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I had end rot problems a few years ago. I read up epsom salt helps get rid of that problem. So I started using it the same way you mention in this video, once when I first plant them and again sometime in the middle of the season. And for the past few years now, no more end rot.
I buy seeds from your site every year. I like your Cukes and Zukes package and every year I try a different variety of tomatoes. They grow great no complaints over here. I live in a 6a zone
Gary I love your channel. This year I planted 12 tomato plants, two of which were big beef. I live in zone nine which is very sunny and hot. My yard gets about 10 hours of direct sunlight. I usually get early,middle and late blight. I decided to put a black cloth on my surface before planting and I built a pre-fab shade canopy with 40-50% shade cloth. The results were unbelievable. Best season of yield I have ever had. Biggest difference? No blight.
Your tomatoes really look great, Gary. Nice and green and healthy. Mine are starting to get tired here on the southeast coast of North Carolina. Most of the fruit has been harvested and I'm beginning the leaf spot battle. This weather pattern we're going to be stuck in for the next week or two won't help things. Keep up the good work! Can't wait to see how your beefsteak contest ends.
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I lived in eastern North Carolina for about 20 years. I suspect you're getting a lot of rain which might be purging nutrients out of your topsoil? My neighbor was successful using the furrow method. He would plant on top of the Hills of soil or furrows. That's a common practice out here in the arid Southwest also. It forces the roots to go deeper as they are in slightly drier soil.
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Okay, this has been my theory since I have been gardening for over 38 years, instead of intense work like u r teaching, just plant a few more and do ur best and u will have more than enough tomatoes and relax!
That is true. But I find tending the garden relaxing. But disease would wipe my tomatoes out here in MD. If you have minor disease and minor insects and space. I agree with you. The garden always gives you something. Shop on Amazon and Support The Rusted Garden for Free: Anything you purchase gives a % return back to TRG. Just use The Rusted Garden Link (Looks Like Amazon Search Page) amzn.to/2ttyray anytime you shop. Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos!
Yes, I see ur point. I am trying some of the ideas to avoid blight, but mostly I do not have the time to do all the things u do with ur plants. All good to know if one has the time to do them, but overall, it is easier for me since I have the room to plant more and to some degree let nature take it's course. Thanks for all ur helpful information!
Vivian I plant in raw compost with wood shavings with bunny manure, Leaves, twigs, weeds and veggie scraps. my tomatoes love it and they wont stop growing and all i been doing is adding more leaves sticks and food scraps and some wood shavings from my bunnies... they do not need as much water and haven't been wilting in the heat or have their leaves curling. set it and for get it and pick as the tomatoes get ripe. lol Yes I'm a lazy gardener to some but i want happy plants and plants been surviving longer then man. In the woods of Tennessee the places i noticed plants growing like crazy was where leaves pilled up the fall before. so up here in southeastern Washington State dry semi arid dessert it works just the same way. when i had volunteer potatoes from my peelings tossed in a compost pile grow up an give us a free unattended crop of potatoes i was sold on being a copy cat to mother nature. I do add little surfer and Diatomaceous Earth to keep fleas out of my yard I'm sure the tomatoes and other veggies benefit from it as well. i do find my tomatoes last year and this year love eggshell puree lol best part is they are bug free and have no diseases
One of the basic rules for growing Giant tomatoes is to never let a cluster of tomatoes develop . I always pinch off all but the largest blossom do the plant puts all its energy into that. My personal best is a tomato that at was about 4 pounds. That was a Big Zac hybrid.
Regarding the compost top dressing...what if you have already a layer of mulch around the plants? Do you push the mulch to the side, lay down the compost and spread the mulch back on top of the compost?
I discovered a huge tomato on my Black Brandywine plant in addition to many smaller ones and flowers. The only pruning was lower branches and leaves about 12 ins up..let your Beefstake produce..
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Coffee grounds are acidic but when spread over the soil has a minimal effect on the soil pH. They do, however, contain allelopathic chemicals that can inhibit growth in certain susceptible plants. Once the coffee grounds fully decompose this is not a concern.
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I have a reply to the question what would I do to increase the size of that bottom tomato.. I would remove all folliage underneath that tomato. Its a good practice for vine tomato's, all leaves and dead flower clusters, etc. are removed from beneath the lowest developing tomato cluster.
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Hey Gary i will be eating my first indigo apple tomato soon well my first of the blue tomato all together and the excitement is building i really wished i had grown the blueberry tomato but there s always next year
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I envy your moderate temperatures, comparing month by month average temps there with my area of Oklahoma you have many more that fall into a good range for tomato blossom set.
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People say not to use organic matter in containers that your asking for disease but i have been doing it for 3 years now with good results i even have worms living in my soil from time to time i bury banana peels for them worms lived there through my cold winter in kentucky zone 6b i even use worm castings in my seed mix Another question i have is If Vermastrea is pure worm casting why is nt it black in color i use wiggle worm which is way cheaper with great results would you consider doing a comparison between wiggle worm and vermastrea
Worm castings are black, but when you make a tea with it the tea is a nice brown. For best results when brewing the tea add a few tablespoons of molasses and aerate w an aquarium pump. The beneficial bacteria will multiply rapidly and provide your plants assistance in up taking nutrients from the soil. I use worm castings in my soil when planting and then use the tea daily to water the baby plants when they are getting started. Later I switch to using the tea once a week or so.
