Last year I grew ~30kg tomatoes outdoor in Belfast in rainy Northern Ireland, 4 plant were 'beefstakes' (Green Moldovan, Black Krim) reaching 600g per fruit and was really rainy last July. Managed to save a lot from blight. This year I noticed my plants are 3-4 weeks ahead in terms of growth, a good start that might save my harvest from blight. It's totally worth it, some parts of Scotland are not so different from my area.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Saving from blight is cool. I’m choosing to be optimistic and assume things will be fine this year! 😝

@i.a.4694

Ай бұрын

Green moldovan i grew for the first time last year and despite the two month of rain here in Hamburg they tastest absolutely wonderful. I grow my Toms outdoors but with a roof above them... works quite fine

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

@i.a.4694 oh a roof to stop them getting watery with the rain… nice idea

@dustyflats3832

Ай бұрын

Things are advanced here in US also. The Mock Orange shrub is blooming and it should be around June 15th.

Great video. I enjoyed remembering our grow along last year and am glad to see you're doing Black Krim again. I hope you have a blight-free year.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

So many good memories from last year 😍

I grow a determinate variety in my Zone 3 garden at 53 degrees latitude called Siberian from seed that came from my grandmother's house. A Siberian variety is still on the market but I have no idea if it is the same one. I do not reach reliable night temps of >15C until July but have harvested tomatoes within 60 days of planting out my starts early May. This variety will tolerate temps of 7C. It provides that first tomato taste of the season!

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Oh I love that…. That you are growing a tomato that’s been in the family for years

Food for thought tomatoes. Never knew tomatoes had a growing days, thanks for that Eli

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

One to plan for next year

Last year I had poor tomato germination, so having potted up, nursed them, I had 4 plants in my plastic pop up plastic ‘greenhouse’, 2 on a sunny windowsill, and the 4 extra survivors in pots in a sheltered area of my Glasgow garden. Great crop, including the outdoors ones which I barely had to water. Lots of green tomatoes at the end, and I actually make green tomato chutney as Christmas gifts for a few friends.

This is the first time I have seen your channel. I have never before seen such a lovely well run garden. Yours is the best. I'm going to subscribe to your channel.thankyou.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Oh I’m sure there are plenty of gardens around you that are just as neat 🥰

Green Tomato ketchup??? That sounds intetesting... I make Salsa Verde but I did not think of making a ketchup with green tomatos... fried green tomatos... ohhh jaaaa.. now thats my thing. How about making a cooking video this fall ??? Making that green ketchup Eli???? ❤❤❤❤

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Oh fried green tomatoes Yum

@jasons-jungle

Ай бұрын

Ah, but Eli won't be able to do it this year because they are all going to be ripe. Now, click your heels together three times and repeate the manta with me - They are all going to be ripe. They are all going to be ripe. They are all going to be ripe.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

I enjoy Black Krim as well and have planted it for years. It has even left seeds behind that have grown volunteer in the garden with a harvest of ripe fruit in one growing season. That is unheard of in my region. Thanks for the insight.

I live in the west of Ireland so wind is the killer for my outdoor crops. No outdoor tomato here 😊

Fab Tomatoes update Eli, really enjoyed your video.❤ Very informative, thank you and a lovely collaboration with Gardner Scot 🍅

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊 Those videos with Scott last year were so much fun.

This video was so informative and answered so many questions I had about growing tomatoes. This is my first year and praying for some success and no blight 🤣 Thank you!!

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Heres to a great year!!

This was so useful, thankyou! Last year it was completely random as to which tomatoes I put outside (basically the closest ones to the greenhouse door when I ran out of space 😂) but next week there will be actual thought and consideration now I know to check season lengths!

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! But closest to the door is still a system! OK not the most scientific but STILL A SYSTEM🤣

OMG this is by far THE BEST video on growing tomatoes. I never realised about the growing season each different variety needed I just thought I was rubbish at growing them. Thank you so much for enlightening us. I’m off to buy my best suited tomatoes for the North or England!

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome! I can;t wait to see everyone with their bumper crops next year!

