WOW! 1 MILLION VIEWS! Thank you to everyone for watching this video! You all mean the world to me 😀

@lizmiddleton2382

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great lesson.

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Liz Middleton thanks for watching!

@anomalija6469

4 жыл бұрын

Why cant sticks support more then one stem? I'd really like to know. Pleeease.

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

@@anomalija6469 in order for the stakes to support the tomatoes well, they need to be close to the main stems to brace them. If the stakes become too far away from the side-growth, you are going to struggle to tie them to a support and branches will eventually break under the weight of the fruit or in the wind.

@ldj8974

3 жыл бұрын

This video is very well thought out and great attention to detail. It was very helpful. Thank you!!

Clear, concise with the detail new gardeners need. Thank so much

@TheMillennialGardener

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! And thank you for watching.

This is the clearest tutorial of tomato pruning I have seen

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching.

@MaLiArtworks186

3 жыл бұрын

Great instructions!

@luciahmanyadza1732

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@ML-ks2lj

Жыл бұрын

This guy is precise with his explanations I swear.

Great video. No wonder my tomato plants always ended up not producing large fruit and they looked bushy and unhealthy. This year will be so much better. Thank you!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

@areeba3996

5 ай бұрын

How did it go?

I have watched a lot of tomato pruning videos but yours, by far, is the most clear and understandable. Thank you so much. I never could figure out how to choose a single stem until I saw your explanation. I feel so relieved that I won’t butcher my plants into oblivion.

@TheMillennialGardener

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

@tricka72

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@haimaile1871

Жыл бұрын

I'm the same Sharon hahaha it is a massive relief and joy to understant how to single the tomato stem.Very happy today hahaha

@0785782080

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree

Excellent pruning video... particularly for the stake method versus tomato cage. I appreciate how you mentioned to avoid letting tomatoes get close to the stake as they will grow and actually grow right up to the stake itself, and many other things you identify. You have a lot of really great plants there so there is no need for you to root those suckers... but some beginner folks probably don't realize you can take a few suckers here and there (early in the season, since it takes a while for the suckers to root and to become mature plant) and let them become new plants if you don't have enough plants in the garden. Saves money on buying plants too. I also love how you did not go on some long lecture or monologue in the beginning like a David Attenborough wanna be. I really dislike how You tubers spend 25 minutes on something that should take 8 minutes. So well done sir. You jumped right into the info and demo! You got good video coverage of the actions you were taking, no wind noise in the microphone, decent lighting etc. Excellent!!! I will subscribe based on all these great qualities in this one video!

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliments. I appreciate it. If there is one thing I've learned in the past 2 years it is practically impossible to get clear audio, good lighting, no wind noise and lack of pregnant pauses or hyperbole in KZread videos. And by that I mean it's just so difficult when you're filming outdoors and don't have thousands to spend in equipment! It gives you a real appreciation for what professional filmmakers have to go through.

This is by far the best tutorial on pruning tomato plants and it was so encouraging that I went ahead without fear and pruned mine...thanks terrific video!

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.

Just wanted to thank you. This is the most informative video I've seen. Simple instructions and so easy to follow. I'm trying to keep my grandfathers legacy alive and follow his gardening footsteps.. I didn't get to learn as much as I needed from him before he passed so I REALLY appreciate you. 🙏

Thank you for this excellent tutorial. I've just started growing tomatoes for the first time, I only have a small greenhouse and am using a grow bag for my 2 plants. The more people like yourself who take the time and effort to educate us novices is greatly appreciated. Many thanks from Northern Ireland 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to help. I grew all my tomatoes in grow bags 3 seasons ago (20 gallon bags for indeterminates and 7 gallon bags for dwarfs/determinates) and had incredible success. You need to water a lot more often because they dry out quickly, but they're awesome.

What an informative guide! I like that you stuck to the mission, too, without wandering off-subject or having a long lead-in.

@TheMillennialGardener

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@paytonsequoia9501

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it too and will be looking at your other videos too. Thank you :)

I love the smell on my hands after handling tomatoes

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Bill Collins me, too. It smells like summer to me.

@ebonhawken574

4 жыл бұрын

Omg same here! Love it

@stillaliveandwell5291

4 жыл бұрын

Smells just like eating a tomato!