Bonnie Burdine the vermisterra worm castings are dried I believe. While the wiggle worms are just packaged. The verimisterra might be expensive due to brand name. Which is why I don’t use it. Too expensive considering I can get a 30lb bag for 30 bucks. The tea is way to expensive for me as well.
I don't know why they would say that. It is needed and works. Compost is pure black. More casting you have it is a little lighter but when you see me using it often drys out a bit from the sun. Vermisterra is more expensive but you get more castings by weight. And less water weight. I did a quick comparison video on it for seed starting.Other products are cheaper and good but you get compost and castings. Both work. Just find a product you trust and stick with it.
Love it! You just discussed the stages of the Starbucks bags coffee and with that mold I have several bags that I've been waiting to put on my plants and of course they have gotten moldy and I never knew if I was losing quality of them or if they were still life left for me to use later. I also found that same composting bin on craigslist for 25 bucks I feel like I am a mini Gary in the making 😊
The coffee makes great compost. And the composter is really effective. Takes some time to balance the greens and browns but it is cool when it heats up. Thanks for watching.Shop on Amazon and Support The Rusted Garden for Free: Anything you purchase gives a % return back to TRG. Just use The Rusted Garden Link (Looks Like Amazon Search Page) amzn.to/2ttyray anytime you shop. Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos!
Once in the ground. They take off with the warm soil. 8 weeks of growth to get big. Please subscribe as it really helps me & please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Check out my Amazon Storefront for garden lights, seed starting supplies, fertilizer, pest management, books and more! www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim.
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Damn, between you and CaliKim, I'm learning so much. I'm just a hobby gardener growing to feed my family instead of purchasing from the grocery store up here in Canada. I've been gardening for years, but not at the level you are. Do you have suggestions on what to use to feed your tomatoes with a limited budget?
Diane D Ok, thank you Diane for the input. I just started a new hot compost pile and am waiting for that to finish. 😄 I've never heard the drop and chop before, so I looked it up and get the idea behind it and how it works, thank you for that tip. I appreciate it. ❤
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Ty: Gary! I'm just now growing several types of tomatoes first time ever! I live in southeast Louisiana... Zone 8, and concern's about how long it takes to get such glorious tomatoes all over plants and the strength of hight?!🙏
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I decided to try growing yellow squash and zucchini and one tomato plant this year. I enjoy your channel it’s been very helpful. Keep up the good work.
Need to grow one tomato per cluster to really get the big ones and look for super/mega blooms what ever you want to call them i grew a two pound 8 ounce tomato last year on a mega bloom
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Thanks so much for watching. if your first frost is in October or later... tons of stuff. You can actually get peas going now. You can put in pole beans that mature in 60 days. As it cools, spinach and lettuce. Good luck. Ill be talking about the fall garden soon.Shop on Amazon and Support The Rusted Garden for Free: Anything you purchase gives a % return back to TRG. Just use The Rusted Garden Link (Looks Like Amazon Search Page) amzn.to/2ttyray anytime you shop. Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos
I seem to have lots of black fly ( I’m thinking my compost bin is too close to growing area. I’ve sprayed with almost everything I see online, They just did themselves into the soil ?
They can show up. Often Nature takes care of them. Letting the soil surface dry a lot helps. There isn't much else to do. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Check out my Amazon Storefront for garden lights, seed starting supplies, fertilizer, pest management, books and more! www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim. Please subscribe as it really helps me & please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com
You can do either. Depends on the space you have. But I tend to cut to manage size and shape and dont remove them all. The Rusted Garden Vegetable Seeds & Home Garden Supplies: www.therustedgarden.com Earn 15% and become a TRG Affiliate for our seed & garden shop Sign Up Here: bit.ly/4aarkDD
When testing the baking soda spray on your tomato leaves, where do you spray the leaves? Do you spray the leaves at the top of the plant or on the bottom of the plant?
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In general, do you only stake the main stem or do you stake any of the branches. I have the red gardener supply stake and unsure how much of the plant to actually stake/tie up. great video as always!
I have a sulfur (2%) and iron (5%) spray over here which is also acidic. I'm using it for my lemon trees and it does a really good job greening the leaves. Also citrus plants like lower pH as well. Wondering if I can use it for my tomatoes as, too?
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Gary, what are your thoughts on using a bonemeal amendment at the start of the season before planting? My understanding is this gives you some magnesium as well, would an epsom salt application be more likely to overdose the plant in that case?
Bone meal is great. And ES, I use far less than I ounce did. I only recommend it 1 or 2x's and very little quick poor on the roots. This way you don't over do it and as a micronutrient. The plant has extra but not enough to mess it up. Containers need it more as I described than earth beds.Please check out my seed and garden shop at www.therustedgarden.com
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I wouldnt. Let them grow. More poundage that way and no guarantee that removing would make them bigger since they have been growing. Check out my blog post for more details on Seed Starting Tomatoes Without Grow-Lights and conditions to be cautious of: www.therustedgarden.com/blogs/vegetable-gardening-tips-blog/how-to-grow-tomato-vegetable-transplants-without-grow-lights-principles-examples-planting
Thankyou for this info, . Question, can I use baking soda spray instead of the sulphur for pests? And I today found these itsy bitsy copper brown bead eggs on the top of my squash plants ,I cut those leaves off, but curious as to what kind of eggs this may be, plz tell me what you think.
