12 Tomato TIPS - Become A BETTER Gardener

[@simplifygardening]

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[@Annie.xx-xx]

Tony thanks so much for these tips and especially the water bottle bottle tip. Can I ask should i do this with my courgettes and squash too. . Thanks again. 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🌱🌱🌱🌱

[@simplifygardening]

@@Annie.xx-xx you can use this methods with both. With squash a few other tips in a later video

[@Annie.xx-xx]

@@simplifygardening Thanks Tony

[@simplifygardening]

Anytime Anna

[@simplifygardening]

Anytime Anna

[@davidf4897]

Thank you. I am a veteran with diagnosed PTSD and I attended a horticulture course as part of wellbeing therapy to address and manage my symptoms. It was a great success for me. Your videos take it to the next level. Great knowledge, simply delivered. Well done and thank you. There's healing in the garden.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks David. I am glad you found something to focus on. And its the reason why I am building a well being garden here too.

[@davidf4897]

@@simplifygardening Good man Tony. I wish you well with that and look forward to videos in future.

[@rosielove1337]

Thanks for your wonderful videos, they are so helpful and gentle voice🙂👍🍃🍅 and for your comment David, I too was diagnosed PTSD and I'm a beginner gardener but my mind is soo rested when I'm tending the garden and find it has a beautiful holistic effect right through the day and night ( I now dream about my Garden 🌹 instead of nightmares) sending big love to all from Bonnie Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧💞

[@Selfsufficientme]

This is a good video Tony! I like the way you put it together - this type of format is easy to watch and understand. Cheers :)

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers Mark. Hopefully folks are enjoying the content :)

[@patriciarussell8450]

Tony love your videos. Please don't take down your older videos when starting your new channel, please they are valuable. Thanks for your sharing skills and tips of what you've done.

[@Grumszy]

Great advice. It's taken me around 46 years to learn most of these tips by trial and error...Amazing channel for gardeners young and old.

[@druidsgardenandkitchen]

Just came across this video after watching your potato in buckets vids. I've been growing tomatoes for years now and this is an excellent video for anyone starting to grow them and wanting to get the best harvest. I do pretty much all of these and it really makes a difference. I'm doing 38 different varieties this year, most of which I've never grown before but for me that's the best part of growing heirloom tomatoes, you have so much choice and can create a really beautiful selection of tomatoes.

[@georgemuter4996]

Tony , love your videos , had allotments for 40 years , had some success and some failures but the beauty about gardening is you learn all your life . And I must say I have learned more since I discovered your site than I ever learned from all the “old timers”. Thanks again Tony from a Northumberland grower .

[@simplifygardening]

Wow thank you George. I really appreciate that

[@GraftingTactick]

Very well explanation from A to Z . Very informative. Thank you so much for sharing this video TONY

[@martybee6701]

I have ONE tomato plant in a large tub this year. It guzzles an entire watering can (7 litres) of water DAILY. I supplement mine with a weekly dose of Tomorite tomato food plus an additional bonus every few weeks of yeast solution. This is a half bag of sugar, 2 packets of yeast, left to ferment overnight with hot ( not boiling ) water filling a 5 litre water bottle. A cup of this added to your watering can will activate the plant's sugar production, the solution is also effective on strawberries.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

I’m growing Picus plum tomatoes, Plum Regal, and Sakura cherry tomatoes this year (2024). Here in the Toronto area we generally grow our Tomatoes outside, after starting them indoors.

[@stephendavies-t4x]

great tips thanks Tony. Your tomato plants look like real cordons/ columns, with the fruits going close to the main stem. Even when I grow "cordon" varieties, I get something very bushy with the fruits all way out. I think if I had narrow columns I'd get more plants in. Could you make a video on pruning for tidy tomato plants? Thanks

[@ledeenhangen7243]

yesterday I listened to your video and trimmed the branches below the tomatoes to give sunlight to them and I have already noticed the differenced. Thank you.

[@simplifygardening]

That is excellent Ledeen, Keep up with following the video you will have a bumper harvest

[@austinwalter5352]

Sounds good, please what do you mine by that?

