Wish this came out 2 mths ago.

1. Ace 55 1:25 2. Red Pear 2:56 3. Federle 4:15 4. Rose de Burne 8:50 5. Red Centiflor 11:00

I went to your store yesterday and loved it. I got tons of plants I can't get anywhere else. I was helped by a wonderful person( I wish I remembered her name) who answered all my questions and helped us find a great place for lunch. I was taken for my birthday, and had a perfect day. Thank you 😁

So happy you are doing sponsorships to help out the channel!! I've been watching since the beginning and seeing you, your channel and family grow has been such a pleasure.

I grow one called millefleur (1000 flowers) that grows a small yellow tomato in huge trussels that can easily pull the plant to the ground if you're not careful. It's crazy productive!

I think productivity has a lot to do with your growing conditions. These were my 5 most productive heirlooms last year (central Illinois): Sart Roloise (yellow/purple shoulders), Purple BumbleBee (large cherry/ awesome flavor), Terra Cotta (dark orange), Large Barred Boar (dark red/green/BIG), and Snow White (small saladette sized). I single-stem, vertical garden (except on the Bumble Bee which got ahead of me and took over half my garden).

I'm growing the Rose De Berne this year. I've added the other four you mentioned to next year's consideration list. Glad you and James Prigioni recommended it. Great video Luke!

2023, and this is my first garden! I purchased MIGardener Cherry-licious. A mix of indeterminate cherry tomato seeds. There are lots of varieties in one packet. I can't wait to see what varieties I have growing now!

coming from someone who bought from migardener i have high expectaton of the centiflor tomato that was my first purchase from him, its in my seed tray right now growing and i just feel its such a unique variety that people should grow openly more, also luke if you see this, can you make a video of just walking around the garden talking about different things? i know its not on channel topic but i feel the walk through your garden while discussing what you think needs to be seen more in the world would be really pleasant with the serenity, your such a kind guy just dont let overwhelmingness corrupt and turn you bad, always remember your persona and personal life,

Honestly we had a June 15th frost last year that stunted or killed all the tomatoes in my area, I was one of few gardeners who got tomatoes by the end of the season and it was only 2 plants out of 20. They were the 2 giant crimsons I planted and I got enough tomatoes off them to can salsa and marinara for the entire year! They were the most prolific tomatoes I have ever grown, my season is too short for a whole ton of production but it's dry so disease isn't an issue

Love your videos, have been watching for YEARS! One thing I would LOVE is the labeling of “indeterminate & determinate “ on your website for ordering and on all the packets. That would be awesome! Grow big!! 🤗❤️

This is my first year gardening. Growing a ton of Roma and beefsteak. I am going to need a GO TO recipes for jarring so my work doesn't go to waste.

Can confirm that Rose De Berne is both a tasty and productive tomato. I really enjoyed eating it fresh on a tomato, basil and mozzarella panini. I would say it has a nice balance of sweet, acid and tanginess.

My absolute favorite cherry tomato that seems quite productive is the tropical sunset. It's not only a really pretty tomato but super tasty! Kinda sweet and fruity.

Lol I remember your first videos and I loved them. I was about your age, and it was nice seeing someone my age actually doing something instead of partying

For all the "this video is too late" commenters, Luke did a video last month on tomatoes they were starting. 👍👍

We like James & Tuck too❣️

LOVE the Rose de Bern tomato...been growing it for years!❤

You should check out the Bison Tomato. Easiest to grow. No pruning. And the most prolific tomato I have ever grown. 10 plants gave me 22 gallons of salsa last year.

We had a lousy year in 2022 due to drought. Out of 10 plants we got about 2 dozen tomatoes (including the cherry tomatoes). This year I have 48 plants 🙀, 10 cherry and 15 large tomatoes with 2 of most varieties. Of course we’ve gotten more rain this year (S TX) so I’ll be swimming in tomatoes soon. I’m most excited about the Pineapple and Pink Brandywine. We always grow Kellogg’s Breakfast and Red Brandywine so looking forward to the many varieties this year that we’ve never grown.

Now that you mentioned James, your channel and his with his dog Tuck, are the only gardening channel i watch.