Baking soda is just for disease. Sulfur is for disease and does kill some insects. You are seeing squash bug eggs. Remove them and neither of those sprays work for squash bugs.Shop on Amazon and Support The Rusted Garden for Free: Anything you purchase gives a % return back to TRG. Just use The Rusted Garden Link (Looks Like Amazon Search Page) amzn.to/2ttyray anytime you shop. Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos!
ive heard that baking soda spay can help stop cracking on tomatoes. I only have a small garden with only1 large tomato producer ( a rutgers) every tomato cracked there still good but looks bad its in a 5gl container. I have several cherry tomatoes there in the ground and havent cracked. We've had some heavy rains so im blaming that for the cracks (not me LOL). I know they need regular schedule water or consistent amount of watering but i cant explain that to mother nature. Next time i plan on trying the baking soda spayed on the fruit itself.
Hi Gary, thanks for the video. I have had issues in the past using elemental sulfur, as once absorbed into the soil overtime from watering the plants/rain etc it increased the acidity in the soil as it naturally turns into sulfuric acid. I lost a number of plants due to nutrient deficiencies and I was using less than your recommendation. Cheers.
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What is your temp zone? Where are you located? I think I might be over watering a bit but as the heat sets in everything in the garden wilts if i skip a day.
I get decent shade around 3 PM from trees in the yard and Im zone 6a/6b right on the cusp of both. When i mention I see wilt it is around 10 am in the morning if i skip a day watering. WE get a lot of humidity and wind here so it just sucks it right out. I think shade cloth might take too much sun from the rest of the garden, maybe? Maybe like a 40% shade cloth or one that blocks 40% of the shade? Will it still allow enough sun for tomatoes and peppers?
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Hi Gary, I've tried a tumbling composter for last 2 years with no success. Mine is a lot larger than yours. I must not be getting the ingredients right as it never gets hot and it's black too and in direct sun. I add both green grass, dry leaves and fresh kitchen refuse along with dry newspaper, brown grocery bags to increase the dry ingredients and also keep it damp enough to equal a damp sponge. And I turn it every 3-4 days once it is loaded. I can pile my regular compost pile up higher (close to 3 feet) and it gets hot within a few days but the tumbler never gets hot. Do you have any advice on how to get the proper % of each type of ingredient
So the video linked shows my process if you didn't already watch it. I went with 2:1 ration Nitrogen to Brown. It worked well with the coffee grounds. Once you get the formula down they take off.Shop on Amazon and Support The Rusted Garden for Free: Anything you purchase gives a % return back to TRG. Just use The Rusted Garden Link (Looks Like Amazon Search Page) amzn.to/2ttyray anytime you shop. Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos!
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Compost can be done monthly for sure. More frequently if you want. It is a slow and steady feed.Shop on Amazon and Support The Rusted Garden for Free: Anything you purchase gives a % return back to TRG. Just use The Rusted Garden Link (Looks Like Amazon Search Page) amzn.to/2ttyray anytime you shop. Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos!
I let the spiders go crazy around my gardens. I haven't seen any bugs all summer. We are getting a lot of rain now and it is supposed to last a week. Getting nervous. I am actually growing and getting grape tomatoes here in Alaska without a greenhouse. I'm praying for more sun.
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Do you make your own wormcast tea, and if so .... how would you compare it to compost tea? Your garden is looking great .... I've only just started getting any tomatoes on my plants (peppers are doing better). I have not seen one bumblebee this year yet ..... that is my number one pollinator ..... not good! I'm having to tap on the plants, which is nuts. I have some marigolds growing in small buckets here and there to try and attract more pollinators, but I'm not seeing any results. I think most of my pollination is caused by wind action. This is one weird growing season for me so far. Take care & happy growing to you and all your followers out there in the ethernet ~8^)
David Straub worm tea, increases a lot of the microbial activity. If you use worm tea, make sure you get some of the good worm tea onto the leaves. Plants will absorb the worm tea from their leaves. Pretty much a foliar spray. Compost tea, would work as well, but I usually use it in the soil. So I use kelp and fish as my liquid fertilizers. Whole garden tone and compost are my longterm fertilizers.
David Straub as for the pollinators, tomatoes and peppers don’t need bee pollination. Their flowers have both male and female parts. So bees aren’t necessary for them. Bees have a schedule, so they might show up much earlier in the morning to much later in the day.
Thanks for your reply .... this is the first time I've not seen bumblebees working my garden, and it is my understanding that they are THE pollinators for tomatoes and peppers, along with sweat bees. I'm in my garden several times a day and even in the dark with a headlamp to avoid the heat of day ...... nothing! Why do I see so many people using electric toothbrushes to simulate the bee's vibrations, or even a Q-tip to transfer pollen? Is that just not necessary?
I use fish emulsion and garden tome as well ...... I'm new to wormcastings and have added them to my container mix this year. I will sure try it as a foliar ....... thanks for the tip. Best of luck in your garden.
