3 - How to Grow Tomatoes - Planting in a HOOPHOUSE

[@scottishravioli2719]

Just found your videos. You're a good teacher. Very hands on adn you actually illustrate bits that others just skate across. thank you

[@driftingsoulsisters]

Would love some more gardening/ homesteading vlogs 🥰

[@scottishravioli2719]

You should try Charles Dowding's NO DIG approach!

[@rosepetaldrone3226]

Both impressed and confused. You have a beautiful set up and I like how nice you keep it. Now confused. I live in nj. I started peppers 1/20, and tomatoes 1/30. I shoot for 4/1 in the ground. Just wondering why the late start.

[@vinofarm]

We have frosts and freezing nights all the way through May. I can put them in the ground INSIDE the hoophouse around May 1, but outdoors is dangerous until May 31.

[@williammoore2259]

I would like to make ahoophouse like your for my 4x8 raise bed I am growing tomatoes and cucumbers I would like to keep the plants inside could use a little help thank bill

[@priayief]

Liked the video. I've grown determinate tomatoes for years and most of those years I've grown them up twine in a similar fashion to yours. Since I'm lazy, I'm always looking for ways to save time and effort. Setting up the twine and removing it at the beginning and end of the season, while not an excessive effort but I thought I could improve the process. Two seasons ago, I found some galvanized wire fencing that had about 4 inch spacing. Installed that along my rows of tomatoes and trained them to climb in a similar manner to vining them up the twine. Saved me a lot of time and effort. The key to this method is to use wire fencing of sufficient spacing that will allow easy suckering and harvesting from either side of the row.

[@ChiakiNanami736]

One of these days I'm going to have to figure out where some of your background music comes from (especially that clarinet ditty early on--more of that could make a day of computer code more upbeat!)

[@vinofarm]

Link to that music is in the description. If it's not credited, it's from Epidemic Sound. If it's not Epidemic Sound, I will always credit. These early videos used a lot of music from the KZbin Free Audio bin. Then I discovered Andrew Applepie and he gave permission to use his music. For the last two years it's mostly from Epidemic Sound.

[@teambeining]

Aren’t you also supposed to pinch the top leaves so that the plant fills out and has a strong base?

[@vinofarm]

No, I have never done that.

[@annasophia7977]

Do you put the 4inch pots in a tray for watering or do you just water regularly? Thanks

[@Housebarons]

Hi, I have really been enjoying your tomato growing series! I would like to start this process now. It is December 20th. Sounds like part 1 takes 6 weeks and part 2 takes 2 weeks. That would put me at February 20th when I need to plant the tomatoes in the ground. I live in Indiana. I will have hoop houses, but the ground will be frozen. Would I be able to plant these initial tomatoes into large pots until April? If so, how large of a pot would I need? How deep will the roots go? I love how you say you are now accepting new subscribers, hilarious! Thanks much!!!

[@grdngodess]

Great Information..............thanks

[@vinofarm]

Glad you enjoyed it, Mary!

[@sosteve9113]

very nice greenhouse

[@vinofarm]

Thanks! Wait for the next video. It's really coming to life now.

[@sosteve9113]

i will i have a much smaller green house myself

[@vinofarm]

+so steve I started with some bent pvc pipes, duct tape, and Home Depot plastic my first season. The plastic shredded by fall and I knew I needed something more stable. If you have space, look for something used. Steel frame hoops pop up on Craigslist around me (New England) constantly. You have to go disassemble them usually and rent a truck, but it's a great investment. I have about $1000 total invested in those hoops, hardware and plastic and we are on year 8 of using it with no other cost for infrastructure. Replacing the plastic a few years down the road might cost $200 for another 10 years. It's a great investment.

[@sosteve9113]

thanks for the tip my friend i just starting out so it will help

[@franzb69]

would those hoophouses survive the extreme typhoon seasons we get here in the philippines? typhoons with 200kph winds.

[@vinofarm]

Possibly. The plastic might tear away, but the hoops are very secure. We don't get typhoons here. There have been tornados in the region, but not at our property.

[@gabrielgonzales5638]

you have a great channel and you will have no problem gaining subscribers

[@vinofarm]

Thanks for the kind words, Gabriel!

[@jma_]

lol omg that hair! I've watched all of your beehive videos, but you're always wearing a hat, so the wild bunch came as a bit of a surprise. excellent videos, have really enjoyed learning from your efforts and ambitions. keep up the great work!

[@vinofarm]

Ha ha... it doesn't look like that anymore. It's a lot more contained. I think it reached peak 'mop' in my first Flow Hive video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIulnaCClppml7c Thanks for watching!

[@crazytexan7]

Watching the hoop house clean up in time-lapse was so relaxing! Very zen with you doing all the work. Have you ever considered growing a green manure such as alfafa or clover in the tomato beds over the winter (to the extent they would grow some in the fall and early spring in your climate)? I've read they will fix nitrogen and might reduce the amount of compost/work necessary to prep the beds. Really enjoying your channel by the way!

[@vinofarm]

I have thought about the green manure thing, but it seems like a hassle for such a small area. By the end of the season, a million other things land on my plate and I just never get into the hoophouse to properly clean out the old tomatoes and prep and plant a cover crop. I usually do my cleanup in the spring and bring in compost. I might try planting something if I have some time this fall. It would be a good experiment. Thanks for the suggestion.