@pkre707

4 жыл бұрын

Me too! That’s why tomatoes have the biggest difference in over all quality between home grown and store bought fruits IMO. Store bought tomatoes don’t smell like anything and smell is essential to taste.

@quickstephardwoodfloors5633

4 жыл бұрын

The same for me

Awesome tips. My tomatoes grew like weeds last year because i didnt know about trimming. This video will definatly make this year more epic. 🤘

@TheMillennialGardener

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This was so informative, I nearly went out to my balcony at midnight to start pruning.

@TheMillennialGardener

3 жыл бұрын

That's motivation! Glad to hear it! Thank you for watching.

@phifediggy9659

3 жыл бұрын

I actually do this sometimes 😂 put my head lamp on and get some work done

@josiehollerbach4429

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@daveyboy8907

3 жыл бұрын

Phife Diggy me to

@obsidiansea

3 жыл бұрын

Same! :-)

I grew up in the 1950's and 1960's in San Diego and we had tomato farms all around us. This is exactly how it is done commercially, on a single wooden stake per plant.

@stevevalk8898

4 жыл бұрын

TheBluewaterBlonde Yes I also remember and even tried to get a job picking tomatoes. I couldn't speak Spanish and they didn't speak English plus I was to young (13 ). Try and get a kid to even cut your grass now days. Now all the fields are homes, Proctor valley, East Lake and I.B . I grew up in I.B. Those where good days.

@TheBluewaterBlonde

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevevalk8898 Hi Steve, we lived in I.B. when I was young, but mostly grew up in C.V. That place has changed so much I don't even recognize it anymore. We moved to Bonita later and I went to Bonita Vista. Proctor Valley was raw land where you could hunt rabbit, and there were some scary stories about Proctor Valley. There was no East Lake when I was a kid. That was all just a part of C.V. I heard they tore down the big electric plant that faced Interstate 5 in C.V. They used to put up a big electric lights green Christmas tree every year on the top of that plant. Yes, we grew up when kids worked. I put slips of paper with my name and phone number at each home a mile around me advertising for babysitting, starting about 13 years old I guess. Got lots of jobs that way. Don't dare do that anymore. The tomato fields were picked by visa workers from Mexico. They came to plant the crops, cover and uncover the plant rows, tie the plants, fertilize the plants, prune the plants, hoe the weeds, pick the crops, cut out the spent plants, stack and store the plant stakes, then they went home again. It was hard work. They were very respectful and used to give us kids the tomatoes that had already fallen on the ground so we could have tomato fights. We'd go home covered with tomato juice and seeds and my mother would be mad until we offered her some big ripe tomatoes that had been given to us that we had set aside for her.

@stevevalk8898

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBluewaterBlonde This gardening stuff saved my ass. I retired 3 years ago after working in the construction trade for 48 years, and the first year was hard, as I went through this depression thing, like PTS . I started with one tomato plant and now I have turned my yard into a vegetable garden. I have a good size yard and it is wall to wall with vegetables. It has turned into a full time job. All my kids are gone and left me with 4 water beds. I turned them into planter boxes. I have started inching my way to the front yard now. With the way things are going, my front yard will become a full blown vegetable garden. Got to go to home depot tomorrow and buy some more lumber. To old and don't care what my neighbors think

@TheBluewaterBlonde

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevevalk8898 You are so lucky Steve that you are still able to work in your yard. I have four large vegetable raised beds in my backyard that now sit idle as I can no longer work them. I had a stroke a few years ago and the doctors said I would never walk again -- but I fooled them and now walk, just not fast but that's fine with me. I thought I would work until at least 70, but was forced to quit working when I had the stroke. It's also hard for me to get the bags of soil amendments I need to fill the boxes -- I can no longer lift those big bags. I used to love to work in the vege boxes. I had both summer crops and winter crops. My favorite veges were cabbage and butternut squash and icebox watermelon. Once I planted a whole box with just corn. A row planted every few days so they didn't all ripen at once. I didn't like the corn that much because you only get one ear a plant and there's a big mess to clean up the used plants, or canes. Although the corn was good and I could freeze the ears. I am thinking it might be a good idea to plant something permanent in each of the four boxes now, like asparagus, artichokes, maybe some trellised vine berries. I would like to put a fence around my backyard and I'm thinking about getting some quotes. Tell me what kind of veges are you planting now?

