How to Prune Indeterminate and Determinate Tomatoes for Healthy Yields || Black Gumbo

In this video I’ll show you the difference between determinate and indeterminate tomato plants and how to prune them for maximum growth, health and high yields. If you don’t prune, your tomatoes will grow, but will sprawl, become difficult to manage, and will invite diseases and pests. Pruning promotes earlier and healthier harvests and tidy plants that are easier to care for. I’ll speak about plant anatomy, specifically stems, suckers and leafing branches and will show you how easy it is to care for a young plant so that it will become a prosperous and enjoyable project.
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Everything takes time too be really good, so enjoy that process, it's the fun part.

[@klmshier]

Thank you. This was the best instruction I've found for how to prune an indeterminate tomato.

[@cjpeek]

BEST video ever explaining this! Thank you so much!

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[@surfcnthargrove]

Didn't know the bush plants set all the fruit at once. Wish they'd say this stuff on the label. Thanks for the info!

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Thank you Scott! Love the gardening videos.

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Glad I found you and will enjoy learning and watching during the 2020 garden season.

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[@leannarandall]

This is very helpful! I have been severely overpruning! Thanks!

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Watch lots of videos on gardening and your videos are straight to the point and tell me exactly what i wanted with no filler! keep making great videos

[@michaelzaccaria8103]

Happy Easter and thank you sir I've learned a lot from you about bell peppers and tomatoes

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Great video with perfect explanations & precise demonstrations. Thank you

[@mellieaqua6954]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Feeling more confident now that the young plants I bought yesterday having a better chance at surviving my inexperienced love and care 😊👍🏽

[@tomjustice7610]

Clear, concise information. Great production values! Thank you so much.

[@freezo244]

Been looking for a good vid on this topic. Thanks, Scott!

[@MihaelaFroehlich]

Very useful and informative. And it was a pleasure to listen and learn from you. Thank you for putting this together.

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Very informative. Thank you for making this video. Happy gardening!

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I will be following your videos this year on my gardening project! You are so helpful! Thank you!!

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So clear, to the point, no banter. This is an excellent video! Well done!

[@Dougiemort]

Short, sweet, complete. That's why I'm the fourth new subscriber in a row. That, and I really have a tough time growing tomatoes in southern California.

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That was awesome! The video was quick to the point, but provided tons of information!. I really enjoyed it

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Thx Mr Scott. this was a very valuable information i needed ! Much Thx.

[@thosedamncadas8058]

Thanks - easy to follow and precise instructions! Appreciate it!

[@JesperAndersen]

Also first-time gardener and your video was the first I found (been looking a lot) that explained pruning and the difference between leaf branches and suckers - thank you! :-)

[@sntcz8]

Thank you soooo much for this video!! I now have a better understanding about my tomato plants. Your detailed explanation has helped me so much.

[@reindv.2205]

Thank you. Now I will start trimming my tomato plants.

[@sherrillpearson7140]

This was PERFECT informative, clearly presented vid. Also a handsome host. Merci! From Quebec.

[@mrpbright]

From a Detroit city boy learning about growing a garden lemme just say, well done. Thank you. Smooth flowing video without unnecessary info. Straight forward and informative. Well done.

[@plushdays8267]

I just got my first determinate tomato plant. A vigoro better Bush. Thanks for this video! Very helpful!

[@user-zo1pv6oy3r]

Thanks for the video. Been growing tomatoes for a few years now, and with lots of help from a master gardener friend, have had some decent success. I have to admit i never knew the differences between indeterminate and determinate plants, just never came up. Thank you for that. :)

[@129kittykati]

Thank you so much. That explains why some of my plants arent doing too good.

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One year ago, you were just reaching 5K subscribers. NOW you have, in just ONE YEAR, over 31K!!! Good Job!

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now 127 k :)

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@@loganmaclean10 Clapping my hands!!!

[@Jack8888.]

I’ve watched a lot of tomato pruning videos and this one is the best !

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Great job ! Really appreciate all the helpful tips.

