1. Staking 1:32 2. Fertilize properly 3:19 3. Right type of tomato plants(cherries, plums, grape varieties) 5:12 4. Proper pruning 6:32 5. Harvest early and harvest often at 90% ripe 7:58 6. Stress Free Plants 10:09

@paulk5311

3 жыл бұрын

right type? i never grow those grape size tomatoes and have grown early girl, brandwine and others to about 10 feet high. i seldom prune either but i do harvest before they are completely ripe due to squirrels and birds.

@michaelbourgeois9295

Жыл бұрын

@@paulk5311 the section is about the right type but it has nothing to do with cherry, plum or grape varieties. its about indeterminate vs determinate. So buying tomatos that vine until the season is over vs plants that grow to a determined size (the kind you see as bushes with cages around them).

1. Staking, and strong vertical support 2. Fertilise properly. Balanced fertiliser 3. Right type of tomato plants I.e. Indeterminate and cherries or plums 4. Single stem and Bush out up top 5. Harvest early and harvest often at 90% ripe 6. Make sure your plants stay stress-free I.e. Water, pests, diseases, etc.

@fionax9741

4 жыл бұрын

Moosa ali I can probably do #4

@mabuhayPinay

3 жыл бұрын

@@fionax9741 LOL

@leroyamir4361

3 жыл бұрын

i realize it's quite off topic but do anyone know of a good place to stream new movies online ?

@lachlandamon6550

3 жыл бұрын

@Leroy Amir i would suggest FlixZone. Just search on google for it =)

@edwardkyrie2292

3 жыл бұрын

@Lachlan Damon Yea, I've been watching on flixzone for months myself :D

First, this is my first year gardening. I started watching you and a few others guys in December. I took lots of notes! I set up my raised beds right, now my tomatoes are exceeding 10', I'll be at about 12' before my season ends. Same zone as you MI. Thanks for all your teaching.

My heirlooms Mennonite tomatoes reach over 12 feet both years I’ve grown them and they’re huge! Had an almost 2 lbs tomato last year! 😊 It’s my favourite to use in my preserves so far! 😃 Have Growing 2023! 😊🙏

I have followed your tips for tomatoes and peppers and the production was insane. I have filled up my freezer and given tomatoes and peppers to everyone in my family and I still have peppers I picked yesterday before the frost. I am really excited to get my new seeds in that I ordered. I love what you are doing here. This is life changing and helps to look forward for spring. I love it. : )

I just found your channel recently, and it’s been pure happiness/comfort for me during the quarantine! I’m a first year gardener, and these videos have been amazing resources.

I have NEVER in all my days even heard about 10 foot tall tomato plants. That is WICKED AWESOME! :) Love your channel!!

@cyriously_nick2191

4 жыл бұрын

Jessica V fellow masshole? We’re all binging his videos to prep for next week!

@paulk5311

3 жыл бұрын

i have to top my tomatoes so they do not get too tall. my trellis was over 8 ft tall and this year i am changing to them to about 7 ft. so this year nothing over the trellises because i do not want to break out the stepladder to get tomatoes at the top. i do nothing special just have a growing season from mid april to about november. that is a long time for tomatoes to reach towards the sun.

@cheriesullivan1494

3 жыл бұрын

I get them all the time. People weren’t believing me, so my hubby took pictures with me standing next to them

I use welded wire to make a round cage. I drive a fence post beside the first section, to tie the cage to. Every time the tomato plant gets to the top, I get on the ladder to add four more feet. Best way I've found to keep them growing.

Luke, Your videos are amazing! You have the right mixture of passion-personality-professionalism 100-100-100! Thank you for sharing it with all of us backyard gardeners.

You can do "lower and lean" in an outdoor garden using 8 foot ferrying strips. Just lay out four stakes in a rectangle. Then screw on ferrying strips around the top and the bottom of the four stakes. Attach the strings from bottom to top with excess string (I use jute) at the top. When the plants are tall enough wind them around the string and use tomato clips to secure the plant. I get 10 plants around each setup in a relatively small space. Very sturdy and very inexpensive and no more leaning stakes or lost plants in storms. This is the best way i have found to trellis tomatoes. Single stem is a must and no tipping needed. When the plant reaches the top just lower the plant and lean it to one side guiding it around the rectangular structure. Variations work for beans squash and cukes. I hope you give this a try and share it with your viewers.

Thank you for another great video. Susan, John, and I plant some under the bedroom windows,,,,the neighbors just shake there heads when we reach out the window (2nd floor) to pick tomatoes.

@smalltown9052

5 жыл бұрын

That's great!! 👏👏👏👍🏆

@rtrn06

4 жыл бұрын

they are just jealous!