@stevevalk8898

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBluewaterBlonde Sorry to hear about your stroke. That must have been hard for you. Yes I Consider myself lucky. I thought that I would never retire but could no longer handle all the BS that went with upper management and the new generation. That was killing me. Just planted my tomatoes today. Got 8 tomato plants and put them in those grow bags. I got the (30 gal ) might be a little to big, but they are Indeterminate tomatoes. So far I got some lettuce, egg plants. I'am going to grow a lot of egg plant this year, a good substitute for meat. Going to be hard to get meat with this virus thing,or it will cost a arm and leg. Peas, beans, cucumber, bell pepper, zucchini, and lots of herbs. I don't want to mess around with anything special this year but need to stock up on some food, bag it and freeze it. I will try and grow some of that butter nut squash and icebox water melon, sounds good. Glad you fooled the Doctors and can walk. You come from the generation that want quite and hard work. Try some of those grow bags and find someone to help you out.

Tip: if you do cut off a healthy stem, dig a deep hole in the ground and stick the end of that stem in and water deeply. Most likely, it will root. (Be sure there is no fruit growing since you want all of the plant's energy to be put into growing roots.) An alternate is to put the end of the stem into an empty clean 2L plastic bottle filled with potting soil until roots form then transplant it into your garden.

@ammaserwaafrimpong3341

3 жыл бұрын

This is true. I mistakenly broke a stem. I inserted it into a container of soil and it's rooting and growing leaves already

@billybrown1486

2 жыл бұрын

You can put suckers in glass containers filled with water. New white roots will come out 2 weeks. You will have all the tomatoes you can plant for free!

@sukhdevk.ghuman7407

Жыл бұрын

Tomatoes take roots very easily and quickly. As I was putting my store bought plant into the pot, the stick broke off. But I stuck the stem into the dirt. That tomato plant is as good and healthy as the other ones 👍in my garden.

I am a newby and just started growing a variety of 6 container tomatoe plants. Thank you for a very good lesson.

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Yes I'm using trellising for my tomatoes and most of my plants including the grapevines and other fruit trees because they are only planted in containers. I'm happy to know that what I did was similar to what you've said between sticking and trellising. Your garden looks neat .

Best tomato tutorial on pruning and tying them up 👍🌟

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Coco B. Thank you! I’m glad you found it helpful.

I put in stakes and plant between them and run masons string,, from stake to stake as the plants grow taller. Put the branches on each string as the plant grows and even alternate sides so the plants stay erect. It works great and holds up the tomatoes nicely and easy to "adjust" as the plants grow and bare more fruit.

@meauxjeaux431

4 жыл бұрын

I do basically the same thing, but instead of string, I run 1X2 wood strips 7-8 inches apart, and they don't need to be tied. Basically what we both do is make a trellis, but in different ways. A whole lot easier than constantly tying the plants to stakes.

You did an EXCELLENT job! BRILLIANT video! Thank you for your service to gardeners all over! I will pray for America. Please pray for me. God Bless you.

You have the best presentation and ideas. I will try some of them and keep you posted. Thank you for your hard work.

This was a GREAT instructional video! You explained everything slowly and in detail! Thank you! I have been using tomato string clips and they are working quite nicely. I have 2 x 2 (s) that I painted white to match to our picket fence because my wife thinks the wire cages are ugly! I tie strings to the horizontal 2 x 2 which is about 7 feet high and train the tomato plants up the string. I live in San Diego, California and have to be careful not to cut to many leaves off so the tomato clusters have some shade. Thanks for your time making this video!

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. This year, I am using the string/clip method so I can have more main stems. So far, so good.

@elainetoynton3411

4 жыл бұрын

Bob Gilbert job

I feel the need to rush home and prune my tomatoe plants. Thank you

@nautiboiscuba

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I want to check my plants too

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Your tutorials are clear and concise. I tried the single stem method last year and it worked well! The good news is if your main stems splits, you can replant the severed stem in a container ground.

Very helpful, close up picks so we can actually see what you are doing and your explanations were very helpful!