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You seems like a very fine gentleman Scott! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! You have a new subscriber. Keep up the great work!😀

[@janstiver3350]

Just planted the tomato plant I bought and discovered I bought all determinate. Your video was great and will help me take care of my plants this year! Really like your ladybug video too!

[@judymutchler1973]

I have been overwhelmed by huge plants in the past, lots of stems and vines. Appreciate this great information and excited to get growing.

[@meeruisland]

Just started to grow tomatoes and other veg and fruit. This video showed what I was needing, many thanks

[@sharongeorge4096]

Excellent video and you explained this for any novice could understand!!

[@yateska23]

Thanks for the video! This is the first video I have ever found that was easily explained and showed .

[@moiramccleary2413]

Very informative. Didn’t know the difference of a determinate and indeterminate and the importance of pruning accordingly. Great information 👍🏻 Thanks

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Thank you for the information you provided and being humble. This was my first time watching you and because you were humble I subscribed. Wishing you much success.

[@codymunro4292]

Very informative and clear ! This is my second year growing peppers and tomatoes. There is so much misleading information on KZbin it's hard to "weed" out the bullshit lol thank you for being at the top of my list of youtubers ! You got the touch brutha

[@bhav15h16]

Valuable infos. Gonna help me alot to cultivate my home grown tomatoes.. Thank you for sharing good sir

[@alicedicroce1763]

Thanks so much, your video got us out this morning and we pruned the lower branches that were in fact starting to whither. Your expertise is welcome!

[@KimmiG-jg4pw]

Greetings from the West Coast of Canada! Loved your video! It was very helpful as my tomatoes plants are a little out of hand and not doing much. I am a new Veggie Gardener having some struggles and trying not to get get discouraged. I will be a subscriber and you will be my very first subscription to anything on you tube! Cheers from Vancouver Canada!

[@jeandixon586]

Thank you for this video! I didn't properly understand about suckers and leafy branches. Now I get it. So grateful 💯❤️

[@HappyPappynKatyTX]

Glad I found your channel. Fellow gardener from the Texas gulf coast area. Appreciate the education and style

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Great video with perfect to the point examples. Helped me a lot. 👍👍

[@lindahiggs484]

Great information. I've been growing tomatoes for many years, and am now confined to container growing. Good to know the difference between det and indet. Thanks.

[@tizjak07]

Keep up all the gr8 videos Scott... Learning lots from you.... Jak In Oz

[@leebrandonlawrence829]

This is the most informative and straight to the point knowledge ive ever found

[@homesteadhousewife9964]

Thanks a bunch for teaching me all about pruning my 🍅 plants!!! Great video!

[@amberk2124]

Thank You...I needed that! Blessings!

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Great video, detailed, to the point easy to learn. TY!!

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I thank you too for the information you giving us it's inspiring me to love gardening more❤️👍🇿🇦

[@ajcaunter]

Very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to explain!

[@janisgriffin7147]

You are a great teacher.I appreciate you sharing with me. Thank you so much. Janis in the Texas Hill Country

[@kathleenwylen5171]

Well, thanks so much ! Now I know that I have a bush plant and can now know how to prune it! Really enjoying the way you explain caring for these plants 🪴Thank You 😊

[@christinefunk3591]

Just found your channel and love it. I live in cold Canada. Very short growing season and used your reusing potting soil video and finally understand tomatoes based on this video. Thx a lot. Appreciate it.

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Thanks! Just what I was looking for.

[@tiffanyvanzeben2506]

Best information! Thanks for explaining all the parts of the plant. Many don't really explain those important details.

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I love your videos They are informative and interesting, keep up the good work

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Perfect video..Thanks from Santa Cruz, California

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U know ur growing! I like ur humble and happy aproach. Very good tips,thank you from Tasmania,Australia

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Thanks again Scott, I am so glad that I found your channel, I am now one of your new subscribers.

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Awesome, thank you!