My staking solution is 3/4" pvc pipe. I started my pipe "stakes" at 8 feet. I can add on to that with a pipe joiner I connect to the 8 foot pipe and then connect a pipe extension (i.e. 2 feet) to the other end of the pipe joiner. Great, easy way to create a stake that you can add height to!

@Mr_Daddy1980

4 жыл бұрын

Nicee....pretty smart idea!

@jgehbinv

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mr_Daddy1980 - :D

@scandallpower

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea. Won't rot or break and friendly to the soil.

Great info and good to know about the 90% ripening. I didn't know that. Early harvesting for me was to avoid bird damage, but more production makes great sense. Thanks!

I planted a sunburst cherry tomato by my patio this year thinking it would be small and a good patio plant. It ended up being taller than the overhang of the roof of my house (9 ft.). It is massive and has been producing mixing bowls full of tomatoes the past couple weeks. I had no idea they got that big. I will have to plant it somewhere else next year and use your furring strip staking method. I'm glad I watched this. Thank you for the information.

@batenkait0s657

6 жыл бұрын

try tidy treats or red robin

@ADerpyReality

5 жыл бұрын

Grapes and roses are weeds their delicious and pretty or we wouldn't grow them.

I have learned so much from you. I've looked at some other videos but i just fill like your are helpfully sharing your knowledge. Thanks for being on here..

Great tips! We decided to do no pruning this year and just let them go. Overall, we had a great year. I think the weather and consistent rain helped a lot this year. Thanks for sharing!

Love seeing the finished product. Thanks, Luke!

Love all your ideas, tip, and videos. I'm just beginning to garden for the first time. 😊

@louettesommers8594

5 жыл бұрын

Ibelisie Otero how’s it coming so far?

This works! I did it last year with all my different kinds of cherry tomatoes. I used stringing method hung from my gutter along my detached garage. I had to end up topping them after they reached the gutter/roof. Tons of production! And didnt end up with blight something I fought every year; until the very end of the season. I also agree with your suggestion on a good balanced fertilizer I think I used Dr Earth if I remember right and just sprayed it on about every 3 weeks. Thanks for the video.

This channel is awesome. I've been binge watching and planting stuff in South Florida. Just getting in to it in the last month or so.

This is my first year growing using this method and I love how it's working out! So much less space and I don't have tomato plants sprawling all over the ground.

I have 17 tomato plants, which I planted in late June--this is the first year I've done this. They're tomatoes on the vine and campari, which I grew from tomatoes that I bought at the grocery store. They're now about 4-5 feet tall and are flowering and already producing tomatoes. I know these varieties get very tall. Right now, they're in cages, but we plan on putting in some support stakes. The problem will be putting in the stakes without harming their roots.

Great video to show how you can train your plant to grow how you want. Luke will be picking tomatoes on a ladder soon..

Most of my tomato plants are between 6 and 10 ft. I just stumbled on the method of stringing and I love it. Thank you for you video, it filled in some gaps in my knowledge. I am growing in a greenhouse in Western Wa.

I’ve been successful on my second year of gardening and I owe that success to you and a handful of other garden tubers

Well this answers my question from your other video. I may swap out the cages for stakes before it's too late. Thanks for the great video!

So happy I found your channel! So many great tips and info!

I really appreciate you making the video and it helped me learn alot from you.

Trying this this season with our 16 tomato plants! Nice option for our quantity - tomato cages are very expensive and we will be re-purposing them this year for our peppers.

@kcfamilyfarm939

5 жыл бұрын

My tomato cages are all going to be used for the peppers as well. I bought cattle panels to make trellises and some just lining a row for the veining plants to grow up and to support the tomatoes. Between Living Traditions and Roots and Refuge, they've convinced me that cattle panels are the way to go! Even before plants are growing in the garden, the trellises make the garden look pretty neat.

Oh my gosh! This is super helpful to know!

Awesome information. Thank you.

Hi.. I love your videos and information. Could you please explain in more detail about how would you do the single stemming/pruning of tomato plants early in the season and mid in season?

Congratulations and thanks. Simple and didactic job.

Great tips. Will save and refer to often. Never have much much with tomatoes, but will try again with your tips.

I am growing my tomato bush TREES in 18gallon containers, 3 plants to a container in 8 containers in a small 7 x 9 ft area. I am using 7 ft steel fence posts in each container and I twine around the plants and the post. My early girl, chocolate cherry & red gapes are over 7 ft tall and I will have to climb on a chair to harvest soon! I use epsoma organic fertilizer every 2 wks.. and WATER daily, sometime 2 times a day because they are in containers. I have done no pruning and all are healthy in this very small area. But I think I am gonna have to top em soon as they just keep getting taller! I think next year I am gonna top my plants at 7ft.lol I am freezing and canning lot of tomatoes from my tomato jungle👍😁 I pick when fruit just starts to blush also👍 Everyone that sees my tomato jungle is in awe that I can grow 24>8 ft or taller tomato plats-in containers in such a small space, I AM TOO! LOL 😁 Same thing with my sweet success& tasty green cucumbers growing in 18 gal containers, fed every two wks and the vines are over 10 ft long producing like crazy & outgrew the 6 ft A Frame trellis I made out of fence..24 qts bread and butter pickles already canned gonna start dill pickles with tomorrow’s harvest👍😁 You can grow a mega ton of healthy organic veggies in large containers in a very small space, i know as I HAVE FOR DECADES and showed other how too.😊 I GROW GROW GROW to feed my family HEALTHY FRESH ORGANIC VEGGIES ❤️👍🙌🏻🙌🏻

