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I’m a first time gardener. I’ve been overwhelmed with amount of videos & various ways on growing tomatoes. I watched one of your older videos to learn about lighting for seedlings. Found it so helpful. Grateful for the seasoned advice offered here. Thank you from Montana.
Okay. I got a whole lot of REAL information from this. Long video, but filled with proven information. Did not bury my poor tomato plants this year. Something always seemed a bit odd about that even if I had a good crop. I am working on my tomato plants right now so as instructed, I grabbed my oyster shell and blended it up while on pause, then my bone meal, then some kelp (organic) then grabbed my DE and added it to the pot and mixed, etc.. I grow in containers so I plan to add a lot less to the soil all at once, but to feed it more often as we move into warmer weather and as each plant lets me know it needs something. I love the last few seconds of the video more, or at least as much as any other part. Praying for other people, animals and our plants is always a good idea. Thank you for this wonderful video. I'll be calling you out if I find out I should have buried some eggs and bananas in my soil, but I doubt that is going to happen.
I started germinating tomato seeds after watching your videos! Thank you for taking the time to make the video, and for the tips! Its fascinating how these plant grows, by the hand of God!
Isn't it amazing! And to think that God himself used his own two hands to plant a garden that was absolutely the perfect place to place His creature man,He spoke the universe into existence but He planted a garden for man,no wonder it brings peace to spend time in our gardens,another interesting fact is that we're made of the dust of the ground and I find that what plants need is quite similar to what we need in order to have good health! Blessings to you!
@@GardeningHomesteadingWoodworkIt is amazing, and I truly agree to it! I started a challenge, that I would grow tomatoes only watching your videos! I will try to : ) Blessing to you brother Luke as well!
If you have questions don't be afraid to ask,we'll try to answer the best we can and hopefully in a timely way,I know that that might not always be the case as the channel is growing quite rapidly!
My question is does he come back and add any more fertilizer during the growning period of the plant and if so adds the same application as the beginning?
I enjoyed the video, but that is a lot of amendments to buy on a limited income. I did notice, also, that the oyster shell flour didn't come up on Amazon. I'm glad you talked about the necessity of air flow because when I started growing my first couple of tomato plants in grow bags I thought they looked so very bushy but was afraid of cutting anything off and couldn't find any information at the time. Thank you.
I too appreciated the video so much, but the amount of soil amendments are a lot. Would love to know if there is something that combines these amendments or certain priorities
Excellent informative video! Thank you for the demonstration. I already have mine out here in MO. Made some mistakes, but a couple of things correct. With 6 to 8 plants, I usually have tomatoes to share with rhe neighbors... I will gather and incoporate both methods and amendments next time.
Fabulous channel Superb information from a top grower The fertilisation amendments you mentioned Are they different for a polytunnel? I'd love your thoughts on a moveable polytunnel. For soil benefits Many thanks from the uk
Amendments would be the same for either outdoors or in a tunnel,you would apply them at different times though. My previous greenhouse was a small 14x20 movable greenhouse on rails,it was nice but I don't think it's necessary, I've been growing in my current tunnel for 7 or 8 yrs and have not had any issues whatsoever because of it not being movable.
Funny about tomato's falling over. In many garden groups and so many post of pics after a storm of tomato plants destroyed. Many are putting them in 3 foot raised beds which is crazy. They're tall so no need to elevate. And they're not staking or providing any supports. All tomato's need a fence or trellis or something to lean on or what you did here. Every one of mine are supported one way or another and I've never lost a plant.
Mine are in high beds, and trellised like his. High beds are great even with tomatoes for back issues, critters like my digging puppies. lol btw did you know potatoes fly? My pup was in my 30 gallon pot digging and the tatters were flying. The squirt! 😂
About planting them deeper if they grown too large: I happen to have some excess tomato seedlings. I put them in a glass of water while I was trying to figure out if I would throw them away. I can confirm: Sideroots form very fast on tomato's. So I don't think planting tomato's deepr is bad, especially if they grown large because you have to keep them inside too long because of bad (cold) weather outside.
I think that you may have missed the point about why it's not good to plant them deeper,the reason is given that planting deeper puts the existing root mass down into colder soil which will slow the productivity, yes they do root very quickly but to bury them deeply is just going to slow the growth down, so instead of gaining anything your actually loosing so why do it and if the plant is that big you've already hindered it's potential to some degree, if it was advantages to plant deep all the competition tomato growers would be doing it and I definitely would be doing deep planting or trench planting if it was advantages as I like to keep ahead of all the other growers😁 may God bless you!
Can you tell us where you purchase the silver shade cloth for the tomatoes? I do not see that listed under all of your affiliate links. Thanks so much!
50:19 in is my favorite moment. Not because I learned a lot, not because of the setting and the rain mist in background and not just because of the happy laughter and smiles but because it is God's work. Thanks for the tips. I'm implementing them. Look forward to this blessed season ahead. God's always present. We just need to open our hearts to Him.
You are probably the first tomato gardener person on UA-cam that I have seen who says you don’t have to plant super deep. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. 🍅
Since all his world record tomatoes were grown with normal rooting depth (not deep or trench methods), hopefully people will realize deep or trench rooting is not necessary. There may be some merit to deep rooting in certain extra hot climates/soil types, but that can be remedied by proper shading and soil biology.
To be fai,r and I'm not here to say one way is better than the other . You used like 6 to 8 different fertilizers. Someone who only uses homemade compost may indeed have to plant their tomato plants deeper for bigger root systems because their plants will only get the nutrition that's naturally in the soil. Meanwhile your plants they don't really have to go down deep into the ground looking for all the nutrients because you mix it right on top of it. Again just a thought not here to say one way is better than the other.
@@pawelmirakowski1477big waste of time, not just for you but for the tomatoes. It's going to have to spend a bunch of energy growing new roots on the stem you just buried instead of using all its energy to grow the already established roots and the plant.
You should pre-mix this and sell it. You would have the BEST tomato feeding mix on the market, hands-down! I would buy it, and I'm pretty sure lots of others would too.
My ah-ha moment is to not deep, deep plant the tomato because of the soil being cold the deeper in the garden. I always tried to grow my seedlings early so I could deep plant. This year my seedlings will be small! Can’t wait to see how they react to the warmer soil around the root ball. Thank you for that knowledge.
I graduated in 1977 with a degree in horticulture but only worked in the field for two years after graduating. I went into IT but getting ready for retirement and am returning to do vegetable gardening soon. It is great to hear you both use proper terminology and science in your videos. Real world experience added in is priceless and really appreciated. I am in Reno, NV also in the high desert and am fortunate to have found you both!