David Straub the bees help the pollination occur faster. I should have mentioned that before, my mistake. The electric toothbrushes are to help pollinate faster as well, therefore to emulate a bee. Again, the stipulation of a tomato and a pepper, is more to get both pollinated quicker. An easier way to do it, is just shake the plant every day, or twice a dAy. Shaking the plant helps strengthen the plant root system, so it’s a plus. But most of all, shaking the plant, helps get the pollination done quicker. We might have a bee shortage this year. I haven’t seen to many of them in my garden. I personally wonder if Zika got to a lot of our bees.
Love your videos and thanks! I agree with you that epsom salts aren’t needed but why do you keep promoting it? I think the science says almost all soils have an abundance of magnesium and sulphur.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN - if I may, why mention it at all then? I look at epsom salts as one of those 'cure all' myths that gets heavily promoted and perhaps used by vid producers to get views. I think you're way better than that and was surprised to see you mentioning it! Years ago I was using Tums and epsom salts and egg shells and, and, and......but started reading about the science of soil and following folks like Craig LeHoullier and Brad Gates who've made significant contributions to the tomato world & dispell many of the myths.
Bruh I got one tomato plant you inspired me to grow it. It’s called big boy tomatoes and yes I bought it for the name. Now It’s like 6 feet tall and I’m like GODDAMN cuz I don’t have no money for no stakes and it’s hanging over. I tried using sticks out the yard but they break wen it rains hard. I’m from Louisiana. Horribly fucked up weather. Excuse my profanity. so I’m wondering can I just like.... cut it down maybe? And also what’s bugging me is it’s so hot my tomatoes won’t ripen on the vine. So I left some on there and they got BRUISED. And I’ve been having this plant for 5 months and still haven’t eaten it’s tomatoes (it barely produces any it’s all foliage TOO MUCH FOLIAGE) because they always come off green or bruised or with holes or something. And I’m trying Gary I’m really trying. It’s ONE PLANT Gary....
McGRIDDLEpussy if you want to turn the tomatoes red, quit watering it. I understand it rains a lot in Louisiana. So perhaps the banana and paper bag method should come in hand for ripening the last tomatoes
Hmmm. Well you did get it growing. Bamboo works well if you have bamboo in your County. If you can stake it. Mulch the dirt with grass clippings or hay. Let It sprawl on the ground. That will work.
@1:33 Next time just get few big tomatoes from store and hang it on the plant and show it to her i did that once to my neighbor you should of seen his eyes,lol
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you said compost ratio is 2 to 1 or 3 to 1 but you did say(or maybe i just missed it) if its 2 browns(carbon) to 1 green(nitrogen) or is it the other way around. Depending on who you listen to you can hear both. I have more faith in your knowledge than i do any other youtube channel. Also if removing some of the tomatoes and flowers make the remaining ones get bigger than i dont understand why you wouldn't do that with the one you have the challenge with.
It is even more confusing than that as each product is given a number. take a look at this www.homecompostingmadeeasy.com/carbonnitrogenratio.htmlBut I go with visually like 2 or 3 to 1 coffee (green) to 1 carbon (browns). If it doesn't heat up and green. If it smells and some brown. But what I gave you is visual. Shop on Amazon and Support The Rusted Garden for Free: Anything you purchase gives a % return back to TRG. Just use The Rusted Garden Link (Looks Like Amazon Search Page) amzn.to/2ttyray anytime you shop. Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos!
I've tried telling a crazed organic grower, that will literally pull in people's yards and get out asking and trying to tell people how they should this and not that! I said: I use all organics, not epsom salt he said, I said... It's simple... All items with labels "Organic," yes, they have most all organic processes in products, but nothing is total organic! 1 way to another, you will find at least 1 type of chemical in any organic uses!
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Nice plant! Looks like you may win against Kim. I had several that were around a pound but the heat and drought(4th worst on record) killed everyone's plants down here. Are you able to get Starbucks coffee without the old filters in them?
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I am curious on quantity and total pounds. But I think I might still have a shot.Shop on Amazon and Support The Rusted Garden for Free: Anything you purchase gives a % return back to TRG. Just use The Rusted Garden Link (Looks Like Amazon Search Page) amzn.to/2ttyray anytime you shop. Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos!
Norbert Simeon I am not Gary, but did you add some water for the birds near your tomatoes? Most say birds eat tomatoes for the moisture content, and if they have a water source nearby the drink the water instead.
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I’m watching your older videos again for the start of this year’s gardening season in zone 8B in Coastal Georgia.
Good luck this year.
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I had end rot problems a few years ago. I read up epsom salt helps get rid of that problem. So I started using it the same way you mention in this video, once when I first plant them and again sometime in the middle of the season. And for the past few years now, no more end rot.
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I buy seeds from your site every year. I like your Cukes and Zukes package and every year I try a different variety of tomatoes. They grow great no complaints over here. I live in a 6a zone
Gary I love your channel. This year I planted 12 tomato plants, two of which were big beef. I live in zone nine which is very sunny and hot. My yard gets about 10 hours of direct sunlight. I usually get early,middle and late blight. I decided to put a black cloth on my surface before planting and I built a pre-fab shade canopy with 40-50% shade cloth. The results were unbelievable. Best season of yield I have ever had. Biggest difference? No blight.
