What Happens When You Grow Tomatoes from Tomatoes?

In this video, I explain what happens and why growing tomatoes from whole tomatoes works and how this can help you have better success in the home garden.
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Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in SE Queensland Australia about 45kms north of Brisbane - the climate is subtropical (similar to Florida). I started Self Sufficient Me in 2011 as a blog website project where I document and write about backyard food growing, self-sufficiency, and urban farming in general. I love sharing my foodie and DIY adventures online so come along with me and let's get into it! Cheers, Mark :)

[@Selfsufficientme]

G'day Everyone, just to let you know that I'm well aware of the "sliced tomato" videos. What I'm addressing in this video is why it works and what happens whether sliced or whole - I went the one step further for effect lol... The best way to grow tomatoes, in my opinion, is from collected seed (also shown in this vid) and then sow them individually because you can space them out easier for less disturbance when pricking out if required later for potting up or thinning out if already in location. Cheers :) www.selfsufficientme.com ;)

[@dictare]

I had a store bought tomato that sprouted a seedling through the side. The tomato as still fresh not fermented.

[@soumyadeepbhowmick5172]

I really impressed in your video

[@mackenziedrake]

@@dictare That happens as well. Have you tried planting them?

[@MasterMichelleFL]

@@dictare I wonder if it's not a gmo variety changed by mankind in a laboratory?

[@HalfJalapeno]

Hi Mark, many experienced farms as yourself have said to ferment tomato seeds for 1-2 weeks; however, I previously found these two articles that stated shorter (24-72h) fermentation led to better germination of tomato seeds than 1-2 week fermentation. I was wondering why you chose 2 weeks, also do your seeds start to root after 2 weeks? Amazing video as always, I have attached the two articles below. www.growveg.com.au/guides/three-ways-to-save-tomato-seeds/ permaculturenews.org/2014/07/08/save-tomato-seeds/

[@insolentstickleback3266]

My father passed away last year. I had planted a cherry tomato in his landscaping between several 3-4 hundred pound quarry stones. I let this plant decline with its fruit last fall and low and behold I have a nice crop of new tomato's this year! I hope to keep this going year after year, nice way to remember dad.

[@BrokenCurtain]

Tomatoes can be a bit of a strain on the soil, so make sure to keep it fertilized.

[@joaquinodriozola4963]

I wouldnt eat those tho. They fertilized with your dads

[@lavandercharmander2307]

I bet your father would be happy that you still hold him close to your heart and that is really nice of you

[@wonderbread5945]

I have no clue why I'm here, but I stayed. Beautifully explained, edited, got yourself a new sub.

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thank you very much :)

[@polaroidsofpolarbears365]

Let's all hope you want to start your own garden!

[@serinadelmar6012]

It’s my first video but loving it, thanks Mark! Loved your bio too. Where in Oz are you? I’m a pom but lived over there (NT longest but visited WA SA NSW and QLD and am doing my best to get back!). I remember in Darwin the gardening was incredible, the speed that those plants grow under the Aussie sun blimey, as they say in Blighty. I miss that beautiful Australian light. The sky is such a vivid blue and that fused with so much colour and wildlife makes it the most amazing country. Best people too.

[@adsoclasally8684]

Time to grow stuff!!!!!

[@SRafique100]

Australia's answer to David Bellamy. The enthusiasm is infectious. I'm a new sub too!

[@carpediem5008]

Growing tomatoes from tomatoes is easy. Lets see growing tomatoes from cucumbers!

[@SuperFred001]

They are actualy geneticly modifieng tomato plants to grow patatoes at the roots

[@kivsa85]

Haha

[@judahboyd2107]

@@SuperFred001 Can they genetically modify tomatoes to hunt down a specified person and kill them? Asking for a friend.

[@SERGIO-cr6uy]

I was more or less about to write the same..

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

@@judahboyd2107 To HUNT down a specific person? No... but you could genetically modify tomatoes to carry a genetically modified virus that targets someone's specific DNA.. 100% lethal for a specific person

[@Proton5509]

"What happens when you grow tomatoes from tomatoes?" Me: You'll get *Twomatoes* Kill me

[@Gabriel-l]

I think you're onto something

[@amjidali588]

🧐

[@jeffreydustin5303]

Too many cooks

[@alexblaze8878]

IKR?, Videos made for low IQ people .