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❤thank you so much Scott I have learned so much from you and I’m looking forward to learning much more sire thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with us

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Great video,excellent narrative.lots of great information

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This was great info. I cant wait to get started next season.

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Man , in less than ten minutes you cleared up many growing seasons of questions and confusion. Many thanks sir ! Oh and by the way, if half of the folks I’ve recommended your channel to subscribe, you should be at 50 K by next Tuesday lol

[@dianecope5405]

thank you i now know the difference in tomatoes. for many years i have grown tomatoes but not bush, the suckers i used to put in compost and it would root grow and provide more tomatoes

[@SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden]

Thanks and happy growing.

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I really like this channel! Good instructions.

[@LoveMe-ei2ib]

I have watched alot of plant KZbin videos. I struggle every year and still did not know how to prune tomatoes and peppers. Both those videos have helped alot. Thanks so much.

[@williamwebb9748]

You made the trimming of suckers and leaves and the why of the difference understandable .. thank you .. very much

[@pinkrizo3815]

Love it. It's been awhile sense I've grown a tomato plant, But did this year & just wanted to make sure I was doing it right. Thank you! We also did green beans, Carrots, Mint, two different aloe's, cactus & Cucumbers... My tomato plant was the last to harvest & it is almost as tall as me😳 I hope to have a bigger garden next year🙏

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Thanks for the great tips, I'll be using them in my garden this year..Happy growing!

[@ScottHead]

Thanks for commenting and I hope you have a wonderful garden.

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Thanks pal for the updates and information...

[@caseyhorton1352]

First-time gardener. I have been looking for a video that explains exactly this. Thank you!

[@seanleith5312]

No, he doesn't answer this question that everyone has: how to tell a tomato is determinate or indeterminate.

[@kreeetin]

The exact video I was looking for!

[@NoleGOAT]

I like it how you explain it so simple and as a beginner like me can learn a lot from it. Keep doing your work.

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Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@alexic0n]

thank you for the video sir. it was wonderfully informational, and i can't wait to start on my crop for this year!

[@LiliansGardens]

Great video. I prune my determinate suckers and leave about thre main stems, works nicely. Thanks. My determinates I took off the leaf to allow the sucker to have room

[@dawngale6664]

First year growing tomatoes, wish I would have found you sooner, great job explaining, next year I will differently be paying attention to what kind of tomato plants I am buying.

[@francinelarsen3303]

Thanks, Scott. I'm going back to label my determinants now.

[@pjkoltnow]

Thank you! I think you'd make a great host on a regular TV show! Very informative. Also wonderful video and audio quality.

[@hassansalman6461]

Thank you from South Lebanon, Middle East. You just gave me more confidence in how I am pruning my tomatoes det. or indet. plants.

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I adore your teaching style. Subbed!

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Watching this April of 2020, when you mentioned having 5000 then and as of me typing you have 31000, really shows people like your content. This video was really nice for someone who is getting more into gardening this year than last. I didn't trim my tomatoes last year and they got so out of hand. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@TheRealCoryKent]

Hey Scott, I've watched a few videos on tomato plants and care so far, but you did a really good job here. Came across very clear, very professional, easy to understand. Even having grown tomatoes for a few years, somehow I still learned a few things. Thanks so much!

[@ScottHead]

Thanks Cory, I am an amateur really, but am learning. Glad you found something useful.

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Very clear and helpful video. Thank you.

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WOW!! that was a very inspirational Video thanks for the Info! :)

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Excellent. You are a natural teacher. Thanks!

[@ScottHead]

So nice of you

[@LibbyRoseEmbroidery]

Very informative and helpful, thanks! :)

[@timothybladon9958]

I'm growing tomatoes for the first time in years. Good tip about leaves touching the ground. I have 9 determinants and 3 indeterminates. Plants are healthy and hoping for a good harvest.

[@JordanasBoutiqueTx]

Very informative thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@2901nc]

I am a new gardener outside New Orleans...planted tomatoes..definitely the indefinite kind! I have me a jungle! Appreciate the info, especially gardening in the heat.