I've made another experiment with my tomatoes last winter. I took the last healthy sideshoot and let it root. During winter the plant were in very little pots with the minimum of water and nutricion. In February I potted them up in 5l pots and still let them inside. Since the 15th of May (our starting season day) they are outside. From the old branches I "harvested" 4 tomatoes and then cut it down and let only the biggest sideshoot as a new main stem. They are blooming weeks before the same variety that I sew in February. So I have an advantage in my growing season. This variety takes a long time to ripen... but its my partners most loved tomatoe. So I tried this and it seems to be a success and the season will be long enough to have a big harvest.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Oh I did a similar thing the other year Worked fab, planting side shoots

Hi Eli & Kate, great video and very interesting information about tomatoes too. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

THE BEST educator on growing veg that I've found on KZread. It's nice not to have a KZread gardener assume we know anything. This video is not the basics, but so overlooked but really important topic! Thanks again Eli. I watch hours of KZread gardening each day and you always teach me something useful x

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! So glad you found it useful Jos

I've been growing black russians, which as the name suggests are more suited to our climate. They do have a longer 80 days growing season, but we get an extra week or so down here in September. I got left with a few green ones last year, but not enough to make chutney. They didn't do so well indoors.

I live in the PNW and it doesn't reliably get above 50 f at night, ever. I still managed to pull in a ton of tomatoes last year right at the end of the season, enough to make my tomato sauce and soup. This year I'm trying a variety called Oregon Spring, which is supposed to hold up better to our cool, misty weather and do well in short seasons. I'm crossing my fingers I get tomatoes again!

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

I’ll keep mine crossed for you too 🤞🤞🤞

@amygriffith3598

Ай бұрын

Yep. Same here. I hear some gardening channels say not to plant tomatoes until night temps are in the 60s. Haha, I guess I’d never plant them in that case! I’ll have to check out Oregon Spring.

You are so good at this. Not just what you say, but the way you present it. 🏅

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

awwwww thank you :D

I am east coast Canada at 46 degree north. Our growing season is pretty similar but you have much warmer winters. I find my tomatoes do fine and continue to ripen as long as it stays above 4C at night, but I do end up with heaps of green tomatoes at the end of the season no matter the variety because we go from warm to cool to frosts very quickly.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Yeah the big difference between us is your seasons change very VERY quickly whilst ours is drawn out and your summers are much hotter and sunnier and winters are much colder. It’s amazing isn’t it, how different we can be but we are still all trying to grow the same plants 😂😂😂

Fantastic video, Eli. Very comprehensive xx

Just starting out growing fruit and veg. We are in Perth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I love these videos so informative and it’s great to get an idea about how things grow in the same climate. Taking inspiration from your videos. I’ve just got a green house so I will be moving my tomatoes into there asap !

@eliandkate

26 күн бұрын

Helllloooo Kimberley Lovely to have you with us 😀😀😀

Grew toms outside in Gateshead North East England for 15 years against a sunny wall - out early may usually done by late September very early October, best ones gardener's delight and outdoor girl

@eliandkate

28 күн бұрын

Now that is interesting…. I’ve never liked gardeners delight… always found them tasteless. Yet they are a real old boys staple/ I wonder if there has been a change in the plant (seeds) being sold over the years. Are you growing from your own saved seeds?

This year it has been cold and humid so far in my area of Germany. Tomatoes in and out of the green house are stunned in growth so far...

Very interesting Eli. I'm growing black krim this year for the first time - can't wait!

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

They’re a tasty one 😍

I made lovely green tomato chutney last year. A great use of end of season.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

I think chutney is out standard in the UK.... we will make a chutney out of almost anything!

Hiya, enjoy your vids immensely, I planted three extra tomato plants from a Scottish grower, all three were chucked into a raised outdoor planter alongside a tayberry youngster , they all have flowers and healthy growth forming despite ...drenching rain, high winds , 56F temps, go figure ...I'm on the West coast (same LAT as Moscow)..mental eh ?, all the best .

@eliandkate

28 күн бұрын

It’s mad innit????