[@ridhwan3896]

Ayyy

[@heckthetutors13]

Sacrificing tomatoes for views? This video is too graphic.

[@vintage99999]

I showed my kid this video and he said "IS HE KILLING THOSE PLANTS?!"

[@christinecross9123]

LOL!!

[@polomare2027]

Lol. The vegans will be up in arms!

[@smannee]

heckthetutors13 pure carnage

[@princejames5266]

Your profile pic is so graphic

[@brucethompson7214]

I love your videos. I'm a lifelong gardener so most of this stuff is known to me but your explanations are so good for those wanting to learn. The world needs more gardeners and you are helping with that. Well done.

[@prqueen7357]

I love how you fully explained everything, you basically answered any and all questions. I appreciate your informative info.

[@sonnyjene]

"Informative info" haha 😂

[@timcolgan9508]

KZbin: hey you don’t have a garden watch this! Me: errr ok? *subscribed*

[@huskysings9536]

Tim Colgan just get a salad and plant it! Why not hahaha

[@lactofermentation]

If you have a sunny window, you could grow a micro dwarf tomato! Then try planting a tomato once you get fruit for infinite little cherries. A 6" pot will do you for the smallest kinds like Micro Tom or Baby.

[@timcolgan9508]

lactofermentation legend mate, actually going to try this 👍🏻

[@timcolgan9508]

Husky Sings bag of rocket leaves here I come 😂

[@likeshareandsubscribe2866]

You will habe a garden soon enough. If youre watching vids, you will plant stuff somewhere eventually.

[@EyeTea]

I learned a lot more about tomatoes in this video than in my entire senior high school year.

[@Unforgiveness]

One of the rare videos that there's less talking, but more instructions! Thanks for the tip.

[@TheOpelkoenjas]

Now I know why I had little tomato shoots everywhere in my backyard! DUH!! My chickens loved eating tomatoes, and they often were allowed to roam freely in our (big) backyard. I could never figure out why they were able to grow without a problem in nature, while I myself planted seeds from tomatoes and the "plants" either came out as single twigs with 2 tomatoes on it (at most) or just didn't germinate at all. In other words, an utter waste of time. Figured out now the main reason why that was happening. THANK YOU. Gonna try your method from now on!! Cheers!

[@SupermegaGchan]

Volunteer tomato plants are always the best. Always find at least one growing elsewhere in the yard in the spring thanks to birds.

[@1chienandalou]

For a few years I had a “problem” with volunteer tomatoes. I think my compost was so tomato heavy that they started growing everywhere for a while. It was a bit annoying when they infested flowerbeds and stuff, but I kind of miss that. Survival of the fittest or some thing they certainly tasted the best ever. And I’m a tomato snob.

[@makeminefreedom]

My Dad was so proud of his tomato plants. He always planted seedlings from green houses. This is a great way to start new plants if you can't buy seedlings. I will definitely be trying your method. Thank you for showing us how to plant tomatoes from tomatoes.

[@raremedium4091]

I struggled for years with seeds. I grew from slices and WOAH! A dozen strong plants made it to my garden in the spring. I'm going natural from now on! 😁🍅🍅

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

Seeds become infertile after the first one-two year. When you buy seds, make sure they are no more than a year old.

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

@Old Soul Yes, that may work, and i will try.

[@1chienandalou]

Yeah I don’t even know why people bother with seeds at least in in my area. I mean maybe they want a specific variety, but I’m pretty much a tomato snob But not an expert gardener and yet had some of the best tomatoes grow with zero effort for years just from composting. Actually at first they started to grow everywhere from the compost so I had to be careful as I was having tomatoes growing in the middle of flowers etc.

[@hellenfennell5818]

Love this guy he is a bloody legend.Learning everything I need to know from him.He’s like the Yoda of gardening...”Get tomatoes you will!”...me..”Get tomatoes I will😶”😂😂

[@shekharmoona544]

My wife accidentally hybridized cherry tomato and Roma tomatoes. They came out tasting better but they were oblong and 1/4 the size of a Roma.

[@pepecorleone9021]

As long as they taste good tho right? That is awesome, some cross breed species its kinda cool to have your own unique brand too.