Those are some expensive tomatoes. I'm going with a permaculture method with good old fashioned compost n I use cardboard on top of grass n allow lots of things to grow around n companion planting not trying to beat your world record 😂
They really aren't expensive when you consider the lbs of produce and the close spacing along with all the health benefits of all the minerals,compost will never have that many minerals in it and if the minerals aren't in the compost or soil they're not going to be in the produce/tomatoes either! I totally agree with using compost but compost alone isn't enough to provide the full spectrum of minerals! Thanks for your comment,we appreciate it! Blessings to you!
What other mulches can you recommend? I do not have access to 2 year old straw. Thank you!!! Your channel is so informative. I have been doing gardening in a different, but will try your way this season. I mainly do my garden in buckets
If it helps, I use natural cedar mulch. It helps keep certain pests away and has always worked great for me. Just make sure it's natural with no die or anything in it.
I have learned a lot once again. I’m one of those people who gets anxious to start my seedlings to early. This year I waited until this week April 6th to start them. I’ll be putting them out early May. I’m am anxious to see how they do this year. I have most of the amendments that you have shown. I’ll put them in soon. Thank you so much!
Wonderful info, but so much money spent on soil additives. Nice man who takes his tomatoes to the limit! The commentator sounds like another guy I listen to from Soft White Underbelly.
Could you please make a vide0 on your composting methods? live on a less than acre piece of land and am trying to make the most of it. Some people's setups are too big for me and some seem too small and gimmicky like the cheap plastic tumblers. l'd love to hear your thoughts! Thanks for sharing!
Please make a video on building your trellis, first time gardener here at 70-yrs old 😅 due to delayed recovery following my serious back injury. I’m SO glad I found your channel cuz I only buy/eat Organic produce.
Do you rotate planting areas for your tomatoes or do you plant them in the same area every year ? Thank you for a wonderful video, I’ll definitely be adding these amendments to my soil when I plant this year.
I never rotate my crops,and I either use the dead plants at the end of the season for mulch or compost them and put back on the ground where they came from,blessings to you!
We don't rotate, either. When you look at nature, she doesn't rotate her crops. A lot of plants will self-sow for the following season, and tomatoes are one of them, even in my zone 5b! I find it better and easier to just let the seedlings grow up where they started rather than digging them up and transplanting them elsewhere, even though I do move some because one dropped tomato from the previous season can throw up about twenty seedlings the following spring :) Also, if there were any issues that the original parent plant encountered, that plant passes that information along to its seeds, so by NOT rotating, you wind up with stronger, healthier and better adapted plants with each subsequent year ;)
If we were closer geographically I would GLADLY buy you dinner; just for what I've learned from TWO of your videos.'. It's like education condensed, God Bless.
Great advice but I’m thinking you guys should just be selling your own blend.kinda expensive to buy all the components. Easier for small gardeners if it was all in one. Just my thoughts. Thank You for all the info. Would you also use the same ratio if growing in a container in a Greenhouse. I live in Saskatchewan Canada.
You're correct, the things you referred to as suckers are side shoots or branche 45:19 s, suckers only grow at ground level and are roots that travel away from the plant and suck nutrients from the ground reducing the nutrient flow to the main plant where one wants the fruits to grow. Mountain Ash trees are a good example of a plant that throws out suckers. I don't know who started calling side shoots 'suckers' but they're not correct. You grow your tomatoes the same as I do and I get really good produce. I also grow my cucumber plants the same way. Happy gardening 😊🌱☀️
I kinda just use the terminology that the general public is most familiar with, I switch terms up just so people know what I'm talking about. Thanks for you comment, we appreciate it! Blessings to you!
Amen! I did t know that about tomatoe root zones I grow in raised beds and keep my tomatoes pruned neatly so to avoid the Forrest that they can become. Thank you for the video! Your channel has really grown in the last two months!
Thank you for making this video. We are getting our vegetable garden going and tomatoes will be among them. We bought some heirloom tomatoes from an Amish man at a farmers market. They were the BEST tasting tomatoes we have ever eaten! So I fermented and saved the seeds. Planting some this season, and I am so excited to see what we get! I'll be posting our videos soon too.
Wonderful information as always. I'm so glad you suggest cutting the suckers. That is my happy time in the garden lol. Your dad is a trooper standing out in that chilly spring rain. But us gardeners are a hardy bunch. Keep up the great work you two. Really enjoying your videos!!
you are exactly right about those tomato cages. I've never had good luck with them so now after watching this video I will be installing a trellising system similar to the one you use. Thank you for this video.
Hi first time I have seen your site. Very good. Wow that is a lot of nutrients to add to the soil. I bet those tomatoes have great flavor. Like how you end the video. Yes, the Way, the truth and the life Amen 🙏
Thanks and you're welcome! You don't have to add as much as we do, but we feel it is the optimum amount. Just reduce the amounts in the correct ratio and it will still be very helpful for the plants, especially if your soil is depleted or lacking nutrients for the plants and microbes. Blessings!
@@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork Thank you so much! I enjoyed this very informative video and for the first time, ever, I am not going to bury the stems in a trough! I look forward to the results in a couple of months!
You mentioned not starting your tomatoes early. We have a short growing season because of the heat; not the cold. We get no production in July and August as we are well over 100 degrees (Texas 8a) so it’s a race to get them producing before the summer heat hits. Hopefully if they survive we will get some more before frost. What would be your strategy in our climate? I was considering growing mostly determinates to get as much production as possible.
You should be fine starting a little later, but if too late you'll have issues with ripening in cool/cold weather which many times makes for bland flavored tomatoes. Just something to consider.
@@Finchersfarmstead I started some in June last year to plant out a fall crop in July. They struggled terribly with the heat and none ripened in time before frost. This year I’m going to start in May and transplant in June. I think I will have more success getting roots established and also I think planting determinate or cherry varieties that ripen quicker will give me a better chance for success.
I’m in 8b and tried for 2 years now, setting out plants on July 04.. it’s just so brutally hot that it hasn’t really been worth it. They do grow, and they make tomatoes, but they are tennis ball-ish or smaller and struggle. Aug 28th and it’s 100 degrees here in ARKANSAS.. and I use 40-50% shade cloth as well…
So much information ❤ I have tried different staking techniques thru the years. Last year i tried the florida weave and had negative results. I prefer tposts with a conduit pipe at the top held in place with plumbers tees and vertical strings for the tomatoes to grow up on. I was able to prune and harvest with ease.