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Your tomatoes really look great, Gary. Nice and green and healthy. Mine are starting to get tired here on the southeast coast of North Carolina. Most of the fruit has been harvested and I'm beginning the leaf spot battle. This weather pattern we're going to be stuck in for the next week or two won't help things. Keep up the good work! Can't wait to see how your beefsteak contest ends.
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I lived in eastern North Carolina for about 20 years. I suspect you're getting a lot of rain which might be purging nutrients out of your topsoil? My neighbor was successful using the furrow method. He would plant on top of the Hills of soil or furrows. That's a common practice out here in the arid Southwest also. It forces the roots to go deeper as they are in slightly drier soil.
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Top dressing with compost will really give your plants a boost.
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Okay, this has been my theory since I have been gardening for over 38 years, instead of intense work like u r teaching, just plant a few more and do ur best and u will have more than enough tomatoes and relax!
That is true. But I find tending the garden relaxing. But disease would wipe my tomatoes out here in MD. If you have minor disease and minor insects and space. I agree with you. The garden always gives you something. Shop on Amazon and Support The Rusted Garden for Free: Anything you purchase gives a % return back to TRG. Just use The Rusted Garden Link (Looks Like Amazon Search Page) amzn.to/2ttyray anytime you shop. Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos!
Yes, I see ur point. I am trying some of the ideas to avoid blight, but mostly I do not have the time to do all the things u do with ur plants. All good to know if one has the time to do them, but overall, it is easier for me since I have the room to plant more and to some degree let nature take it's course. Thanks for all ur helpful information!
Vivian I plant in raw compost with wood shavings with bunny manure, Leaves, twigs, weeds and veggie scraps. my tomatoes love it and they wont stop growing and all i been doing is adding more leaves sticks and food scraps and some wood shavings from my bunnies... they do not need as much water and haven't been wilting in the heat or have their leaves curling. set it and for get it and pick as the tomatoes get ripe. lol Yes I'm a lazy gardener to some but i want happy plants and plants been surviving longer then man. In the woods of Tennessee the places i noticed plants growing like crazy was where leaves pilled up the fall before. so up here in southeastern Washington State dry semi arid dessert it works just the same way. when i had volunteer potatoes from my peelings tossed in a compost pile grow up an give us a free unattended crop of potatoes i was sold on being a copy cat to mother nature. I do add little surfer and Diatomaceous Earth to keep fleas out of my yard I'm sure the tomatoes and other veggies benefit from it as well. i do find my tomatoes last year and this year love eggshell puree lol best part is they are bug free and have no diseases
What's going on with your community garden?
One of the basic rules for growing Giant tomatoes is to never let a cluster of tomatoes develop . I always pinch off all but the largest blossom do the plant puts all its energy into that. My personal best is a tomato that at was about 4 pounds. That was a Big Zac hybrid.
Regarding the compost top dressing...what if you have already a layer of mulch around the plants? Do you push the mulch to the side, lay down the compost and spread the mulch back on top of the compost?
Nope it will wash down and all that. Your good.
I discovered a huge tomato on my Black Brandywine plant in addition to many smaller ones and flowers. The only pruning was lower branches and leaves about 12 ins up..let your Beefstake produce..
Nice!
Great video. I guess am obssesed with tomatoes.
Every plant is looking nice!
I believe you are the winner of the contest!
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Coffee grounds are acidic but when spread over the soil has a minimal effect on the soil pH. They do, however, contain allelopathic chemicals that can inhibit growth in certain susceptible plants. Once the coffee grounds fully decompose this is not a concern.
Good info
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Well done as always!!!
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I have a reply to the question what would I do to increase the size of that bottom tomato.. I would remove all folliage underneath that tomato. Its a good practice for vine tomato's, all leaves and dead flower clusters, etc. are removed from beneath the lowest developing tomato cluster.
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Hey Gary i will be eating my first indigo apple tomato soon well my first of the blue tomato all together and the excitement is building i really wished i had grown the blueberry tomato but there s always next year
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I have a huge beefsteak plant, it's over 8' tall. It has at least 70+ tomatoes on it but they're all small. I won't be winning any contests
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What can you do about Lantern bugs in your vegetable garden?
I envy your moderate temperatures, comparing month by month average temps there with my area of Oklahoma you have many more that fall into a good range for tomato blossom set.
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People say not to use organic matter in containers that your asking for disease but i have been doing it for 3 years now with good results i even have worms living in my soil from time to time i bury banana peels for them worms lived there through my cold winter in kentucky zone 6b i even use worm castings in my seed mix Another question i have is If Vermastrea is pure worm casting why is nt it black in color i use wiggle worm which is way cheaper with great results would you consider doing a comparison between wiggle worm and vermastrea
Worm castings are black, but when you make a tea with it the tea is a nice brown. For best results when brewing the tea add a few tablespoons of molasses and aerate w an aquarium pump. The beneficial bacteria will multiply rapidly and provide your plants assistance in up taking nutrients from the soil. I use worm castings in my soil when planting and then use the tea daily to water the baby plants when they are getting started. Later I switch to using the tea once a week or so.
Bonnie Burdine the vermisterra worm castings are dried I believe. While the wiggle worms are just packaged.
The verimisterra might be expensive due to brand name. Which is why I don’t use it. Too expensive considering I can get a 30lb bag for 30 bucks.
