Epic Tomatoes From Your Garden with Craig LeHoullier

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On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, Craig LeHoullier showed us how to grow our best tomatoes ever.
Craig LeHoullier, bestselling author and tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange, shared everything a garden enthusiast needs to know about growing tomatoes - from sowing seeds and planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season. He also talked about various pests and diseases of tomatoes and explain how best to avoid them.
Epic Tomatoes: How to Select & Grow the Best Varieties of All Time
Epic Tomatoes provides everything a tomato enthusiast needs to know about growing more than 200 varieties of tomatoes, from planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season. He also offers a comprehensive guide to various pests and tomato diseases, explaining how best to avoid them. With beautiful photographs and intriguing tomato profiles throughout, Epic Tomatoes celebrates one of the most versatile and delicious crops in your garden. Salsa anyone?
About Craig LeHoullier
Craig LeHoullier is the author of two best selling books on gardening, Epic Tomatoes, and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales. His gardening obsession began in 1981 when he began tending his first garden with wife, Susan. He soon joined Seed Savers Exchange, becoming an advisor for tomatoes, and became responsible for naming and popularizing many well known tomato varieties. He is an amateur tomato breeder who continues to co-lead the Dwarf Tomato Project, a unique, world-wide, volunteer tomato breeding project that brings great tomatoes to those who choose or require container gardening. Craig is a popular lecturer across the country at major gardening events, as well as a frequent guest on podcasts and radio shows. His current and upcoming projects include a self-published garden cookbook, a weekly Instagram Live each Friday at 3 p.m.(EST) from his garden (when in season), and additional appearances on podcasts, webinars and lecturing events. A Rhode Island native, he currently lives and gardens in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

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@laurafrey5244 10 ай бұрын

I've watched and/or listened to this presentation more than 10 times over the past two weeks, since I found this on KZfaq. I've been gardening for about 15 years, and believe I've inspired my two young adult children and niece to become gardeners as well. When they purchase their first homes, my gift to them will be raised garden beds, seeds, and promised time to work with them in their garden to get it going! 🍅

@yankeegonesouth4973 Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite interview with LeHoullier thus far. His emphasis on why we garden reminded me of my farmer grandparents. My grandfather, who grew plum tomatoes for Campbell's Soup Co. for decades, hated Sun Gold because it just didn't have that old fashioned tomato flavor. He loved those big old beefsteaks. Give him a ripe red one, bursting with juice, and he'd cut a fat slice and throw it between two slices of buttered whole wheat and call it a sandwich. When they had to move into assisted living my grandmother told me she didn't know how city folk could put up with such poor food as they were now having to eat. I fondly recall doing her bidding about her sprawling gardens and flower beds, in any season or weather. My grandparents put dirt under my fingernails, and it's been stuck there ever since.

@darienlibrary Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful story with us! I grew cucumbers for the first time last summer and I couldn't believe how different they tasted -- so much better -- than store-bought. ~Amanda

@yankeegonesouth4973 Жыл бұрын

@@darienlibrary You're welcome. I'm just glad to share. And cukes really do taste amazing right out of the garden. Though sometimes I wonder if it's just that they they taste that much more amazing because I've been pulling them in the summer heat :)

@8thcelisabeth Жыл бұрын

Fascinating! I garden because my grandparents gardened. I loved digging up potatoes with my Grandpa. Sparked a curiosity I feed with my garden to this day.

@darienlibrary Жыл бұрын

What is your favorite to grow these days?

@RobbieBobbie98 11 ай бұрын

Amazing! Excellent information. I’m a huge tomato lover and grow a garden that is nearly exclusively tomatoes. Black Krims, Cherokee Purple, Carbon, and a Cherokee Carbon where the fruit died on the vine. I think the skin threw me off that was green on top, yellow around its middle fading to red and purple on the bottom. Never seen anything like it but super excited about finding new stable varieties of heirloom tomatoes.

@laurafrey5244 11 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!!! I feel like I just met a gardening superstar!!! This was super interesting and informative!!! This year, our most loved tomatoes by family and friends were Rosella Cherry tomatoes and Big Rainbow.

@ThatBritishHomestead Жыл бұрын

I LOVE tomatoes, we are growing 48 varieties this year which is very exciting. I am always looking for new and exciting verities

@darienlibrary Жыл бұрын

Wow, that's amazing! What is your favorite variety?

