4 Tomato Tips To Do NOW Before It's Too Late!
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- In this video, I share 4 tips for growing tomatoes that will help you grow the healthiest, most productive tomato plants all summer long! Tomatoes are often grown in most vegetable gardens, but tomato growing can be tricky because of their susceptibility to heat, pests and disease. Now that summer heat is here, these are 4 tomato tips to do now before it's too late!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction To Growing Tomatoes
0:33 Tomato Tip #1: Pruning Tomatoes
3:31 Tomato Tip #2: Tomato Pollination
6:53 Tomato Tip #3: Pest Protection
9:08 Tomato Tip #4: Fertilizing Tomatoes
12:11 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 Introduction To Growing Tomatoes
0:33 Tomato Tip #1: Pruning Tomatoes
3:31 Tomato Tip #2: Tomato Pollination
6:53 Tomato Tip #3: Pest Protection
9:08 Tomato Tip #4: Fertilizing Tomatoes
12:11 Adventures With Dale
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Hey just wanted you to know one of your longest and loyal subbers "Boinerz" passed on June 27th from I.P. F. He was my spouse of almost 34 years . He has fashioned our gardens and plants after your vids and expertise for years. I appreciate the help you have given over time that made him happy and our garden flourish.
I'm sorry for your loss.
My condolences to you and your family
RIP Boinerz
Very sorry for your loss
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Tip for larger insect netting - sew them together! I do that for my frost covers. Took 6' wide ones and made them 12' wide with one pass (use long stitch setting 4.0). Thanks for all your vids - great ideas!
Great idea with the vibrator. I went to my wife's old memory trunk and dug it out from the bottom. Wiped the dust off and changed the batteries. I put it on the low setting for tomato flowers. Glad to see somebody gets pollinated today!!😢
Whenever I see a tomato video I click. I just love my home grown tomatoes more than anything else!
It's a special time of the year. We look forward to these all year. Be careful that you don't get sucked into growing figs - they're even more addicting and special than tomatoes 😅
I started “buzzing” my tomato plants last year shortly before we received 20 minutes of 1-inch hail so it did not make a big difference in production. . This year we have been blessed with zero damaging hail and I have the best tomatoes I can remember. Here in Zone 3, starting seeds in mid-April, and planting in the garden in early June, I should pick my first fruits by the end of the month, and with buzzing, there are going to be a LOT of them!
I buzz the flowers morning and evening to make sure I don’t miss any. One major side benefit of this process is that I am spending more time in the garden, trellising vines, pulling weeds while they are small, checking for insect and disease problems in the earliest stages.
I am glad the hand pollinating is working out for you! It makes an enormous difference. Time spent in the garden is time well spent. The more time you spend, the more problems you’ll catch early before they fester.
I just pruned and strung up my 30-ish tomato plants...
Going to be a saucy summer.
Hope so! Best of luck!
@@TheMillennialGardener I got the gallon mason Jars and basil ready! Just need the hundreds of green tomatoes to hurry up! lol
I stumbled upon your videos this past spring, and by using some of your pointers and suggestions, my garden yield has already doubled--not just my tomatoes, but EVERYTHING. I am regularly harvesting tomatoes, cucumbers, peas, green beans, and strawberries on a daily basis. I am in shock at how much earlier my fruits and vegetables are ripening, and how much *more* I am getting of everything. Growing a garden in Tulsa can be a two-edged sword due to extreme heat and humidity, but I will immediately be trying out the organza bag trick to see if I can avoid sun scald this year. And the electric toothbrush idea is pure genius. Thank you so much!
I have been toothbrushing my tomatoes since you first told about it this year. Man! It has made a world of difference. Thanks! ❤
Glad to hear it! It is really dramatic. I wish I could convince more people to try. They just don’t believe it.