Eli, I don't know what you do for a job, but you should be a teacher. Brilliant information simplified. Even me, a gadgie from the southside of Glesga understood everything and learned so much. Thanks.

@eliandkate

3 күн бұрын

Oh no! No a gadgie fae Govan???? 😁 I’m a southsider too

@stutube3546

2 күн бұрын

@@eliandkate Oh yes, oh yes! I am a gadgie from Govan. Now in Bellahouston. My allotment is in the wonderful Pollok Park. Now, don't tell me you're a Wineally lassie? Lol.

@eliandkate

2 күн бұрын

@stutube3546 Pollok park? I didn’t realise there are allotments there That’s very cool. I’m from out past shawlands :)

@stutube3546

2 күн бұрын

@@eliandkate There are actually two allotment sites in Pollok Park. Sir John Maxwell allotments behind Pollokshaws train station, next to where they keep the highland coo's, and South Western allotments at Dumbreck next to Haggs Castle golf course. I'm on South Western, and that's be there since the 1930's. Both really nice sites.

Wow, this makes sense, never thought of it this way.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

It’s eye opening isn’t it… One of those ones that you can’t believe you didn’t think of before

Great video. I try outdoors tomatoes often on my plot in the North East of England. Usually it's not the temp that knocks them down for me, but it's the dreaded blight that killed them off the last couple of years whilst my green house toms survived longer (and were planted earlier). Got a better crop last year, but still loads of greens. I did try Crimson Crush outdoors last year and had a good crop off these. Most of my outdoors are determinate. This is partly because I can my my own sauce and want to have most the crop ready in a short of time rather than the longer harvest season of indeterminate. It's also partly down to the ease of supporting and maintenance of bush tmatoes over supporting and pruning the vines of the indeterminate - a bunch of stakes and some twine as opposed to a frame totie up the tomatoes as they grow. Another problem I find is that seed vendors in the UK don't put on the days to maturity on a lot of the packets. They often have the blue/green/amber calendar months to highlight when about you can sow and might get a crop but that is pretty vague. It takes alot of research to find out the days to maturity for some - this of course creates it's own problems as my tomato wishlist grows and grows with all the varieties I discover along the way while doing this ;) Anyway - this year I'm not growing outdoors tomatoes due to a mess up with my seedlings so all my toms (including the 3 bush I had left and the 4 Cimson Plum I wanted to try) all fit in one side of my greenhouse.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

That’s gonna be a full greenhouse. There’ll be no space for you Jason 😝

@jasons-jungle

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate As long as I don't make the mistake of growing achocha again I'll be fine - one plant took over the entire greenhouse. The otherside of the greenhouse has the lemon cucumbers, bush cucumbers, water melon and a patch of walking onions that started off n the other side but likes this side better. Ife a concrete slab at the end for the 4 pots with the peppers in. Might try shoehorning a trombone squash inand I should still be able to get in the path in the middle.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

@jasons-jungle 😂😂😂😂 you are clearly daring in your deeds good sir!

Always grew them outside in Helensburgh till I got my greenhouse last year

We have two indeterminates (alicante & Elsa Craig)and a tumbler (probably determinate). The indeterminates are doing well in the greenhouse, setting fruit. The tumbler is producing dozens of flowers, but setting is slow. Really slow. I've been tapping them with an old electric toothbrush every day, but pollination so far is much slower. I think it will happen, but the tumbler seems more prudish, like a victorian widow 😅 really interesting video Eli, thanks for your input x

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

They maybe just do things at their own pace 🥰

Well thank you, what a useful video! Not so much because it told me new stuff (although it did 😂) but because it made me stop, think and join the dots! I happily grow tomatoes (always too many) under cover experimenting with different varieties, hugely influenced by KZread on what tastes good etc. I never really stopped to properly consider if the growing time of a variety was properly suitable for rainy west of Scotland. I will now! I also think I must now try an outdoor tomato. See what you’ve started?😂😂

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

ha ha ha there will be jungles of tomatoes all over Scotland now 🤣

This was soo helpful Eli. Makes so much sense. Thanks

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Hope it helps make a difference

This season I am growing 6 different varieties. I have 6 plants outdoors and 6 plants in my greedhouse. My greenhouse is heated to 65F at night and it is also cooled with a fan which kicks on at 77F during the day. The race is on. !