Thanks Luke!! Looks like those tomatoes are GREAT! Those huge tomatoes so amazing!! Thank you for sharing you tips with us and making these wonderful videos!!!

This is informative and easy to listen to.

I am jealous, in a good way though. Now i am going to take all the tips to my garden this season. Many thanks for the tutorial.

I don't even like tomatoes, but I grow them for my family and I really enjoy the single stem method. It really does allow me to get more production from a raised bed. I typically have an 8' bed with cucumbers on the trellis in the middle and a tomato growing up the trellis support on both ends of the bed. Pretty fun to do and gives plenty of room for the other plants around it instead of smothering a big area of my bed. Great video. Thanks! I may see if I can set a new personal record this year...........................AO

Wow, that's awesome! Those plants are huge :-D

So very Cool!! Can’t wait to try this!!

your tomatoe plant is so amazing luke

Very useful tips. Thanks

Thanks for sharing luke

I got to 7 1/2 foot tall plants and that is usually as tall as I would want without having a ladder. But they do produce LOTS and I am good with that.

Very positive video. Lots of good information

I LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM !

We got 8-ft. plants with large tomatoes this year. It is incredible!

Did that once, accidentally, just listening to some gardener friends, didn't really know why they grew so big for first time garden. Thanks for explaining it. I had started out with 6 foot stakes, one foot in the ground, five out, then I, eventually, used another 6 foot stake to attach to the top of the originals, with a foot overlap, ending up with 10 foot stakes.

Excellent Video, Thank you

very informative, thank you!

This is a great video, thank you! I don't know why anybody would click thumbs down on it.

Awesome, imma use it this season

This was my 1st successful yr growing beef steak tomatoes and the plants are just about 10ft now. Great yields. These are some of the largest tomatoes i’ve ever seen. All over a pound some close to 2 pound tomatoes… 👑

I wish I could have let mine get that tall. My garden space is small this year because I moved late in the season. I topped the tomatoes at around 6 feet, for lack of space. Love having them so big! Base stem is easily 1.5 inches across

Trifecta. I hope new supplies of it will be available.

What an awesome video/information !!! I hope you consider being a paid consultant... I've seen almost all of your videos and you've matured!!1

Hello, thanks for the great tips.

Thank you for this tip! I am gonna grow vertical and NO suckers! I am floored too! lol

Thank you. very helpful! Here in zone 9 *las Vegas* even with shade covers, my tomatoes gave up mid summer. It was just too hot. So nitrogen for leaf and height, and phosphorus when you want to push for flowers. I am starting my seeds early, getting them in the ground as soon as last frost date clears and trying to grow them fast. I am hoping to get the fruits set and off to a head start before we hit triple digets in May. Tall is not to goal for us, but the info is still very helpful.

@sandramaier2781

4 жыл бұрын

Kristine Schilling In Florida Zone 10 our growing season is Fall and Winter, also because of the heat. Start your plants indoor in September plant in October. Enjoy tomatoes thru late Spring.

I work for a biosolids management company, and we have big shelters we store dry waste from wastewater plants in preparation to apply on local fields - every year we have literally THOUSANDS of tomato plants - it looks like moss growing across the top of it at a distance. It's pretty fascinating.

@thathsavanhsivilaythong

5 жыл бұрын

Yall hiring?

@archerj2010

5 жыл бұрын

@@thathsavanhsivilaythong I assume you're being funny, but if not PM me.

@thathsavanhsivilaythong

5 жыл бұрын

@@archerj2010 are u located in central valley california?

Thank you! I thought something was wrong with my plants. They are soooo tall!

what fertilizer do u think is best, or mixture.. amd what plants do u grow to keep them growing?

Thanks... great tomato growing tips!

So beautiful. Wow... 👍🏾

Trying this next season!

I got an early girl at 14 feet this season

@rtrn06

4 жыл бұрын

WOW!

Good Info!

Excellent advise. I have heard that tomatoes will keep growing and producing given the right conditions. Autumn and Winter are usually what ends the life of a healthy tomato plant. Could you do a youtube video on how to preserve the harvest for later use - sun dried tomatoes, sauce, passata and jam. Many thanks.