@TheMillennialGardener I have a battery powered electric clipper for my beard and I was thinking if I tape a chop stick on the end of it, it should work 😂
I enjoyed the toothtorial 👍
@@stephenbadamo130Love it! 🤣🤣🤣 (yes, I’m a dad…😂)
I used the drawstring bags on my tomatoes and they worked great. When I am finished using them, I can put them in a zipper garment bag into the wash and then air dry and store them for next season. For tomato fertilizing, I have had great luck with fish emulsion every two weeks, adding more mulch around the top of the soil to keep it cooler and I water three times a week. I also used worm castings and some granulated fertilizer. I also had good luck with taking some potting mix in a five gallon bucket and adding water and letting it steep for a week, then added some of that "tea" to my plants. I then used the solids in the tea as a top dressing, and the plants really took off. I like the crab meal and bone meal with my soil prep on peppers. I used neem oil spray for thrips and leaf miners only recently, but all Spring I just used Dr. Bronner's Peppermint soap in water to keep the aphids off. I did get root rot nematodes on the tomatoes planted in the ground, but not on the ones in grow bags. It didn't seem to affect the plant's ability to grow and produce fruit. Thanks for your good information!
I'm in Texas zone 8b. I think my tomatoes are done for awhile 🥵
Fortunately I've had a very large harvest 😋 Thanks to your excellent advice 🙂👍
Have you considered investing in some shade cloth? While most of Texas has higher temperatures than we deal with in NC, the lower humidity makes shade cloth even more effective. It works wonders here, so I imagine it'll be even more effective in Texas: ua-cam.com/video/cO-U1wYGZ8Q/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for making this video! It has been very helpful. I have been following your advice on growing tomatoes and my plants look fantastic!! 😊
Dale is such a good boy! Thanks for reminding me my tomatoes are overdue to be fertilized!
I’m so glad you showed the products you use , your plant are amazing .thank you , I learned a lot today 😊 !
Thanks for your time and help! ❤
You’re welcome!
Great information as usual, one of the best on UA-cam, I get many ideas from you, much respect!!
I've learned so much from your channel and keep learning, beginner Gardner of 5yrs and still so much to learn!!
Always enjoy seeing Dale.
He’s a very good boy 🐕
I personally love that you put the links in for the sheer convenience! Thanks lil bro, ❤ from Kristy in Missouri zone 6b 😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
These were super legit tips!! Thank you!
You’re welcome!
Perfect timing!! Thank you MG😊👍👍
You're welcome! Thank you for watching.
Perfect timing for this video. I learned stuff I never even heard of, especially numbers 1 and 2. I haven't grown tomatoes in Forever, and the ones we did grow were indeterminate. I'm subscribing😊
Thanks for the great reminder to fertilize, and permission to brush my teeth out in the garden.
I'll be using your product links.
Your plants look great.
Great info and well presented!
Thanks! I appreciate it.
The toothbrush pollination is clutch!
It works wonders. I've been doing it for 3 or 4 years, and I'll never not do it. It works like magic.
Not Clutch, more like automatic
Cannot thank you enough for the organza bag tip. I ordered a bunch & I’m so excited to hopefully not lose so many ripening fruits to rodents this year. Exactly the solution I needed. Love your videos - I’ve learned so much. Thanks for all the great content!!
Organza bags! Brilliant
I've been using them for years. They work great! They help against birds to a degree, too.
Ty
You’re welcome!
I will get to pruning this weekend! My Rosella Purple are so prolific and the clusters so huge, that they are splitting the vines because they are so heavy with fruit! When those plants are exhausted, the others should be ready to begin harvesting. Thanks for the great tips!
This is so helpful! Really love your channel!! Thanks so much! 😊
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
We have been using an electric toothbrush for the past few weeks. First year trying it. Thanks again!
Thank you for sharing your fabulous tutorial, which I found very interesting indeed. I will try to take on board your recommendations. Thank you again.
Using party favor bags is brilliant. Putting that in cart now so the next time I buy you will get a portion of it.
I love tomatoes
The organza bags are genius!
They've been popular in the fig growing community for a long time. The larger bags work brilliantly for larger fruits.
Thank you!
You’re welcome!
