Fun fact: In Dutch we call the pruning of a tomato plant: thieving (dieven). You pinch out the 'thief' so it won't 'steal' any more nutrition from the plant 😄 Thanks for the video Laura!

@nef4588

5 жыл бұрын

I love this! I want to adapt this saying too haha

@E.l347

5 жыл бұрын

Klopt hahah 😊

@StaceyHerewegrowagain

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I never heard of that before lol.

@rachelhall4808

4 жыл бұрын

How interesting! Thank you for sharing!

@klarabettan

4 жыл бұрын

In Sweden too!

I noticed the Boss came around to inspect your work.😻😻😻🍅🍅🍅

So glad I clicked on your video. Others didn't make much sense. I guess it was because they weren't actually pruning; just talking. Thank you!

This is exactly what I needed to see as a first-time gardener with a similar-looking plant! I feel confident about pruning it now, and I loved the bonus ginger cat. :)

Good Gosh. She’s got more tomatoes on that one big plant than I’ve EVER gotten on ALL the plants I’ve ever grown. Good on her!

@michaelkuzelka8903

7 күн бұрын

Yeah me too.

Thank you for this. My husband passed away 3 months ago, my daughter in law planted for me and I am just getting into the right headspace to get out there and tame the tomato jungle!

@wudgee

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss. I hope you tamed the tomato plant, I’m going to do mine tomorrow. Being with nature should help you, blessings and Christian love.

@banjopete

10 ай бұрын

I’m in the same situation, don’t mope , looking after a garden will give you something else to think about.good luck.

@michaelkuzelka8903

7 күн бұрын

Condolences, willow. Hang in there. God loves ya.

Thanks, This is the first video on pruning tomato plants that I’ve watched all spring and summer that helped me understand.

The deer cruised through my garden over Independence Day weekend while we were away camping and they trimmed my roses, peas and two tomato plants. I wish they watched your videos first. (new sub in MT)

@noemierollindedebeaumont1130

5 жыл бұрын

Marti Bowland I couldn't resist laughing at the touch of humour 😁 ! I also had a deer eating the new growth off of my roses this spring that grow after i gave them a very very needed trim this winter...... i hope yours will rebound and still produce beautiful flowers for you. Mine did 😥.

@sue2611

5 жыл бұрын

Marti Bowland Thanks for the laugh

@eelast

5 жыл бұрын

lol

@Mina-A

5 жыл бұрын

Lol. Funny

@kusumgurung5109

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

I'm growing my first tomato plant and find pruning to be incredibly relaxing. I love the smell too

Never trimmed my tomatoes plants & they all thrived. I basically planted my veggie garden & watered it. It was incredibly productive each year. At the end of the growing season around fall any green tomatoes on the vines, I would bring them in the house, wrap them in news paper & place them in a large brown paper bag. Within a few days to a week all the tomatoes would be red. Then I would make tasty pasta sauce & freeze it for winter time. Very good. This is an old farmers method of using up all your green tomatoes.

@chisquared100

Жыл бұрын

Green tomato tip: thank you!❤️

I’ve been confused on what branches are suckers for so long and you finally showed me!

Courage is the perfect word. I’m always a coward when it comes to pruning my tomatoes. No more!Im trimming those little suckers. 😉👍🏻👩‍🌾🍅

@danzalisnock9128

4 жыл бұрын

I was at first! But I learned that tomato plants are strong and can take lots of pruning. Still, I did it over a 3-day span afraid I was going to stress the plants out and kill them, but before I knew it, I probably pruned more than was left haha. All the suckers, sometimes I'll leave one big sucker and do a double main-stem...also pruned any sun leaves that touched the ground to open up air flow and prevent any bacteria and disease from traveling up the plant. Videos like this were a big help tho haha

@0anant0

3 жыл бұрын

I have same problem thinning my apples :-)

When you prune good sized stems, trim off the lower leaves and place the stems in soil. The stems will form roots and make a new plant.

@theexmann

3 жыл бұрын

Does the stem need to callus at the cut end before planting them? If not, do you water immediately after planting the stem or wait a few days for the first watering? Thanks.

@NeccoWecco

3 жыл бұрын

@@theexmann Nope! Just stick it in the ground and water it

@juliahardaway3841

3 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see if it works for you!

@janetsmith9610

3 жыл бұрын

Also do it early in the season to prevent diseases. In my experience, when I put a trimmed stem into the soil and watered it, the plant wilted for some days, but eventually perked up.

@diane6920

3 жыл бұрын

This works!