Nice culturing method of tomato plant.Thanks for your helpful video.More videos of different plants are welcome.

@TheMillennialGardener

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Thank you so much for this information! It will definitely help me out this season with my tomatoes

On my morning walks I would pass the house of one of the older Italians who came here in the 1950s. He grew his 8 - 10 tomato plants in a fairly narrow band of soil beside the driveway, each trained up the fence as a single stem and full of, full of tomatoes. I'd always thought if I saw him in the front garden I'd ask him about them but I think he has gone now and I left it too late. So your video is a gem!

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

The old Italians know what they are doing, let me tell you! They grow their own food, because they can't get anything that tastes any good in stores! If you do not want to use stakes, I have since moved onto string trellising. THIS METHOD IS AMAZING! Give this method a shot, because if you single stem or double stem up these strings, it takes this method to a whole new level: kzread.info/dash/bejne/maymo9xxkrqziLA.html

@peggylew769

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheMillennialGardener ❤

Hugely helpful. Love how you said it makes sense when you're told but you don't think of it unless you're told ! Thank you

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

I love the way you fully explain how and why you prune your tomato plants the way you do. Thank you for taking the time in explaining everything! Your plants look amazing 😍

I'm starting a garden at work and this video was alot of help with the tomato plants we have.

@annabeejones5147

4 жыл бұрын

What a great idea! A garden at work!!!’

@zewdwmedhin9300

4 жыл бұрын

@@annabeejones5147 m

I am a first time small time gardener just on my backyard and tomato is one of my first plant. I learn a lot from this video. Thank you very much.

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

SIGRID ARLENE DANIWES thanks for watching! I’m glad you found it helpful.

The vinyl tape is awesome! I'm using it all over the garden.

This is the BEST tutorial ever!! Thank you!!

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate you watching!

This is the best tomatoe pruning video I have ever watched. Thank you for taking the time to do it. How far apart do you space your tomatoes and what type of fertilizer do you use?

With this method, I can put more than one plant in my raised bed. When I use a trellis, one plant takes over the whole bed. What a space saver! 😊

Thank you for your time making this tutorial, it made me realize that I am an idiot, HAHAHA! I currentlu have a tomoto plant jungle in my garden, was not expecting them to grow this big & branch out that much! I am in the process of reducing it by at least 75% following your precious tips! Thanks to you, I'll probably save this year's production & next year is going to be a better one for sure! You are completely correct saying you should clean your blades between each cut whenever dealing with deseased plants, I have apple trees & they are often in need of such pruning which requires clean blades before every single cut so not to spread the disease any further or to other plants and/or trees. Happy gardening!!

Helping my daughter with giving garden has me growing tomatoes where I never did before, now I am crash coursing on KZread. Your video gives me ideas on what I want to try.

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I'm glad you found it useful.

@BAZZAROU812

4 жыл бұрын

That's super cool.. Don't forget to share with your friends..

Thank you so much for explaining and showing us novice gardeners how to prune and stake our tomatoes. I am glad I found your channel. Enjoying learning from you! 😊

This is a GREAT video! I've never grown anything ever. This is my first year trying. This tomato video will be so helpful. I'm looking forward to pruning my plants tomorrow.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to hear it was helpful! I have gotten much better at producing these videos over the years. I hope you'll check out some of my more recent videos for ideas.

Great tips , especially with the shears .

Very educational, I am inspired. Thank you.

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

First year growing Tomatoes and mine are too close and I let them get crazy overgrown. This helps a lot. Thanks

Brilliant Tutorial mate! Perfect for my scenario. New Gardener here and a few dozen tomatoes plants took over my empty chicken coop! Now I know precisely how to handle it. A really great video. Cheers

If you trim some of the lower leaves off of the larger suckers and then soak them in a cup of water for a couple weeks you can actually clone new tomato plants.

@fog1962

4 жыл бұрын

I clone all my tomatos here in fla..5 or 6 generations so far

@splash5974

4 жыл бұрын

Yup I broke the top off a tomato 2 yrs ago, and dug up a spot further over and stuck it in the ground. Thought heck its already broke anyways...it stayed wilted for days, but after that it took and continued to grow the remainder of the season.

@StephRenee812

4 жыл бұрын

Very new to all this. Thank u. How to clone a tree is what I want to know.