@ThatBritishHomestead Жыл бұрын

@@darienlibrary Black Russian, black cherry, garden peach, purple calabash, green sausage is good too yours? My one best is black cherry but it splits in the heavy rain come autumn!

@phoenixmimesis7692 7 ай бұрын

Fantastic!❤

@DeadeyeJoe37 Жыл бұрын

I think we need to clarify the Hybrid definition. It's a cross, but it's not true that it will never be an heirloom/open pollinated. When you first do the cross, it becomes a hybrid. You then save seeds and grow those seeds and save the seeds from plants that seem to grow true to the parent. You keep doing that and you will stabilize the variety. It is the exact process that he explains in developing the dwarf tomato project

@antondavidoff150 Жыл бұрын

and that one day will happen with the SunGold

@RovingPunster Жыл бұрын

I didnt know hybrids didnt breed true. Damn . . . last fall I saved seeds from my SunGold/SunSugar and Supersweet 100, and was gonna germinate em - glad I watched this.

@DeadeyeJoe37 Жыл бұрын

Try them anyways. I hear that the super sweet 100 can be somewhat stable.

@Golfdad8356 3 ай бұрын

About 15 years ago, my local nursery had Ananas Noire and Cherokee Purple in the tomato section. I figured what the heck and gave them a try. That has put me down the heirloom tomato rabbit hole and this year I am growing 75+ varieties. I know I have an addiction problem. Can someone please help (;

@darienlibrary 3 ай бұрын

Which heirloom tomato variety is your favorite?

@Golfdad8356 3 ай бұрын

@@darienlibrary my first love… Ananas Noire is my favorite. I also love Azoychka, Black Prince, Paul Robeson, Cherokee Green, Kellogg’s Breakfast to name a few.

@darienlibrary 3 ай бұрын

@@Golfdad8356 Wow, those sound absolutely delicious!

@mcoverdale Жыл бұрын

Great info. In coastal WA I find Polish to be reliable, early setting and delicious

@hemalsgolwala 2 ай бұрын

Hello, great video with detailed information.. I was not successful growing tomatoes in grow bags before.. I will try that again.. is there a way you can provide more information on relatively inexpensive grow bag soil or soilless media for growing tomatoes and will it work with the cloth grow bags? The issue with cloth grow bag is the water can seep out from sides as well.. thank you

@darienlibrary 2 ай бұрын

Hello! Please try sending Craig an email at craig@craiglehoullier.com

@johnjude2685 Жыл бұрын

I'm getting the motion detection spraying system and the punk teanager that sneak across my fence late at night will be surprised Thanks

@Scott-jf1nh Жыл бұрын

That was great. Thank you both for an interesting video. I am obsessed with tomatoes and growing 34 plants this year 9 different in 7B Georgia.

@darienlibrary Жыл бұрын

Wow, that's amazing! What is your favorite variety?

@Scott-jf1nh Жыл бұрын

I will have to wait and see how these come out. They seem to be all great based on what I have read for one reason or another. I spent 23 years missing decent tomatoes living in Southern California, where they are pretty and boring. Some heirloom types were ok but nothing like I grew up with in Georgia every Summer. So now I am back and on my second season. I have 39 tomato plants in 7 raised gardens along with a variety of vegetables. I learned a LOT last year. This year I planned, grew from seeds early and have the proper fertilizers and understanding about the science involved. No expert but obessive people like me drink in the information. 2 determinate varieties Bella Rosa and Red Snapper. (HossTools) 7 indeterminates Black Krim, Carbon, Paul Robeson, Cherokee Purple (2 different suppliers) Steak Sandwich and Abe Lincoln. I also bought 3 Big Boy plants at Costco just in case. (Indeterminate) Built a grow light box and it worked great.

@dedonohue1 Жыл бұрын

Any updates on "Earl" and where we can obtain seeds for this variety?

@martinengelbrecht5384 Жыл бұрын

I am getting super fussy only specific home grown varieties are good enough!

@johnjude2685 Жыл бұрын

Grandpa Jude taught us to make a spinning top of a wooden thread spool and have flatten sides on spool by carving then mark P 1. P2. T1. T2. Onto the four sides and after it spinning it would land on a side showing the top given instructions to put pennies into the winning pot. P 1 mention you put one penny in the pot. T 1 Ment you pick a pennies from the pot . Grandma said that was teaching gambling......but you can return the pot and just play for fun at the end of the game

@GlacialRidgeHomestead Ай бұрын

Where did you get the black plastic bag for a dollar each?