Just came in from pruning mine, it was a jungle out there! I feel better now that they look like they can breathe. Had to talk myself through the whole process *its just a bloom, you’re okay, this is fine, we’re fine* I also couldn’t believe how many bare branches there were with nothing on it!

@Farmgirlathart

4 жыл бұрын

I’m going now bc I’ve never done this either.

@ThahnG413

2 жыл бұрын

2 years late but if you have some space there is nothing wrong with a jungle, it actually produces 33% more tomato by weight, but your tomatoes will be smaller by about 25%

I am always scared to trim but, watching you, I am no more 😂. Thank you 🙏💖

Gotta mention laura you always get into all the small little details that other people tend to overlook i love the way you explain things step by step it really helps P.s love you Benjamin Aaron cheddar and russell

City-girl here 🙋🏻‍♀️ who planted tomato plants for the very 1st time this year. Literally watched DOZENS of tomato videos - this BY FAR has been the BEST ONE!!! I still learned a few things watching this vid. *Hits “subscribe” button* Thank u for this! ❤️🍅

I really needed this. I've been so overwhelmed by how huge and crowded my tomato plants have gotten. Now I feel like I can get a handle on the situation. Thanks, Laura!

Thanks for doing a video on an overgrown one! The other videos I found were “left too long” and were still under 3 ft tall with little issues. My situation is far more jungle!

Russel we missed you boy...so glad to see him again...

I don't grow tomatoes but I watch anyways!😂 You make me feel like I can grow anything! You are lovely, thank you!

@nef4588

5 жыл бұрын

oh my goodness me too...ive taken on plants that i never thought i would.,.. ive had some success and some not but it was all fun anyway!

@kimmiller4057

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, same! I live in Indiana and it seems everyone loves tomatoes in the summer here....not me. But still really enjoyed this video.

@dragonflyy000

4 жыл бұрын

@@kimmiller4057 Indiana here too and live in an apartment so thought my days of planting tomatoes were over..... love this very knowledgeable video of growing them in containers. Now hoping there's one on growing strawberries in containers by Laura!! 🍓🍋🍅 YUM!!

@AnnaDunlap247Rolltide

4 жыл бұрын

I don't grow them cause I don't like them🙈

@rmohr2312

4 жыл бұрын

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This was very informative. We are new gardeners and have 13 tomato plants that definitely don't look as healthy as yours. Learning to prune them should help! We have always marveled how you get so many tomatoes in your garden. Thanks for educating us!👍

you are super good at showing what needs to be done and how. Thx!

I just pruned my tomatoes yesterday and after watching your video I went back out there for round 2. 🥵 Thanks for showing me the right way 👍 and now I won't be scared anymore to chop so much off my indeterminate plants. You Rock!!

One of the best gardening videos I've ever seen (and I've been doing gardens for over 30 years). Not only was the information stellar, but the presentation flowed beautifully and was very efficient (product placement also understated). It doesn't hurt that you're pretty and have a pleasant demeanor and nice voice.

Fast forward to a year later - June 2020.... I’ve never pruned my tomatoes before but have been doing so this year. It does make such a huge difference. Those suckers are cut off as soon as I see them and I don’t have wild and crazy growing tomato plants. Went back and watched this again today to be sure I was doing everything the way you taught me. Old videos are always helpful. I refer back to a lot of your videos. Thanks Laura for your great knowledge and how you show & explain things!!! ☀️🍅🐝🦋

@mattikarosenthal3298

4 жыл бұрын

I wait until the suckers are a little longer, clip them put them in water and let them route. After about 8 to 10 days, they have started a root system. I take those and pop them, and then plant them Underneath the tomato plants that I have really pruned. And it does take them a couple of days to return to normal after pruning.

This is my first time really growing tomatoes, and though I've read and read and reread about pruning them, even before I started growing them, I've been having SUCH a hard time hurting them. This video has given me confidence, so tomorrow morning I'm putting my game face on. Then I'm running into the house in tears, throwing myself across the bed, and crying myself to sleep.

Thank you for this! I could only find videos on how to properly prune them from the start, not how to get things back in check. Super helpful!

This is the best pruning video I have seen! (And I have watched a lot!) It made me brave enough to cut mine back and eventhough I lost a couple of tomatoes in the process... my plants do look better! And I will be able to keep them maintained so much better! Thanks for the knowledge and the confidence!

Thank you for showing how to tame an overgrown tomato. It seems like everyone just advises you not get into trouble but sometimes you end up in trouble and it's nice to learn how to get out of it.