The tea is way to expensive for me as well.
I don't know why they would say that. It is needed and works. Compost is pure black. More casting you have it is a little lighter but when you see me using it often drys out a bit from the sun. Vermisterra is more expensive but you get more castings by weight. And less water weight. I did a quick comparison video on it for seed starting.Other products are cheaper and good but you get compost and castings. Both work. Just find a product you trust and stick with it.
Love it! You just discussed the stages of the Starbucks bags coffee and with that mold I have several bags that I've been waiting to put on my plants and of course they have gotten moldy and I never knew if I was losing quality of them or if they were still life left for me to use later. I also found that same composting bin on craigslist for 25 bucks I feel like I am a mini Gary in the making 😊
The coffee makes great compost. And the composter is really effective. Takes some time to balance the greens and browns but it is cool when it heats up. Thanks for watching.Shop on Amazon and Support The Rusted Garden for Free: Anything you purchase gives a % return back to TRG. Just use The Rusted Garden Link (Looks Like Amazon Search Page) amzn.to/2ttyray anytime you shop. Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos!
How long did it take for you to get high tomato plants and awesome production?
Once in the ground. They take off with the warm soil. 8 weeks of growth to get big.
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Do you ever add prilled sulfur? I have it handy
I have not tried that.
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Damn, between you and CaliKim, I'm learning so much. I'm just a hobby gardener growing to feed my family instead of purchasing from the grocery store up here in Canada. I've been gardening for years, but not at the level you are. Do you have suggestions on what to use to feed your tomatoes with a limited budget?
Make your own compost for FREE!!!! Do the chop and drop method also. :)
Diane D Ok, thank you Diane for the input. I just started a new hot compost pile and am waiting for that to finish. 😄 I've never heard the drop and chop before, so I looked it up and get the idea behind it and how it works, thank you for that tip. I appreciate it. ❤
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Ty: Gary! I'm just now growing several types of tomatoes first time ever! I live in southeast Louisiana... Zone 8, and concern's about how long it takes to get such glorious tomatoes all over plants and the strength of hight?!🙏
They should be fine in your area
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I decided to try growing yellow squash and zucchini and one tomato plant this year. I enjoy your channel it’s been very helpful. Keep up the good work.
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Need to grow one tomato per cluster to really get the big ones and look for super/mega blooms what ever you want to call them i grew a two pound 8 ounce tomato last year on a mega bloom
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Hey Gary, my wife wants to know what she can plant this late in the summer, she likes to pot in pot's ... We love your channel
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I seem to have lots of black fly
( I’m thinking my compost bin is too close to growing area. I’ve sprayed with almost everything I see online,
They just did themselves into the soil ?
They can show up. Often Nature takes care of them. Letting the soil surface dry a lot helps. There isn't much else to do.
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I notice your plants don’t have a lot of foliage, do you trim a bunch of leaves?
14:05 you answered my question lol
I need to do some trimming
Do you cut suckers on a beefsteak or leave them?
You can do either. Depends on the space you have. But I tend to cut to manage size and shape and dont remove them all.
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When testing the baking soda spray on your tomato leaves, where do you spray the leaves?
Do you spray the leaves at the top of the plant or on the bottom of the plant?
I say take off 3-4 tomatoes and leave 2-3 tomatoes on the bush. Then, begin chopping the flower out.
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In general, do you only stake the main stem or do you stake any of the branches. I have the red gardener supply stake and unsure how much of the plant to actually stake/tie up. great video as always!
I have a sulfur (2%) and iron (5%) spray over here which is also acidic. I'm using it for my lemon trees and it does a really good job greening the leaves. Also citrus plants like lower pH as well.
Wondering if I can use it for my tomatoes as, too?
Thanks. Dont know if tomatoes would like it. But I always say experiment. Give it to a few. See what you notice.
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For a collar spray for fungus, do squashes prefer alkaline or acidic sprays? Lots of good information, as usual.
Thanks for the top dressing suggestion! Will try it now
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Gary, what are your thoughts on using a bonemeal amendment at the start of the season before planting? My understanding is this gives you some magnesium as well, would an epsom salt application be more likely to overdose the plant in that case?
Bone meal is great. And ES, I use far less than I ounce did. I only recommend it 1 or 2x's and very little quick poor on the roots. This way you don't over do it and as a micronutrient. The plant has extra but not enough to mess it up. Containers need it more as I described than earth beds.Please check out my seed and garden shop at www.therustedgarden.com
Save only one, two or three on all your plants. Go for the win, you can always buy some tomatoes.
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Could you use a surfactant with the Sulfur spray?
You can for sure
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So I’ve got a Fe Beef Steak tomatoes with 12-20 tomatoes in NW Florida, should o remove some of the tomatoes so I get large ones?
I wouldnt. Let them grow. More poundage that way and no guarantee that removing would make them bigger since they have been growing.
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Thank you Gary, this was my first year from seeds.
Thankyou for this info,
. Question, can I use baking soda spray instead of the sulphur for pests? And I today found these itsy bitsy copper brown bead eggs on the top of my squash plants ,I cut those leaves off, but curious as to what kind of eggs this may be, plz tell me what you think.