Thanks a lot for all your tips. You are a great teacher in the garden.
Thank you so much! I appreciate it and I'm happy to help.
Im so glad i found your videos this spring. All your advice has been super helpful and really increased my production which is really helpful since my space for growing is very limited. Thanks for your help!
I'm so happy to hear that! I love hearing the videos are helping folks grow more food!
Bless 🙏 up brother keep on doing what you do farming for the future generations respect
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
I use 2 IKEA mesh curtains for insect netting. I am going to use the organza bags for my apples! Great idea.
Love your videos very helpful been watching for about a year now, live in northern idaho about 125miles from canadian border, we have had a bumper crop of tomatoes this mainly I think because it got warm early spring in the nineties in May we were harvesting tomatoes July 1, and still going. Keep up the good work Great Job.
Gosh! I LOVE your dogger!!
He's a very good boy.
Thank you for another informative video. I always learn from the content your videos provide. Looking at my tomato plants, I see that I definitely need to trim off some of the lower parts.
Glad the videos are helpful! I appreciate you watching.
For us in Deep South 9b the full size tomatoes are finished but you can plant those suckers in pots in the shade and be ready to replant in August/September for a second crop if your season is long enough. Cherries will last a bit longer but production is declining.
What type of tomatoes did you plant this year? And were they productive?
@@ouch65 I always plant Cherokee Purple because they do well for me here and each year I like to try a new one or two. Black Krim and White Tomesol (which was a freebie from Baker Creek so maybe older seeds) did not do well last year. This year I tried Dr. Wyche's which are a new favorite! Not huge production (maybe I pruned too much) but largish and very tasty.
For cherries I planted Sungold, which never seem to produce much, and White Currant, which produce a lot. Baker Creek sent free Spoon seeds but I tore them out because the tomatoes were so teensy and the bushes were so rampant it was a waste of time and space.
I grow 3 "waves" of tomatoes a year: my biggest crop immediately after last frost, some successive plants 2-3 weeks later, then a round of early determinate varieties in August for late Fall crop. I would recommend investing in shade cloth. It works wonders, and it will extend your initial planting significantly: ua-cam.com/video/cO-U1wYGZ8Q/v-deo.html
Thanks for the tips.👍Dale is such a sweet fur baby...he let you get his bone.🙂🐕
Sweet Dale and oh yeah, the video was great too!
Thank you! Dale says hello!
Great idea to stock up on fertilizers in the fall/winter when they are on sale.
That's the best way to do it. Although, I have found some pretty good deals this summer for whatever reason online. It's a good plan to always check prices online for reductions.
My tomato plants are in raised beds surrounded by my perennial flower beds on both sides. Haven't had a problem with pollination.
I know a lot of people who defoliate the bottom of the plants. I generally dont (most plants Ive ever gotten blight on were nursery plants put out in 40 degree weather) unless the airflow is bad. I grow mine the old "Amish Tree" way, though.
Seedless straw mulch can also help against splashup compared to wood/manure...even for bullet molds that like to pop up on vinyl exterior trim or railings near flower beds.
Gotta love Dale. He's a handsome garden dog.
He's a very good boy. He's very nosy, so he always knows what's going on!
I actually just put down for an electric toothbrush to hand pollenate, and I think I just spent more on amazon for pruners!
Hello from Union County! I have been following your tomato routine and my fruit is wonderful. They are really starting to produce like crazy. I love the toothbrush technique! Thank you for such good information. I have a question about the numbers on the plant food packages. I know they represent the amount of NPK in the product, but, I'm confused about the drastic difference between regular and organic numbers. Why is there such a difference? Btw, your explanation about NPK was the first time I truly had an understanding about each of the elements and how the plant uses them. Thanks for your clear and concise explanation.
I'm going to have to try buzzing my tomatoes!
It works wonders as long as it hasn’t gotten too hot and humid yet!
i planned on doing the toothbrush method being this was my first year growing a garden but by golly every flower i can find has a mater on it haha. Guess nature did the job for me this year.