I have always grown Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes. But I saw one of your garden tours last year and couldn't believe how much fruit was on your Centiflor tomatoes. I bought seeds from you this year and am very exciting to try them!

Gulf Coast of Texas here. My most productive tomatoes are Celebrity, Juliet, Solar Flair, Bosque Blue Bumblebee and Cherokee Purple.

I’m growing Silver Fir for the third time this year. It produces way ahead of my indeterminate’s and continues into the fall and I’m in North Idaho. This is the only determinate I’ve grown and will always be one I grow in my garden.

Need to check out Napa Charonnay. It's a sweet yellow grape shape.... cherry tomato. It grows in clusters...like grapes. Super heavy ...needs extra support for the tomatoes. It's a must have in my garden. It's so good...I will just grab a handful....as a snack.

I would add Orange Roussolini to this list! I’ve grown them every year since you started offering seeds and the plants are loaded every year!! :) I’m growing ONLY them this year, plus one Red Centiflor. :)

Thanks for the advice, Luke! I had never heard of 4 of those. This year, I'm growing Cherokee Purple, Paul Robeson, Beefsteak, Wood's Famous Brimmer, Brad's Atomic Grape, Pink Bumblebee, Sunrise Bumblebee, Amish Paste, and San Marzano.

If you snap your leeks of the crown instead of digging you do not hurt the patch. Find a dense clump and dig out a few center leeks and snap of above the root base . After a few snapped leeks it gets easier.. the crown of that leek mass remains healthy for next year

I’m in the southwest desert zone 9b. Growing red centifleur that I ordered from you. Wow great tomato. plants are about 4 1/2 ft high and have lots of blooms and tomatoes. My aunt came over and could not believe the buds on this plant. I have not tried one yet as the tomatoes on them are still green. Also growing blush tomatoes and here in Arizona they are pumping out the tomatoes and starting to ripen. They are a beautiful yellow long cherry with pink and red streaks. So beautiful.

I am doing Tiny Tim and spoon tomato’s this year for the first time. I believe I ordered them through you. I ordered like 30 packs of seeds recently and finally got them all planted. I’m so excited for some beans I got too!! ❤ Thanks so much

Love these!! I can’t wait to try them all next season. I am currently growing the Red Centiflor, my plant has many many flowers with a few tomatoes ripening up. Absolutely a beautiful plant as you said, I can’t wait to taste them. Currently in my garden, I am growing about 12 to 15 different varieties of tomatoes, to include your Giant Crimson. At this time I have many tomatoes ripening up, I haven’t had the opportunity to taste them yet. I am so anxious. I can’t stand it!! I love your recommendations, I always grow everything you recommend. Even if some of the vegetables you recommend are not feasible due to the heat in South Houston, I still give it a try. Thank you very much for your insight, advice, and tips. God Bless ❌⭕️🙏🏽♥️

Woo who! I feel excited. I have five Ace 55s and two Centiflor tomato plants set out this year. Along with a bunch of others. And the other three mentioned (I have grown the yellow pear the last three years and it is insane!) I've got marked for consideration next year. They look really interesting.

I’m growing beefsteak, Roma, large red, and moneymaker & sweetie (bought from MIGardner). They’re all doing well! May try these next year.

I got a free pack of Ace 55 a couple of years ago,. I love it and its one I plant each year now. Im going to bookmark this video to watch in December before ordering seeds.

I'd recommend Barry's Crazy Cherry tomato, just as productive for me as Yellow Pear without that pesky tendency to crack. It has earned a permanent spot in my garden lineup.

I bought and tried about 20 varieties from you last year. I did try Ferderle. Wa.Peach was the other of the two I didn't even bother saving seeds from. Ferderle were a very weak, lack luster plants. They were slow, skimpy and just weak. I didn't get much fruit at all. The Wa.Peach was nice plants and quite a few fruits but literally sacks of water. No firmness to the fruits and no flavor. Every other variety grew fantastic, strong and produced very well.