So awesome! Love watching a Father and son love each other so much. And the icing on the cake was the scripture bringing Jesus in the picture. God bless and keep you! ❤️❤️❤️🙏
Hello 👋🏻 Greetings from Wales UK Wow I learned so much from this one video I am going to subscribe for sure. I really value & appreciate your knowledge & wisdom. I pray God blesses you both & your family & clothes you all in the armour of God🙏🏻 Annie
To be fair and I'm not here to say one way is better than the other . You used like 6 to 8 different fertilizers. Someone who only uses homemade compost may indeed have to plant their tomato plants deeper for bigger root systems because their plants will only get the nutrition that's naturally in the soil. Meanwhile your plants they don't really have to go down deep into the ground looking for all the nutrients because you mix it right on top of it. Again just a thought not here to say one way is better than the other.
I so enjoyed this video. I learned a ton. I had no idea about pruning the suckers off of the plant. I live in an apt. I’m going to try a couple of tomatoes on the deck. I get sun starting at around noon. They will be in 15 gallon felt pots. I got organic vegetable soil that has all this ingredients in it. But I was going to add calcium from egg shells I’ve ground up. I was also going to try a cherry tomato from the hanging method. Do you have any advice on this? And I am so appreciative on knowing what shade cloth to use. I knew I was going to need one for the extreme summer heat I will get because I face west. The afternoon sun makes it unbearable to be out on the porch. I really look forward to the day when I can stake my tomatoes properly. Hopefully in a year or so I will have a yard. In the meantime I’m excited to be learning from you. I look forward to the seed video. Have a prosperous growing season. God Bless You and your Family. 🦋
I probably wouldn't waste my time on the hanging tomato ,I'd recommend a dwarf determinate or indeterminate depending on if you have a way to support the indeterminate which may get to 3 to 4 feet tall. Try to use a light colored grow bag or find some way to shade those black grow bags as the roots don't like being hot. Happy growing and hope you can get a place where you can grow in the ground!
I understand that you like to grow world record tomatoes but for me all I want are good eating tomatoes lol it seems like you put a lot of different stuff to make yours grow but nothing wrong with that either for me I just like to keep things a little simpler! Keep up the good work I really enjoy watching your videos
I use a drip tubing with an emitter every 12 inches or so and usually plant tomatoes and other plants a few inches from the emitters. The tubing will most likely need to be replaced and I've considered to drip tape. In your opinion is one better than the other? What type of drip tape do you use? Does it come in different types that put out more or less water? How long do you run it? Just found your channel. Good Stuff!
The way you have this video set up (context of information) is fantastic. Starting with "types" of tomatoes, so very important for planning. "Seed starting" when/why. "Hardening off" when/why. "Soil prep/amendments" how/why/what. The tips on straw and why you shouldn't till... thank you!!! "Transplanting" placing, how deep to plant to tips on trellising."Midseason amending". Tips of things not to do!!!! Thank you!!!
Green sand is used in casting big metal items in pattern form. /tough to source many of the minerals in small amounts here in Canada. I use fish tank culture starter to help with soil breakdown. 18lb tomato Heinz would be envious grew up beside a ketchup factory.
Awesome video, guys. Thanks for this layout of all the information your dad has provided. Now I gotta find the few more ammendments he mentioned. This is great. Keep up the great content.
Thanks for the knowledge! Please you guys have to research the aloe vera! It has over 20 of 22 the essential amino acids for plant growth, plus all the vitamins for rooting hormones and the sapinins that help with the plants S.A.R. (systemic acquired resistance) to pest and pathogens, and even extreme temperatures! It is also a wetting agent for hydrophobic soil properties. Also wouldn't a compost tea after planting help warm up and wake up the soil biology?
I've used it for a while but I never could see anything that would give me to believe there was any benefit from it so I decided not to use it anymore,in theory it sounds great but I never experienced any benefit from it,maybe others have. My soil is very fertil and biologically active and maybe that's the reason why I didn't see any benefit whereas someone else may have poorer soil and see a positive response. Thanks for the comment we appreciate all the comments!
Great information to no surprise. I lost all my tomatoes and peppers to a late frost and snow last week😢. Had them outside for weeks hardening off. Had to go buy new plants. Fortunately, they were on sale. Getting ready to start the cucumbers and yellow squash. Usually they have been in the ground and growing by now, but this has been a bi-polar weather year. Thanks for all the great info. Next year will be building the tomato trellis.
I've been growing tomatoes since 1942 (Victory Garden). I'm trying something different this year. I've saved the Folger coffee cans (home and church) for years. I cut the bottom off of the container - put the cover on - turn it upside down and transplant my Solo cup (Murdock's method) tomatoes into them; - No shock or set back. I have them in the closed in screen house and open the sliding doors during the day and close them at night (still going into the forties at night). When it is warm enough, I will scratch up a few inches and fertilize the raised bed - remove the bottom (top) and put the container (three inches deep) into the raised bed without disturbing anything.
Wow great info. Its only my 2nd year growing tomatoes, but the information on prepping your bed was awspme No wonder Pops.tomatoes are world record. They are well fed😂. Thank you
My garden is approximately. 15X 36 feet, Has anyone calculated to buy all of those nutrients, just curious? I got aluminet shade cloth, paid $150 for 15'X24'
Just remember that you don't need to apply amendments every year and most of it was dairy based compost that I buy by the cubic yard which is pretty cheap. Have a blessed day!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I appreciate learning that not everything has to be done a certain way. I’m wondering how long Azomite lasts before needing added again. I have raised beds because we have only red sand.
I left the heat mat on during lighting this year. The seed start mix I used this year was from the first seed start soil video but had the products to do it! I like it because it holds water well but not too much. Best I've used. The bought others are really heavy on peat moss and light on perlite mostly. 🍅
It is so fun to watch father and son working together. You are so knowledgeable and I have learned so much from you. Do you practice crop rotation with your tomato beds?
Hmmm by the time you buy and apply all those amendments you’ve got the equivalent of a trump bible in every plant 👎. Indeterminate small garden seed my own toms cukes butternut squash sweet banana peppers. Eat all season. Last 3-4 years been ridiculously cold wet no peas
Never heard of the Trump translation of the Bible! 😅 What are you referring to? Most soils need help and can be much improved. If you want nutrient dense healthy food, high yields and better disease and drought tolerance, then you're welcome to try some of our gardening advice. Happy gardening!
As a young but avid gardener, I have digested a lot of content about fertilizing. If you already have such rich soil apply compost to it regularly, in addition to mulching all those nurientients just seemed a little excessive to, but I could be very wrong. Could you recommend to me where I should be getting my information on these sorts of things?