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!
Amazing 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you!
Dale is the best 😊
He is 😊
Ok those organza bags are genius, my dude. Gotta be the first time I went "oh, shit!" outloud to a YT vid 😂 My husband looked up from his game lol. I have like 300 from an old jewelry business 😂😂
I think length of growing season depends on whether you would want to remove suckers. It takes time to grow the plant to get blossoms. Unless there are many plants then you could get a good crop. I strive to keep the centers a bit open and mulch. We are getting some foggy mornings now and that keeps leaves wet. Some of the heirloom varieties have huge leaves that traps water.
All you have to do is tap or shake the blossoms and toothbrush not needed. Seriously, I cant see doing this on a whole crop or even if I had one plant.😂
I have never had insect problems on nightshade plants probably because it’s fairly dry here.
That electric toothbrush thing is crazy! After years of hand "tickling" tomato flowers, a technique passed down from generations past, I bought an electric toothbrush off Amazon and got it today. I just tried it for the first time, copying your technique. As soon as I touched the first flower, almost the entire spray of flowers burst pollen in the air! When I finished with several plants, there was pollen all over the head of the toothbrush. Wow! Now I'm hoping I haven't just cross pollinated my heirlooms!
i found an electric toothbrush of my kid & recycled it! from your last video about the electric toothbrush and now i am applying it! ...
Absolutley great channel. Ive learned a ton. I have been doing the hydrogen peroxide spray occassionally to keep leaf spot at bay, however, I find that when I spray, many of the flowers that are open that day dont end up turning to fruit. Is this because of the "clumpy" pollen you say here or is it due to the spray making those flowers barren afterwards?
The fish fertilizer should be stored in a cool place like your garage, especially for long term storage of your overstock.
Dale, Dale, Dale
Great video as always. Instead of the organza bags, you can simply harvest your tomatoes early and without significant loss in quality once they begin to change color, then place them in a cool place to ripen with other tomatoes.
Bugs and birds attack tomatoes the moment they start turning. The color attracts them. Worms will eat tomatoes when completely green. Protection isn't just for ripe tomatoes.
Wow! I love the toothbrush hack. I'm going to try this tonight. I'm in zone4b, so I don't have the same humidity & pest issues. It does get above 90 and like the rest of the country, I think it is going to be above 90 for the rest of the summer. Does the pollen get clumpy in dryer & 90+ degrees?
Other party favors in the baggies 😅
Good stuff. Tomato hornworms are near impossible to see, especially when small. An ultraviolet flashlight ($10) will make them fluorescent at night/evening.
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Happy 4th! Hope the weather turns. It's been pretty rough here. First a week of nonstop rain and flooding, then a week of non-stop 95 degree dry sun. Ah, summer.
save deep jar caps [like 1/2"], 'bury' them in the dirt up to the rim, fill them will beer, goodbuy slugs and probably snails. the beer attracts them and they drown in it. small bowls work too, plastic single serving fruit cups, etc.
@@rosemaryus-ct6151 THANK YOU
Just harvested our first Lucid Gems , which we grew on your suggestion . Not sure if you do your channel for fun or education . I am getting both .
It is both. I enjoy doing it and I want the videos to genuinely help people grow food.
I truly appreciate it .
I am waiting for you to post a video on Grafted tomatoes, I saw some for sale I am curious if you have tried it
I did everything you taught in this video and some of my little tomatoes have blossom end rot. I watched part of your video on that topic but it’s mostly about prevention. My issue could be due to too much water, as we’ve had a lot of rain. Any other ideas to prevent further issues with this problem?
I never realized people hand pollinated tomatoes! One of the benefits of living in Wisconsin where it isn't humid enough to ever have to hand pollinate them, and we don't really worry about disease either, but I still always prune lower leaves at planting and continue to prune through the summer so that the lowest leaves are about a foot from the soil. I switch between bone meal and a fertilizer with calcium and magnesium (Epsoma tomato tone lately) every 2 weeks through the summer. Great vid, per usual!!
