Tomato Tips & Tricks with CaliKim and Gary- Managing Disease, Productivity, Favorite Varieties

[@thehealingberrygarden9608]

Best collaboration ever! And I mean the three of you. Two talents in front of the camera and one talent behind the camera. Perfect!

[@CaliKim29]

You are so sweet, I will pass that on to Jerry too. Enjoy your weekend, Ranka!

[@mrsesta1119]

Awesome when two of my favorite channels get together and discuss their tips and tricks!

[@emilym155]

I jut harvested my very first tomatoes EVER! Thanks to you two for all the information! They were big and juicy black prince heirlooms with only a few cracks as I grew them in dollar store pots, I couldn’t be happier! Now I’m looking forward to fall gardening and planning my next summer garden! Couldn’t have done it without you two!

[@yeevita]

Gardens will vary year to year, but growing your own food is amazing! I do not touch supermarket fruit or tomatoes. They taste so different than my homegrown ones. Homegrown veggies are also so much better than market ones.

[@VianneyCreates]

aw, man! Gary is beating you in the view count! LOL!! Thank you both for this great info. My large tomatoes are beginning to ripen, just in time for my husband to be away at a military training! Who's going to eat all of these? He was pretty bummed out that he was going to miss the fruits of our labor, but I reminded him that we live in SoCal...they'll still be plenty coming in when he gets back at the end of August (I hope)!

[@yeevita]

There should be plenty of time. Here in SoCal high desert, my tomatoes produce so much more in fall and early winter vs spring, summer.

[@Betty-qd8st]

OMG what am amazing garden😍😍😍😍😍

[@kellyc2425]

Great vid! Camera Guy Jerry is (as usual) on point! I love these collabs! I'd really love to see you two collab with Luke (MIGardner) You guys are my very faves! 😁👍🏻

[@CaliKim29]

Glad you enjoyed the video, the collabs are fun. Jerry says thanks - we appreciate you stopping by!

[@colddeadhands7202]

Wow, can learn a lot from them…

[@chefsabbaa7896]

Grand! A wonderful way to experience a garden to its fullest. I love it.

[@CaliKim29]

Hello Lauren, Gary's garden is lush and lovely, we enjoyed our visit and had so much fun filming. Glad you enjoyed it too, thanks for watching!

[@mohammedalqatesh6224]

Thank you for talking about split tomatoes because of too much watering that happen to my pear tomatoe plant didn't know why :)

[@rachanautekar28]

You both are my garden gurus. Thank you for collaboration

[@barbarathomas3633]

I would love to see a video on how you tie up the cherry tomato hedge.

[@CaliKim29]

Hello Barbara, that would be a good one, I agree. Make sure to make a comment on Gary's channel so he can make video on it! Thanks for watching!

[@dans4270]

Just came in from my garden here in N.Y. LOTS of work left 😪 Using wood chips because I've heard so much good about them. Didn't get them free but 70 bucks for 5-6 truck loads is good we're I'm at.

[@SalMarhome]

everytime i watch your channel i end up starting a new tomatoe for the last year or so lol, thanks for the encourage. well i have to go get some romas started!! (zone 8)

[@russell802208]

Nice tips on the tomatoes and its great to see a husband and wife work in the garden together because I end up doing my garden work alone

[@CaliKim29]

Hello gone cray, glad you enjoyed the tomato tips. I agree, it's fun to garden with someone else. Gary is actually a good friend, my husband, Jerry is behind the camera. Thanks for stopping by!

[@beatemalgut358]

Danke für das wunderbare und hilfreiche Video. :-) Vielen Dank und alles gute für eure Gesundheit. Tschüss Bea aus Norddeutschland

[@jeanlaflamme7099]

OMG east meets west. I love it. My two favourite channels together, awesome. I do have a favourite but that's my secret.

[@dans4270]

Lol

[@jackiehorsley9263]

wow another great garden tour and my favorite tomato Is Cherokee purple

[@CaliKim29]

An amazing tomato - and so, so pretty too! Thanks for watching, Jackie!

[@GardeningforBeginners]

Very interesting info on toms 🍅🍅🍅

[@Sandra-nx3pl]

good video and very good garden ....thank you for you both be my inspiration in my garden .

[@gregoryfortner6038]

I replaced some old wooden windows in my sunroom. They will be used to build a early plant enclosure. Thanks for the informative video.

[@CaliKim29]

Great idea, Gregory, I love your resourcefulness. Thanks for watching!

[@toddanderson8530]

Wait, does this mean that CaliKim is in Maryland?!? You two should have a booth at Art Scape and sell your wares. I think the way you both augment your styles and design gorgeous gardens is a form of Art. Thanks for your content.

[@missourigirl4101]

Fun tour you too!!

[@CaliKim29]

Thank you - so glad you enjoyed it, we had a ball filming at Gary's garden! Thanks for watching!

[@theclawsoncrew13]

My favorite people in 1 video?!??! I'm in heaven!!!

[@CaliKim29]

Aww, thanks so much, Jo. Jerry and I had a blast visiting Gary's beautiful garden and filming together. Stay tuned for more collabs in the coming weeks!

[@theclawsoncrew13]

@@CaliKim29 Can't wait! This year I finally did a "go big or go home" garden. I've made mistakes but keep pushing forward. It's been hard (while recovering from a head on accident and 7 broken bones) but I love it!

[@richardlorizio2367]

Another great video, your you tube is the best, keep up the good work. Thanks

[@keikookawa7797]

You make a great team ❤️😉👍

[@mike97525]

thank you

[@amythinks]

I think CaliKim just hinted to us at 7:40 that Gary is a vegetarian. I don't know that I've ever heard him say so one way or the other.