[@8til826]

I crossed breed tomatoes with lettuce, Bacon n 2 slices of breads n I called that the BLT 🤗🤗🤗

[@BarryWillBuck]

Round is dominant to ovate 100% Your hybrid must just be a grape tomato or somehow an f2 generation hybrid

[@rheab4054]

@@pepecorleone9021 I had cherry tomatoes that crossed with a black striped heirloom. I ended up with hundreds of black striped tomatoes that were all perfectly round, and about the size of a golf ball. They were so good!

[@nagualdesign]

_[Insert punchline here. Something combining the words 'cherry' and 'roma'?]_

[@MissRazna]

Mark you are my favorite youtuber. You have inspired my wife and me to do so many new things in the garden. We will definitely be using this technique.

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thank you very much and all the best with your garden! Cheers :)

[@DrNoahofChina]

Are these sexual euphemisms?

[@MissRazna]

@@DrNoahofChina no fuckwit it's me telling mark that his video is great and that i'm going to plant tomatoes in the garden with my wife. what the fuck are you smoking

[@Ghidora9000]

Mark, truly enjoy your videos and advice. I am in South Florida US so our climates are similar. Got my Egyptian Spinach and Rat tail radish growing well per your suggestions. Your fermentation technique worked great with my cantaloupes . Thank you very much for taking the time and providing such good information and clear instructions!

[@TheByard]

Back in the 60s my father was works superintendent on a British Rail tunnel project, the tunnel spoil was tipped on a farmers field to fill a valley. On completion of the tunnelling the field was graded, top soiled and fertilised with sewage farm solids, followed by grass seeding. Come the following spring the field was full of tomato plants pushing through the grass. It was a great sight.

[@thebigorangecouch6261]

That's a lovely story. Thank you for sharing :-)

[@EMSpdx]

The Steve Irwin of tomatoes!

[@apositivechannel5221]

Edith Spencer Laffed our loud!!

[@sweetcanada17]

So, I’m not the only one thinking that. COOL 😎

[@MasterMichelleFL]

The "Steve Irwin" of Self Sufficiency!!! (I love not buying much of my food. I know how it grew, what's been put on it, etc. 💚)

[@messyties]

I hope he doesnt grow stinging nettles!

[@Zagar099]

Too clickbaitey for me.

[@marypoirier1053]

I love getting to see what's going on below the ground as well as above the ground. It creates such a more holistic picture of what's happening in this process. Super informative video. Thanks!!

[@MinkytheMinkY]

Mark, you bring me to my quite happy place. I lost the joy of gardening, more like I stop taking a curiosity approach to gardening. You bring back that joy.

[@numberzthegreat]

I have fond memories of my grandfather and the vegetables he was able to grow in his gardens. Your videos help me to realize that one day I'll want to start up a garden when I own property. I really can't wait

[@calmblueocean7243]

It's October and it's warming up (finally!) down here in Melbourne - enjoyed this vid thoroughly and am inspired to get a great crop going!🍅🍅🍅 Thanks and a big 👍!!

[@paladinsmith7050]

Another good way i found is slice the tomato like you would if you were making a sandwich. Then lay the slices on the soil and add a little bit of soil on top.

[@englishwithmsareej]

We do this

[@_HibaN]

Done and tested 💯

[@goldfrog0]

Lol making a earth bruschetta

[@JynessaSwann]

Need to try this next winter/ spring

[@danielandersson759]

@@PaddyO Depending on if you have olives and basil planted next to it.

[@87xfute]

Hey Mark, I'm 62yrs old and believe it or not my Dad up until about 10yrs ago used the same tomato seeds over and over as from before I was born. The only reason he stopped was after all that time the seeds FINALLY became unviable and just didn't sprout anymore and he couldn't be bothered due to his age !! He grew Grosse Lissie, Beef heart and ox heart, and few others I can't remember right now !! Seeya Rob

[@nagualdesign]

I discovered this technique through trial and error, without any errors. Last year I carefully cut open an aromatico cherry tomato (delicious!) and squeezed the contents into a glass, then added some water, swirled it around to remove the slimy stuff, poured away most of the water then patted them dry-ish with a tea towel before planting them. Worked out well. This year I just popped a tomato, squeezed it into a glass, swirled it with water to remove the slimy stuff then just poured the lot over two pots with dimples in the soil and watered them in. Worked perfectly. I also did it in January this time, making sure the pot was warm enough on the windowsill while they germinated, to give them an early start. And I made a diamond pattern trellis out of bamboo that matches the leaded window. So far so good. ☺

[@Ahkmedren]

Watching your videos got me off my rear to start planting my vegetable and herb gardens. :) Thank you for your excellent and informative videos!