WHOA! That was radical and ruthless! I definitely want to see a follow up on how those plants do.

@michaellane9079

4 жыл бұрын

Well those plant won't set any more fruit. The fruit that has set will ripen. She turned an indeterminate plant into a determinate one. No need to mutilate a healthy plant like that. She cut all the blossoms off. Seems nuts to me.

@net2dave

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaellane9079 try it some time, the plants are healthier and more robust for it.

@michaellane9079

4 жыл бұрын

Don't get me wrong man. I'm not against pruning or pinching suckers. If you want 1 or 2 main stems do what she did to the younger plants. As the plant grows taller it continues to make flowers and setting fruit giving a season long harvest. Mutilating the more mature plants eliminates any later season tomatoes. Just my opinion. Happy gardening and enjoy your harvest.

@moleculist7978

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaellane9079 That's just inaccurate. She left the tops alone so they will continue to grow and generate new fruit. You could also let some lower suckers grow if you want and then those would set new fruit. You can't turn an indeterminate into a determinate.

I have a total of 62 tomato plants and in the beginning I was so diligent about pruning in the beginning. I also followed your advice as well as others on feeding my heavy feeders. At some point they exploded in growth and I lost my courage and let them get away from me. Lol The later plants I’ve done so much better with. We had some really bad storms and straight line winds laid all my 7ft tomatoes and my corn down flat and took down trees all over my immediate neighbors property. Somehow I was able to save all but 2. I did have to ruthlessly prune just like you just did. I trust your advice and look to you for step by step processes. Thanks for sharing and showing us that your garden isn’t always perfectly perfect.

FABULOUS video! Very thorough and detailed. Love that it was close-up enough to actually see what you were pruning. I’ve watched dozens and dozens of these pruning videos and they wave their clippers around in the general area of the tomato branches and never show what their actually clipping! It’s maddening and frustrating! This was a very, very helpful video (and important that you mentioned not to prune determinate tomato’s AND not the tops). I especially found helpful what to do about two leaders. I’ve never known what to do! (or even if there’s anything to be done!). So pleased I stumbled upon it. Actually, your video is better than the Bonnie Bell video by the ‘professional’ tomato growers on pruning. Thanks!

This is my favorite tomato pruning video yet. I watch Jess over at Roots and Refuge, and she has a great educational video but this makes me feel like I can tackle the one plant that got away from me this year. It has two leaders, and within those it seemed to have two leaders each. I cut it back to two of four, and trellised it to maximize air flow. Feeling a lot better about getting some ripe fruit soon :)

Thanks! I thought it was too late to try and train my tomatoes. Thanks for showing trimming a plant that was out of control I have about 7 tomato plants that are out of control.

This was a very quick, informative, video. It's tough filtering through all the nonsense anymore. Thanks.

I live in the central valley of California so we have long and very hot summers and when I first started growing tomatoes I would stake them, prune them,and the sun would always burn the fruit in the end I would get very few nice tomatoes. My new method is, wire together 3 large tomato cages, and plant three plants and let them grow. My plants this year have been giving me 4or5 large baseball sized tomatoes a day and with all the foliage no sunburn.

Ages ago, I learned about pruning suckers from tomatoes from an old-time Hollywood actor (maybe Eddie Albert? Or Bette White?) on one of those celebrity gossip shows. I kid you not. 😀

My tomatoes are also in raised beds and hugely overgrown! I'm glad they're happy, but your video has given me some confidence to go ahead and start snipping. Thanks!! Great video!!

@theresataylor9107

4 жыл бұрын

thats why i am here mine grew so big so fast I was lost with what to do found this video and now I am informed yay

thanks for showing us! BTW i learned it from a friend: put those cuttings in a large vase/bottle, filled it with water, in 2 weeks they will grow roots. here you go a new tomato plant. It would be a bit late fruiting yes, but extend the fruiting period if kept in greenhouse. Sounds fun!

Jumping out of bed to go prune my tomatoes! Thanks for the 7 am motivation!

Love the detailed explanation. Off to prune mine now!!

Great video! I was dealing with health issues for awhile last summer, and neglected my garden. When I got back out to it, I was ASTONISHED at the wild, tangled, vine-y mess my three tomato plants had become. I’ll definitely be more vigilant this year!

Literally was looking for a video on how to prune tomato plants yesterday. Thanks Laura great info and actually seeing how to prune both on overgrown and new plants very helpful .🍅😶🍅😶🍅

Perfect timing, I have an out of control tomato that I am planning on pruning up today. Thanks for the info and advice.

