant my tomatoes i put them in up to the first leaves, and this has the effect of making the stem's much thicker, so the plant get's more nutrient's..

[@cherylbiden3126]

Ah least you are having sunshine. In Cheshire its proper yuck if I get a evening a week at the plot I've done well this season. Could you try a replacement apricot tree at home? So jealous you could grow one in the first place.

[@helenhawkins4054]

I feel as if l’ve just taken a university course in tomato growing. Brilliant 🤗

[@BumblebeeAdventure]

🐝thanks for the great video🌻

[@RegBettles]

Great vlog Jessie, I hope you and your Mum do another taste test this year to confirm your hopes.

[@alisonaustin7299]

Hi Jess. Just love your channel. Thanks for all your work and wonderfulness! So. Where do you get your peppermint chard seeds from?

[@tangocat4370]

Love talking Jessie!

[@artsyhonkerful]

The labels with the holes in are great!

[@leewozzashomeveggiegarden]

Nice Harvest Jessie

[@DarlaPitman]

Good to see the tomatoes going in! by the way, Goat Bag and Cow's Tit are two totally different tomatoes. GB is a huge oxheart, and CT is a long plum type.

[@noumeahanddyedyarnandfiber]

Hello Jessie! My first time commenting I hope everything is well! I see that your apricot tree is having some issues and you don't know what variety you have. I don't know if you have ever heard of Air Layering Propagation. It's great way to preserve the variety of the tree you have.

[@seanH1768]

I prefer to listen to you ramble on than the music. You’ll have to do some more interviews/or talky bits with mum as it’s usually very interesting. Look forward to taste testing again with the Toms. Mine have grown but they’re struggling up here with the fluctuations in temperature. Still praying they’ll set fruit.

[@allisontison40]

We have grown oriental persimmons, fuyu is so good. Maybe a nice replacement for your apricot. Delicious fresh, ripens in September/October. Not sure if you’ll need a pollinator.

[@brightpurpleviking]

Everything looks lovely! Well done! The end of my garden is all of a sudden killing all the plants. It’s so confusing. We even dug the soil out by 30cm deep and replaced it with fresh but our healthy, robust plants we bought and popped in curled up and died. We are at a loss of what to do. For this year we are just keeping it empty.

[@kazjohns]

Great to see your tomato selection and planting. Pleased to see that I’m growing practically the same varieties in my greenhouse with Autopots. I’m looking forward to seeing next week with your Quadgrows and how you get on with them. Weather down here is atrocious and I decided to trial JBA blight Guard today🤞🏻, as I don’t fancy my outdoor toms chances this year. Thank you for the Black Moon tip, wasn’t aware of their blight resistance… Will be taking a cutting tomorrow. Is it really July?

[@annakinder8750]

Could you air layer a new shoot from your tree to keep it going

[@the_jon_with_no_h]

This rain can do one.

[@artsyhonkerful]

I loved the taste of Rebel Starfighter Prime but the yield wasn't amazing -- will be interesting to see how you get on. Prairie Fire is doing really well for me now -- large for a plum cherry -- and is definitely tasty (planted out into the greenhouse in early April). I should really grow Black Krim again -- I did grow it in my back garden one year and it was excellent but the slugs had an absolute field day with it, but I could probably manage to keep them in check in the greenhouse. I think apricots are largely self-fertile so you might have some luck saving seed, though of course the disease issues would continue to be concerning.

[@carriannebyrne3177]

Love your videos, I bet you’re relieved now the pollytunnel is all planted up. I have a question about Austrian tree cabbage, i first heard of it on your video. I bought the seeds but I’m past the planting dates. Is it worth just sowing a few seeds now or won’t they come to anything because it’s too late in the season?

[@bthyme]

Japanese Black is my favorite too. It took me a while to learn to pick it before it got too ripe. I am thinking that Alice's Dream is an selection from Sart Roloise.

[@saskiab.-m.2211]

Hi Jess, please remind me, haven´t you had the black from Tula? Hm, I thought so, I have them this year. The Rebel Star I commented a few times, is really delicious and pretty (in that order ;)), not the most productive (at least in my garden). Please give a little tickle to Hailay. S.

[@jackiedixon2340]

To be fair I have got bigger weeds,my outdoor tomatoes are larger than those,in my greenhouse they are 4ft high.good luck though,no grow lights or heat early on.