It all depends on what you're trying to grow, the plant density and the soil nutrient density. Biologically healthy soil is needed to make the added amendments readily available to the plants. If you're trying to grow your plants in high density you need extra resources in the soil. If you're planting low density(spaced out) you can get by with poorer soil conditions. Remember that drought, disease and pest pressure is going to have worse effect on your plants if they are not in optimum health. Hope this helps.
great day! looks like i found treasure in this channel! would you have a video dedicated to soil amendment. for whatever particular plant. do you do different soil amendments for different kinds of plants?...mygreathanks and blessings
That's what we are planning to do in the future. So far we have published videos detailing soil amendments for onions, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, peas, peppers, and garlic. God bless you!
Another question how do you do your research on mycorrhizal and validate that the powder is inoculated with viable spores or cultures? wouldn't mycorrhiza be well established in your soli especially since you do not till?
Having it right on the roots when transplanted makes a noted difference most of the time. Yes, there may be existing mycorrhizae in the soil, but they have to find and colonize the new host's root systems and this takes some time. By applying the endo-mycorrhizae to the roots when transplanting - for example - you are starting the new colonies right where they need to be - on the roots. Another thing to keep in mind is that the VAM-Endo Mycorrhizae has 7 different strains of Endo-mycorrhizae in it, whereas over time, some of these strains may die out in your soil for various reasons, so "re-seeding" these strains into your soil can be helpful as well. Some strains colonize certain plants and others strains don't.
Yes you can but there's ways to tailor them better for different crops. Fruiting crops take more potassium, greens take more nitrogen, flowering such as broccoli and cauliflower take more phosphorus. These are very general rules to follow. Blessings!
We're sorry about that. In this video we detail the optimum tomato growing practices, holding nothing back to extreme results in yield, nutrition and plant/soil health. There are less effective methods you can pursue, but your results will not be as good. As a start, just try to implement less quantity of the amendments we detail here and see how your tomato growing improves. May God bless you!
The answer to that depends upon the condition of your soil,most likely not,but I strive for the most nutrient dense and healthful produce that I can grow! Just remember that the soils that farm crops are grown in have 50% less minerals in it than 50 yrs ago ,that's one of the many reasons we have such poor health in this country,the ground is basically a medium to hold the plant upright as the farmer pours on all kinds of synthetic chemicals to grow a good looking but poor nutritional quality food product. I might spend more than some people do on amendments but I think I'll spend a whole lot less on doctor bills and hospital stays than most people!!! A lot of what I put on is organic compost so it looks like a lot but the compost is cheap so really not much is spent especially since I buy in 50 pound sacks.
This is for sure the best video i have ever seen on growing tomatoes. I live in South Africa and have been struggling to grow tomatoes. As soon as fruit starts forming, disease hits and i have to destroy all my plants! Large black spots appears rapidly on the stems, spreading to the fruit. I am going to follow your preparation of the soil to the T next season and pray i have success then. Bless you and your family
Great stuff! Thank You! He reminds me of a farmer who we hired to bring a cow to a film shoot I was on. The filming was for a company that did technical work but was out in the country. So they wanted to film a thing where the cow was holding up their work by blocking their loading dock and the CEO was out there trying to get the cow out of the way. We shoot the thing and needed to get the cow back on the trailer the farmer brought the cow in. Farmer wasn’t around and the crew of City Boys was pulling and pushing the cow and it was not moving. After five minutes of this the farmer shows up and with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth says, “Get outta the way.” Grabs the cow’s tail and starts wringing it out like a wash rag. The cow ran right up the ramp into the trailer. Work smarter not harder. It was hilarious to us btw.
I can't imagine spending this kind of money for like 10 different fertilizers, just to have tomatoes. And then using that much of it?? We'd all be broke! How is this practical??
I think that you may be overlooking the amounts of each amendment as there isn't very much in total for the amount of produce that you get off of that square footage. Blessings to you!
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True I don’t either but it’s personally worked very well for me when I stumbled across it though I don’t use as much of the inputs as recommended
Always nice when the old guard are gracious enough to bless us with a lifetime of accumulated knowledge and experience. God bless you both!
Indeed!
You are absolutely right and I’m definitely all ears..
I’m a first time gardener. I’ve been overwhelmed with amount of videos & various ways on growing tomatoes. I watched one of your older videos to learn about lighting for seedlings. Found it so helpful. Grateful for the seasoned advice offered here. Thank you from Montana.
If you have question don't be afraid to ask, I may not be able to always respond in a timely way but I'll try! Blessings!
What a wealth of knowledge & experience....thanks for sharing!
Okay. I got a whole lot of REAL information from this. Long video, but filled with proven information. Did not bury my poor tomato plants this year. Something always seemed a bit odd about that even if I had a good crop. I am working on my tomato plants right now so as instructed, I grabbed my oyster shell and blended it up while on pause, then my bone meal, then some kelp (organic) then grabbed my DE and added it to the pot and mixed, etc.. I grow in containers so I plan to add a lot less to the soil all at once, but to feed it more often as we move into warmer weather and as each plant lets me know it needs something. I love the last few seconds of the video more, or at least as much as any other part. Praying for other people, animals and our plants is always a good idea. Thank you for this wonderful video. I'll be calling you out if I find out I should have buried some eggs and bananas in my soil, but I doubt that is going to happen.
That was super great info, thank you so much. God bless
I started germinating tomato seeds after watching your videos! Thank you for taking the time to make the video, and for the tips! Its fascinating how these plant grows, by the hand of God!
Isn't it amazing! And to think that God himself used his own two hands to plant a garden that was absolutely the perfect place to place His creature man,He spoke the universe into existence but He planted a garden for man,no wonder it brings peace to spend time in our gardens,another interesting fact is that we're made of the dust of the ground and I find that what plants need is quite similar to what we need in order to have good health!
Blessings to you!
@@GardeningHomesteadingWoodworkIt is amazing, and I truly agree to it! I started a challenge, that I would grow tomatoes only watching your videos! I will try to : ) Blessing to you brother Luke as well!
If you have questions don't be afraid to ask,we'll try to answer the best we can and hopefully in a timely way,I know that that might not always be the case as the channel is growing quite rapidly!
Thank you!
My question is does he come back and add any more fertilizer during the growning period of the plant and if so adds the same application as the beginning?
Lots of good tips, thank you so much😊
I enjoyed the video, but that is a lot of amendments to buy on a limited income. I did notice, also, that the oyster shell flour didn't come up on Amazon. I'm glad you talked about the necessity of air flow because when I started growing my first couple of tomato plants in grow bags I thought they looked so very bushy but was afraid of cutting anything off and couldn't find any information at the time. Thank you.
Thanks fir letting me know about the oyster shell link not working. I fixed it. 😊Glad the video was helpful to you!
I too appreciated the video so much, but the amount of soil amendments are a lot. Would love to know if there is something that combines these amendments or certain priorities
Excellent informative video! Thank you for the demonstration. I already have mine out here in MO. Made some mistakes, but a couple of things correct. With 6 to 8 plants, I usually have tomatoes to share with rhe neighbors... I will gather and incoporate both methods and amendments next time.
