McDonald's Tomatoes Grown In a Backyard

This was an excellent video, describing how a guy took tomato seeds from McDonald's burgers and grew them to full plants over a season.

There's some obvious product placement in a few spots, but beyond that I found this entertaining and worth a watch. From saving and propogating tomato seeds, pruning/thinning plants, adequate irrigation, to final harvest and observations, there's a lot to take away from this very unconventional seed source. Maybe something like this can be a project for the Boots this season or sometime in the future...

Incidentally, does anyone have experience with this guy's fertilizer?

That was a great video Stephen - thanks for finding and sharing. That tomato in the ground was amazingly productive! Just shows that you can strike lucky with grocery seeds. I was surprised they turned out to be plum tomatoes - excellent value for slicing into burger buns though!

Stephen B. Thomas wrote:Incidentally, does anyone have experience with this guy's fertilizer?

Nope but I did find it online at team grow (who I think did the video?). It seems to be fishbonemeal, alfalfa, and feathermeal with mineral additives and kelp. It was pretty impressive the way it gave the plant in the pot a start, although that failed a bit later, whether that was due to the erratic watering as well though, I'm not sure.