[@chrisfarrell8796]

Try growing a new apricot tree from the apricots you collected

[@user-wz7gr7nd2g]

Really want to know what string/cord you use to train your tomatoes. I use a Bute twine which is not really strong enough!

[@colinmarsh3457]

Hi have you tried lucid gem tomato this variety is so sweet

[@thedorkasaur]

I planted my main tomatoes just yesterday, I'm in Essex, what's going on! Normally have them out in may, never July!

[@Stu-Vino]

Jessie, where do you get your tomato seeds from, please? Am keen to try some of these.

[@glyniscolby3257]

Jessie, can you say how you store all your soft fruits, so Many different verities and up to now only ate what I could and given lots away, but do you freeze some?

[@nitelite78]

Regarding tomato planting depth I was recently wondering whether planting too deep could be detrimental to root growth because deeper down there is less oxygen which the roots need. I guess it depends on your soil/compost make up though. This year I am planting a lot of tomatoes into bottomless buckets so the plant isn't that deep below soil level but I half fill the bucket with compost so there's loads of stem covered up to allow roots to grow. The bucket also helps with watering as it ensures the root ball is always covered without run off.

[@magpie1492]

I do this too. Works really well.😊

[@vicenteesler3439]

Hi love tomatoes so grow 12 varities this namely big beef steak, marzano, black bull heart, pear, ann dusky, cuban salami, marmande raf, ra,f bluea keyes, italian beef steak, antohie i forgot some. Last the biggest i have it weight 1kilo

[@conniemartin9670]

hi Jessie, will you save the seeds from your tomatoes? will they come true to their parent or do they cross pollinate! thanks!

[@wisseno.8563]

The full name is Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter!😊

[@paulinemorris5186]

what cord do you use Jesse? mine rotted and my tomatoes fell over whilst I was on holiday and my neighbour was devastated.

[@Plot9.2]

Hello Jess, Sorry this isn’t a question about your vlog, I have watched every single one of your videos up to a few months ago when I moved etc, I no you started using a microphone and you left the name of it in the comments below, but I have noticed now you have a circle thing attached to your tops, (I assume it’s your mic) what is it called please. Sorry if you have already mentioned it, but I must of missed that one..🫢

[@LauraRidgway-nn8rh]

The red ones are Worcesterberries not gooseberries. ❤

[@sharlahill8808]

Rain! RAIN? In Oregon it's 105 in the hundreds for a week!😢my tho

[@sharlahill8808]

Less blackberries all got scalded! A other Good to try that I love is Black Vernissage if you ever want seed let me know if want to trade for some of your uk varieties I can't get here!

[@AnyKeyLady]

@@sharlahill8808 If only we could send you tubs of our craggy rain water, we would! How will you pack sun and clear skies for us though? lol Take care in that heat though!

[@wendybarry5563]

Hi Jessie, my alices dream has some ripe tomatoes that i picked today and they are a peachy/yellow on the bottom and a puprle/black on the shoulders. Don't know if that will help or not 😊

[@JessieatPlot37]

That’s great! Exactly as mine were last year! Did they taste good?

[@wendybarry5563]

@JessieatPlot37 very nice, had some sliced on cheese on toast last night 👌

[@tommeltje1]

🍅🍀🍾

[@SalVitroNY]

How far a part did you plant ur tomatoes?

[@amandar7719]

😳

[@SalVitroNY]

@@amandar7719 😂 *far

[@amandar7719]

@@SalVitroNY 😄

[@Dave-hr7yl]

I think your videos are better with you chatting away, rather than music dubbed over the top.

[@lucrom1097]

Fantastisch Good work Jessie you the best te moostiun te planting Tomatoes the 🌻🌱✔️👍💐🌬️⛈️🌤️🍅🍇🌿

[@thelandofmint]

Please don't cut the apricot tree, give it some time,do a bit of research for how you can save it. Believe me it's possible I've experienced this many times with trees. I really hope you give it a chance. 😢

[@jeanlauridsen8596]

Hello My Jessie Babe , Love You.

[@LucRom-kz5uw]

Fantastisch Good work jessie you the best te moostuin te planting Tomatoes thans te video Good week 30 c 🌤⛈️🍅🫐🌬🍹🌱💐

[@alanak3210]

You have more " rabbit than Sainsbury "