Hand pollinating is not something you do only in hot climates where tomatoes quit on you. Hand pollinating will work anywhere. In your climate, you can hand pollinate all summer long, because it's never persistently hot and humid enough to cause pollen to be destroyed. In your climate especially, hand pollinating will be beneficial since you get a late start and a short growing window. You can dramatically increase your harvests: ua-cam.com/video/2kT_FISmGoo/v-deo.html
@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks! I think the main reason I've never had to hand pollinate any of my veggies or fruits is due to how many natural pollinators we have (living in the country has it's perks).
You gave me an idea to use that bag with my strawberries. The squirrels or something have been eating up my Junebearing strawberries.
Thank you for making me seem like the tomato whisperer to my family, thanks to all your great advice that I share with everyone! 🤩🪴🍅
Only use Miracle gro a couple of times because it builds a lot of salt in your soil. I use it when a plant looks sick or deficient and when the plant first starts flowering. Other than that I'd stick with stuff like Tomato tone or Doctor earth's organics. Just speaking from experience.
Hey great video. Thanks for sharing.
How do your tomato trellis' hold up in the severe storms and strong winds?
Fine. They’re designed to sway with wind. String trellises are stronger than rigid staking, because stakes don’t alleviate any pressure.
I put out water in saucers and it seems to help with fruit damage.
As always, great information. I am so glad I found and follow your channel. I am in north Louisiana and we had a week of over 100 degree temps last week. Most of my flowering tomatoes lost all their blooms. Some are determinate and some indeterminate. Do I continue to let them grow and hope for another wave of flowers or prune off suckers to start for fall crop? Our weather has been feast or famine with horrible storms and then high temps way too early in the season. :(
When it cools down they will flower again. That's for indeterminate I'm not sure about the determinate variety?
Always love all your videos - you've helped me so much - Thank U - I took a Pineapple tomato from a neighbor who was having trouble with it - It was almost completely dead But I've nursed it back where there is new growth now - My question is "do I cut off all the old dead branches/leaves"?
I'm glad to hear that! If the branches are yellow and/or dying off, you'll probably want to remove it. However, don't plant the tomato until the wounds heal over.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thank U for your quick reply - It's greatly appreciated.
TY, Sir …🫣👌🙏
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
@TheMillenialGardener is it true that a few weeks before my expected first frost date I should top my indeterminate tomatoes so they put energy into ripening fruit instead if flowering for new fruit?
Great video, just wanted to add,. Grammy Sarrett told me she planted her early suckers and got fully ripe tomatoes from them the same time she got from the mother plant. Just sayin'
That doesn't sound accurate to me in my experience. It takes a sucker about 2 weeks to root, and then another 2 weeks to get growing. It's a few weeks faster than starting from seed, but there's definitely no way it could catch up to a mother plant in normal circumstances. The only time I see this being possible is maybe *very* early in the season if you transplant the mother plants into cold soil and it makes the plants stall, while you simultaneously take a sucker inside to root. In those conditions, it may be able to catch up somewhat. However, once it warms up consistently, there's just no way. That being said, that doesn't mean you can't root suckers and have another 1-2 crops of tomatoes throughout the season. I have a few rooting on my porch that I plan to grow in the fall.
@TheMillennialGardener you just hit the man with facts❤
i stuck my suckers in water and they grew roots fast; the mother plant was way large by then though so i expect tomatoes later from the suckers
I see where you prune indeterminate Tomatoes toward the end of the season. Can that be done earlier to help fight disease?
i'm 5'4". when my tomato plants grow beyond my reach i cut off the top of the plant because i'm not getting on a stool or ladder to pick tomatoes lol. it's not worth falling down. would be nice to have links for the things u use in the vids, please.