[@juneshannon8074]

A brilliant explanation and visual of tomato growing from seed. Thanks Mark.

[@timcent7199]

Mark, love your videos. You're a natural born teacher.

[@dewuknowHIM]

I have gardened all my life(im 62)......have saved my own tomato seeds for years too....and only use my own saved seed...easy peasy !!!!!

[@Specops915]

G'Day! From Texas, USA 🇺🇸. Love your channel Sir!

[@bobbyhempel1513]

Fellow Texan here.

[@rike12octavia14]

Yall are of the texan brethern as well?!

[@theuniquebean]

This was so very interesting! I always thought I had a black thumb, but wanted to encourage my daughter’s interest in gardening and found Self Sufficient Me. Your videos made me want to try again and I’m learning so much, (with success!) from your videos. Thank you!

[@Starlight22215]

Angel _ in England you have green fingers. Lol

[@REHABPOKER]

Just wanted to thank you Mark for all the knowledge you provide. Today I pulled my first harvest ever. Radish's, purple top turnips, 2 different kinds of lettuce a few small cherry tomatoes and about 20 green beans. All organic and boy are they tasty. 2 months later I'm finally getting some return and it feels good. Cheers mate.

[@extraSPARErib]

So great that you show this. Plus, the intro, about seeing the Earth through "her eyes" ... the mother goddess looks at you and smiles with her eyes brother. Such a wonderful living soul such as you are a great addition to our family and when we all get to go home and wake up we can meet then. Until then keep on your journey I think it is really wonderful that you are outdoors when so many of "people" around us (who are nothing more than organic portals) just blindly go about "living" their idle lives inside their prefabricated social boxes.

[@imablock16]

I do this with beefsteak and cherry tomatoes and they come out pretty healthy

[@desertblade1874]

I usually throw rotten tomatoes in the garden instead of the dumpster, very much like the result in the video Mark

[@Selfsufficientme]

Very good tip! Cheers :)

[@desertblade1874]

@@Selfsufficientme thanks 😊

[@AwoudeX]

be very carefull with this practice as diseases may turn up easier when they always have some plant material around to 'eat' from. A few of those diseases mean the total end of your tomato plant. Best to keep the rotten tomatoes separate from where your plants will be at least.

[@1chienandalou]

Oh yeah they work often and such volunteers are the best feeling ( and often best taste too! J

[@1chienandalou]

@@AwoudeX I’m assuming he meant not too rotten but just kind of too soft? Or do you mean a specific disease?

[@aronguillen7951]

Thank you for showing us how tomatoes grow and sacrificing them for us.

[@helensmith5854]

You're the Bob Ross of gardening. Such a pleasant voice and attitude.

[@EliMacalikova]

This was such amazing video, hope youll do more with basics like this. Honestly these are left without mentioning in most of books/vids, and its so nice to have not only answers, but actually see how it all looks like. Thank you so much for sharing it.

[@PlatoonGoon]

turning gardening into easy to follow science! Love it, great work

[@mansardmanor3869]

Hello Mark (Mate)😄 I really appreciate your attitude towards gardening. Thanks for sharing the details of the garden. I also found, if you just smash open and expose the seeds & bury the whole tomato 🍅 in the same container, then separate the seedlings later works as well for same seasons growth.

[@frikandelspeciaal1431]

Tomatoes are like weeds, i life at zone 8 after winter in the Greenhouse tomatoes pupup from last season. Greetings from the Netherlands 👍 bye for now

[@michaelweston6083]

I noticed this bird poop in the soil near my front door years ago and it later turned into a tomato plant.

[@sebwijnands2099]

My mum and I love watching your video’s, keep up the good work :).

[@OverlandUnknown]

I always love watching your videos mate, clearly the best gardening KZbin channel in my opinion. Cheers, Grant.

