I, too, was curious. I ordered the seeds. Planted 3. All three came up, but l lost one almost immediately to damping off. Planted the others out later than I normally do because of weather and other issues. Everything was wonderful until we had horrible hail storms. The plants are growing again but we have hit the time when daily highs are in 90s. I don't think I'll have any produce until fall. Just hoping I can keep plants alive until then. (TX zone 8a)

8:19 What an AMAZINGLY KOGGNIZANT, THOROUGH, FAIR & HONEST ANALYSIS!!!! I miss these levels of *genuine* transparency, honesty, & commonsense in humans!!

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it

5:57 For the color of tomato, the possible reason for such change in the color is soil pH. Anthocyanins highly reactive to pH range just like the famous hydrangeas, pink in acidic soil and blue in high pH. So, I recommend checking the soil pH. Thanks

@JerrasGarden

17 күн бұрын

Thanks for this info I did not know anthocyanins were sensitive to pH.

I like how she has nets around the flowers to make sure that her other tomatoes don’t accidentally get pollinated.

@anthonym138

Ай бұрын

Its so she guarantees she her purple ones don't get pollinated by another tomato. So she can grow more later without buying more seed

@jonestraloma

Ай бұрын

Yeah I wrote this before I finished the video when she explained it. I was surprised that was the only reason. I would be more concerned with copywrited gmo dna making it into the dna of other seeds that I plan on selling. Imagine if I sold a ton of seeds to a farm that could then get sued for plant infringement. I would feel horrible and would possibly also be liable.

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

Thats why I bagged them and grew it in isolation. I dont want cross pollination.

@jonestraloma

Ай бұрын

@@JerrasGardenOk, I was saying that you didn’t want to get the purple dna in your regular stock. The other commentator was saying that it was only to keep your regular stock dna out of your purple tomato seeds.

I'm in Georgia and bought a pack of these. I germinated 6 under a fluorescent grow light and they did well until I put them in the ground. 5 out of the 6 lost their leaves and disintegrated. I saved the other half of my seeds in case this happened. I re-germinated under a new LED grow light purchased from Tractor Supply after my old one stopped working and these are really thick beefy plants! My one surviving plant from the first planting is thick-stemmed and finally producing flowers but all the rain has definitely delayed fruiting. My plant looks different from yours. The leaves are quite big and no flowers are forming until about 5 feet up. Below that is all foliage. I have had to tie the plant about every 6 inches to keep the stem from crimping when the weight makes it fall over. It has outgrown its stake now at around 6 or 6.5 feet and I'm trying to figure out how to train it so that the stem won't break. Since the tomato is indeterminate and I'm not sure flowers will branch off lower down I really don't want to top it. I may have it lead to another stake close-by and train it downward or construct another interior cage with several tiers to support it. Now that the rain has stopped and the air is starting to cool down a bit my other tomatoes are flowering as well. Like you, I am keeping the purple ones isolated from the other varieties, but my goal is to create a slicer purple tomato, with a more compact vine. I will have to look into which heirloom would be best to cross it with. Not sure why they started with a cherry tomato rather than a slicer or at least something with more meat in it. Cherry tomatoes seem to have alot of gel so you don't get much to eat in each one. I am thrilled to hear that it is really good tasting! Once I get fruit I'll be saving the seeds for sure, as I would rather not have to spend $20.00 for a little pack of seeds every year. I agree with you that it would ultimately be better if the manufacturer didn't patent these so that more people could create other varieties from them and market them. I think the trade-off would be worth it to them because they could collect alot more data faster than if they just did their own research. Commercial growers could use their own money to see how new spin-off varieties do in a large market setting and see how different crosses perform, and more buyers would benefit health-wise.

Thank you for your honesty. I too typically don’t grow GMO seeds but I’ll be growing this one in fall.

They are sooo beautiful on the plants , I just love them

Dont think I could sacrifice $20 usd for a seed pack. Sure almost nought them when seen on the baker creek catalog, then came all this patent drama with norfolk. Im a home grower so i learn to settle with heirlooms. In love with the midnight snack tomato atm.

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with herilooms. I prefer the flavor of heirlooms far more than hybrids or even The Purple Tomato. It was sweet and had good flavor, but doesnt compare to some of the best heirlooms like Polish beefsteak for example.

I receved 10 ahd grew 5 of them, all came up and all arexhealthy and very productive. The flvaor is extremely unique, unlike any other tomatoes i grow. I will definitely grow them again next year.😊 This reply is left before i start your video.

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

Very nice!

With the pest bags, your stake looks like a giant purple snapdragon 😂

Thank you for the thorough and civil discussion.