@BAZZAROU812

4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to give that a try... Nice.

@annabeejones5147

4 жыл бұрын

splash wow!!! What an idea!! I came home today and found the top of one of my plants snapped off I wondered if a bird might’ve landed on it or something I just threw it to the side now I want to go outside and get it and stick it in some water and see if I can make it grow!!!

This was a really good video! Your garden looks beautiful by the way.

@TheMillennialGardener

5 жыл бұрын

Gardener in MI thank you! I have a serious weed problem I need to address, but it is coming along. I’m happy with it for its first year.

I feel I’m benefiting from viewing a true gardening perfectionist.

16:38 thank you for the info on pruning tomatoes. My plants always grow crazy and I always get tons of fruit but very small. Now I know why and how to solve it. Thanks again, from Poland Maine

Tanks for speaking at a normal pace, other videos are so s l o w

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Luthin thanks for watching!

For a little insurance against the vinyl tape sliding down the stake, drive several finishing nails into the sides of the stakes (which can last several years if properly stored off-season). If the heavy fruits begin to induce sliding, say during a rain, then the tape will come up against one of the brads/finishing nails and stop its descent.

@AdelineCowgirl

Жыл бұрын

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Thank you very much with your video for a long time I struggled to tie tomatoes I waited so long for this and I just stumbled on it as if you read my mind as m preparing my plots for spring planting but was concerned about the tomatoes as always👍👍👍❤️🇿🇦

This is my first year of gardening, and I watched a ton of videos regarding growing and pruning. I gotta tell you yours is the best! My garden looks like a huge 20' ×20' bush! If it weren't so late in the season, I'd tear everything out and start over! Next year will be different. Hopefully, I can find a way to make contact with questions! Thanks again. Enjoy your harvest!

I think I am very knowledgeable about pruning, but I still really enjoyed this video. Your camera is so clear and I love seeing your tomato plants so neat and tidy :)

Really nice video, thank you. My own two cents on the actual pruning part: I favor almost daily checks early in the season and pinching off suckers before they get anywhere near that big - I'm sure in a perfect world everyone would do this and I've certainly some get far ahead of me and had to come back with shears. One area I disagree with is on the need to be fussy about sterilizing the shears. My own opinion, this is unnecessary (unless of course you have been pruning blighted plants) and shouldn't be an obstacle to prevent frequent, constant pruning. My reasoning for this is that there are quite literally billions of airborne bacteria, viruses, and fungi spores in every cubic foot of air particularly in a warm and humid climate. Sterilizing your shears can do nothing to prevent these from landing on the cut stem afterwards, so the best defenses are to prune very early when possible so as to reduce the exposed surface area and of course make sure the plants are in good health to fight off any potential infections. But better to prune with dirty shears than procrastinate for sure - my own little opinion which has seen good results in my own gardening 'career.'

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

When it comes to cleaning your equipment, it may not be a big deal earlier in the season when disease isn’t present yet, but it is helpful later in the season. There is a difference between airborne bacteria and fungi landing on the plant and directly depositing it into the tissues via cutting. It will spread disease more rapidly. However, if you tend to your plants frequently, you can simply snap off the suckers you don’t want. No pruning required! This is normally what I do, but in this video, I was on vacation, so the suckers were too vigorous to snap off.

The way to use the material to make a trellis for tomatoes is very wonderful. Thanks for sharing

Pot up a few of the tomato stems and plant to stagger the crop. Worked great for me last season!

Great tips for pruning, thanks for sharing this video . continue with the great job

@TheMillennialGardener

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for sharing lovely. Greatly appreciated

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I appreciate it.

Great teaching and tomatoes ❤❤

@TheMillennialGardener

9 ай бұрын

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

Thank you for showing us how to keep our nice fruit from diseases and helping them grow healthy Again thanks ❤

This year, I used a trellis and cut off the large main leaves, leaving only the suckers. By doing that, my tomatoes, (Creole) grow like they have been radiated with nuclear powered fertilizer. Production is prolific ! I'll know soon enough how well, or not, the roots handle the load. I might end up with a ton of ping pong ball, or plum sized tomatoes, but I will have a lot !