[@royster3345]

I've been growing a red robin cherry tomato for a few years. The plant grows as a bush so can be placed in a patio tub and needs no additional support growing lots of tomotos. I pick a few off each plant mid season for seed and spread the seeds onto newspaper to dry out. You can tear into strips and plant still on the paper into trays. I might try the fermentation method as well this year to completely get rid of the seed protection to see if this speeds up growth for next year.

[@MrSirlulzalot]

The best tomatoes in the world went through Granny's hogs and grew from plants just outside of the pig sty. She would whip us if she caught us eating them but we took a chance and ate all we could.

[@ExecutionerDan]

@Personal Email dirt is just broken down dead shit covered in bacteria anyways so who cares.

[@michellewalsh1150]

Mmm but how was the quality of life of the pig??

[@MrSirlulzalot]

@@michellewalsh1150 I think pretty good that is as I understand what would make a good quality of life for a pig. The sty was in between two big pecan trees so it was always nice and shady. The only one I remember by name was named Posey and we took her for a walk and gave her treats. She wagged her tail a lot- so I think pretty good. I can't truly speak for her though.

[@habibainunsyifaf6463]

When two tomatoes loves each other so much...

[@BornAwsumb]

Not only is your accent memorizing but you teach in such a way that you give an ton of information that's radii enough to digest for anyone, truly showing that years of learning and doing can make things become 2nd nature. I truly appreciate what your are doing for all of us! You are a real inspiration for me

[@niftynan2081]

I did the sliced tomato grow from grocery store tomatoes. Had over 100 plants consisting of Roma, vining, big slicing and cherry tomatoes. Was a wonderful summer harvest😊👍

[@tribulation138]

This explains why I had so many scattered tomatoe plants pop up everywhere. Lol. I actually let them grow.

[@Ralph857]

Love you! I like these kinds of videos, I really like the science behind plant growth.

[@udaaz]

Subscribed because you are to the point with no rambling and the video is under ten mins. Well done very well done. Thank you

[@paulhutchinson1349]

we only grow small tomatoes and we throw all bad ones back in the same 10x10 patchat the end we dig it all up prepare for next season and they come back up on there own. its been about 7 years still going. love this show

[@vintage99999]

I loved this video so much! We are going to try this! Thanks.

[@bjb0808]

Love this! So empowering to know how to get your own seeds. Thank you!

[@polaroidsofpolarbears365]

Anything you say, I'm definitely following. You're such a damn good gardener. You know what you're doing. I've followed your toothbrush method of crossing pollen to other plants, and I've had some epic results. You know what you're talking about. This is why I totally back you. You're an awesome gardener.

[@jeffreydustin5303]

This is one of the best of the SSM channel. Fascinating that one seed will outgrow all the rest in such a dramatic fashion.

[@texasgrayman3492]

Yaaaaaaas! Thanks Mark! I just got my SSM tank top. Can't wait to represent in my garden. Let me know if I can post pics of it and tag you somehow.

[@tanksoldier9770]

In my stomping grounds we get late frost so sometimes it will kill the tomato plants all black and wilted,so everyone runs back to get more tomato plants and try again ( stores love it double sales) well I cut them at ground level and put a couple shovel full of dirt on top and watered them and they all grew up big and healthy , also I found a missed watermelon the next spring and it went through a hard freezing winter I cut it open and all the seeds were growing and ready to plant GOD knows his stuff !!!

[@christinecross9123]

Amen to that!

[@kasession]

YES HE DOES!!! :-)

[@darianzielinsky9421]

God isn't controlling plants. They evolved to survive, just like you. The ones that couldn't adapt died.

[@halimaw8922]

You need to let people believe what they want instead of trying to force others to think like you do.

[@darianzielinsky9421]

@@halimaw8922 yeah you're right, everyone should believe whatever makes them happy

[@WanderingMay]

Love your work mate. Seeing your content makes me remember my childhood growing up in the rural countryside of Victoria. And seeing as I currently live in Argentina, and thus am not able to enjoy nature at the same level, it is wonderful to see you growing and living at one with it. Keep up the good work.

[@TheIantoJones]

I love how you explain things. Thank you for this wonderful video!

[@CrashHeadroom]

Directions not clear enough, tomatoes have sprouted teeth and have started to bite back. Please assist.

[@wascawywabbit0987]

It's THE THING!