@JerrasGarden

17 күн бұрын

Your welcome and thank you for watching

i tried one of these at our local farmer's market. they tasted AMAZING. i'd love to be able to grow one eventually.

@JerrasGarden

17 күн бұрын

You should!

Update: mine finally ripened a few days ago. They have more of a floral and sweet taste if you leave on the vine an extra day. Tried one soon as it seems ripe, checking the shoulders like you said in one of your videos (which works great on my other tomatoes), I think the ripening process continues after the shoulders are soft, because the first one I tried was kind of, well like a store bought tomato, underwhelming in other words. Left some ripe ones on the vine a day longer and they tasted a lot more complex and delicious.

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

I agree, make sure they are very ripe for the best flavor.

I did order seeds, but will grow in fall.

this is so interesting; i have gotten some ads for the purple galaxy but I had no idea it was GMO!! and so expensive...

I’ve been growing these since March. I’m in NW Florida. They are growing great and like you I’ve had some spot but all in all they are doing very well. I’ve been harvesting and find the taste just ok. My favorite tasting tomatoes are Brandywine Pink and Aunt Ruby German Green so I like the acidity. These had none. Mine when ripe are almost black and beautiful inside. I’m already saving seed and giving to friends to grow and eat. I like you wanted to grow because of the nutrients and was just curious about they would taste. The GMO part didn’t really bother me. It was just a flower they modified it with. Anything that has more cancer fighting nutrients was a win for me. Thanks for sharing your experience so thoroughly. Happy gardening!

@JerrasGarden

17 күн бұрын

Good point 😊

I’m growing late in the season and hoping to hybridize them with Cherokee purples

@JerrasGarden

17 күн бұрын

Sounds like an interesting experiment

@toxicnovumgenus877

12 күн бұрын

@@JerrasGarden I’ll make a video of the results next year if I get back to making KZread videos

Thanks Jerra I bought these seeds too but am waiting until Fall to grow them. To me, GMO is like money in that it’s not bad by itself but can be used in responsible and irresponsible ways. As a lifelong type-1 diabetic I do like to remind people that GMO can be a net positive. All synthetic insulin - which is what we all use - is GMO. To each their own, but consider all of the possibilities.

@JerrasGarden

17 күн бұрын

Very good point

I read the plant had been crossed with blueberries and they had more antioxidants…

Mine are coming in now! I got them on accident but hey they're tasty

@JerrasGarden

17 күн бұрын

Congrats 😊

I grow two variety side by side - SunGold and Norfolk, they both similar: vigorous and have about the same amount of fruits. I am in California zone 9b and currently it is our prime growing tomato season. If they taste good I plan to save seeds. But I agree that these were the most expensive seed I bought and I only had 8 seeds in the package

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

Sungold is a great choice and heavy producer.

Great and interesting😍😍😍😍😍😍

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

I planted six of these this spring. For me they have been the fastest and strongest mater plants I've ever seen. They are three times the size of any of my other sixty heirloom and hybrid plants. I have even cloned it a few times to give away to friends! I'm intentionally pollinating some heirlooms with it's pollen to see if I can get some world first crosses! I'm about a week or two from eating my first ones...so excited! This was a great vid!

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

Very cool! I plan to grow more during fall and hopefully they grow better.

@IAMGiftbearer

Күн бұрын

I want to do some experimenting with mine too. That's really cool that you're already doing that! What varieties are you crossing them with and are you going to do some videos to show how they come out?

@kjsinsaino

Күн бұрын

@@IAMGiftbearer I hand pollinated a bunch of heirlooms and none have turned out to be crosses yet. I have been eating a ton of the purple maters though and they are awesome!!!

Hi Jerry! Awesome video! How do you prevent cross pollination with other cherry varieties? I noticed that my tomatoes varieties will sometimes cross pollinate. Does having a gmo tomato in the garden jeopardize the future of other tomatoes? Thanks!

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

I talked about this in the video. I absolutely did not want this GMO cross pollinating with my heirloom tomatoes so I bagged the flower clusters until the fruit set.

I have some Norfolk Purples growing as well. I'm pretty excited, they've been doing pretty well, better than my other tomatoes. I'm growing in North West Arkansas. One thing I've noticed is the roots are purple too! I'm growing the plants in hydroponic kratky style buckets, and straw bales because the soil sucks here. They seem to really like hydroponics, doing better than any of the other tomatoes. One thing I'm curious about is the breed that was edited to make the Norfolk Purple, it must of been an heirloom. So far mine are still unripe but I'm really excited to try them for myself. Recently discovered your channel, and learning a lot

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

Hi and welcome! I wish I knew what tomato they used but couldnt find that info.