Hey Luke, James and tuck are my boys. Love your seeds and 9 out of ten of my giant crimsons germinated and are huge. Thx pal

Black Cherry, all the proper flavor of a 'black' Krim (produces more and quicker then the cherokee or brandy) in a quick small tomato. Quick to ripen and becomes a huge vine, I grow it up metal box frames, 3ft to the first bar, 4ft then max of 5ft with a horizontal bar at the top in case I need the space (like layered tables, spaced and staked twice)- I only plant ONE Black Cherry all within eye level I can let 9ft of vine grow in central michigan

I wasn’t sure what I bought when I bought this tomato, because I never seen so many tomatoes. I grow about 25 varieties a year, and literally more cherry tomatoes then I’ve ever seen. This one plant had as many tomatoes as 5 plants of other varieties total.

Ace 55, Red Pear, Federle, Rose de Burne.

Thanks Luke. Much appreciated!

I’ll be buying some seeds for some new plants to grow next year! Thanks, Luke!

Thank you Luke!!

I have several Ace 55 that just got transplanted this weekend! Thanks Luke!

Thanks for the tips im definitely going to see if I can source at least one of these for this season and have added all to my shopping seed list for next year

Thank you for sharing, Love James channel as well !

My most productive were Big Beef, Jet Star, 2 hybrids. Heirlooms were German Lunchbox, a saladette size, Giant Belgium Pink, Green Giant. love flavor of Classic Beefsteak and Amish Paste.

Thank you for these tips! Too late for this year though :D I didn't think of productivity when I pick my varieties. This year I picked for interest and utility. I have some black ones, yellow pear, paste, and bush tomatoes since they're hardy for me here. I'll definitely consider productivity more in the future. It makes sense to be more efficient with the growing space too.

I have not tried ANY of these yet, but I have them on next year's list. Meanwhile, I planted "Chocolate Stripes" and "TripLCrop" seds that I bought from you 3 years ago, and they all germinated. Thank you!

I'm really glad I went back to watch this because I'm going over what plants are going in the garden and which ones I'm giving away. I have federle starts and was trying to decide if I should give it a shot. I will definitely be putting one in the garden this year.

I grow the Ace 55 every year it’s great for canning and is pretty flexible for making salsa spaghetti sauce or just eating with a little salt ❤

Omg…I’m going to need a starter pack with all of these varieties. I’m growing lots of tomatoes but none that as good as these 😅 Juliette and Verona are my my favorites for roasting with fresh garlic, basil, oregano and red pepper flakes with olive oil. Still growing red snapper for a determinate. Started a variety of cherry and micro dwarfs for my daughter. A couple yellow tomatoes. Ox heart is a favorite.

Thumbs up for gardening 👍

Hey thank you for the videos, getting my garden going at the moment. Love tomatoes 🍅 and definitely getting on farmish !

The Monte Carlo is my fav so far of all the varieties i've tried. about 35.

Great info!!!

I love your sweatshirt! I need that color!!!

Barry’s Crazy Cherry is the most productive I’ve grown yet.

Orange rousellini got me excited this year.

Ive got Ace started! I grew yellow pear cherry tomatoes last year.. they were really good and productive..but i found they split easily. I’m growing San Marzano’s .. first for me this year. I’ll add Fedele to my wish list for next year. Love James’ channel too! That’s where I heard about the Rose de something tomato.. I was going to add it this year, but I just couldn’t justify buying more tomato seeds (ive got around 40 varieties of tomato seeds already.. some waiting their turn still. Centiflore.. next year Luke! Thanks for the information. Your greenhouse looks amazing!!

My personal favorites are sun gold, and lemon drop. I planted double seeds, and couldn't bring myself to "sacrifice" any, so I ended up with DOUBLE seedlings I kept together. In 2 storage totes, (approximately 18x24 each), I grew SO many, I was eating them right off the vine, taking some in the house, plus, I gave some to friends! 🍅🍅

This year I am growing Red Pride, Sweetie Cherry and a mystery small tomato that I saved seeds from.

I wish you had posted this in February! Adding to the list for next year. Especially Federle!

Hey thanks for the great content and new leads on varieties 😊

Well, on the more common name tomato plant, I grew 2 romas, and I was giving tomatoes away. I got so many it was crazy. They made great tomato sauce and chili.

I still like the Brandywine tomato. It is a heirloom variety. Has a cat face but, is delicious. 😎😎😎

I started red centiflor this year! Can’t wait to see how it does!