Sticking to certain varieties of tomatoes defiantly makes a difference to outdoors or inside. Greenhouse definitely does better for me though

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Me too… but I feel like it gives me a bit of freedom. I’ll need to do a wee greenhouse update for the Patreons on Friday 😄

I must admit it’s very interesting, but my brain is boggled lol I have autism and trying to work that information out is possibly too much, I know when they say the area dates are but the area isn’t my road, there’s about 3-4 roads in a strip area and we get different weather to the roads the other side, we can watch them getting storms while we are not. It’s very strange. So the only way I possibly could working it out would be to record when my first and last frost dates are…. Over a few years. But I also am aware that this means my season is longer so growing things like the sweet million and the other cherry tomatoes which is what my dad and nan like, that’s what I do. I’m not very adventurous like that. I’m so pleased you are tho and I’m really pleased you have found a way to get more all round xx

Thanks for the great video! I’m a first time vegetable gardener. I’m using containers. Just three tomato plants. Funny thing though. My indeterminates are stunted at about a foot tall, and full of blooms. My cherry determinant is twice the size and only a few blooms. It is July 4th. I live in Ontario, Canada, near Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. We’ve had so much rain, it’s a bit ridiculous. I had to bring my two pepper plants into the garage yesterday to try to dry them out a bit. Poor drainage in their pots. I purchased a big garden wagon yesterday to put some of these pots in so I can move them outside into the sun, but then pull them inside when it rains. I might put my tomatoes in the wagon too. I’ll keep you updated on my little experiment.

@eliandkate

5 күн бұрын

It’s a similar situation here…. It’s gone back to being super cold here and the outdoor tomatoes look awful

I'm in Aberdeenshire and don't have a greenhouse. Last year my bush tomatoes just ran out of time to develop beyond pea size. So this year I sowed them a whole 4 weeks earlier in the middle of March and planted them out in pots in the middle of May. However, I had never considered the season length of individual varieties so thank you so much for that insight Eli. That will definitely guide my seed choices for next year.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Oh fingers crossed it makes a difference Gary. Aberdeenshire is hard going for gardening. I take my hat off to you!!!!

Thanks so much for the Motivation. The humidity screams for cultivating edible mushrooms. I try it this summer for the first time. Happy gardening!

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Oh good luck

Really informative. Loved this video. Thanks Eli I’m trying to grow some outside for the first time this year. Already questioning my sanity, given I have 23 plants under cover too 😂 Our season is so shockingly short when we all research our first and last frost dates. I had no idea until I checked those dates last year. Really blew me away. 😅

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

More??? But you don’t like them????

@TheFarmyardGarden

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate I know .. I did say I was questioning my sanity AND wondering about giving out so much space outdoors when I have enough already 🤣

Hi eli I'm in the south east we have a lot of breeze but I always do have my tomatoes outside and half in the greenhouse as that can get very hot, I remember your tomato videos with gardener scott they were informative and also hilarious ❤ let's keep our 🤞 for lovely red tomatoes in and out 👌🍅🍅

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Fingers and toes are crossed 😍

Thanks Eli! One day I’ll have a greenhouse. Until then, early varieties for me. Our climates are similar. Wet and cool. We still aren’t into the 50s at night yet.

My 9 star broccoli just arived to go beside my Asturian tree cabbage,

Well…. That is sending me down a rabbit hole of a different sort. I want to grow okra here in NE Ohio. Okra is seriously a southern states crop for the US. I never once thought about researching varieties. I just bought Clemson Spineless because that is what I always grew in Georgia. “RON…… where are your seed catalogs???…….”