@netsplit64

Ай бұрын

@@JerrasGarden Thanks! I think it might be the Money Maker breed. I just thought to look at their patent (US 8,802,925 B2) and most of it over my head, but mentions Money Maker and Micro Tom varieties, and the plants are def not Micro. It might be interesting to compare if so.

@IAMGiftbearer

Күн бұрын

My plant is over 6 feet tall outdoors in the ground. How do you handle that in hydroponics? I have some hydroponic set-ups inside but was afraid it would be too tall to support the plant that way. Do you top your tomato plants to make them row more like a bush, or use some sort of tall trellis?

💚💚💚Thanks for this video. Will this tomato also be like this in the second and third generations? I grow a lot of beans and I know that sometimes they split and in three years they are completely different plants than they were before?💚💚💚

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

It should be "heirloom" or "true to seed". But will see after a few seasons if I continue to grow it.

I would love to know if you save the seed, try to grow from the saved seed, what the tomatoes look like and taste like.

Did I miss the tomato they used with the snapdragon? Also, if you haven’t tried bread and salt tomato you should. Brought me back to when I was a kid!!! It’s a beefsteak, savory and doesn’t really need salt. Felt like I was eating tomato sandwiches again!!!!

@JerrasGarden

17 күн бұрын

This is the tomato genetically modified with snapdragon flower genes to make it purple. I have heard of the bread and salt tomato. Now I have to try growing it next season for sure. Sounds amazing.

Thank you for sharing, I am interested because I want the food I eat to be as nutritious as it can be, I also like to eat purple foods. Growing black cherry tomatoes from an heirloom seeds and black carrots. I much prefer purple foods taste as I am intolerant to sugar so don’t want my food very sweet. I didn’t understand that they were not as sweet but know I prefer the taste. I was disappointed last Christmas when I bought purple carrots from my local supermarket to find they were orange inside.

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

We should all eat more purple foods. There are a few carrot varities that are purple skinned and orange inside. I grow one called Cosmic Purple.

You've opened my mind to a potentially useful and acceptable GMO. Still on the fence about it ethically though. I would try it, maybe not grow it, but never thought about GMO options as more nutritional. It's a shame most corn and soy is GMO for disease resistance, and I believe there are many studies about how they affect our health along with livestock that consume it.

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

I agree 100%. It was fun to grow one time.

What was the colour stability like when processed e.g. cooked, pH altered (vinegar)? Intriguing video.

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

I have not cooked with it yet but that is an interesting question. If I harvest more I will try heating them up to see if the purple color stays.

@moodybikerchic

Ай бұрын

I would definitely like to know about the cooking phase. I wanted them really bad really bad when Baker Creek put them in and on their catalog. I grow several purple plants and veggies. I wrote to Baker Creek and got a very nice reply about the GMO issue. I told them I understood their reasoning and agreed with their choice. But, I wanted it sooooo much! I am definitely considering buying them, maybe next year they will be cheaper. I was literally watering in my mouth when you ate that gorgeous tomato. I am an organic container gardener in North Carolina. We have 95 degrees for over a week with no rain. I put up a 90% shade cloth over my 36 tomatoes that I raised from seed. And am watering every day. I have to keep replenishing the fertilizer also. I really enjoy your posts because you are close to my area and understanding how we have to deal with excessive heat. I appreciate your advice. Thanks for posting;g your videos. I have learned a lot from them.

@elsaz8783

Ай бұрын

After cooking, the color got a tint of gray, a lot less appealing.

@cindyinpcola

17 күн бұрын

@@JerrasGarden I noticed when fermenting the seeds to save the pulp turn a yellow orange color

I bought one thought it was Romano tomatoes found out that they are purple tomatoes

I know that you cant sell seed out of the tomato,but can you sell the tomato from that plant.

How was the texture?

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

Great. Juicy and crisp like any cherry tomato.

I thought this was interesting. There are plenty of other options than a GMO tomato. I can’t find a reason to grow it. How much healthier can it be? Have you seen any statistics?

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

Very true. There are thousands of tomato cultivars to choose from. It was a fun experiment. I have not seen any statistics on the Norfolk website, so good point.

@beckymartinez9926

Ай бұрын

@@JerrasGarden thank you for bringing this to us. We wouldn’t have gotten this anywhere else•

Hu, thats cool that yours had good flavor. Mine came out like you had assumed they would. Kind of earthy tasting, not very sweet. Sort of bland. Also had a very dark brown look to them on the outside. I will say the few seeds i planted germinated very well.

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

Did the tomatoes from all of your plants turn out this way? I just planted one plant and it could have been chance.