[@patgal8588]

I never really appreciated tomatoes until I started growing my own. Delicious. Have taken your tips on board.

[@simplifygardening]

Hi Pat. Yes until you eat homegrown tomatoes off the vine you dont realise what you are missing out on

[@RagbagMcShag]

once you've eaten selfgrown tomatos, the storebought ones taste a lot more like water lol

[@nancyvanderhart9018]

Love your videos. I just started checking them out this spring and have found them to be very helpful. I am growing a few plants of small tomato called "sweet orange" here in Canada I get them from one of our local farmers market venders. I've been getting them from her for three years now, I don't even bother with the red varieties anymore because the sweet orange are amazing. Thanks for all the wonderful tips I have been able to used.

[@DJOHN5ON]

What a great tutorial. Love the upside bottle idea! Some great tips here. Thanks

[@cicero2]

You've given some good tips there, Tony. Many thanks. When you mentioned the fan heater to blow over the plants, I have used this for many years now, as a means of preventing blight and mildew. I use a timer and move the air throughout the night about 15 mins. every hour or so. I haven't lost a plant for the last 10 years. Good luck for the season!

[@doloresdavis1780]

I should think it will help with pollination as well.

[@simplifygardening]

Airflow is of paramount importance

[@simplifygardening]

yup

[@alanhoughton3252]

Hey "Fire Bobby" you're the best educator for us tender growers! Thanks a mil.

[@gardeninginengland]

Great refresher prior to sowing this year! I'm growing santiam sunrise, mountain magic, crimson crush and roma.

[@simplifygardening]

Great varieties Sarah. Good luck with them

[@carolehenderson9185]

I have discovered your channel recently and just love how much you share and teach us all. Keep up the great work. 👏

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you Carole I am glad you are enjoying the videos and welcome to the channel

[@ChilliChump]

Some good Tips! Looks like you are going to have loads of tomatoes The polytunnel is looking great!

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah still lots of work to do mate, be glad when I get it all out in the ground. Grow enough to provide us with sauces and stuff all year

[@rogerahern]

Tony, your videos are phenomenal. There's things here I never would have thought of. Thank you very much for the information.

[@simplifygardening]

Wow, thank you very much Roger. I a, glad that my content is helping you so much. I really appreciate this comment. thanks :)

[@davebriers4571]

@@simplifygardening u

[@joycesaadat5149]

Thanks for your tips of growing tomatoes.

[@lyndaturner6686]

Always so easy to follow your tips

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kenhughes009]

Oxhearts, and Black Plum. Sometimes I try new varieties, but those two are the best for me.

[@simplifygardening]

Oh I will have to source some oxhearts seed and give them a go

[@mariemorris7834]

Great video. I'm growing five different tomatoes this year, moneymaker, Chico beefsteak, and two cherry, sweet baby and one I saved from tomatoes from a shop

[@simplifygardening]

That is great Marie. Fantastic varieties too

[@jamesneil677]

Excellent video especially the watering tips and soil preparation

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks a lot

[@RainBowPE]

I am growing Heirloom Rainbow Blend Tomatoes that I planted from seed in the middle of last year. They managed to survive the winter season "so far". I really appreciate your tips as they will help me to better grow this strange variety of tomatoes as these videos are teaching me things that i need to know to grow healthy food in these crucial times.Thank you for taking the time to help others as its helping me!

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you found value in the video Zoe

[@thedaydreamer7972]

Hi At the 10:39 mark those tomato plants have some insane production, what are a few keys to that success? TY again

[@scouse.not.english9863]

This season started with moneymaker, then added a few rainbows, followed by some unknown Russian variety and ended by adding a few San marzano.

[@scottaloha8543]

By the way. I love your videos. I'm growing potatoes for the first time and I am following your guidelines. Thank you!

[@lynnedinsdale5009]

Im new try home grown veg older gent spuds in a 10 incg bucket genius.

[@sheilaforde836]

Thank you Tony. What a wonderful video. I am glad it's not the END after all.

