Yes, I agree!

Yay! So glad this video was helpful to you! Thanks so much for watching :) I hope you have a wonderfully abundant season!

Yes! Such a great variety! Have you seen any mutations in your crops? Any fruit growing larger than usual?

Yes moor double size than normal for tomatoes . I did grow lights and starting seedlings for my first year and lots of knats problem killed over half my plants and most have damage and vary as far as their recovery, some plants badly damaged and some definitely stunted and I believe all had 20 percent not fully recovered. I did over plant and most of my veriaties did have at least samples to try. Only 2 hillbilly tomatoes for 2 plants and both had damage. So if I plant 6 healthy Brad's Atomic grape I expect 10 times the crop so all my folks will have plenty to pick. This year I tried no tilt and several other methods it was meant to be a testing season and man is turning out, A bad year for my garden but fill I have learned so much, Highly believe next year with show I've been in school and graduated. Thanks

@@johnjude2685 Every season is a new adventure with new lessons to be learned! That's something I love about gardening. Best of luck to you next year!

Hey there! I’m so glad you found my video helpful. You are the exact audience I make these for. When you’re excited about a new plant you want to see what to expect! I do this too for all my new varieties. I couldn’t always find what I was looking for so I decided to make my own videos as I knew there must be other people like me out there :-) Good catch on spotting that sprout! I had to re-watch that part to see what you were talking about :) Hope you have a productive growing year!

I had the same experience! I was expecting smaller grape size fruit. The ones in my 5 gallon buckets were smaller but the one in the ground was a large plum size. There seems to be quite a bit of genetic variations with this particular variety still. I'm excited to grow from the seeds I saved last year from that mutated tomato is this video. I'll let you know how it goes!

@@inchwormgardens my grow zone is also 7a but it will be interesting to see differences. I neglected to save seeds from last year so I had to go back to BC to replenish. Happy to compare notes. I am going to try to do about 30some varieties this year. Probably too many. Eh, you only live once.

@@omulryan 30 varieties, heck ya! I like your attitude. I didn't realize NJ was in the same zone. I just double checked the map. Pretty cool!

@@inchwormgardens my area is not too far from the Atlantic. Is is warm, humid and pretty wet. Jersey is great for tomatoes. Had great success last year with Cherokee Purple, Brad's, Upstate Oxheart (big, meaty tomato), Early Girl hybrid, Bodacious Hybrid and Mr. Stripey.

@@omulryan That's awesome. I've heard tales of the New Jersey tomatoes.

Could be! Certainly amazing looking tomatoes. I saved the seeds from that big one. I'm gonna grow it next year and see what I get!

Hey! Thanks so much! I know you wanted to see a spotlight on the Cherokee Purple and the Currant tomato (I haven't forgotten!) Sadly, my Currant tomato was a fail this year. I just couldn't get that thing to germinate! I still plan to do one on the Cherokee Purple. Thanks for your input!!

@@inchwormgardens Oh wow Im so surprised you remembered! Sorry to hear about your currant varieties.. I know the feeling, lost all my tomatoes due to the record breaking rain this spring. Anyway, I'll definitely be on the look out!

I agree! Such a great variety. Thanks for watching!

Dang! Sorry you had a bad experience with them! I've had trouble with them splitting too.

@@inchwormgardens its only my second year with a garden, could have partially been me lol. I had way better luck with sun gold, super sweet 100s, and my peppers. Thanks for the videos! From my research it seems to me this hybrid is not very predictable. It seems to have a huge variation in both size, flavor and how productive the plants are. At least more than other widely grown variety.

@@bleb87 Hey, the absolute best way to learn is from your own experience and errors along the way! I agree, this variety seems to be unstable. Every year it's a little different. I've been saving and growing my own seeds each year so I think it's starting to adapt to my environment. Pretty cool!

Thanks so much! I loved your channel introduction video too :) Just subscribed. Also, that Echinacea/Rudbeckia cross is crazy! And gorgeous. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos!