I'm in Central NC, zone 7b (just a hair short of 8a) and it gets HOT and HUMID down here. Last year, we had extreme drought conditions and many days over 100 degrees. But my Arkansas Traveler, Delicious and Dester plants produced and produced and produced. and did not back down in our brutal conditions And they were all good sized, delicious maters! So for your Southern gardeners, those might be some to try.

I will have to try the centiflore. Have you tried chocolate sprinkles? Super productive & super sweet snacking as the name suggests. I grew them once & brought a big bowl to work everyday for months. My staff appreciated it.

So, it isn't necessarily TOO late to start tomatoes. Mine were all started just a little over a month ago and they are already really big, like more than large enough to already have gone in the garden a couple weeks ago! And I still have over 3 weeks to go before I can plant them outside. I started a couple more types a couple weeks ago and they'll be big enough to go out at the same time.

My husband and everyone who tried, adored the Sweet 100 Cherry tomato last year. Pretty dang productive. Idk if it's an heirloom though.

Started my red centiflor tomatos from seed indoors about 2 weeks ago looks like its about ready to be transplanted can't wait to get it out in the garden 😁

Ace 55 , Wisconsin 55, etc..all fantastic, for me is always a high feeder of calcium throughout the grow...

I love the San Marzano. I’ve started some Roma too just cos I could. I have a Pineapple tomato for snacking although it can produce a nice size Tom and then a 800g one on the same plant!!. I might try to get some seed from these ones for next year

Barry's Crazy Cherry is insane as well! Multiple clusters per plant with 40-60 cherry tomatoes per cluster.

That hoop house filled up fast!!

I planted 10 different varieties of tomatoes from MI Gardner seed today and none are on this list. I did plant the Wisconsin 55 and yellow pear. I only planted 48 plants, now I need to get more seed. 🍅🍅🍅

Love the video, and I'm going to grow the red centiflor this year (on your recommendation. But, as someone who knows a little Italian and Latin, it is NOT a thousand flowers, but rather a hundred (which is more than good anyway). Ciao.

I should not be watching this after i already bought all my tomatoes but here we go!

Well....now you've got me all hyped up for the red centiflor, which was on my grow list for this year. Its about to go in a container.

Wow

I wish Farmish wasn’t so expensive. $5.00 a month seems more accessible to small back/front yard gardener that has extra produce. The cost of soil and pots and amendments does not make 299.00 a year worth it in the least.

Luke I love this type of content I’d loved to hear a top 10 or more. I have to say I was very sad with Rose De Burne good taste but sadly mines weren’t as productive but want to give them another shot so if you have some advice for Rose de Burne let us know. Thank you

Super sweet 100. Super prolific. I had probably 500+ tomatoes last year

Review time: It's nearing the end of the growing season here in SE Michigan, so it's time to look at results! We bought a couple of Ace 55s and one Red Pear plant based upon this video. Both varieties performed exceptionally well, but we'll only be purchasing the Ace 55 in the future. The Red Pair is a great-tasting cherry-type tomato that we much preferred over the Sweet 100 plants that a friend gave us this year. And it's amazingly prolific -- TOO prolific, in my opinion! That became a problem. I planted the Red Pear as one of 3 tomato plants in a 4' x 8' raised bed. I didn't stake it, depending instead upon surrounding it with one of my Texas Tomato Cages. (Very heavy gage wire, 6' tall, 20" diameter circle) I did some pruning, against the recommendation for cherry tomatoes, but it still got away from me. This thing grows so fast and puts out so much fruit that even pruning every day wouldn't be effective. It climbed well past the top of my 6' cage and then began to droop from lack of support. It became so heavy that it made this very sturdy cage bend and leaned towards one of my Ace 55s. In no time, it grew into the Ace 55 and had to be trimmed to allow enough light and air to reach the Ace 55. We went out of town when the Pears started to ripen en-mass, and I finally wound up prematurely removing the Red Pear plant at the end of August. Good plant, but too needy for garden space. I've scaled back my tomato growing, and found that having the two Ace 55 plants is enough for our modest family needs. Based upon their performance, I'll probably forsake all the others I've favored over the years and just put two or three of these in. The 'maters average about 3-1/2" to 4" in diameter, and weigh 8 - 10oz. There was some radial cracking on the early ones, but no cat facing. No blight or blossom end rot, either! I was able to reduce the early cracking with drip irrigation and the use of grass clippings as mulch, making sure that the soil retained moisture, but became neither waterlogged nor arid. It was an unusual summer here, with a very dry May, but moderate temps & frequent rainfall for most of the rest of the season. The #1 reason for my sudden love affair with the Ace 55 is the semi-determinate classification. They were the perfect match for my raised bed! It remained bush-like and stayed pretty much within the confines of my Texas Tomato Cages. The fruits grew in fairly tight 'clumps', reminiscent of the 'tomatoes-on-the-vine' like I see in grocery stores. But the tomatoes were larger. My plants almost always grow out-of-control, lean over and start to spread onto the ground. Not a problem with these! They're firm and great-tasting! I also learned about picking them just as they're showing a blush and finishing up the ripening indoors in a basket on the counter. That worked wonderfully, helping prevent cracking and allowing the plant to put more energy into the greenies still developing on the vine. We're very happy with this year's crop, and grateful for Luke's entertaining and informative videos!