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 See, aren’t you glad you watch videos from someone in a cold climate now 😂😂😂

Thank you! I’ve been growing the wrong varieties here in Ontario, Canada! Now I know for next year :)

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Hopefully you’ll find some exciting new varieties for next year

Wow! That must be the most informative and well-explained video on growing tomatoes I've ever seen. In Australia, we don't have your short-season issues of course. I actually grow those Sungold tomatoes as "earlies" as they can handle lower temperatures. Honestly, I have to congratulate you on this video once more.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Awwww thank you that means the world to me You know…. I’m not sure how I’d cope if I moved to Oz, I’d need a lot of support to relearn everything. I can’t even imagine what you have to battle!

Brilliant and very interesting information. Thank Eli

So interesting!

Just Love your content, really enjoy watching your videos

@eliandkate

20 күн бұрын

😀 that’s lovely to hear Tony

Wonderfully informative!

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Hope my experiments turn out to be useful for others

Great update once again Eli , looking forward to seeing how our tomatoes do xx

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

You and me both Jim

That's really interesting. I have my first greenhouse and was seeing under 10 and as low as 3 at night when I first started growing. It even went to 11 this week. I'm in SW Wales on the coast so warmer than other areas. I'll be watching and learning.

Great video Eli, thank Q 😊

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

😍😍😍

Yes first 😁, great gardening week peppers in blossom, some of my tomatoes are in blossom. Getting lettuce and a few other things in abundance. Today I got an email requesting a review on the butterfly bush, I was honest about its shipping and condition. I also stated that if I went into a nursery I would not have bought this plant home, don’t think they will be using my review! Will be checking, I was completely honest about the plant, I am slowly turning it around. My sister who wanted it said and I quote (it’s pathetic) on seeing it for the first time.

Every August I just expect to see the tomato leaves to start turning yellow from the bottom up. Like you said the harvest is happening or done. Determinate tomatoes with a short grow date might work well in short season. Im about 10 degrees south of your latitude. There is another huge difference when we talk sea level as a gal in north California is Z8 but up 5K feet and she has a similar climate as my colder Z5a. She was getting a foot of spring snow while we were warming up. If she moved to the bottom of the mountain she would then be much warmer. I have to say you have a handle on the plant tower. Many put too large of vegetables in and I say stay with baby varieties. Good job!

Great explanation Eli! Indeed it is always best to find out what varieties works well for YOUR garden and not your neighbours down the road! I really love that greenstalk tower and how it is going with your crops! Will you put that in the greenhouse later on in the year, when the weather starts to turn? I also wonder what the day light timing differences are say between you in Scotland and me in London? You might get a bit more morning and evening sun than us during summer but then probably gain/ lose light quicker in spring and autumn? For us atm it is about 04:50 - 21:00, and today it was 20c/11c. For us we grow outside, mainly due to budget. I have just bought some mesh cloth but i think some polytunnel sheeting and/ or shade cloth would help extend our season and protect it from the heat of summer, so maybe something for next year as we just built a new steel frame. We normally take the tomatoes down end of Oct but they have been going in Nov on some years. It all depends on how much rain we get in Oct as it isn't really down to the temps for us. We do sometimes get a cool night or two in Nov but for us, frost comes in late Dec-Jan to Feb - Mar. I wouldn't mind trying to see if i can grow and do two rounds of a determinate tomato. I also want to try a dwarf tomato, indoors this winter. I usually try to over winter some of the suckers from our indeterminates but it would be great to have snacking tomatoes. Anyway, lovely video as always! Take care!

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

The greenstalk stays outside all year, I just switch to using it for hardy crops for winter like pak choi, mustards etc. Yeah in summer we get a lot more light than you (but less actual sunshine, it’s defused light through cloud) much longer daylight hours. In mid summer time it can still be bright daylight here at 11pm. But yeah in winter it’s dark a lot, usually only lighter between about 8 and 3 in deep winter. Sunrise this morning was 4:30am and sunset will be 9:44pm

A great reminder to do your research before you grow the plant, bit late for me now but I'll bare it in mind for next year 😂 I love green tomato chutney, never made a ketchup with it but I have used green tomatoes in a curry which was lovely. I liked the way it was raining in your video, just to emphasise your point, did you hire in a rain watering machine 😂

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

I absolutely did cause it NEVER rains here 😂😂😂

@bethanskitchengarden

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate 😂

Thanks Eli.👌🍅

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

👍

Missed a few of your videos so by default I'm algo commenting to make up for it!