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Trellising is a big step above staking, for sure. Glad to hear you're having good success.

Thank you for this wonderful video. It’s my first time growing a tomato, it growing crazily, I have 6-8 branches as a big mess all around, was wondering why my fruits take weeks and weeks to be ripen, now I know. Thank you very much again!!!

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Adrianna Cook tomatoes like to get really big really quickly and then take their time turning color. After a long winter of grocery store tomatoes it is hard to be patient. Thanks for watching!

I am trying to grow tomatoes, pepper, cucumbers, onions, sweet potato, green beans, squash, radish's, carrots, bell pepper, eggplant and watermelon. First time for such a garden but trying. I'm sure I will learn a lot do's and don'ts and watched two videos so far and learned somethings new in each of them. Thanks

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Nellie Moen thanks for watching. Glad you found it helpful. Best of luck. Growing all of that for the first time is a challenge. Don’t be discouraged if everything doesn’t go according to plan. Every year, we all have successes and failures. This is a very rewarding hobby!

Massive help to a new veggie gardener.

Is 10pm now and i want to go prune my plants now!! 😂🤣

@sharihuber818

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, lol!

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@vencent8329

4 жыл бұрын

xX Almighty Xx im going too at 1:40 am 😂😂😂

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

@@vencent8329 don't forget your mining helmet!

Wow! This was soooo helpful and informative! I learn best actually seeing what someone is doing and explaining; you did such a great job that I totally understand what to do with my tomatoes this season. I subscribed and will be binge watching your videos because of your attention to detail and excellent information. Thank you for taking the time to make this channel.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your tutorial video! Thank you for the get to the point, NO jabba blah blah talks. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🙏🙏🙏

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.

@saradrai3436

3 жыл бұрын

I like growing tomato plant how is weither tomato like.

That is the best video I have seen on staking and pruning. I have sent it on to several tomato growers I have been attempting explain staking and pruning to. Thanks.

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing the video! I appreciate it. Thanks for watching.

I'm in my late fifties and I remember when I was a kid my Dad kept a box of my Mom's old pantyhose. He'd cut them in strips and tie the tomatoes with them. They were real stretchy.

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

John Eldridge they work very well as well. Anything strong and stretchy.

@paytonsequoia9501

4 жыл бұрын

Great Idea! I have a pair I was about to throw out today. Just found a way to re-purpose them in the garden before tossing out. Thank you. :)

@patrickt.2136

3 жыл бұрын

My dad used to do the same thing, but the pantyhose wasn't my mom's. It did not end well.

@sacredcowbbq1326

3 жыл бұрын

@@patrickt.2136 hahahaha

@daveyboy8907

3 жыл бұрын

Patrick T. My dad had the fishnets hanging all over the garden.. 😂😂

Cheers mate for uploading such an informative and helpful video.

@TheMillennialGardener

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This is the most helpful video on tomatoes I've ever seen. Thank you.

@TheMillennialGardener

2 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to hear it! Glad you enjoyed it!

Very good technique in pruning y staking of tomato plants.

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Anyone else starting a garden because of quarantine?

@mendezchristian1

4 жыл бұрын

Me ;)

@pkre707

4 жыл бұрын

Right there with you! Best decision I’ve made during this time. Got tomatoes, okra, and some greens going. In this world of disease, fear, and anger; tending to and watching my plants grow give’s me much needed mental nourishment. Not to mention that it gets me outside for fresh air and sunlight. Can’t wait to literally reap the fruits of my labor. Good luck with your harvest!

@nabukenyasharifah6173

4 жыл бұрын

Here🙋🏼‍♀️

@donnyplayz4090

4 жыл бұрын

Parklawnz Yes I love getting out early in the morning to water my plants... I’m growing tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, peppers, and I have a little herb garden in the middle to keep bugs away 😬. Thanks I hope you have a great harvest as well

@donnyplayz4090

4 жыл бұрын

What are the rest of you growing?

Wow! Thank you for such a great video!

@TheMillennialGardener

5 жыл бұрын

Paige Finnegan thank you!

Very best video on youtube on tomato plant pruning! Thanks so much

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really appreciate that.

Thanks for the video! I rooted my suckers in water, then planted them. I got some tomatoes

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Thank you.