Nice to hear some awesome new information🍅
Fabulous channel
Superb information from a top grower
The fertilisation amendments you mentioned
Are they different for a polytunnel?
I'd love your thoughts on a moveable polytunnel. For soil benefits
Many thanks from the uk
Amendments would be the same for either outdoors or in a tunnel,you would apply them at different times though.
My previous greenhouse was a small 14x20 movable greenhouse on rails,it was nice but I don't think it's necessary, I've been growing in my current tunnel for 7 or 8 yrs and have not had any issues whatsoever because of it not being movable.
many thanks
Funny about tomato's falling over. In many garden groups and so many post of pics after a storm of tomato plants destroyed. Many are putting them in 3 foot raised beds which is crazy. They're tall so no need to elevate. And they're not staking or providing any supports. All tomato's need a fence or trellis or something to lean on or what you did here. Every one of mine are supported one way or another and I've never lost a plant.
Mine are in high beds, and trellised like his. High beds are great even with tomatoes for back issues, critters like my digging puppies. lol btw did you know potatoes fly? My pup was in my 30 gallon pot digging and the tatters were flying. The squirt! 😂
Yeah you're right about the height I guess. When the tomato plant gets bushy they are sometimes low.
About planting them deeper if they grown too large:
I happen to have some excess tomato seedlings. I put them in a glass of water while I was trying to figure out if I would throw them away.
I can confirm: Sideroots form very fast on tomato's.
So I don't think planting tomato's deepr is bad, especially if they grown large because you have to keep them inside too long because of bad (cold) weather outside.
I think that you may have missed the point about why it's not good to plant them deeper,the reason is given that planting deeper puts the existing root mass down into colder soil which will slow the productivity, yes they do root very quickly but to bury them deeply is just going to slow the growth down, so instead of gaining anything your actually loosing so why do it and if the plant is that big you've already hindered it's potential to some degree, if it was advantages to plant deep all the competition tomato growers would be doing it and I definitely would be doing deep planting or trench planting if it was advantages as I like to keep ahead of all the other growers😁 may God bless you!
Thanks
While it certainly won't do harm, aren't you adding quite a bit too much soil amendments?
Thanks for the video. Very informative!
He really only put fish bone meal and kelp meal. All the rest was micro nutrients and minerals
thank you!
You're welcome!
Would rock phosphate work in place of basalt dust? I already have it but you could convince me to switch to basalt, what’s your thoughts?
They are two totally different things,rock phosphate of is for the phosphorus content but basalt is for minerals and paramagnetic properties.
Thank you so much!
And Blessed be His Name, Christ Jesus ❤. Thanks for that informative videos guys 😊
Can you tell us where you purchase the silver shade cloth for the tomatoes? I do not see that listed under all of your affiliate links. Thanks so much!
Thanks for catching that! Amazon doesn't have that, so here's a link to it. shorturl.at/pvxU6
50:19 in is my favorite moment. Not because I learned a lot, not because of the setting and the rain mist in background and not just because of the happy laughter and smiles but because it is God's work. Thanks for the tips. I'm implementing them. Look forward to this blessed season ahead. God's always present. We just need to open our hearts to Him.
Agreed. They exude so much positive energy and knowledge and seem to possess genuine joy in their hearts.
Amen.
Thanks
You're welcome!
You are probably the first tomato gardener person on UA-cam that I have seen who says you don’t have to plant super deep. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. 🍅
Since all his world record tomatoes were grown with normal rooting depth (not deep or trench methods), hopefully people will realize deep or trench rooting is not necessary. There may be some merit to deep rooting in certain extra hot climates/soil types, but that can be remedied by proper shading and soil biology.
To be fai,r and I'm not here to say one way is better than the other . You used like 6 to 8 different fertilizers. Someone who only uses homemade compost may indeed have to plant their tomato plants deeper for bigger root systems because their plants will only get the nutrition that's naturally in the soil. Meanwhile your plants they don't really have to go down deep into the ground looking for all the nutrients because you mix it right on top of it. Again just a thought not here to say one way is better than the other.
Either way I still like the video. I watch as many as I can to get different point of views and different ways of growing plants.
@@pawelmirakowski1477 no matter what you do you have to replace what is taken otherwise you end up with dead soil
@@pawelmirakowski1477big waste of time, not just for you but for the tomatoes. It's going to have to spend a bunch of energy growing new roots on the stem you just buried instead of using all its energy to grow the already established roots and the plant.
You should pre-mix this and sell it. You would have the BEST tomato feeding mix on the market, hands-down! I would buy it, and I'm pretty sure lots of others would too.
We're working on it and are almost ready to go live with our E commerce store😊
My ah-ha moment is to not deep, deep plant the tomato because of the soil being cold the deeper in the garden. I always tried to grow my seedlings early so I could deep plant. This year my seedlings will be small! Can’t wait to see how they react to the warmer soil around the root ball. Thank you for that knowledge.
I graduated in 1977 with a degree in horticulture but only worked in the field for two years after graduating. I went into IT but getting ready for retirement and am returning to do vegetable gardening soon. It is great to hear you both use proper terminology and science in your videos. Real world experience added in is priceless and really appreciated.
I am in Reno, NV also in the high desert and am fortunate to have found you both!
Wishing you a happy retirement and happy gardening! Thank you for watching!
Those are some expensive tomatoes. I'm going with a permaculture method with good old fashioned compost n I use cardboard on top of grass n allow lots of things to grow around n companion planting not trying to beat your world record 😂
They really aren't expensive when you consider the lbs of produce and the close spacing along with all the health benefits of all the minerals,compost will never have that many minerals in it and if the minerals aren't in the compost or soil they're not going to be in the produce/tomatoes either! I totally agree with using compost but compost alone isn't enough to provide the full spectrum of minerals! Thanks for your comment,we appreciate it! Blessings to you!
What other mulches can you recommend? I do not have access to 2 year old straw. Thank you!!! Your channel is so informative. I have been doing gardening in a different, but will try your way this season. I mainly do my garden in buckets
If it helps, I use natural cedar mulch. It helps keep certain pests away and has always worked great for me. Just make sure it's natural with no die or anything in it.
I have learned a lot once again. I’m one of those people who gets anxious to start my seedlings to early. This year I waited until this week April 6th to start them. I’ll be putting them out early May. I’m am anxious to see how they do this year. I have most of the amendments that you have shown. I’ll put them in soon. Thank you so much!