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Ha ha ha I did think I hadn’t seen you in a bit. Hope life is treating you welll 😍

@wormulous

Ай бұрын

@eliandkate it is! Just got all the tomatoes in here. Certainly have lettuce attempting to grow and radishes. All of my cabbage seems to be doing poorly this year but I will try to do a fall round of it. Cucumbers are in and more seeds have been planted. Peppers in and I'll start more. Need to start all of the flowers and some basil and some odds and ends for the summer. I am also testing out a.... Quick new bed method since I needed to expand so just quickly removed the sod and added compost peat etc on the top of it and sort of mounded where I needed to plant. I put the sod in a pile to basically back fill where the new spots are once the grass dies off so just an interesting test. Life is alright nothing special going on at the moment but certainly has been nice to get outside!

great video, very well explained.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Hoping it helps us all for next season

My outdoor tomatoes last year were sweeter than the ones in the greenhouse, even though it was the same variety. And July and August were mostly wet - so it could be that the inside ones were watered from the tap instead of rain. This year I'm doing two indeterminate, one outside and one in the greenhouse and 4 determinate, also split in/out although those who will live in the greenhouse have been outside lots since May has been so warm here in Oslo. But all outside space is now taken by all sort of plants that just weeks ago were super tiny and have now exploded in size.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Oh interesting, I had the opposite The outdoor ones were watery and bland… same varieties

I've just discovered you!! Fab vid, really helpful. I'm in south-east scotland too so will def take a note of your varieties for next year.. have never heard the season-thing explained before, duh! Amz delivery yest of cat food(?!) & the knife-sharpener you recommended.. will be attacking my blunt secateurs & shears later..

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

cat food?

What a good informative video. I will be better armed in summer. I always chop mine down only to find another month of sun arrives after. I will now not look at what the season is but what the temperature is when season changes.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

I’ve noticed a big change over the last couple of years in when the temperatures change. Getting a much longer season now than 10 years ago. I’m tempted to leave them out till the frost takes them just to see

I just learned the other day that there are now dwarf varieties of beefsteak tomatoes, and I am quite excited about that! I can't recall whether I've heard Gardener Scott mention the micro tomatoes before, but a couple of months ago I watch a vid from Self Sufficient Me demonstrating those in an AeroGarden or similar thingy for growing in your house. For the itty bitty tomatoes, I'm not inclined to work that hard to grow them myself since those don't suffer so much from supermarkets. But the big slicing guys? Oh, yes, please! I reckon you probably already know that as long as your tomatoes got the least hint of "straw" (the point where they first begin to change color and ripen), they will eventually ripen in a paper bag on your counter, even if it takes weeks to do it. But you can also chop green tomatoes into stirfries, soups/stews, and even make tomato pie with them if you don't fancy fried green tomatoes (although you might want to add a pinch of sugar if they're still a bit bitter). They also make a nice dill pickle as well.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

I discovered how much I love fried green tomatoes last year 😝

@alysoffoxdale

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate I won't claim they're the _very_ best export from the South (I mean. Biscuits and gravy. No contest!), but they sure do rank high on the list! :9

Excellent Video, Thank you!

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

You are welcome! Hoping it helps make next year EVEN better :D

@chicosgarden

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate me too!

If you have an abundant crop of green tomatoes that didn't ripen, use them for fried green tomatoes, or green tomato pie.

Another very informative video Eli. Thanks! I have two of the “purple” indeterminates and one Black Krim (Grow along). Not outside yet because the nighttime temps keep dipping even though the days lately are HOT. I have one micro tomato in my AeroGarden with quite a few fruit and one cherry tomato I started in the aero and then planted in a pot which is in the shed under a light. Really hope to get something from the black Krim this year. Got nothing last year.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

The heavens have opened again 😂😂😂

All 5 of my outdoor toms got blight due to wet weather last year 😭- my one under glass was fine. I'm in the North West of England & reluctant to risk it again outdoors - better to have less plants but undercover to give a better chance of a yield, my thoughts this year. I'm working out what to evict from my greenhouse to make room ! I admire your optimism tho 🙂

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Oh no Not the eviction decisions!!!!!!!!!