[@gracesreadsalotayy182]

Courage the cowardly dog 😂😂😂

[@Vidchemy]

Steven (Universe)! I told you to stop licking the tomatoes

[@dave-yj9mc]

You planted "Killer Tomatoes" COVID has nothing on those... the world is over. btw "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" was a great movie.

[@valeriesanchez3074]

Attack of the killer tomatoes

[@DaveT383]

Hi Mark, I live in an apt in Ho Chi Minh City, so I do not have the land resources available to do what you are able to, sadly. But I really enjoy your videos! Great information and your presentation is fantastic. Great work, man! 👍😊

[@robylove9190]

I had a volunteer plant come up last year, great to be 8 feet tall, and give me a bumper crop of Roma tomatoes. Since then, if I find a tomato I really like, I just cut a slice out and put it in a pot of soil. I have had beautiful results this way.

[@spudbono5747]

Me too....I've been living off volunteers for a few years now and potting some to give away. I'm sure it won't work for all tomatoes, and it does give me a later start, but heck, it's free! I always let a pumpkin fall apart in the winter also and stick the seeds in random places and get surprise pumpkin vines the following year.

[@lilyfaure4110]

Thanks, as relative newbie to gardening and sustainability, your videos are great at providing advice and ideas in a way that makes me, smile. Keep up the good work!

[@mrmysterycake]

You can also mix a little apple cider vinegar in the water mixture so it'll take less than 2 weeks to ferment.

[@ElenaHaskins]

Thank you for this video. Thank you for explaining re: fermentation and mold. Good to know for those of us who have several containers of seeds waiting in the refrigerator for The Gardener to clean the seeds.

[@pepecorleone9021]

Absolutely, you make great points here just that little extra work to separate them gives you all kinds of options, lets the babies getting muscled out of the pot a new lease on life and likely another wave of tomatoes at a later date.

[@cruciferousvegetable]

I have still not dabbled in seed saving or starting my own seedlings. There is so much to learn and each year I leap forward in knowledge.

[@StaceyHerewegrowagain]

I love seeing this process happen! It's amazing what nature can do all by itself!🍅🍃🍅 Thanks for sharing such great information!!

[@badaisnyfounet4ever762]

I am growing my cherry tomao from store F1 seeds, i am now at the 6th generation, i got a bunch of variety as a results, and it still grows well.

[@jomeyer13]

this is what i need to know. If the end result is worth the space of growing the tomatoe from fresh seeds.

[@swapnilsingh9159]

Wow that was so beautifully explained. Thanxx mate.

[@CoalCoalJames]

Great stuff I've done this for years, but mine come from sprinkeling's of compost from keeping kitchen scrap's separate from my other compost. It's always a nice surprise to find years old seed sprouting some exotic veggie ya eat previously along with the usual tomatoes, peppers ,pumpkins ect~

[@MarcMallary]

If tomatoes self pollinate; the offspring might tend to resemble the parent, if it wasn't a hybrid, of course.

[@giantdad1661]

I once grew a green bean plant from canned green beans. I stupidly dried the seeds, which could have damaged them, but they still grew.

[@danparish1344]

Canned foods are pressure cooked at very high temperatures in order to kill all forms of life. You cannot grow seeds from canned vegetables.

[@giantdad1661]

@@danparish1344 Yeah? Well I did. Just out of childish curiosity to see if it worked, and it did. A ye 15 years ago.

[@Japanese_moped_guy]

@@danparish1344 FACE!!!!!

[@DMPB-fi2ir]

ok giant dad ...troll go back to your other closet the foods are super heated in sealed cans so any organism INCLUDING the bean would be dead and cooked so would not have grown

[@OldSchoolPrepper]

I haven't purchased tomato seeds in years! Heritage Open Pollinated....that's the way to go!

[@heathermurray6776]

Love watching your videos. You’ve given me many good ideas I’ve used in my own garden

[@fishin4bass2002]

I throw my old grape tomatoes in the same pot every year and I get great plants to pop up every year.

[@jomeyer13]

are the tomatoes the same as the parent. Or different?

[@rastamanralph6670]

Very interesting.I subscribed on the planting rotten veg video.