Excellent information thank you so much especially on all of your fertilizer information🤟🏼
Great advice! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. ❤
What a blessing and gift to the world y’all are 💞
Nice tips! I'm interested to know: About how many pounds of fruit do you yield per plant?
Wonderful info, but so much money spent on soil additives. Nice man who takes his tomatoes to the limit! The commentator sounds like another guy I listen to from Soft White Underbelly.
Could you please make a vide0 on your composting methods? live on a less than acre piece of land and am trying to make the most of it. Some people's setups are too big for me and some seem too small and gimmicky like the cheap plastic tumblers. l'd love to hear your thoughts! Thanks for sharing!
Please make a video on building your trellis, first time gardener here at 70-yrs old 😅 due to delayed recovery following my serious back injury. I’m SO glad I found your channel cuz I only buy/eat Organic produce.
Do you rotate planting areas for your tomatoes or do you plant them in the same area every year ? Thank you for a wonderful video, I’ll definitely be adding these amendments to my soil when I plant this year.
I never rotate my crops,and I either use the dead plants at the end of the season for mulch or compost them and put back on the ground where they came from,blessings to you!
We don't rotate, either. When you look at nature, she doesn't rotate her crops. A lot of plants will self-sow for the following season, and tomatoes are one of them, even in my zone 5b! I find it better and easier to just let the seedlings grow up where they started rather than digging them up and transplanting them elsewhere, even though I do move some because one dropped tomato from the previous season can throw up about twenty seedlings the following spring :) Also, if there were any issues that the original parent plant encountered, that plant passes that information along to its seeds, so by NOT rotating, you wind up with stronger, healthier and better adapted plants with each subsequent year ;)
If we were closer geographically I would GLADLY buy you dinner; just for what I've learned from TWO of your videos.'. It's like education condensed, God Bless.
Great advice but I’m thinking you guys should just be selling your own blend.kinda expensive to buy all the components. Easier for small gardeners if it was all in one. Just my thoughts. Thank You for all the info. Would you also use the same ratio if growing in a container in a Greenhouse. I live in Saskatchewan Canada.
I'd probably use a different mix ,we planning on having a website up and operating soon where you'll be able to purchase amendments etc.
I have learned much from this channel and cannot wait to try gardening this year! Thank you so much!
Question… there was like 7 ingredients for that little area. Does he do that for each area?
Thank you for the master class on growing tomatoes. God bless you.
You're welcome! Glad to have you here on our channel! Take care!😊
You're correct, the things you referred to as suckers are side shoots or branche 45:19 s, suckers only grow at ground level and are roots that travel away from the plant and suck nutrients from the ground reducing the nutrient flow to the main plant where one wants the fruits to grow. Mountain Ash trees are a good example of a plant that throws out suckers. I don't know who started calling side shoots 'suckers' but they're not correct. You grow your tomatoes the same as I do and I get really good produce. I also grow my cucumber plants the same way. Happy gardening 😊🌱☀️
I kinda just use the terminology that the general public is most familiar with, I switch terms up just so people know what I'm talking about. Thanks for you comment, we appreciate it! Blessings to you!
Amen! I did t know that about tomatoe root zones I grow in raised beds and keep my tomatoes pruned neatly so to avoid the Forrest that they can become. Thank you for the video! Your channel has really grown in the last two months!
Thank you! The channel has grown because of nice folks like you that appreciate clean and wholesome video's, blessings to you!
Thank you for making this video. We are getting our vegetable garden going and tomatoes will be among them. We bought some heirloom tomatoes from an Amish man at a farmers market. They were the BEST tasting tomatoes we have ever eaten! So I fermented and saved the seeds. Planting some this season, and I am so excited to see what we get! I'll be posting our videos soon too.
Wonderful information as always. I'm so glad you suggest cutting the suckers. That is my happy time in the garden lol. Your dad is a trooper standing out in that chilly spring rain. But us gardeners are a hardy bunch. Keep up the great work you two. Really enjoying your videos!!
Thank you! Blessings!
Great point about planting deep in the cold soil.
you are exactly right about those tomato cages. I've never had good luck with them so now after watching this video I will be installing a trellising system similar to the one you use. Thank you for this video.
Glad it was helpful!
Great, great stuff. I don't think people realize the knowledge and expert garden advice given here.
Hi first time I have seen your site. Very good. Wow that is a lot of nutrients to add to the soil. I bet those tomatoes have great flavor.
Like how you end the video. Yes, the Way, the truth and the life Amen 🙏
Thanks and you're welcome! You don't have to add as much as we do, but we feel it is the optimum amount. Just reduce the amounts in the correct ratio and it will still be very helpful for the plants, especially if your soil is depleted or lacking nutrients for the plants and microbes. Blessings!
Do you remove suckers from cherry tomatoes? They are indeterminant, but removing suckers won't increase tomato size...
I remove some early on and then I leave a few later on.
@@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork Thank you so much! I enjoyed this very informative video and for the first time, ever, I am not going to bury the stems in a trough! I look forward to the results in a couple of months!
You mentioned not starting your tomatoes early. We have a short growing season because of the heat; not the cold.
We get no production in July and August as we are well over 100 degrees (Texas 8a) so it’s a race to get them producing before the summer heat hits. Hopefully if they survive we will get some more before frost.
What would be your strategy in our climate?
I was considering growing mostly determinates to get as much production as possible.
I'm in 8b n started in January which was way too early I'm going to start more to grow after July as an experiment I've never tried it b4
You should be fine starting a little later, but if too late you'll have issues with ripening in cool/cold weather which many times makes for bland flavored tomatoes. Just something to consider.
@@Finchersfarmstead I started some in June last year to plant out a fall crop in July. They struggled terribly with the heat and none ripened in time before frost. This year I’m going to start in May and transplant in June. I think I will have more success getting roots established and also I think planting determinate or cherry varieties that ripen quicker will give me a better chance for success.
I’m in 8b and tried for 2 years now, setting out plants on July 04.. it’s just so brutally hot that it hasn’t really been worth it. They do grow, and they make tomatoes, but they are tennis ball-ish or smaller and struggle. Aug 28th and it’s 100 degrees here in ARKANSAS.. and I use 40-50% shade cloth as well…
Take notes Kids.. this info in gold. :) thanks for sharing .
So much information ❤
I have tried different staking techniques thru the years. Last year i tried the florida weave and had negative results. I prefer tposts with a conduit pipe at the top held in place with plumbers tees and vertical strings for the tomatoes to grow up on. I was able to prune and harvest with ease.
Tes thar system works pretty well,I find it's not near tall enough for my tomatoes and length of season😁
So awesome! Love watching a Father and son love each other so much. And the icing on the cake was the scripture bringing Jesus in the picture. God bless and keep you! ❤️❤️❤️🙏
Hello 👋🏻 Greetings from Wales UK
Wow I learned so much from this one video I am going to subscribe for sure. I really value & appreciate your knowledge & wisdom.
