Beginner Gardening: When to Prune Tomato Suckers and Flowers
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- Опубліковано 16 кві 2019
- In this video we offer advice on when you should (and shouldn't) prune off suckers and flowers from your tomato plants.
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Best tutorial on difference between determinate and Indeternimate tomatoes! Thank you.
I use a small curved bypass pruner to safely cut suckers. It protects the other stems because itpush3s them out of the way.
Great tutorial!
Nicely done.
Thank you for simplifying this.
You're welcome - I'm glad it helped and thank you for watching!
Great video, thank you.
Darren Ritchie you’re welcome! Thank you for watching and subscribing!!
this was super helpful
I’m glad it was helpful and thanks for watching!
Nice tomatoes in your garden. Just want to ask your video cam you're using. Its really good
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Dhan'yabāda!
Thx 🙏🏼
"What are these suckers everybody is talking about"
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We can all relate! 😉
Hi Augie !!!! Thank you for your tips growing tomatoes. I am still having a bit of trouble finding the suckers, on the determinant plants. I was wondering if you could bring the camera closer into the branches that can or can not be pruned. Thank you.
@@garyblum3301 Hi Gary! It took me awhile to get the hang of finding suckers too. If you pause the video at 2:05 my finger is pointed directly at the sucker. It's the tiny branch shoot that is at a 45 degree angle. On a side note, you definitely don't want to prune off the suckers of determinate tomato plants. Let me know if that helps, and thank you for watching!
A mater slip , grow a plant as the mater as u plant in ground
How do i determine what stem will produce?
My tomato plants are more like bushes .
I want to thin out the usless growth to allow the energy to grow more fruit.
Im confused because a lot of videos i have been watching about Determinate varieties say to remove the suckers..Ive never removed anything other then brown leaves. But I'm used to growing up north and now this is my first time growing in Florida where its much hotter outside and last year i didnt have any luck with my tomatoe plants because the sun killed them and they didnt even bare fruit or flowers...Nothing...so now im nervous about these Bonnie Plants Better Bush Hybrid Tomatoes Determinate i just bought today...i need some advice someone since im going to begin placing them in pots tomorrow..thanks!!!
I would only remove suckers from determinates if it is absolutely necessary (like if they are too close to the ground or some other plant health reason, for example). Other than that you more than likely are just limiting it's one-time harvest. Thanks for watching!!!
Im just glad I'm not the only one with 5gal buckets everywhere. Lol. My cherry is in a fabric 5gal and it's just short while the others are tall and flowering. I have one little baby on one. Should I pluck it so the plant doesn't focus it's energy on just that one?
So how did it go?
Do you have a video on this subject for peppers and strawberries
RockYourNails I have the script written for one on peppers, I just need to film it. I do have a video on overwintering peppers on this channel... but my video on “topping” peppers will either come next or the one after the next. It’s definitely coming though!! 👨🌾
Let me get this straight. if i have flowers early ( this plant had flowers when i bought them ) should i pinch them off. Newbie here can't you tell lol I just have planted not even a foot tall yet
Nice video. I subscribed. I find it hard to find out which tomato is determinate it’s not.
Thank you! 👩🌾If they aren't labeled, you may have to watch and see how tall it gets. If it stays under 4-5 feet tall, it is most likely determinate. If it gets 5+ feet tall (mine were way over 5 foot tall) then it's indeterminate.
@@augiewithgardeningforbegin5574 Good advice!
How do you keep chipmunks out of your tomatoes?
I recently planted a roma, a cherry, and a regular tomato plants into the ground. They are getting really bushy but don't seem to be getting taller. Should be pruning the suckers off?! They are flowering like crazy.
Alisha Berrey do you know if they’re determinate or indeterminate? If they’re determinate they’ll only get to 3-4 foot tall tops and tend to bush out. It’s the indeterminate that get *really* tall.
@@augiewithgardeningforbegin5574 How do I tell? I still have the tags that came with them but I haven't checked if they say so.
Alisha Berrey that’s great! The tags will more than likely tell you. Do you have them handy?
@@augiewithgardeningforbegin5574 H! Yes, my celebrity and roma are determinate. My cherry is indeterminate. I cut off the 45 degree smaller branches/shoots on the cherry plant but left a few bc they had flowers. Does this sound right?
Alisha Berrey yep that sounds perfect! 👌 Nice work!!!
First time tomato grower. I have no clue what I'm doing. Please somebody help
Same I feel like a dingus. It seems like it should be easy but I wasn't taught anything about it growing up so I'm ignorant. 🤦
How to know if your young tomato plants are indeterminate or determinate, I don’t have the seed packet anymore.
Since they aren't labeled, you may have to watch and see how tall it gets. If it stays under 4-5 feet tall and only produces 1-2 rounds of fruit, it is most likely determinate. If it gets 5+ feet tall (mine were way over 5 foot tall) then it's indeterminate.
Locate the flowers on your tomato plant. Are they at the end of the stem, or are there leaves at the end? If the flowers are at the very end of the stem, with no leaves coming after, you have a determinate variety. If there are leaves further along the stem than the flowers, it is indeterminate.
Sir, i planted Tomato seeds and now at 3 feet height but i don't know the type of it determinants or indererminants.... How to identify the types?. Thanks in advance for your reply
Do you know the name of the seed? I look them up by name. If you dont know, you dont need to prune, its optional as the video said but dont want to prune determinant.
Do you just pick the flowers off or do you take the whole bunch????????????? when theyre small ofcourse. ;p;p;p
Dee Lee I usually just pick them off.
@@augiewithgardeningforbegin5574 guess all your left with after that is a stem, might as well take the whole bunch then.. ;p;p;p
When do we stop removing the suckers on an indeterminate tomato plant?
It's totally up to you! I usually do it the first couple of weeks and then just make a judgement call from there on out.
Isn't beefsteak indeterminate?
Ezgi Şirip the majority of beefsteak varieties are indeterminate. There are some varieties I have seen, mainly hybrids at home improvement retail stores, that are determinate for folks that want to keep them in pots.
How do you know if you have a determinate and a non determinate tomato plant?
which ones are witch reriaty
Tomato flower dries up..can i remove that flower ??
You can, but I also don't see the harm in leaving it be to fall off on its own (that's what I do, provided it's a fully grown plant). Thanks so much for watching!
@@augiewithgardeningforbegin5574 okkk
.if that dry flower will fall up on its own..then new flower will be grown or not ??
sona verma you know what? That’s a really good question! I’m so focused on pruning this time of year I’ve never noticed. If you’re sure the flower is a dud, there’s definitely no harm in removing it. Let us know if a new flower grows in its place!
@@augiewithgardeningforbegin5574 okk thnkss alot ..i m indian 🙏🙏🙏
sona verma namaste 🙏 and welcome to our channel!
Dude get your leaves off the dirt. LOL
Yo I was thinking the same thing 😂 good info tho!
You're not getting much fruit because you're not pruning off your suckers..
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