In this video, I share 7 tomatoes I simply must grow every single year in my garden, because I just can’t live without them! I live in a VERY difficult tomato growing climate due to extreme humidity, sweltering heat and high rainfall, and I’ve spend years searching for varieties that can tolerate my difficult conditions. These are my best tomato varieties so far, and they perform where many tomato plants fail!
This video features a variety of tomato plants including indeterminate tomatoes, determinate tomatoes and Dwarf Tomato Project tomatoes to give you versatility and variety in your tomato garden. If you’re looking for some of the best tomatoes to grow, give these tomato cultivars a try.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Growing Tomatoes In Difficult Climates
1:31 Tomato Variety #1
2:53 Honorable Mention (Tomato Variety #1.5)
4:08 Tomato Variety #2
6:22 Tomato Variety #3
9:05 Tomato Variety #4
12:07 Tomato Variety #5
13:55 BONUS: My Most DELICIOUS Tomato I Hate Growing!
17:37 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 Growing Tomatoes In Difficult Climates
1:31 Tomato Variety #1
2:53 Honorable Mention (Tomato Variety #1.5)
4:08 Tomato Variety #2
6:22 Tomato Variety #3
9:05 Tomato Variety #4
12:07 Tomato Variety #5
13:55 BONUS: My Most DELICIOUS Tomato I Hate Growing!
17:37 Adventures With Dale
Here in SoCal, my go to tomato is the determinate Celebrity. Perfect size and shape. It’s fleshy and not all watery. I’m also growing some brandy wines and cherry falls. I have two volunteers that are growing like indeterminate, with wrinkled bottoms like heirlooms.
In Brazoria Co. Tx. The sweet millions and Biltmores do very well. What happened to Sweet Millions? I couldn't find any this Spring!!
No offense, but I kept wondering if you were originally from North Carolina. (Some of my favorite youtubers have recently moved there). I know as millennials some of us don't have much of a southern accent, but you have an accent of your own, haha. Its just something I have an interest in. There are variations of the southern accent and I can usually place someone in a particular region by listening to them talk.
After this video I may unplug my rosella and put her in a pot in the shade. The bugs have already decimated half the plants.
My favorite is also a Yellow. Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom. A tomato expert told me if I like Lillian’s, I should try Casey’s Pure Yellow for a better disease resistance package. I’m going to try it next year, along with Brandywine Yellow that you recommend. Thanks for the info. Oh yeah, I’m in South Georgia. I feel your pain.
I agree with you; Sun Gold and Sun Sugar tomatoes are great. Have you tried Golden Jubilee tomatoes? They are excellent and do well here in Houston, TX.
Cherry Tomato 'Sun Gold' tastes absolutely phenomenal. 'Sun Sugar' more desease resistant. 'Brandy Boy' tasty beefsteak tomato. 'Big Beef' very vigorous. 'Rosella Purple' is so sweet and low acid, can thrive in shady conditions. Determinate 'Siletz' is an early and late tomato with excellent flavor. 'Brandywine Yellow' susceptible to desease but ultimate flavor.
I'm trying Cherokee Carbon this year. It is supposed to have that Cherokee Purple flavor we love, but more hardy. Also, my Rosella Purple plants look amazing!
Dale needs a vacation? 🤣🤣🤣
Anyone try out Tappy's yet for producing through the summer heat?
I got a late start this year, so mine are still tiny.
what fertilizer did you used? the tomato stem is so thick/.
I grow some pink variety, the tomato is average in size with even shape, just that is pink and taste very good alike the Brandywine mention in the video.
he's talking about the big beef tomato and all of a sudden i am distracted by his arm muscles lol.
Thanks for the video, it very informative I’m definitely going to plant some of the varieties that you like and recommended. This is actually the third year I’ve been growing tomatoes, last two years I grew brandywine and beefsteak tomatoes I had pretty good yields and I love the flavor. This year I added 3 different kinds the Cherokee purple and the lemon boy and the German queen can’t wait to see the results!
In another video you listed celebrity tomatoes as determinate.I have grown these plants for ten years and can assure you they absolutely are not!I grow mine in 6ft baskets and they grow out of the tops sometimes by two feet and they produce until frost.
I live in Virginia so this really helps me get a good idea what works well here. We are not by the ocean but the weather is hot and humid.
So blessed to see 70s/low 80s almost all month compared to the last few Mays being scorchers. My Toms love it!
Dude…..Don’t ever wear that woman’s shirt again
where do you purchase your tomato seeds? I'm having some difficulty finding them on line.
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You should check out the Floridade tomato and the Everglades tomato. They grow well in the Florida summer so they should be able to handle the heat and humidity
Hi! I live a little over an hour from you in Bladen County. Have you ever tried a tomato variety called Climbing Trip-L Crop? I have had great success with them. Thanks for showing me varieties I've never heard of! Hope to try some of them next season!
Thanks for the information. You have given me a few ideas to try here in Northern California–Zone 9b. I am curious though, as to your opinion on San Marzano's and Roma's?
If rain causes splitting, would growing in a pot and covering the top with plastic directing the excess water away be helpful? Or create a shed over the plant if greenhouse isn't available.
Great video. I'm very happy to have finally found seeds of Sungold and Rosella purple (not easy here in Belgium), very impatient to taste it this summer. Thanks for sharing your advices
im looking forward in getting these seeds for next year planting..do u have a link for em on where u buy em? …
Picus is a great heat tolerant paste tomato if you're into making sauces. It does really well for me in southern louisiana
Why do you start new seeds for your fall harvest? I just cut and grow new plants from suckers, not sure if there are any disadvantages from doing this.
Sun gold tomatoes and eggs was a common breakfast last year.
I’m looking forward to it this year
Hi there, I was watching some of your older videos and I noticed you have a rain barrel.
Can you tell me what you used to get it so high above the ground? Are those cinder blocks?
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Hello,
Thanks for the video, very informative, I will definitely plant some of the varieties.
Can we share a video of the tomatoes how we prune them and grow them in this Y shape.
Thanks
Have you tried Lemon Boy?
They grow SUN SUGAR often in troublesome inner cities for their crack resistance
If you think Sung Gold is the best, have you tried "Cherry Baby" ? For my taste buds, beats Sun Gold. No splitting, sugar candy sweet. A very reliable hybrid for years.
Man there are so many amazing beefsteak yellow tomatoes out there… why brandy wine yellow?
Have you tried to grow San Marzano in NC ?