Hi Richelle, thank you so much! Good soil, sunlight, water and lots of LOVE! 😄haha, I don't do too much else to my plants. I was giving them a regular feeding of a water soluble fertilizer until about mid June and then I stopped (mostly out of laziness) I think that if I would have continued this then my Fall garden might look a little better. But overall it's still doing good. Thanks for watching! Good luck out there!

Wait for the orange lighting bolts and check fill. Thanks

Yay! Glad you like them! Thanks for watching :)

dude, this is great information. He must have been getting those random larger fruits and started selecting those out to create the Atomic Fusion. How cool! Thanks so much for sharing this! And you taught me a new word; "Locule". Didn't have the proper name for those little chambers. Thanks again!

@@inchwormgardens Haha, no problem. I learned that word when I was researching tomato genetics. Among roughly 10 genes, the number of locules helps to influence the size of a tomato. Wild, small tomatoes only have 2

Thank you Jeannie! Glad you enjoyed it :)

@@inchwormgardens thanks, have a good day!!

Hey there!! I think they should grow just fine for you :) Just keep in mind that they can be a little wimpy starting out so just don't get discouraged! They usually pick up and do really well in the long run. Good luck and enjoy!

Hello! That's very interesting. I'm not sure why these were a lighter color. They were grown in full sun. There seems to be some variation in the genetics of this plant. Maybe this particular seed was just expressing some of the lighter colors. Who knows! That is part of the fun of growing :) Thanks for watching!

Hey, thanks so much! I agree, such a great variety. I will grow every year. I've never tried making a sauce, that's a great idea. Thank you!

Yesss! Put it on your list! It's earned a spot in my garden every year so far. I think you'll really enjoy it too. Good luck!

@@inchwormgardens haha! Awesome! Thanks! I will definitely add to my list

It does look like that, you’re right! I love the striping on these tomatoes. So pretty.

Excellent! That's what I was going for 😉

Yes indeed! This is an heirloom variety so the seeds can be saved and should grow true to type.

I think you're totally right about that. I think the marketing and the original photo that accompanied the release of this variety played a big part in the popularity. But I have to say, I do actually enjoy the flavor of it and I love seeing the photos in their big catalog! So I can't be too mad at it, haha.

@@inchwormgardens I’m a market seller. I do mixed bundles of several types of cherry and snacking tomatoes. Every year, starting in late September, I start planning my tomatoes for the next year’s offerings. I keep coming back to this one. I only choose EXQUISITELY flavored tomato varieties. I put hours and hours of time into this process. I’m at a loss every year with this one. I’m just not sure they’re up to our standards after reading so many meh reviews. I want my buys to need to take a seat after eating our tomatoes. It’s a tough standard! I want so badly for them to be exceptional. But then I know I’ll be heartbroken when they don’t knock my socks off.

@@amy3458 Try "Marianna's Peace", Amy there's no splash or bling, just taste. Yeah, you'll need to sit down for this one. 🤗

Cool! It's unusual to see 3 seed leaves. Maybe there is some sort of mutation! Best of luck to you.

I’m growing over 100 tomato plants I’m growing the same variety in this video I think I have 3 more odd plants

@@pamelarice1887 Awesome! With 100 plants you certainly have higher odds of getting some sort of mutation.

Oh wow! I've never heard that before but I can see what you mean. Maybe there's something in that specific tomato variety that makes it taste "off" to you, like the cilantro thing. Other tomatoes taste okay though? What are some of your favorite tasting varieties?

@@inchwormgardens Cherokee Purple, Blue Beauty, Kellogg’s Breakfast, Dr. Wyche’s, Pink Brandywine, Oxheart. Purple Bumblebee, Chadwick Cherry, Yellow Currant, & on & on 🍅

@@CHICHISWEETS Awesome! I'm growing a white currant tomato this year I'm excited about. I've tried a red but not the yellow yet.

I grew them one and while pretty, nothing spectacular in taste for me either. Currently growing Evergladrs currant tomatoes, hoping for better taste and more productive plants due to heat and humidity.