@ewok7075

27 күн бұрын

Let them ripen just because they’re dark doesn’t mean they’re done ripening

@katchinska

27 күн бұрын

@ewok7075 i mean, they sat in my window seal for 3 weeks after i picked them. Is tjat not enough?

@ewok7075

27 күн бұрын

@@katchinska No it’s not. changing color while off the plant is not ripening fully its mostly just a color change it’s not receiving the constant nutrients and sugars to developed its full flavor. Tomatoes are no different than any other fruit picking early is for commercial transport doing so makes them lack in flavor. When one of the tomatoes main purposes is to last longer because of the purple anthocyanins seems pointless to even grow them if you’re not letting them truly ripen

@katchinska

27 күн бұрын

@@ewok7075 So they were dark when i picked them. Infact they pretty much just fell of when i touched them. Then i let them sit in the widow sill for another 3 weeks just cause i had so many other tomatoes to eat from my other normal plants. Also what your saying about letting them sit on the vine has been debunked by several other gardeners i follow and my own experience. ill use the red tomatoes for example cause its easier to see their changes. Basically once they are mostly red, not fully red the stem seals up and no longer get nutrients and sugars. You can tell cause when you tug at them they just come right off. If you have to fight with them then they are not done, but they do not have to be fully dark red before you pick them. You are just asking for crop loss due to pests or birds or disease. But anyway, I have a ton of regular tomatoes so i didnt pick the purple ones till they had rippened on the vine, and I still let them sit after picking them, cause again, i have a ton of tomatoes to eat, and even after all that, still not sweet.

I am fine with regular tomatoes to eat instead of wasting money to grow oddities that are patented by some large company with little long term testing. I don’t have enough plant space to be a Guinea pig but certainly appreciate your dedication to showing them to us!

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

I completely understand and agree. It was a fun experiment but when I run out of seeds, not sure if I will grow again. I have lots of heirloom options that taste amazing.

@rosalindtan6968

Ай бұрын

Norfolks is a small company....

Try growing the plants that can't take the summer heat underneath a shade cloth. This will help those plants combat the heat.

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

Its the end of my tomato season and this is expected. I'm cleaning out my plants and will start with fresh transplants in September.

@ticaj

Ай бұрын

@JerrasGarden ohh. I live in the tropics, It's very hot in Feb - May here in Barbados. I'm now starting my second set of summer crops. but it might be rainy this season. Hopefully, I can still get a good harvest with the little sunny days haha. However, good luck with your fall garden. I can't wait to see it! :)

Mmm

Are they GMO?

@katchinska

Ай бұрын

tell me you didnt even watch one minute of the video without telling me

I grew purple tomatillos. Got the seed at Lowe’s or Home Depot. Are those GMO too? I really didn’t like them.

@MsCocoalopez

Ай бұрын

No that tomatoe is the 1st Gmo seed sold to home growers guess soft launch for more to come.😅

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

No, tomatillo is a whole different type of veggie. Its related to tomatoes but not the same.

$20 bucks is too much for me , beside they are a lot of tomatoes I havent try yet. I`ll pass. maybe if they get to regular price I would give it a try..

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

I totally understand. There are thousands of great heirlooms to choose from.

No longer available 😢

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

Oh wow your right. Maybe they will have more next season.

Whelp, engineered... Lost me there lol. BUT. Thanks for your thoroughness. Bye

Anyone talking down on gmos for being gmos has no idea what tf they’re talking about also stop picking you fruit early be patient

Hybrid plants have to be crossed pollinated by hand, usually outsourced to third world countries where child labor is the norm. All hybrid plants/seeds are a no go for me once I learned that, I don’t want to contribute to forced labor just for “better” plants.

@JerrasGarden

Ай бұрын

I understand. I grow basically just heirlooms because I like to save my own seed and I do find quite a few out perform hybrids anyways.

@ogadlogadl490

Ай бұрын

@@JerrasGarden TY for the effort put into the video, was curious to watch as it popped up in my feed. Have a great rest of your garden year.

@blindpyro

Ай бұрын

These are not hybridized; the gene comes from snapdragons.

@ogadlogadl490

Ай бұрын

@@blindpyro They are GMO, genetically modified organisms. That wasn’t what my comment was regarding.

@yulduzrakhimova4376

Ай бұрын

these are not hybrid, they are heirlooms

Im all in favor of higher nutrition GMOs. If you want to sell some "dehydrated tomatoes". Let me know, id probably pay $5 plus shipping for 1 tomato sliced very thinly packed into a standard envelope.

Soon everything will be GMO !!!🤬