[@simplifygardening]

So am i Sheila. Plenty more videos on the way

[@cdn5535]

Very useful video Tony, thanks very much. The only feedback/query I have is regarding your comments on suckers (side shoots) - you said that you must remove them and that they bear no fruit - I think that is incorrect; the need for removing them is dependent on whether or not they are indeterminate or determinate varieties. Also, they absolutely WILL produce fruit; if left alone, a sucker will grow into another ‘main stem’, which of course can become unmanageable and a burden on nutrients if you allow too many to grow. But they definitely do produce fruits - I always propergate my suckers (some, not all) in water and then plant into soil at different stages so that I have a continuous crop throughout the entirety of the season to as late as possible as suckers will grow into full plants themselves if propagated and planted.

[@simplifygardening]

Yes they will bare fruit. What I meant was that with short season its not viable to grow them out too and get ripened fruitSorry for the late reply

[@davidcoleman6032]

Brilliant video Tony

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks David

[@jasonward6723]

great video tony easy simple to understand clear instruction new subscriber looking forward to your videos mate cheers

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for the sub! welcome to the channel. Glad you found value in the video

[@jasonward6723]

@@simplifygardening no bother im enjoying all the videos so far and learning loads best gardening videos ive seen told others about you and your channel. keep up the great job your doing mate its excellent

[@paulajones6366]

Neat ideas with the cane supports and pop bottles.

[@MsPokepie]

Very interesting I got a lot of tomato plants in my garden thanks for the tips.

[@harleymurphy9025]

Arlyn Santiago same except they have these weird buds growing on them and they smell strongly also there is no tomato’s idk what’s happening to my tomato plant

[@virginiatulloch6653]

What a FANTASTIC tutorial!!!! I really thought Monty Don and Peter Cundall were my gurus but I think I’ve found another!!! 👏🏻🌻

[@simplifygardening]

Awesome! Thank you! I really appreciate that :)

[@latinoenturquia8486]

Hello! I joined your channel just les than 1 month ago and I had learned a lot. Now I am planting some tomatoes in a green house so your 12 tips were very helpful 👌 Saludos desde Turquía!

[@williamogle1046]

Enjoy your videos. I am new to gardening in the UK, I normally garden in the U.S. I am trying some of my favorite tomatoes, Abe Lincoln, Dad's Sunset (Yellow), Early Girl, Brandywine and Tommy Toe. They are all heirloom varities.

[@simplifygardening]

Sounds great! I am sure you will do great with them if the frosts ever go away :)

[@stevetaylor1447]

I have a tiny garden so grow all my tomato plants in pots outdoors. Every year I try and fit in more of them. This year I'm growing Principe Borghese, for sauce and chutney, Gardeners Delight, Sweet Million, Orange Paruche and Rosella (a purple variety) as cordons and Red Alert, a bush variety.

[@simplifygardening]

Red alert is a great bush variety Steve. Im not growing bush this year though

[@jennyjulies6881]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, Tony, for sharing this fabulous advice/information! I have planted herbs and vegetables previously and got a good yield but I needed to learn/apply more advice to harvest a much better fruit over a longer period without the challenge of insect attacks and rusty leaves on some of the plants. I am very grateful that I came across this video. Needless to mention, I have subscribed as you're an outstanding teacher. Thanks once again & God bless.

[@simplifygardening]

Glad it was helpful Welcome to the channel appreciate the support :)

[@harrym421]

Have grown tomatoes in our conservatory with mised results. Built my greenhouse a week ago - started my tomatoes off in the conservatory and have moved them to my greenhouse. I'll be following your excellent tips - far and away the best educational video on here.

[@Cdngardengirl]

Napoli paste, San Marzano, Gold Sun cherry, constoluto Florentino. I used to grow Romas for sauces but now prefer the napoli. And I always grew the purple cherokees but they ripened too fast on me and the mice got most of them. I usually also grow Indigo Rose but forgot to start them this year. For watering, I'll be adding 2 ft lengths of pvc piping into the soil as you do your soda bottles. Re fish parts. I always add some into the soil around my peach trees which love them. My sons used to catch fish for me just so we'd keep our peach trees healthy and producing well. Never had a cat problem.

