The scoop on 'TomatoGiant.com'

My husband ordered the "As Seen on TV Giant Tree Tomato plant" . I WAS very skeptical but I gave them a try. It DID take a while longer than I thought it would Not really happy about that but....... I rec'd them in GOOD condition. I followed the instructions provided and they sprouted very easily and I got 3 sprouts in 4 out of 5 starter pots. 1 pot did nothing. Not bad odds, I'd say. They grew to about 4" tall and I transplanted each sprout into 6" clay pots and all did well and are growing rapidly. I am now trying to decide how I want to plant them....in the ground or in lg. pots. I RATHER do the pots but I'm not sure how to go about it when they get larger. I know I need to stake them but I'm not sure how they differ from regular tomatoes in that regard. It would help if they would provide more in depth growing and care instructions for planting in pots. I can't wait to see how they progress from here.

I questioned my wisdom when I first received my plant packs but after watering and waiting for the seeds to germinate my faith was restored. Several packs had multiple plants which I divided when I transplanted and I had plenty to give away. I now have all of those advertised and they are growing like crazy, with several tomatoes already showing and lots of blooms. If they taste as amazing as the plants look I will be very pleased with the results and from the looks of the plants I will have the largest "TREE TOMATOES" ever grown.

I also ordered the Pepper plants and they are doing fine too. Lots of blooms for the future crop.

Back in early March 2008, I ordered the Tomato Giant..Then in April, I finally got billed on my card, still yet to receive the plants.I came across this website 3 days after my card was billed, becoming worried about the order I placed. A week later, I receive a post card from the company saying my order has been delayed. Last Friday, May 16th, I finally received my SEEDS, which I was not at all happy about since it is now really too late for planting a new "crop" and being that when I ordered, I was "guaranteed" to have fresh ripened tomatoes for the Fourth Of July! Which I won't I'm sure...I planted the seeds on Friday and now waiting to see what is going to happen...I'll keep you posted how things work out...

All I can say is THANK YOU for this website. I just saw the commercial on CNN, and was about to order some of these for my grandfather who spends much of his time nursing tomato plants, and thought this would be a way cool gift. Thanks for warning me!

Although I never ordered the TomatoGiantTrees, I was about to when fortunately, I came across this website. It was interesting to learn Michegan Bulb was the same company offering this product. I had ordered from them several years ago and had failure after failure with their products. Anyway I also came across a website (Lipenwald, Inc.) affiliated with different companies selling their products including the TomatoGiantTree on T.V. Their E-Mail is [e-mail:support@lipenwald.com]. I believe this may be the company you would want to talk to about any problems your having with this product.

I ordered the tomato tree in a pot. Received it, watered it - all according to the directions. NOTHING! Ordered again - VERY CAREFULLY followed directions. NOTHING!! Guess I'm a slow learner - ordered again, but this time I sifted through the soil and there was NOTHING in it - no seed - NOTHING. Tried calling, writing - just like the pot - NOTHING! Now, I saw the ad on TV for the giant tomato tree. Thought I'd go to the website to find out more and up pops Dave's Garden. Thank goodness!! I might have ordered it again!!!

I Purchased several Items from this co. several years ago. I believe at the time they were known as Michigan Bulb. They had such bad repore with ther items, and I was one of them . They changed there name to something else and so on . They should be permanetly put out of business. I couldn't get my money back nor would they reply to my requests They are not a reputable Company to do business with. This goes back to the 1980's

In April, after seeing the convincing commercial for the Gardener's Choice tomatoes, we ordered $48.00 worth of tomato and pepper plant seedlings. Upon receipt, they were wrapped in tight plastic, dry beyond belief and nearly impossible to open without spilling the loose dry contents (which they do warn you of doing in the instruction booklet). After finally getting them opened, I placed them (24 units) in a window planter. Following the directions, TO THE LETTER, we have been waiting for the seedlings to emerge from the dirt. In actuality, a few have. However, the advertisement and the accompanying paperwork do "spout" way more than the seeds!!! I have phoned the company repeatedly without success. From the minute of opening hour to the minute of closing the line is debusy. The answering machine does not take messages. There has been no reply to my extensive emails. Fortunately, we did not write a check for the product but used the charge card. We have canceled that purchase, as the product clearly states that it is GUARANTEED to meet it's claims of the advertising!!! I strongly suggest that NO ONE purchase anything from the Michigan based company "Gardener's Choice" and I will be writing to the media outlets that provide the company's advertising outlets, as well as the BBB, to hopefully assist in stopping this company from further defrauding and taking advantage of others.

I ordered two sets of the tomato giants in March and I have not received them yet. I would appreciate getting them or my money back.

Sent $25.86 to these crooks on March 13th. A small package arrived over a month later with twelve one by one pods filled with a soil mix and MAYBE some seeds. The value of the seed pack is about two dollars . I followed the sprouting instructions and after three weeks - nothing. The package was supposed to contain FOUR different types of tomato seeds. I could see one type of seed not germinating, but not four. They don't answer the phone or emails, so I will try to go through my Visa card for a refund. Boy do I feel stupid for not checking this company's reputation before ordering.
The order number was 2895 in case the company wants to check into it.
Tony Grimm, Hemet, CA.

Well over a month waiting for my order and no response. I might have to contact Fox News where i have seen the advertising.

I ordered two of their 'Tomato Trees' and received the seeded tomato pots - the instructions were very detailed as to how to begin the seeding process, but did not include watering instructions AFTER the seeding process began - I
ve submitted an e-mail request to the Customer Service dept. and am awaiting an answer. I'll check back when (if ?) I get an answer.

I tried to order tomatoes today, they could not give me a date after that I would be in the area so that the tomatoes would not sit in the post office and I not be here to plant them or to water and harden them off. Also the shipping date was before our last frost date in our area. I told them to forget it.

Many thanks to all the commentators listed here. I am posting to re-iterate the disbelief expressed below as to why this company is still in business!?!?!?
I JUST NOW THIS MORNING saw a fabulous ad on Discovery Times TV network for "Giant tree tomatoes" at tomatogiant.com - looked FAB, went right to the website, picked out some plants and put the total due for my order ($35 after they showed me some other cool looking plants) in my current budget worksheet.
Just on a whim, before I gave up my CC number, I entered "Gardener's Choice tomato scam" in my Google-ator, and was directed to 370,000 website hits! Thank the great spirit for these rating sites, and I pray everyone else tempted to order these plants finds you guys like I did!!!
Why does Comcast take money for ads from these people? Anyone know how to get their ads cancelled??
ATTENTION Mr. Mike Cox, MI AG - IF YOU READ THIS: dude, I voted for you before I moved down here to FL (due to NO JOBS IN MICHIGAN) PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS COMPANY!!!!
Thanks Dave's Garden family!
jewels ~ a gardener in Key West ~ namaste....

I went to there web site looking for a button to click to order a catalog so I could order the tomato tree and I found no place to order a catalog I then wrote there phone number down and tried for days to get through and got a busy signal every time till after their business hours I then got a recording stating to place an order press 1 when I pressed 1 The recording said that it didn't recognize the command and started the recording over after a week of this and then finding this site with all the negative response to their customer service or lack there of I have now decided I will buy my tomatoes elsewhere Thanks