Oh boy, did I EVER need this video! I new they need pruning but did know were to start. Thank you!

Just started growing vegetables this year. I need all the help I can get. Your tutorial was very helpful. Thank you!

Anyone else distracted by how amazing the North Pole Arbs are looking? So fluffy!!

This perfect timing, I tried on one of mine yesterday, need to do more. Thanks for this video!

Oh man, the very video I needed, at the very moment I needed it! My raised bed looks like that first one, times three right now! Yikes.

Laura thanks for the great tomato pruning tips! I got a kick out of Russell strolling into the video, he's such a cute little garden supervisor!

Wonderful information. I always take the suckers from the elbows as my father in law would say. But glad to know it’s ok to trim the rest of the plant for more manageability and larger fruit. Guess what’s on my agenda today! LoL. 🍅✂️

I have been pruning my tomato plant based on videos that focus only on pruning the small tomato plants. My plant grew very big and wild in what felt like a short amount of time and looks very similar to your untrimmed beast of a plant. This video gives me confidence to go ahead and prune and makes me feel less silly for letting it get overgrown. Thank you!

Ohhh coffee with Laura and a bit of a scary video actually cutting the tomato plants!!!!! :0 But such good information to have and I can got to work and put it too use as my tomatoes are sprawling all over!!! Thank you so much!

Funny story about my Grandmother's tomatoe plants - when I was little, I picked all the green tomatoes & took my harvest to show her! I burst into the house & said "Look what I picked - green apples!" To say the least my Grandmother was not happy! 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️😊🍏🍅 Great tips - will definitely keep them in mind when I do maintenance, I will not pick the "green apples"! 😊👍🍅🍏🙋‍♀️🌿

@farmerjones9612

5 жыл бұрын

My young neighbor boy helped me the same way , by picking off all the " bad " green strawberries " Not one of them was good Mrs. Jones" !!!

@Coral.Cazares

4 жыл бұрын

Farmer Jones Younger family members like to help me out in the garden as well and something like this has happened to me. I recommend tying red ribbons around the plants that are off limits until further notice.

@AmandaVF1

4 жыл бұрын

Lol that is so cute !!! Hahaha

@sherryfingerlin7595

4 жыл бұрын

My grandson picked all the "balls" off my tomato plant one year.

@nelliehagen5267

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Laura, you do a wonderful job. You work like no one else. I work away from home and dont have much time to make my garden look as lovely as yours....keep up the good work. Love your videos. I watch them everyday and on weekends. Thank you.

Wow, Laura! Respect! That may be the most overgrown tomato that I have ever seen and the way you just "got after it" gives me courage. I was out of town for 2 weeks and one of my tomatoes went "dark side" on me and is a somewhat overgrown beast. Now that i have seen you attack that monster in your garden, I feel like I can tackle it. Thank you!

Thank you. I know to trim the suckers, but usually they get away on me and look like the "before" . Now I have a better idea of how to address them at that stage.

This was so helpful! I have not been attending my tomatoes enough! No wonder the fruit is so small!

This was awesome! I am always pruning on my moms tomato plant knowing it needed to be done but never knew there was a rhyme or reason to it - every time I watch one of these kind of videos I feel like I am a bit closer to a pro! Thank you!!

I’m becoming a lil addicted to your videos 😍 You are tremendous Laura 🙌🏽 with my new-found (since COVID) priorities 😉 🌸🍃 Gardening is right at the top of my list! I had no idea I’d love it so much, thanks to you I have a million ideas now! 😃

Some of the branches were pretty large. Do you ever root those and turn then into another tomato plant?

Thanks Laura; this vide was very helpful. I never knew i could prune my tomato plants👍🏻

Thank you so much for sharing! Perfect timing. I was just trying to figure out how to go about pruning out of control tomato plants 😬👩‍🌾.

I definitely needed this! I have a huge indeterminate tomato plant that just keeps growing. I’ve pruned it but was afraid of pruning too much. This helped me a ton thank you!

I'm so glad you posted this! My tomatoes have exploded over the last few weeks and I went out the other day and pruned just so I could get in there and see what I had! lol. I sort of knew what I was doing, but I see I didn't prune back as much as I could have. I will be doing that soon! Thank you!

Just what I needed to see! Heading out to the garden with my nippers

That was so helpful, I had no idea that so much pruning was required, no wonder I’ve had such colossal plants! Thank you!

I always see you use the Fisker's snips. I do like those and keep them in my purse (lol, ya never know when you'll need to take a little slip) but I use the Felco snips in my garden and while making arrangements. I love them ! Almost more than my bigger Felco's !