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ive heard that baking soda spay can help stop cracking on tomatoes. I only have a small garden with only1 large tomato producer ( a rutgers) every tomato cracked there still good but looks bad its in a 5gl container. I have several cherry tomatoes there in the ground and havent cracked. We've had some heavy rains so im blaming that for the cracks (not me LOL). I know they need regular schedule water or consistent amount of watering but i cant explain that to mother nature. Next time i plan on trying the baking soda spayed on the fruit itself.
Hi Gary, thanks for the video.
I have had issues in the past using elemental sulfur, as once absorbed into the soil overtime from watering the plants/rain etc it increased the acidity in the soil as it naturally turns into sulfuric acid. I lost a number of plants due to nutrient deficiencies and I was using less than your recommendation. Cheers.
Wonder what all those farmers did before you told them what they should be doing?
They farmed of course.
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What is your temp zone? Where are you located? I think I might be over watering a bit but as the heat sets in everything in the garden wilts if i skip a day.
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I get decent shade around 3 PM from trees in the yard and Im zone 6a/6b right on the cusp of both. When i mention I see wilt it is around 10 am in the morning if i skip a day watering. WE get a lot of humidity and wind here so it just sucks it right out. I think shade cloth might take too much sun from the rest of the garden, maybe? Maybe like a 40% shade cloth or one that blocks 40% of the shade? Will it still allow enough sun for tomatoes and peppers?
Lots of good info thanks so much!
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OK......it's August 2, did I miss the video that said who won the challenge?
We put some stuff on Instagram. We are doing the weigh in 8/21 as we picked a date to early for ripening.
#teamGary 🍅🍅🍅 fellow zone 7ner 😃😃
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Are these determinate or indeterminate plants?
Large beef are indeterminates.
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Hello Gary, how much Sulphur to a gallon of water?
1 to 2 tablespoons. More when under 80 degrees, less when over 80 degrees.
Coffee ground angel egg shells
Hi Gary, I've tried a tumbling composter for last 2 years with no success. Mine is a lot larger than yours. I must not be getting the ingredients right as it never gets hot and it's black too and in direct sun. I add both green grass, dry leaves and fresh kitchen refuse along with dry newspaper, brown grocery bags to increase the dry ingredients and also keep it damp enough to equal a damp sponge. And I turn it every 3-4 days once it is loaded. I can pile my regular compost pile up higher (close to 3 feet) and it gets hot within a few days but the tumbler never gets hot. Do you have any advice on how to get the proper % of each type of ingredient
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Mine is over 6ft with 48 tomatoes
Nicely done!
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How often should we top dress with compost?
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I let the spiders go crazy around my gardens. I haven't seen any bugs all summer. We are getting a lot of rain now and it is supposed to last a week. Getting nervous. I am actually growing and getting grape tomatoes here in Alaska without a greenhouse. I'm praying for more sun.
Spiders are wonderful. Good luck the rain. Cracking tomatoes might come.
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How do you keep birds from popping your tomatoes?
Bill Allmon it’ll depend on the bird. They seem to take the fruit once the fruit falls off. Squirrels will just eat it off the plant.
Have plenty of drinking water around for them because they are after the water in them.
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Aphids try ment oil.and liquid soap.
Spacing for beefsteak ? I don’t have a lot of room
You can get buy with 2 feet if you stay on managing them
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Do you make your own wormcast tea, and if so .... how would you compare it to compost tea? Your garden is looking great .... I've only just started getting any tomatoes on my plants (peppers are doing better). I have not seen one bumblebee this year yet ..... that is my number one pollinator ..... not good! I'm having to tap on the plants, which is nuts. I have some marigolds growing in small buckets here and there to try and attract more pollinators, but I'm not seeing any results. I think most of my pollination is caused by wind action. This is one weird growing season for me so far. Take care & happy growing to you and all your followers out there in the ethernet ~8^)
David Straub worm tea, increases a lot of the microbial activity. If you use worm tea, make sure you get some of the good worm tea onto the leaves. Plants will absorb the worm tea from their leaves. Pretty much a foliar spray.
Compost tea, would work as well, but I usually use it in the soil. So I use kelp and fish as my liquid fertilizers. Whole garden tone and compost are my longterm fertilizers.
David Straub as for the pollinators, tomatoes and peppers don’t need bee pollination. Their flowers have both male and female parts. So bees aren’t necessary for them.
Bees have a schedule, so they might show up much earlier in the morning to much later in the day.
Thanks for your reply .... this is the first time I've not seen bumblebees working my garden, and it is my understanding that they are THE pollinators for tomatoes and peppers, along with sweat bees. I'm in my garden several times a day and even in the dark with a headlamp to avoid the heat of day ...... nothing! Why do I see so many people using electric toothbrushes to simulate the bee's vibrations, or even a Q-tip to transfer pollen? Is that just not necessary?
I use fish emulsion and garden tome as well ...... I'm new to wormcastings and have added them to my container mix this year. I will sure try it as a foliar ....... thanks for the tip. Best of luck in your garden.
David Straub the bees help the pollination occur faster. I should have mentioned that before, my mistake. The electric toothbrushes are to help pollinate faster as well, therefore to emulate a bee.
Again, the stipulation of a tomato and a pepper, is more to get both pollinated quicker. An easier way to do it, is just shake the plant every day, or twice a dAy. Shaking the plant helps strengthen the plant root system, so it’s a plus. But most of all, shaking the plant, helps get the pollination done quicker.