Can you do a homemade compost video ? I love my 2 bins 💚🌱🌷 saves loads of £/$ !

I enjoy your channel! I used this method of growing my tomatoes in the spring. While I DID get a lot of tomatoes on my indeterminate type, the stalks were skinny. How do I get a stronger stalk? Upon planting I used an organic fertilizer and bone meal. I regularly feed with fish emulsion and alternate with Miracle Grow.

thanks so much!

Awesome video. How far apart do you plant the tomatoes and how do you secure the stakes?

Love this!!

Hey Luke thank you for all this great info. I am a first year gardener and I have a question. First I want to say all my seeds were purchase from you and I'm very pleased. At first I didn't think they were gonna be ok because I guess I had zero faith that I did it right. But anyway the plants are doing great but I'm just learning about what I should have been doing from the beginning. So now that I have a jungle of plants can I go in and prune they way you describe in your videos? Will I shock them? What should I do? I know I have too many plants in one box so how do I save them? Any help is appreciated here in Pa. Thanks Luke

Looking good

you are a super cute couple:)...thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all!

so excited...

Thank you so much!

Very nice Luke

in hydroponic tomatoes the fertilization schedule usually starts with low N and medium K, then as flowers appear the N is boosted and K reaches peak supply. K is always more important than N and P is supplied at a relatively low (50ppm) constant rate throughout the growth of the plants. I've fertilized my tomato plants (and all other vegetables) with fertigation (I know it's not organic..., but very effective) kind of following this fertigation plan and my tomato stems are about 13 feet long on my lower and lean trellis. I try to keep all the new growth (except flowers) at the end of the vine and remove old leaves so I have maximum sun penetration to the fruits and healthy leaves adapted to the current sun intensity and quality which is especially important towards the end of the growing season.

I can attest to tall tomato plants. I use the string method from under an 8" high pergola. I'm expecting these plants to be at least 12 to 16' high by the time the growing season is over. By mid July they are already 8' high. I will be letting the plant lay down across the top of the pergola. They are hungarian heart tomatoes, yummy.

I’ve never seen someone so thrilled about tomato trees.

I never cut anything form my plants and they get 10 -12 feet every year. I grow in 100% compost. Beef steak...HUGE tomatoes.

@judyhowell7075

5 жыл бұрын

7munkee oh my I’ve got 10 growing under lights in my garage, how am I going to stake them safely

In Clarksville Tn, grew san marzano and other roma style mater's, could barely keep control of a total of 7+ plants in a not very full raised bed using grass mulch/compost and a few bags of top soil from lowes, bottom of bed was full of cardboard and other biodegradable material as filler, soil here is mostly, if not all, clay. Total length of longest vine (not single stemed, let grow multiple side vines) was somewhere around 20+ feet, grew over a fence and was draped across the 6' fence to keep it going. Plant was very accepting of being moved around when needed. No exact production, but made several jars of salsa, several of tomatoe/spaghetti sauce, have given away and used many fresh for salad and other dishes. Had more than we knew what to do with. It's the one plant I have no problem growing.

this is great!

I have picked red tomatos on Christmas day: East Contra Costa Co., California. :)

I watered my weed plant today and it thanked me. ;)

Haha, you and Jack and the beanstalk! Can't believe this - now I have tomato plant envy... :P Actually, I think my Brandywines are going for a record (for height but not for production).

holy cow those are some big tomatos at 5:35...

Started my tomatoes from seed this year and got them outside the week before Memorial Day (also in SE MI). My black cherry tomato plants are 12 ft tall! I one cluster that will have over 50 cherry tomatoes on it. When are you going to have Trifecta + back in stock?

okay so i just planted my tomatoe plants maybe 3 weeks ago, what kind of fertilizers should i be using right now? to get massive growth like this.

We have 5-foot tall, homemade tomato cages, yet my tomatoes are usually around 7 to 8 feet tall by July!

What is a balanced fertiliser Luke if you can't use trifecta plus?

I tried single-stemming Cherokee Purple tomatoes last year. Maybe it's the TX weather or maybe it was just bad luck last year, but the plants couldn't handle it. Off of 5 plants I got 10 tomatoes, and one of the plants never set fruit. I'm not an amateur gardener and this year I have a surplus of fruit setting (doing the same things I did last year). The only difference is the variety.

The tomato you where harvesting from has curled and crunchy sounding leaves. I had a potted tomato last summer with the same thing. Is that leaf curl or different disease and how do you combat that? Thank you!

If we have a short cold growing season, should we put more focus into flowering earlier (with phorphorus) rather than letting it run later to start flowering when you will likely end up with heaps of green unripe tomatoes at the end of the season?

Thanks for the info! Going to give a giant tree tomato a try.

How often should you water during the growing season taking in considering any rain

Can you give some more information on the part where you want to create a bushy top of the tomatoe? How is that best done? Thanx