[@simplifygardening]

Same here no probs with cats or rats. you have some fantastic varieties there. the pvc pipe should work well too

[@ellieban]

Flip the top you cut off the 2L bottle and put it back in like a funnel and it will reduce evaporation from the bottle.

[@simplifygardening]

Thats a great tip Ellie hpwever The water drains into the soil quickly its not meant as a reservoir but if you did want it to be used like that then thats a top tip. thanks for adding it for the community to see

[@doloresdavis1780]

I tried this out on a couple of plants last year and works well...been saving all sorts of plastic bottles and jars this past winter so I can do more with this method.

[@jeffallinson8089]

Gardeners delight for me, I love them. Thanks for the advice but whenever I have neglected to prune, or when I overlooked it I have always had suckers that produce flowers and fruit. Whenever I can though I do always trim them off.

[@simplifygardening]

Great tomato Jeff Sorry for the late reply

[@jeffallinson8089]

@@simplifygardening Should be a decent crop when they eventually ripen!!

[@fergusdangerfield156]

Thanx tony, tomatoes along with potatoes are probably my favourite crops to grow. I grow mine in the green house and my preferred varieties are gardeners delight, sun baby and sun gold but I also like to experiment with verietie and growing mediums. My best year gave me 2, 400 fruits from six plants grown in 50/50 john Guinness No2 and my riddled garden compost.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for sharing

[@christysirishallotment1269]

Doing 2 heirloom tomatos one called russian purple and another called yellow stuffer. You doing anything diffrent this year tony. Great video

[@simplifygardening]

Ive stuck to my usual varieties but also doing a golden sunshine as a new one for me

[@cherylhowker1792]

Wow..... So much information....growing for my dad and nan and we growing red pear this year from seed,I say that....haven t started anything yet as so new to it.

[@simplifygardening]

Best of luck! You can do it

[@mikehowton1641]

ist class lesson on growing better tomatoes, thanks

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you enjoyed this one Mary Im sure Mick will find some good tips in it too

[@rebekahp6618]

I grow San Marzanos for pasta sauce as well as Cherokee Purple for slicing in burgers and sandwiches. 🍅

[@simplifygardening]

How do they taste Rebekah

[@rebekahp6618]

The San marzanos are a small paste tomato, similar to a Roma, but fleshier. They make a great Italian sauce with onion and basil. The Cherokee purple are large and great to slice for sandwiches as they have a deep almost smoky flavor. They’re both great producers too, giving me lots of harvest here in Louisville in the states.

[@simplifygardening]

Oh I think I will have to hunt down some of those seeds, having a great sauce tom is well worth it and that Cherokee Purple sounds stunning in a sandwich. thanks for getting back to me Rebekah

[@briansharp1325]

I will be growing Supa Mama. Last year had good size and good taste. No problem growing.

[@simplifygardening]

Excellent Brian I have some new varieties for this year

[@tazwowe]

Greetings from Canada Last year sun gold, black cherry, Cherokee purple as well as the nursery standards here, better boy and early girl. Was the most popular girl at church, sharing the bounty crop. THANKS for informative and professional videos that don't bore us to death before you get to the point.😄

[@simplifygardening]

glad you enjoyed it Michele. Sorry for the late reply. had some issues with comments not showing that they had not been answered, so I am getting through them

[@8r4ham]

Thanks for the sunken bottle tip, I'm on to that next year. As for varieties, A neighbour on our allotments got his seed order wrong some years back and he received a variety called AGRO which is an Italian Plum type tom. I soon got on to it and now its the main tom I grow in my houses. lovely eater but better still its fab simply cut.fried and on toast or pasta. This year (and most years) I'm also growing Purple Ukraine, Sun Cherry Premium and Black Cherries.