We might have a bee shortage this year. I haven’t seen to many of them in my garden. I personally wonder if Zika got to a lot of our bees.
Nice grow. Hey man i challenge you to a beed steak tomoatoe winter grow?
I would take you up on it but I dont have a garden right now. I am in the process of moving and hope to have new land soon.
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN o ok. Good luck brother. Ill be here
Love your videos and thanks! I agree with you that epsom salts aren’t needed but why do you keep promoting it? I think the science says almost all soils have an abundance of magnesium and sulphur.
It's a low amount promotion. Containers can use a bit. Large plants take up a lot. Im saying just dont over do it.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN - if I may, why mention it at all then? I look at epsom salts as one of those 'cure all' myths that gets heavily promoted and perhaps used by vid producers to get views. I think you're way better than that and was surprised to see you mentioning it! Years ago I was using Tums and epsom salts and egg shells and, and, and......but started reading about the science of soil and following folks like Craig LeHoullier and Brad Gates who've made significant contributions to the tomato world & dispell many of the myths.
Bruh I got one tomato plant you inspired me to grow it. It’s called big boy tomatoes and yes I bought it for the name. Now It’s like 6 feet tall and I’m like GODDAMN cuz I don’t have no money for no stakes and it’s hanging over. I tried using sticks out the yard but they break wen it rains hard. I’m from Louisiana. Horribly fucked up weather. Excuse my profanity. so I’m wondering can I just like.... cut it down maybe? And also what’s bugging me is it’s so hot my tomatoes won’t ripen on the vine. So I left some on there and they got BRUISED. And I’ve been having this plant for 5 months and still haven’t eaten it’s tomatoes (it barely produces any it’s all foliage TOO MUCH FOLIAGE) because they always come off green or bruised or with holes or something. And I’m trying Gary I’m really trying. It’s ONE PLANT Gary....
McGRIDDLEpussy if it is 5 feet tall, you might have a determinate variety.
McGRIDDLEpussy if you want to turn the tomatoes red, quit watering it.
I understand it rains a lot in Louisiana. So perhaps the banana and paper bag method should come in hand for ripening the last tomatoes
Hmmm. Well you did get it growing. Bamboo works well if you have bamboo in your County. If you can stake it. Mulch the dirt with grass clippings or hay. Let It sprawl on the ground. That will work.
@1:33 Next time just get few big tomatoes from store and hang it on the plant and show it to her i did that once to my neighbor you should of seen his eyes,lol
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The biggest tomato's I've ever had were on plants that were not very big or healthy.
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it was really informative and interesting.Thanks
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our weather here is far better for tomato growing so you defiantly going t beat calikim. lol
jack rudden it’ll be neck and neck. August is a warm month nationally. So with the extended date, it allows for the tomato to grow more.
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California produces 95% of the tomatoes grown in the us
you said compost ratio is 2 to 1 or 3 to 1 but you did say(or maybe i just missed it) if its 2 browns(carbon) to 1 green(nitrogen) or is it the other way around. Depending on who you listen to you can hear both. I have more faith in your knowledge than i do any other youtube channel. Also if removing some of the tomatoes and flowers make the remaining ones get bigger than i dont understand why you wouldn't do that with the one you have the challenge with.
It is even more confusing than that as each product is given a number. take a look at this www.homecompostingmadeeasy.com/carbonnitrogenratio.htmlBut I go with visually like 2 or 3 to 1 coffee (green) to 1 carbon (browns). If it doesn't heat up and green. If it smells and some brown. But what I gave you is visual. Shop on Amazon and Support The Rusted Garden for Free: Anything you purchase gives a % return back to TRG. Just use The Rusted Garden Link (Looks Like Amazon Search Page) amzn.to/2ttyray anytime you shop. Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos!
the link for composting made easy says page isnt working
Teammates try chicken miner
I've tried telling a crazed organic grower, that will literally pull in people's yards and get out asking and trying to tell people how they should this and not that! I said: I use all organics, not epsom salt he said, I said... It's simple... All items with labels "Organic," yes, they have most all organic processes in products, but nothing is total organic! 1 way to another, you will find at least 1 type of chemical in any organic uses!
Im good being 90-95% organic. Plants dont really care to be honest if they get a dash of this or that.
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How do you protect the tomatoes from animals? A raccoon, I think, has decimated my pink brandywine.
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Your ment to look for a mutant flower ???? Then grow that fruit
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Nice plant! Looks like you may win against Kim. I had several that were around a pound but the heat and drought(4th worst on record) killed everyone's plants down here. Are you able to get Starbucks coffee without the old filters in them?
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It's a mistake. Don't you want to win?
I am curious on quantity and total pounds. But I think I might still have a shot.Shop on Amazon and Support The Rusted Garden for Free: Anything you purchase gives a % return back to TRG. Just use The Rusted Garden Link (Looks Like Amazon Search Page) amzn.to/2ttyray anytime you shop. Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos!
birds are my problem
Norbert Simeon I am not Gary, but did you add some water for the birds near your tomatoes? Most say birds eat tomatoes for the moisture content, and if they have a water source nearby the drink the water instead.
They attack my tomatoes even its raining,so I just have to endure that.lol