I'm curious if you've ever tried growing mustard along with your tomatoes? There are studies showing that mustard roots - and especially the plants when chopped & dropped - emit a natural fungicide. I've grown it alongside of some bananas that were having some fungal issues and it seemed to help them. The fungus disappeared anyway. So I'm curious if would work on your tomato blight also? I would expect it to be most effective as a preventative, but it would be interesting to see if transplanting some good-sized mustard plants into a blighted tomato bed would clear up the blight. At any rate, since mustard can grow over the winter, you might at least consider planting your outdoor tomato bed with mustard to overwinter. Just as a precaution (and you can eat the mustard leaves, too.)

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Now mustard is a winter crop for me, I grow heaps through winter…. To the point that I’ve sickened myself of eating it

So informative 😊 🍅 Many notes for next year 🍅🤗🌱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Filling that journal 😝?

@gardenaddict

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate love love love a learning curve 🤗 just feel sorry for this year's outdoor spare plants 🤣 bring on the pickle and ketchup 🤣🍅

@gardenaddict

Ай бұрын

Was due to plant out toms today, but a few nights coming up under 12c 🙈 indeed tomorrow 6c 🙈 will some fleece help?

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

@gardenaddict get them out Linda 😀

Can I ask where you got your tower modular planters? I’m in Ayrshire and have my tommys in the polytunnel at the moment but will gradually bring them out once we are guaranteed (😂 guaranteed sun in Scotland) some nice warm sunshine!

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

It’s called a greenstalk You get them from the lovely Pam at Http://Growtowers.eu

Excellent,informative video Eli. One of your best. Where did you source the information about growing season for the varieties you are growing please? Ive had a bit of a look online, but it seems quite vague.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Afraid it was just old fashioned research. I went through websites for the seed companies I bought the seeds from and reached out to ask if need be. It's not an exact science as obviously the days will vary a little depending on the situation the plants are growing in, but you can usually get enough of an idea to make decisions.

@rosepetal45

Ай бұрын

@eliandkate thanks. I'll certainly bear this in mind next year when choosing varieties. Often the criteria I've used has been a funny name! 😁

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

@rosepetal45 oh yeah… I tried rebel star fighter prime this year 😜😜😜😜

Brilliant video .... I'll be lucky if any of my Tomatoes grow properly this year ..... outside or in my Greenhouse .... I find it so interesting that where you live can differ with your growing success 😊😊🌻🌻🌻🐝🐝🐝🍄🍄

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

It’s that whole thing of all around us differs and plants obviously all differ, so it’s a bit like playing snap 😂😂

@carolinebown8686

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate I'm learning so much about the science of gardening from you ....thank you so much 😘

Do you ripe your green tomatoes in cardboard boxes? We do all the time there are some that ripen off the vine but most we take in and ripen in cardboard boxes with news paper and process as need.We also use our green tomatoes for chow.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

No my aim is to let as many ripen on the plant as is possible, the flavour is just so much better. But we don’t throw away green toms, plenty of uses for them too 😍

Hi. I know this video is about tomatoes but I noticed your apple trees weren’t outside your greenhouse. Or was that your apple trees in the pots? Sorry if I missed something previously. Looking forward to getting my tomatoes growing.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

We moved the apple trees back in winter. They are in the bed at the back of the garden now. Easier to look after

So when does a tomato plant’s season ‘start’? From germination? From a certain height or number of leaves? Say I have a variety with 60-day season - when does that start?

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Once it’s a small plant rather than a seedling but I’d say the sensible way to think of it is day 1 is when you plant it out 😝

@andymerrett

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate I wish they would put these on the plants you buy (next year I am going to try growing from seed but didn't get ahead of myself this year) without having to search up. Maybe some nurseries do but not where I got them from, mind you they didn't even tell me if they were indeterminate or determinate. Looks like I'll be expecting some fruit from around mid-July in that case, but we'll see.