I pray God blesses you both & your family & clothes you all in the armour of God🙏🏻
Annie
To be fair and I'm not here to say one way is better than the other . You used like 6 to 8 different fertilizers. Someone who only uses homemade compost may indeed have to plant their tomato plants deeper for bigger root systems because their plants will only get the nutrition that's naturally in the soil. Meanwhile your plants they don't really have to go down deep into the ground looking for all the nutrients because you mix it right on top of it. Again just a thought not here to say one way is better than the other.
I agree seems way over the top tomatoes are quite simple things to grow just a few rules and they look after themselves
I so enjoyed this video. I learned a ton. I had no idea about pruning the suckers off of the plant. I live in an apt. I’m going to try a couple of tomatoes on the deck. I get sun starting at around noon. They will be in 15 gallon felt pots. I got organic vegetable soil that has all this ingredients in it. But I was going to add calcium from egg shells I’ve ground up. I was also going to try a cherry tomato from the hanging method. Do you have any advice on this? And I am so appreciative on knowing what shade cloth to use. I knew I was going to need one for the extreme summer heat I will get because I face west. The afternoon sun makes it unbearable to be out on the porch. I really look forward to the day when I can stake my tomatoes properly. Hopefully in a year or so I will have a yard. In the meantime I’m excited to be learning from you. I look forward to the seed video. Have a prosperous growing season. God Bless You and your Family. 🦋
I probably wouldn't waste my time on the hanging tomato ,I'd recommend a dwarf determinate or indeterminate depending on if you have a way to support the indeterminate which may get to 3 to 4 feet tall. Try to use a light colored grow bag or find some way to shade those black grow bags as the roots don't like being hot. Happy growing and hope you can get a place where you can grow in the ground!
You can grind up egg shells if you can't find ground oyster shell.
I understand that you like to grow world record tomatoes but for me all I want are good eating tomatoes lol it seems like you put a lot of different stuff to make yours grow but nothing wrong with that either for me I just like to keep things a little simpler! Keep up the good work I really enjoy watching your videos
I use a drip tubing with an emitter every 12 inches or so and usually plant tomatoes and other plants a few inches from the emitters. The tubing will most likely need to be replaced and I've considered to drip tape. In your opinion is one better than the other? What type of drip tape do you use? Does it come in different types that put out more or less water? How long do you run it? Just found your channel. Good Stuff!
The way you have this video set up (context of information) is fantastic. Starting with "types" of tomatoes, so very important for planning. "Seed starting" when/why. "Hardening off" when/why. "Soil prep/amendments" how/why/what. The tips on straw and why you shouldn't till... thank you!!! "Transplanting" placing, how deep to plant to tips on trellising."Midseason amending". Tips of things not to do!!!! Thank you!!!
So glad you found it useful information! Take care! :-)
Show me your tomato when its ready
Will do!
Green sand is used in casting big metal items in pattern form. /tough to source many of the minerals in small amounts here in Canada. I use fish tank culture starter to help with soil breakdown. 18lb tomato Heinz would be envious grew up beside a ketchup factory.
Great how to video! Thanks for sharing. Jesus is Lord!
Awesome video, guys. Thanks for this layout of all the information your dad has provided. Now I gotta find the few more ammendments he mentioned. This is great. Keep up the great content.
👍Thanks for the words of encouragement! Blessings!
God Bless you all, thanks again.
Thanks for the knowledge! Please you guys have to research the aloe vera! It has over 20 of 22 the essential amino acids for plant growth, plus all the vitamins for rooting hormones and the sapinins that help with the plants S.A.R. (systemic acquired resistance) to pest and pathogens, and even extreme temperatures! It is also a wetting agent for hydrophobic soil properties. Also wouldn't a compost tea after planting help warm up and wake up the soil biology?
I've used it for a while but I never could see anything that would give me to believe there was any benefit from it so I decided not to use it anymore,in theory it sounds great but I never experienced any benefit from it,maybe others have. My soil is very fertil and biologically active and maybe that's the reason why I didn't see any benefit whereas someone else may have poorer soil and see a positive response. Thanks for the comment we appreciate all the comments!
Great information to no surprise. I lost all my tomatoes and peppers to a late frost and snow last week😢. Had them outside for weeks hardening off. Had to go buy new plants. Fortunately, they were on sale. Getting ready to start the cucumbers and yellow squash. Usually they have been in the ground and growing by now, but this has been a bi-polar weather year.
Thanks for all the great info. Next year will be building the tomato trellis.
I've been growing tomatoes since 1942 (Victory Garden). I'm trying something different this year. I've saved the Folger coffee cans (home and church) for years. I cut the bottom off of the container - put the cover on - turn it upside down and transplant my Solo cup (Murdock's method) tomatoes into them; - No shock or set back. I have them in the closed in screen house and open the sliding doors during the day and close them at night (still going into the forties at night). When it is warm enough, I will scratch up a few inches and fertilize the raised bed - remove the bottom (top) and put the container (three inches deep) into the raised bed without disturbing anything.
If that works great for you ,happy gardening! Thanks for watching and have a blessed day!
All those powders must cost a fortune. Not viable on my newly acquired allotment.
Could I just use 3 cups of Kelp meal in place of the Azomite and Rock dust?
Sure,it's not quite as good but definitely better than what most people do!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I've learned so much and will have to make some modifications
Great info! Thank you so much!❤
Wow great info. Its only my 2nd year growing tomatoes, but the information on prepping your bed was awspme
No wonder Pops.tomatoes are world record. They are well fed😂. Thank you
You're welcome! Glad you like our content! Blessings!
Thank you for another inspiring video! I always learn a lot and I really appreciate you sharing your experiences and knowledge with us.
My garden is approximately.
15X 36 feet, Has anyone calculated to buy all of those nutrients, just curious? I got aluminet shade cloth, paid $150 for 15'X24'
Just remember that you don't need to apply amendments every year and most of it was dairy based compost that I buy by the cubic yard which is pretty cheap. Have a blessed day!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I appreciate learning that not everything has to be done a certain way.
I’m wondering how long Azomite lasts before needing added again. I have raised beds because we have only red sand.
Azomite doesn't leach out so it'll last quite awhile, I'm sure you'd be fine if you added it every 2 or 3 years.
I love the video Sir. Please oh please make more videos. Any of your knowledge you're willing to share we will gladly take.
Glad you like our videos! More to come! (Lord willing, that is 😊. ) Have a wonderful night!