[@mylifeasmar1162]

Your channel is my favorite gardening channel. I'm starting a container garden and learning so much from you! Thank you! I hope that in a few months my garden will be as fruitful as yours!

[@donabellahardeneravlogs790]

Me too😊

[@nicholaswimborne]

You're a legend mate. Love this channel.

[@TopsyDora147]

Oh man, I can taste those sweet tomatoes already. Forget popcorn, give me a bag of tomatoes while I watch a movie! Love your advise. Thank you.

[@GadgetAddict]

That was really interesting 👍

[@JustAboutAnything66]

I grew some from a store bought tomato once a few years ago. All I did was squeeze out the seeds from one roma tomato and let them dry. The plants that grew were all different. I guess because of the different varieties that they cross bred to make that particular variety. Some we're long like jalapeno peppers, some we're small and round with a very thick skin, and others grew large like a Beefsteak. They were all very pretty and tasted great and it was a fun experience but I just buy seeds now.

[@jamiemcneill3]

Thanks for this. I wondered how to prepare seeds for next season and your explanation was perfect! 🍅

[@stuttgurth]

For the next season, I simply spread out some of the rotting tomatoes throughout the garden, at the end of the season. That simple. I get hundreds of tomato sprouts in the spring.

[@1chienandalou]

Yep, it’s almost like you get them growing if you even if you don’t want them

[@TheDGNB]

Hey Mark love the video, I don't comment often but I love your videos! Wondering if you've made root or ginger beer with your produce! Would love to see a video on the process if so :)

[@godschosenpeople5084]

We all need more of this thank you

[@FLEABONE]

If I leave a few tomatoes to rot in the pots they grew in over the winter I get what I call volunteers. Our Winters here are quite cold it might snow a few times we could have snow for a week. I always end up with volunteers popping up in spring. One year I moved into a new house and got a volunteer in my garden. it was a beautiful yellow Roma tomato plant.

[@Alwis-Haph-Rytte]

I have seen sprouted seeds inside a ripe not rotten tomato bought at the store. Store tomatoes are picked a bit green because you can not ship ripe tomatoes or you will have mush.

[@kenberscheit480]

thats what gmo is all about??

[@Alwis-Haph-Rytte]

@@kenberscheit480 No it's not.

[@MasterMichelleFL]

💚 My little yellow tomatoes are ripening now. 💚from south Florida!

[@daringfawn6958]

Jennifer Oliver So are my Tigerella’s in Michigan!

[@MasterMichelleFL]

@@daringfawn6958 I have chocolate cherry tomatoes to plant, just haven't had the time.😫 Lol

[@melodytenisch6232]

Thanks Mark! I always enjoy learning from your videos; thanks for making them fun too! Blessings to you and your family. 👵💞🌱

[@brunofagherazzi9903]

This channel makes me feel so good. Great content, very wholesome

[@CaponeXX]

I remember when our dog died we buried it in our backyard, a few months later a tomato bush popped up from her grave.

[@johnsweeney6072]

Gday I worked with a bloke that at one stage worked for Sydney water and he used to have an endless supply of tomatoes 🍅 the size of lawn bowls from the sewer runoff tanks at Bondi. He said they were the tastiest he ever had but everyone else used to get turned off by them cause they’ve been full cycle haha 😂

[@kanemeasham-pywell92]

John Sweeney my neighbor had their sewer pipe crack and about a year later they had a big line of tomato plants through their yard. Unfortunately all cherry tomatoes though

[@endurance8910]

i read that the romans used to use dried human turds as fertiliser for their tomatoes - supposedly it works great & makes great tomatoes. excuse me while i go curl one out on the front window sill 😂😂😂

[@laurenpaterson3475]

John Sweeney yew I heard of this

[@johnsweeney6072]

endurance Haha remember that time on the train you were hanging your head out the window and I stuck my bum out n everyone thought we were twins. Haha I had to use that classic from my childhood you can get a few friends with that one. No offence just thought you could use a laugh in these crappy times to anyone reading stay safe and hopefully you haven’t lost anyone lately 👍🇦🇺

[@marshademas1797]

That's flipping fascinating. I didn't know I could grow them this way. Thank You! 😊

[@dafyddem]

Love the way you explain everything and manage to keep it simple and with a bit of humour. Wish my teachers were like you. You've got yourself a new subscriber from Wales :)