Thanks so much for explaining that, I'm still new at this and my tomatoes are wild and have very little fruit, now so I will be giving them a hair cut and maybe I'll get more fruit.

I had no idea. Thanks for the great tutorial I'm getting after my tomatoes!

Wow I really need to prune my tomatoes they look like a forest. Thank you Laura for more great information.

Never heard of pruning tomato plants. Love learning something new!

Thank you so much for this video. I'm now a tomato-pruning expert! :D

Literally needed this video right now! This is my first year growing tomatoes and I didn't know that they need pruning! Thnk you for sharing!

Great video, just what I needed! Going outside to prune my tomatoes today. 🙂🍅🐈

I really appreciate this video, I was always afraid to cut my tomato plants back that far and really didn't know how to do it!! Now I know and I'm going to cut them back!!! I get so much useful info from you, Thank you so much for your time to do this channel!!

Thank you soooooo much!! I appreciate your thoroughness & willingness to 'teach'!!

Thanks for sharing that didn't know you can prune tomatoes.

Great details! Thank you for showing how to prune when tomato plant growth gets ahead of garden chore to-do list. Watching this make me realize that I need to pay more attention when purchasing tomato plant starts. I need to look at how the plants are growing if I wanted to prune to a central stalk. Some of them have many branches at lower level and it's hard to tell which should be the main stalk.

Thanks for this. This is my first garden in this climate and my tomatoes have gone bonkers. After a week of rain, they've collapsed. If I had pruned like this from the beginning, I wouldn't have this mess on my hands now. Now I know for next year!

I've always been a flower gardener and I bought one tomato plant this summer so this info is really helpful for me as a beginner veggie gardener. (My dad has always done a big family veggie garden which supplies all of us).

You had a tomato tree haha! Thanks for sharing, Laura, beautiful crop coming!

This was so helpful to me. I always thought pruning was done from the top . It all makes sense now. Thank you so much for the step by step tutorial.

I can’t believe how fluffy the arborvitae are getting! 😍

Thanks Laura, I sure could have used this kind of information for years. I hope to remember all of this too! Again thanks, great info....!

This is a great video on how to prune a "rogue" tomato plant! I've had to do a lot of pruning this year with my tomatoes, but I haven't done just one leader. I think that might be my trial for next year! This year I'm trying to find out where the best spot is for my little urban homestead (in the UK) is, but next year, I see me doing the cordon style trial! Thanks for your awesome video! I truly love it! Your garden always looks so immaculate! And the smile you have on your face just shows how much you love doing what you do! Take care!

Being a movie buff of the 70's, it's been a while since I've heard the word "sucker" so much. Today's movie themed gardening will be, "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka", which was a real movie. LOL Gardening is so much fun!

Thank you so much for this demo on trimming tomatoes. Really needed thr info provided.

Thanks for the great tips. It was a great reassurance, because it’s all stuff I’ve already been doing to my plants. It’s nice to know as a newbie to tomatoes and gardening, in general, that my instincts are correct. Thanks, again!

I’m a newbie and pruned my tomato bush and thought I messed up. Your video made me feel better.

Such perfect timing.. I just shared a video tour of my garden and have been trying to figure out a better solution on how to stake my tomatoes, they were flopping all over.. :0) so I am picking up more of the larger stakes and I just ordered some of the soft ties you mentioned, they look like a great solution for what I need! And a big thank you for sharing how to prune them. Always learning, and I appreciate you guys! Blessings.

This was so helpful, thank you! It was great to see different plants with different needs so I can address what I need to with my plants.

Oh I'm so glad you made this video! Mine are outta CONTROL! I've had to prop mine up from every direction!

She's got an orange fluff butt that likes to help too. My cat loves "helping" in the garden.

I pruned mine a little 2 weeks ago and then we had rain for almost a whole week. Over the weekend I spent an hour out in the garden and tied up and pruned the dickens out of my tomatoes. I, glad I did because we had a lot of bug eggs hiding underneath and there was hardly any airflow. It’s soooooo much better now. This is very satisfying to watch.

Very, very good! You are the scariest person any tomato plant has ever seen! Wow, very good instruction. Thanks again, Jim

The ripe tomatoes that you did pick were pretty good sized, considering the growth you had. Thats encouraging. Thanks for the video.

LOL. Your cats are such “hams”, always wanting to be on camera. Thanks for all your good gardening tips. I’ve gardened more this year, than ever, since watching your videos.

This is so informative! My 1st year planting vegetables! Thank you for sharing. This helped me a great deal!