I have used cages for many years but am doing stakes from now on because of this video so THANK YOU! I do have a couple questions..since you remove so many leaves do you have a lot of sun damage to your fruit due to lack of shade? And how far apart did you plants your tomatoes? I'm in hot and humid Arkansas. Thanks

Common sense! I can’t believe I didn’t think about washing my clippers regularly and throughout pruning and remembering to not cut off the diseased or discoloured leaves for any reason… do that last!! And Not in between pruning. I didn’t think that about those leaves could spread other issues within that plant your trying to keep healthy and maintained. Wow! I also appreciated how you kept the camera focused on what you were showing us close up while explaining everything. Thank you ☺️

very helpful I have learned so much thank you from Kenya

When you braking or cutting suckers leave little stem. Other way new sucker from same spot will start grow right away

Nice job!

@TheMillennialGardener

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The explanation is spot on. Thanks!

I agree! Very clear and you answered questions I didn’t even think to ask! Ty

@TheMillennialGardener

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

beautiful healthy looking plants. i appreciate the info. very informative.

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you. Very clear, precise, and to the point. and it's vital to get advice from someone else in Down East NC.

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

John Purser thanks for watching! You’re in NC, too? Where at?

Thank you , it's good to know I've been doing it right . I do need confirmation a lot these days .

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

Thanks! This has been an issue for me for a while. I'll remember this as I grow in the fall.

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for an informative video on pruning and staking tomatoes. How tall are your wooden stakes and where can I buy them?

@TheMillennialGardener

5 жыл бұрын

Barbara Turner they’re 8 feet tall. I made a video on where to get them here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lY6io6-dmNrgfrg.html

THANK YOU VERY MUCH BROTHER, YOU'RE A GENIOUS!I LEARNED ALOT AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!

This is interesting. I have always used large cages and never trimmed the suckers. I would just use garden rods and tie them up for support on the outside of the cage and always had plenty of good size tomatoes. This year I’m am pruning the suckers for the first time. I never used to trim off leaves either, which I am doing this year. Good info. Thanks.

Hello, just wondering how you fertilize your tomato plants at different growth stages. Thanks!

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

LucasGrowsBest I fertilize them the same as I fertilize my figs for the most part. They always get a scooper if organic 5-5-5 every 10-14 days. When I first transplant them, their first feeding is 24-8-16 fertilizer with fish emulsion. After that, I switch to 18-18-21 and fish emulsion until the first blooms form. Then, I use 15-30-15 and fish emulsion to encourage blooming. Then, I feed half 18-18-21, half 15-30-15 and fish emulsion for the rest of the season. I find tomatoes, once they start blooming, like a bit higher phosphorous. The key is to not give too much nitrogen.

@catriamou

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener I’m new. What do these sets of three numbers mean? Thank you in advance!

Proof that you don’t need to hover over your tomato plants all day everyday. They’ll be just fine if you step away for 12 days

Very helpful info for a novice tomato plant grower. Thanks

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

P Flagler you’re welcome. Thank you for watching.

A friend of mine planted tomatoes this way. Unfortunately she passed away before I could ask her how to do it. Thanks so much for your tutorials.

Thank you very much for this Tube - Great information.

@TheMillennialGardener

5 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

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@samsammsammm1547

Жыл бұрын

Very best video on youtube on tomato plant pruning! Thanks so much

Thank you very much. To make honest tipo. Your video been very much usefull as I am new in gardening. Keep growing .

Speaking as a commercial tomato grower, go with 1 main trunk. Keep your plants suckered regularly. There is a much easier way to let your vine climb and have a 60 pound yield on 7-9 foot vine. For the most part you are bang on.

@TheMillennialGardener

4 жыл бұрын

60 lbs is a ridiculous amount of tomatoes for a plant. That's super hybrid yields in ideal conditions. I would be lucky to get 10-15 lbs off some of these heirlooms. I'm having pretty good luck with some smaller open pollinated types, though. I think the 8 oz tomatoes are in the sweet spot for my climate where most beefsteaks fail. Thanks for watching.

I use old clean pantyhose to tie off the stems. Stretches and doesn’t constrict

@johnmcgahern3946

3 жыл бұрын

@@BelCantoLari Why do they have to be clean? :)