[@simplifygardening]

Great varieties you have there abd Agro is a fantastic tom for sauce too

[@stephen12264]

@@simplifygardening good to know i make my own sauses and can them. I also make juice and salsa and can them as well. Every year i have people banging down my door wanting my salsa but one problem i have is getting my jars back any suggestion as to what to do there as jars are expensive not to mention some are very old from my grandmother and even great grandmother. I don't like loosing them should i just stop giving them out or what?

[@joycefindlay8881]

No it is the 21 of May and it is cold and it rained most of the month, I am geting my raised beds ready to fill and plnat.. looking foward to using your ideas in my garden,, thanks for all the info. keep gardening

[@simplifygardening]

Thats great Joyce, take your time im here when your ready :) Sorry for the late reply I have had some personal issues

[@janetihaka799]

Beefsteak my all time favourites

[@stevendowden2579]

cracking video well done

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers Steven

[@christinebrooks6364]

Hi Tony, thanks for your advice about growing in pots, I have done so this season and have flowers on some of them so, will be pinching them out today 🙂 have ordered your book a few weeks ago & still waiting for Amazon to deliver. Thanks for sharing and take care 🙂

[@simplifygardening]

Im sorry Christine Amazon are a nightmare atm they have a glitch in their system. I hope they send it soon if not cancel the order and get it from book depository instead you will get it in less than a week

[@markprobert7177]

Tony's Top Tom's Tips, Terrific

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers Mark lol

[@achillesmbewe8624]

Hi Iam Achilles in Zambia .Great tips, I grow NewtonF,1, indeterminate open field ,more on tips2&8please.

[@tinaoneill2397]

Love the finishing touch gorgeous taste x

[@simplifygardening]

mmmwwaaaahhhhx

[@michaelkavanagh5947]

Shirley work a treat in the North.

[@simplifygardening]

Thats awesome. Sorry for the late reply, I have not been well.

[@GrowFamilyNetwork]

Good vid Sir

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you very much, I hope it was of use to you

[@thedaydreamer7972]

Nice videos, what type of medium do you like to plant in, how do you handle disease where you are at? Thanks again for your hard work

[@DavidCulshawmer-r]

your right tony , there is nothing like home grown tomatoes, my dad died 2 years ago and iv,e had to rely on on shop bought tomatoes since then , truly awful things , no taste , , no smell, trying my 1st ones this year , soo looking forward to my first crop later this year , they have their 1st trusses now at the end of april and not sure if i should leave them as they are or start to remove leaves , things are happening quite quickly at the moment

[@jenquinton5018]

What do you set your tower setting on for watering around 90 degrees?

[@wecandothiswarriors]

Wow I am so glad I found this vid..Thank you ,great advice

[@simplifygardening]

You are so welcome Juliette

[@jameshowarth931]

T Hi Tony, I am growing money maker in grow bags in my greenhouse so can't use the bottle trick and can't really keep the surface dry as you suggested , tonight ifound some blossom end rot on a handful of unrippend tomatoes , I water in the morning and at night , 10 litres between 5 plants per day , the grow bags are never sodden nor dry , do you think I'm overwatering ,all the rot was on one truss on the same plant all the restroom fine , thanks tony

[@bigrukz]

I’m a little late to this vid, but great tips Tony! You really can’t beat the taste of home grown fruits and veggies. I’m sowing Sunbaby, Outdoor Girl, Bamano and Sunstream this year 🙌🏾

[@simplifygardening]

Great varieties too. Good luck with them

[@Stuart36]

I'm growing black russian and Amish Paste which is a a giant beef tomato and a heritage one we're also growing a few tumbling toms but our most exciting ones are the black russian and the Amish paste

[@simplifygardening]

Black russian is a great tomato, A lot of folks are growing Armish paste this year. Ive never grown it though

[@keithweaver7984]

Sept. 2021 - Tony, excellent film. Great advice. I have used Moneymaker Seeds this year. I've had an excellent harvest, ranging from small to really big. They were very slow to ripen, only doing so with the help of the late September sunshine. With your help I will do better next year.