Hi, is there a website I can go to that gives the growing seasons for different varieties of tomatoes please? Google is very hit and miss with the results. 😊

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Afraid you’ll have to do a bit of research around the different companies you buy your seeds from. There’s no one place.

@lindafox5612

Ай бұрын

Ok, thanks. I’m trying some new ones this year. I didn’t even know they had different growing season. I learned something new today. 😁

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

@lindafox5612 I’m glad you’ve learned something you can use in up and coming years Linda 😝

A question , bit off topic though. Do you ever work in your greenhouse in the evening or on a dull day? Do you have task lighting? If so what is it, Solar, led etc.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

I do and lights are essential if you want to be able to do that here in winter as it’s get dark really early. I have power in my greenhouse, so I have a string of outdoor lights fixed to the eves.

@cherylrafuse3046

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate i bought some solar string lights, but I also have power. I didn't think the string lights would be bright enough so thought I'd ask.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

I used to have these weird battery powered bulbs too Both types have been just perfect. I say give them a go, what’s the worst that could happen 😀

Are you using black pots because it keeps the soil warmer when the sun hits them? This year I am trying black pots for my melons, potatoes, etc. I live in Oregon, but in a forested area, so I get random sun in between the trees. I also have my pots on castors so I can move it as the sun moves or out of the rain. I make a makeshift covering in case we get a few days of rain. I also find the castors seem to help keep slugs and other pests away.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Growing it in the three places I showed in the video Christy 😀

@christytattersall2039

Ай бұрын

​@@eliandkateI was just wondering if my idea of using black pots keeping the soil warmer makes sense to you. To get your opinion on that. Love your video!😂

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Ah sorry didn’t realise that’s what you meant. No the colour isn’t a choice, it’s just the colour the planter comes in. Theoretically black would heat up faster and hold the heat a little longer but when you’re talking about something the size of a post it’s kinda negligible. That’s much more something that would make a difference in a larger scale. I do notice though that the water reservoir can get warm on really hot days… black pot plus 15l of water 😄

@christytattersall2039

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate Okay, you're right, it would be temporary and not sustain heat for the soil. Trying to figure out how start summer crops earlier with similar weather, some days warm and sunny, other days much cooler. I need to get a greenhouse! 🙂

Very helpful video, thanks Eli! I have a question though, have you ever grown the variety 'Latah'? If so, what sort of size do they get to? For some reason I had thought they were a dwarf bush, and have grown some with the intention of putting 3 in the Greenstalk, and letting them trail from the 3rd tier, but on checking the Real Seeds site, they just describe it as an untidy sprawling bush so do you think they'll be too big?

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

I did I grew those the first year. They get to standard bush size but grew flat and absolutely sprawled rather than grew upright. I wasn’t impressed with the flavour though

@valeriebarr5729

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate Oh s**t! Oh well, I'll stick them in anyway and see what happens, thanks for the reply 🙃

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

@valeriebarr5729 they might be great for you

@valeriebarr5729

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate here's hoping 🤞Just need the temps to stop dropping so much at night, right now they're in a plastic greenhouse snuggled up under some fleece.

If you are above 90% humidity most of the time, you need to move. 56% here at the momment.

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

Ha ha ha I’m on my way! Put the kettle in!

@Bob-bo8ik

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate 88 now.

@Bob-bo8ik

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate We only have Assam.

I just can't grow any tomatoes this year, the seeds I planted in April are less than my thumb in height. Useless. The nighttime average temperature still is below 10°C with rain and cold north wind, just like Scotland! 🙄🤣 My green onions are not even growing well. 😐 If this keeps up, I will be growing plastic plants. 🤣

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

you get some lovely plastic plants :D

I’m very much looking forward to seeing my micros grow… totally your fault 😂😂😂

@eliandkate

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 It’s always my fault

@Garden-of-weeden

Ай бұрын

@@eliandkate haha! Only in a good way tho 😄