I left the heat mat on during lighting this year. The seed start mix I used this year was from the first seed start soil video but had the products to do it! I like it because it holds water well but not too much. Best I've used. The bought others are really heavy on peat moss and light on perlite mostly. 🍅
Great! May you have much more gardening success! Blessings! 😊
Thank the Lord Jesus Christ… And thank you so much too😄
Praise God I found your channel 🙌
Love your comment! Glad to have you here! May God bless you!
I love this channel. You're a treasure! Thank you so much for sharing your valuable knowledge and experience.
You're so welcome! May God bless you! 😊
It is so fun to watch father and son working together. You are so knowledgeable and I have learned so much from you. Do you practice crop rotation with your tomato beds?
No I do not practice crop rotation with any crops,nature doesn't and neither do I, may God bless you!
Hmmm by the time you buy and apply all those amendments you’ve got the equivalent of a trump bible in every plant 👎.
Indeterminate small garden seed my own toms cukes butternut squash sweet banana peppers. Eat all season. Last 3-4 years been ridiculously cold wet no peas
Never heard of the Trump translation of the Bible! 😅 What are you referring to?
Most soils need help and can be much improved. If you want nutrient dense healthy food, high yields and better disease and drought tolerance, then you're welcome to try some of our gardening advice. Happy gardening!
As a young but avid gardener, I have digested a lot of content about fertilizing. If you already have such rich soil apply compost to it regularly, in addition to mulching all those nurientients just seemed a little excessive to, but I could be very wrong. Could you recommend to me where I should be getting my information on these sorts of things?
It all depends on what you're trying to grow, the plant density and the soil nutrient density. Biologically healthy soil is needed to make the added amendments readily available to the plants. If you're trying to grow your plants in high density you need extra resources in the soil. If you're planting low density(spaced out) you can get by with poorer soil conditions.
Remember that drought, disease and pest pressure is going to have worse effect on your plants if they are not in optimum health. Hope this helps.
great day! looks like i found treasure in this channel! would you have a video dedicated to soil amendment. for whatever particular plant. do you do different soil amendments for different kinds of plants?...mygreathanks and blessings
That's what we are planning to do in the future. So far we have published videos detailing soil amendments for onions, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, peas, peppers, and garlic. God bless you!
I ,learned more inthis time than any other video...very detailed,when ,I heard he was a champion Tomato grower. I subbed.
Great! Thank you for subscribing! Hope we can help you improve your gardening! God bless!
Thank you for sharing all your information it is lovely to be able to know what I am doing when growing things😊
You are so welcome!
Another question how do you do your research on mycorrhizal and validate that the powder is inoculated with viable spores or cultures? wouldn't mycorrhiza be well established in your soli especially since you do not till?
Having it right on the roots when transplanted makes a noted difference most of the time. Yes, there may be existing mycorrhizae in the soil, but they have to find and colonize the new host's root systems and this takes some time. By applying the endo-mycorrhizae to the roots when transplanting - for example - you are starting the new colonies right where they need to be - on the roots.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the VAM-Endo Mycorrhizae has 7 different strains of Endo-mycorrhizae in it, whereas over time, some of these strains may die out in your soil for various reasons, so "re-seeding" these strains into your soil can be helpful as well. Some strains colonize certain plants and others strains don't.
Great video, always learn so much from you. Can I use these amendments for all my planting?
Yes you can but there's ways to tailor them better for different crops. Fruiting crops take more potassium, greens take more nitrogen, flowering such as broccoli and cauliflower take more phosphorus. These are very general rules to follow. Blessings!
Ok I stopped watching after like the 6th product he poured on the soil to amend it. I just can’t afford to buy all that. 😞
Gai green 4-4-4 have everything he put in all in 1 package
Do you by any chance have a video on the construction of your trellis system? Or blog post? Thanks so much!
Not yet! We hope to sometime in the future!
Can you show us how to make the tomatoes trellis?
What an awesome video! Thank you for sharing your gardening knowledge❤
You are so welcome!
Oh my goodness! I cd never afford all of the ingredients that you are suggesting. 😣
We're sorry about that. In this video we detail the optimum tomato growing practices, holding nothing back to extreme results in yield, nutrition and plant/soil health. There are less effective methods you can pursue, but your results will not be as good. As a start, just try to implement less quantity of the amendments we detail here and see how your tomato growing improves. May God bless you!
Does the new grower need to get all these ingredients to grow a few nice tomato? All this stuff is expensive....
The answer to that depends upon the condition of your soil,most likely not,but I strive for the most nutrient dense and healthful produce that I can grow! Just remember that the soils that farm crops are grown in have 50% less minerals in it than 50 yrs ago ,that's one of the many reasons we have such poor health in this country,the ground is basically a medium to hold the plant upright as the farmer pours on all kinds of synthetic chemicals to grow a good looking but poor nutritional quality food product. I might spend more than some people do on amendments but I think I'll spend a whole lot less on doctor bills and hospital stays than most people!!!
A lot of what I put on is organic compost so it looks like a lot but the compost is cheap so really not much is spent especially since I buy in 50 pound sacks.
This is for sure the best video i have ever seen on growing tomatoes. I live in South Africa and have been struggling to grow tomatoes. As soon as fruit starts forming, disease hits and i have to destroy all my plants! Large black spots appears rapidly on the stems, spreading to the fruit. I am going to follow your preparation of the soil to the T next season and pray i have success then. Bless you and your family
Hi fellow Gardener! I can ask my dad if he has any tips for you regarding your plant disease. May God bless you! 😊
@@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork appreciated, thank you
Alot of ingredients could you put a alternative together for those who are on a strictly budget?
We'll consider that for future videos for sure!
Great stuff! Thank You!
He reminds me of a farmer who we hired to bring a cow to a film shoot I was on. The filming was for a company that did technical work but was out in the country. So they wanted to film a thing where the cow was holding up their work by blocking their loading dock and the CEO was out there trying to get the cow out of the way. We shoot the thing and needed to get the cow back on the trailer the farmer brought the cow in. Farmer wasn’t around and the crew of City Boys was pulling and pushing the cow and it was not moving. After five minutes of this the farmer shows up and with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth says, “Get outta the way.” Grabs the cow’s tail and starts wringing it out like a wash rag. The cow ran right up the ramp into the trailer. Work smarter not harder. It was hilarious to us btw.
I can't imagine spending this kind of money for like 10 different fertilizers, just to have tomatoes.
And then using that much of it?? We'd all be broke! How is this practical??
People say health is priceless. Soil amendments are much cheaper than doctor bills! That's how we think about it. Blessings!
I think that you may be overlooking the amounts of each amendment as there isn't very much in total for the amount of produce that you get off of that square footage. Blessings to you!