@juliepoolie5494 Жыл бұрын

My tomatoes in my raised bed got drift from dandelion spray. They now have curly leaves . It has been a couple weeks and flowers are forming. Is there anything I can do to mitigate this damage?

@yerneedsry Жыл бұрын

It's funny cuz most people say it has less jell and they think thats a good thing, jell is my favorite part I hate when it falls out when you cut it..

@Snutteluttsson Жыл бұрын

What about Craigs favourite DTP? Did you miss a slide or did my ears fail me? ❤

@liseanthony6002 Жыл бұрын

23.44....mix of Cherokee Purple and Lillian Yellow ??

@liseanthony6002 Жыл бұрын

28.44

@chrisfoland8541 Жыл бұрын

@Maria, I had the same issue so I went down a youtube black hole but I did find it. I hope this helps. Craig LeHoullier: Crowdbreeding Dwarf Tomatoes - A Novel Collaborative Breeding Approach and go to the 36 minutes and he has his favorites and Patrinas favorites kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mp-VhdN3xq-YgmQ.html

@johnjude2685 Жыл бұрын

IF you're a great Gardener like my old neighbor as he never added water except for transplanting in extreme dry periods and had great garden and tomatoes

@davidclifton4394 Жыл бұрын

Almost as many interesting names as Cannabis. Both fun to grow.

@kimskluckers5665 Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣one may cause me pain and the other helps me take it away.

@oldporkchops Жыл бұрын

Do you remove suckers on dwarf tomatoes?

@darienlibrary Жыл бұрын

I did a little looking online and found arguments for removing them and for leaving them alone. I'm not sure what is best then! ~Amanda

@oldporkchops Жыл бұрын

@@darienlibrary Thank you for responding. I appreciate your time. May I ask what are the reasons for leaving them on? I suppose the arguments for removing them are to concentrate energy on fruit production?

@darienlibrary Жыл бұрын

@@oldporkchops You're welcome! You guessed it correctly per Cornell University: rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_677.pdf I will note that this says cherry tomatoes. I'm not that knowledgeable about tomatoes, so I'm unsure if applying this technique to cherry tomatoes and dwarf tomatoes would differ.

@oldporkchops Жыл бұрын

@@darienlibrary Got it. I sure appreciate you taking time to respond in such detailed depth.

@oldporkchops Жыл бұрын

@HardCandy-fd4vz Makes sense. Thank you for sharing. My experience with dwarfs this season ended very badly with most of them succumbing to disease and white fly pests. Try to grow a dwarf that is not touching the ground like Orange Hat. Those that grow 3ft (1m) are ideal. At least you can prune the lower branches if needed. If your climate is hot and humid, Millennial Gardener has a new video out recently that talks about leaving the diseased branches on the plants. Quite new information to me, but it makes sense not to cut off the branch and leave a scar on the main stem. This way, that scar will be susceptible to infecting the whole plant.

@richallen8742 Ай бұрын

Got asked the very question. Said Yup!!! Let him/her let me know why from there. Even when asked a second or third time. Fought every ticket I was ever given with the exception of parking tickets. Won some lost some. All were at reviewed with lower fines and/or points waived or dismissed.

@kittiew260 Жыл бұрын

Man waited for last slide his favorite dwarf never showed it. 😞😓

@Growyourheirlooms Жыл бұрын

I believe it's sweet sue. Named after his wife

@johnjude2685 Жыл бұрын

Nothing to compare with with lawn grass or other mind controls veggies or weeds. Tomato do stand out as a vegetable of higher standards. My favorite tomato Black Brandywine salad is Midnight Snack. Enjoy your videos about one of the most useful veggies for our recipes and fresh. I'm not growing many reds almost zero solid reds. People don't know great tomato unless they raise and have fresh picked. Your comment on dig a hole and drainage is poor is such important for us with clay base soil and hopefully others understand that as of very high importance ( special fact)

@mollygeorge3651 11 ай бұрын

What is your email address?

@darienlibrary 11 ай бұрын

Hello! If you're trying to reach Darien Library, you may contact us at askus@darienlibrary.org.

@scottrichards3587 Жыл бұрын

The last couple of years I've battled rabbits that love young plants. Best solution for me has been my 38 special. They're delicious brined and fried when paired with fresh homegrown tomatoes 🧑‍🦳