Ha ha! I've seen some of your early videos Luke. Lol. The dancing gardener! He he he! & the hair? OMG! I did enjoy it, BTW. Hopefully you'll keep posting until this video seems out of Noah's ark. I wonder what will be the most productive tomatoes in 10 years time?

I'm trying out 4 types that I saved seeds from fruit I got from some Amish last year. Mountain Fresh, Mountain Merit, Jerusalem, and Big Rainbow. I figure they know what to grow, ha.

I've had a garden in the SE for over 20 years and I've only heard of one of the tomato varieties that you mentioned... Red pear. Maybe those varieties don't grow well on the coast of NC?

One of my favourite varieties is called Rapunzel it's a cherry tomato I got seeds really late last year and it still out produced all my other varieties

My most productive tomato BY FAR year after year has been blueberries tomatoes from migardener seeds. At the end of the season it’s the only tomato plants I have that are still alive and thriving because of the humidity here in kentucky.

I am growing the red centifor this year for the first time. I just put my seedlings in the garden. I put Trifecta around the top of the soil. Will I need to fertilize more to have the abundant growth?

Luke, have you tried 4 th of July, I grew it last year for the first time, and it out produced every other tomato I tried. It has great disease resistance also.

Nice video! This is the first time I've actually clicked the link for any KZfaq sponsor, but I signed up on Farmish just 45 minutes ago and already have an order for 4 dozen farm fresh eggs waiting for me! I've been looking for a new contact since last summer when I lost my egg supplier because a coyote ate most of her chickens. :-(

I wanna try that ace 55 , and centiflore, will be buying that seeds from u for next year planting ...

Yellow Pear I imagine must be the same because Ive always grown those and I just dont stop picking fruit once it starts, that plant just goes and goes and goes. lol gosh dangit luke!!!! Now I have to put in another order and hope I can grow them in time up here LOL I have so many varieties of tomato seeds hahhaahha whats 4 more LOL

Everglades tomato is a perenial tomato in warm areas like Florida where is native and it will reseed like crazy in cold climates.

I will probably buy some seeds but also buy some already started plants this year. I love Cherokee Purple and some of the other dark varieties. Where is your video on trellises? Can you post a link? I am looking to put one up that is strong but something that requires minimum tools and building knowledge. I might want to bolster something on one side of my 5 foot chain link fence that extends up further. I currently have a Better Boy plant in some of those cheap wire tomato cages that I linked together to surround one of my grow areas. The way I did it and secured it with a few logs it's stronger than just one by itself, but I may want to add something there too that bolsters it further and adds height once the plant grows taller and has more weight on it.

Yes, thats right. There are more different varieties of tomatoes that there are grains of sand on the beach. HOWEVER, not all varieties will grow in your zone SO, only look at varieties which will work for you. Dont let all those varieties overwhelm you. You will find only maybe 5 will work for you. !

I wonder what tomatoes grow in the heat of Arizona?

About the Ace 55. You said it is semi determinate. How do you take care of semi determinate tomatoes? Do they need some support growing, do they need pruning?