Good morning Anthony 🌟, Can I use the toothbrush method on my Beit Alpha Cucumber too? Since they self pollinate like the tomatoe plant as well? I really look forward to your answer on this one! Thanks for your help and time and again I ABSOLUTELY Love ALL Your Very Helpful Videos and I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO 👍🍅🍅 n 🥒🥒✌️💜
No. Cucumbers pollinate using separate male and female flowers. Vibrating a cucumber flower won’t do anything. You have to transfer pollen from male flowers to female flowers. Because Beit Alpha is parthenocarpic, you don’t need to do anything at all. Just keep them cool enough and fertilized enough to keep producing fruit.
headed to the community garden armed with my electric toothbrush 😂❤️🔥👏
It works. If you try it before it gets too hot and humid, it is pretty amazing.
Citrus peels repel bugs.
also
When we dry and powder the peels they add calcium and loads of other nutrients to garden soil.
Have you tried this?
I don’t use citrus in my compost or soil, because the citric acid and citrus oil inhibits growth of beneficial fungi. I toss my citrus peels in the trash. I do compost my egg shells, but I don’t go out of my way to add them to my soil. Fertilizers contain enormous amounts of calcium, especially if you use bone meal like I do. Problems with calcium uptake has to do with moisture regulation and uneven watering, generally. Soils almost never need added calcium if you’re giving them fertilizer.
This is a great video. Thank you. Say hi to Dale from me.
You’re welcome! Dale sends his love ❤️
Yea.. mine are screwed at this point. I didnt give them enough space, mixturr of Indeterminate and determinate so im not sure wat to prune anymore. Cant remember which tomatoe kinds were used. All cramped in a 5' x 8'. Theyve grown quite well since the raised garden bed is always in sunlight... too many mistakes. 😢 well i guess theres next year. Sigh
Can you do this to squash also?
Squash, I generally do not prune. I find pruning squash not only provides an easy entry point for pests, but it also releases a smell that's said to attract squash bugs. I try to not touch those plants as much as possible. Squash also require pollination from separate male and female flowers, so you need to either have bees pollinate them or manually move pollen from male flowers to female flowers with a makeup brush or cotton swab. As for fertilizing, you can fertilize squash exactly the same as tomatoes. They have virtually identical feeding requirements.
The netting will protect from unwanted pests but also the wanted "pollinators"😢. I know that's what the electric toothbrush is for but still. A tough decision🤔 that I've still not made yet😬.
soo i cut lower leaves n my plants died ? also on few plants just remover suckers n plants die off any ideas? im in moble alabama area
Can I do a video on bottom watering tomatoe plants
I water via drip irrigation. That is the best way to water tomatoes. I have a playlist dedicated to every possible setup here: ua-cam.com/play/PL1gY7BoYBGIHHHsx0JPcYgD4xXzA96usL.html
TMG community about to have the healthiest gums and maters with our handydandy new toothbrushes/tomato ticklers 😂
What are your thoughts on worm casings and worm tea? I've been using both (I rent so I'm 100% container gardening) but it's expensive and I'd like to know your opinion on it or anyone reading this 🤔
My tomato plants are literally just leaf plants. I started clipping the leaves that touch the dirt. Also, if i see a leaf that’s been eaten by a big, should I remove it?
Are you also using sunshade covering over the tomatoes?
Under my straw bales, yes. They are doing MUCH better than my tomatoes out in my garden.
I've heard you're supposed to prune the suckers on indeterminates -- with the exception of cherry tomatoes. Has anyone else heard of this?
No, you aren’t supposed to. People remove suckers only to control the size of the plants or increase fruit size. Removing suckers removes the plant’s ability to flower and opens them up to disease. Flowers come off the suckers, so the more you remove, the less productive each plant will be. It is a trade-off between production and your ability to control the plant.
Do you hold back on fertilizers when temperatures get over 90-100°F? I thought the plants kind of go dormant in these temps, so you shouldn't push them.
I have many of them under shade cloth now. The heat beats them up, but shade cloth is cheap and easy to store: ua-cam.com/video/cO-U1wYGZ8Q/v-deo.html
I wish I could figure out how to send you a pic, but I can't. I used the toothbrush method and I am getting 10 to 12 tomatoes per stalk