[@curiouscat4377]

I love pineapple tomatoes

[@pa.fishpreacher6166]

My favorite for size is a German tomato, it is kind of a pinkish color and the 2nd one is called Hawaiian Pineapple which is a cross between red and yellow in color. Both get to be a good size fruit. I have been saving both for many yrs.

[@pa.fishpreacher6166]

After your video I want to try the Tiny Tim next yr. for sure.

[@CaliKim29]

I like the sounds of both of those, especially the Hawaiian pineapple, as we love Hawaii and yellow tomatoes! I bet they are super tasty! Appreciate you stopping by!

[@lennapelayo3252]

Thank you I'm going to Gary's channel and on to his seed shop Where the seeds and the prices are right Gary is awesome and so is his channel you should head over to Misilla channel, Learn to grow... its so Awesome and ..Suburban Homestead.. with Silo.. they are do Down to Earth just like Gary awesome people...

[@curiouscat4377]

What spray regimen do you use on your tomato plants?

[@md.hasibuddinmolla2619]

Do you have any idea how to fight curly top in tomato plant. It's just the top leaves not the older one. And the growth has stunted.

[@KatieAymett]

You talk about spraying your tomatoes, what do you spray them with?

[@CaliKim29]

That was so long ago, I don't recall!!! What do you want to spray for? Let's see if I can help that way? CK

[@wyattspop]

Hey Gary and Kimba.... how do you differentiate disease from animal/insect consumption? The leaves on some of my tomato plants have holes in the center of the leaf. I haven't seen any grasshoppers, but last year one went to work on my young-potted lime tree leaves...and I do see a pair of lizards run away when I approach my garden..any clues what I'm dealing with and how to address this? My tomato plants are transplants about 6 weeks old, 2-4 feet tall and just beginning to fruit. Thanks Guys

[@carolynblack1060]

How do you know which one is determinant or indeterminate?

[@wyattspop]

Early Girl has grown almost a foot faster than the 8 different varieties I have going this spring

[@dans4270]

That's a LOT of tomatoes 🤯 Does he sell them or eat them all !?

[@anastasiaclendaniel6035]

My Amish paste tomatoes split no matter what. No rain, on irrigation. Just happens. I cut the weird parts and freeze them anyway for sauce. But I think I won’t grow them again next year.

[@yeevita]

They seem much more sensitive to sun and high temps than my other tomatoes. Try some shade.

[@catherinelittlebear9863]

How are you using string to stake the tomatoes?

[@richardmiesell4785]

Hello, looks great there. By the way what do you guys recommend to deal with Stink Bugs, the leaf footed bugs. Here in lousiana they are epidemic now. They show up by early May and stay until frost occurs. They devastate tomatoes and reproduce non stop. Any ideas?

[@wallymarcel1]

What do you do when the plants get so tall they’re ready to spill over into your next door neighbor’s yard? I hate cutting off the top of the plant and lose flowers but should I sacrifice flowers to keep the plant smaller?

[@BigMacBook1300]

Are use Epson salt when I see my tomato plants start to have spots and yellow leaves like that.

[@FabulouzMIRI]

Birds have been eating my tomatoe plants lol

[@elainjones9442]

Can you still plate tomatoes now?

[@nishamehta5176]

Wow that was amazing video 😍 Kim and Gary collaboration couldn’t get better 😘😘😘 Growing 5/6 red vine tomatoes and 3 tiny Tim tomatoes and they are doing great 🤞🏻but The red vine 🍅 leaves are some curling and Kinda getting crisps few have sun burn spots on the leaves, should I spray them with hydrogen peroxide? What do you recommend?

[@yeevita]

Shade cloth.

[@bethanyhopkins1495]

I'm growing tomatoes in containers. All varieties receive the same amount of time of drip irrigation and fertilizer, but one plant's leaves are curling. The curling seems to be focused at the top of the plant, especially new growth. Anything I can do?

[@bethanyhopkins1495]

It's the golden jubilee variety

[@CaliKim29]

Hello Bethany, leaf curling is nothing to worry about, sometimes it happens in response to the heat. If the leaves start to yellow, trim them off. Golden Jubilee's are a fav - you'll love them! Thanks for stopping by!

[@CaliKim29]

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[@BoldlyGrowHomestead]

My direct seeded tomatoes mostly failed in my 5b garden which wouldn't be surprising even if it wasn't such a bad spring but a few are starting to do okay. I have about 90 ish days on average left in our growing season. To late for another tiny tim attempt?

[@CaliKim29]

That's great that you have a few doing well! Never too late for Tiny Tim, they mature in 60 days or so. To get them off to a quick start, you might want to get seeds stared indoors on a heat mat and grow lights (if you have the set up for it ) This way you can make the most of the warm season you have left. Thanks for watching!

[@yeevita]

Is there a way to create a minigreenhouse over your tiny tims for when the nights get colder or to maintain warm temps? It might extend your season a bit.

[@itsabouttogetreal8051]

I couldn't find any early girls this year.

[@CaliKim29]

They must have been a popular one at the garden centers this year. A fav in our garden too, they produce early, and for a long time. Hopefully you can find some next year. Thanks for stopping by!

[@mohammedalqatesh6224]

Okay if the skin too Hardy to eat why is that.

[@kevindecoteau3186]

Although I do find the channel interesting I find veggies that create a lot of inflammation in the body not too helpful.

[@yeevita]

I have trouble eating market veggies and raw veggies. Cooked ones seem perfectly fine. Slightly blanched seems enough, though I love sauteed with garlic and herbs.