[@sewandgrow2422]

Tony this it's a very concise growing guide and reassuring that I am already following some of these tips for example with the water bottles amusing 2L milk bottles in between each plant. I have 34 plants in the ground outside, 2 hanging baskets with tumbling Toms, six plants in pots outside and five plants in the greenhouse. The varieties are Tumbling Tom red and yellow Santonio, Black Russian,Sungold Gardeners Delight, Red Cherry Ace55, and Cuor di Bue.🤞

[@simplifygardening]

A lot of the same varieties that Im growing. You certainly growing a lot of toms, plenty of sauce on the way :)

[@janiceroberts6337]

Very helpful Tony. Should have seen it before I started planting. 😊

[@simplifygardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@count4254]

What a great video done realy well and easy to understand, thanks very much. i am a happy man.

[@simplifygardening]

Sorry for the late reply. I have been unwell. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@karendavison6282]

Hi Tony, love watching your channel as I learn so much, this year I'm growing yellow delight x red cherry x marmande x Italian oxheart x money maker and a new one which I got from last years gardeners world live red currant tomatoes as I've only grown the red cherry out of these before I'm really looking forward to seeing the results.

[@simplifygardening]

Hey Karen. Thanks. Those red currant sound awesome Ive not tried them either

[@rockchick1960]

You are really thorough in the way you explain everything. I enjoy watching your videos, then trying to put into practice what I've learned. Thank you :-)

[@simplifygardening]

I appreciate that! I am glad it comes across that way as I want to provide value in my content

[@rockchick1960]

@@simplifygardening well you do, and you do it very well indeed. Thank you! Great having a fellow Welsh person to take advice from :-)

[@vrilcraft]

Growing old fashioned Grenadiers this year.. very tolerant

[@simplifygardening]

thats great Sorry for the late reply

[@FoodForestPermaculture]

Fantastic ! Full watch and like . Thank you kindly Tony for the awesome tips . All the best Howie

[@simplifygardening]

Hey Howie. Thanks mate really appreciate that and glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@bulletbullet619]

Great tips Tony and my son Clarke say great job!👍

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks guys to the both of you :) glad it was of interest

[@doloresdavis1780]

As of last year my new favorite cherry tomato is Chocolate Sprinkles and the tomatoes I grow for slicing and canning are Early Girl. I live in NE Nevada at 5997 ft altitude. Our growing season is very short. This year we will do a greenhouse that will allow us at least another two weeks before and after our growing season for heat loving plants. It will have to have a removable roof because temperatures can get well over 100 degrees F in the months of July and August. On the other side of nature we can actually get a killing frost in August. Early Girl takes only 50 days but is indeterminate so keeps on fruiting. With the greenhouse perhaps we can get some heirlooms to actually produce enough fruit to make them worth the expense of buying the plants.

[@simplifygardening]

Do you ever grow from seed that would be cheaper?

[@FixtheGodofBiscuits]

Hi, Tony. I love your work. I'm extremely interested to know what you think about using the 2-liter bottle watering method several years after producing this video.

[@Zip22Zip]

Outside of Memphis, TN USA here. I grow beefsteaks and paste tomatoes, Ponderosa, Porterhouse, Supersteak, Big Beef, San Marzano, Amish Paste and many others. I noticed in many UK videos, that most grow a plum-sized tomato that has large trusses of fruit and few if any beefsteak varieties. Is this variety suited better to the climate there, is it a better tasting variety or is it just a popular standard?

[@simplifygardening]

Beefstake grow well here too, but i guess its down to personal preference as we eat a lot of sauces and italian foods

[@michaelhaw8265]

never grown anything but moneymaker great tomato and trouble free, great video.

[@simplifygardening]

Yes they are reliable Sorry for the late reply. I have been unwell. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@margaretparsons9858]

Heirloom Valencia , Roma, Grape & for Sandwiches a medium size Red that I buy as vine ripened, still on the vine @ the store❣️I just decided to try the last 1 this year❣️

[@simplifygardening]

Very nice!

[@margaretparsons9858]

@@simplifygardening ♥️🙏🍀🌹Thank You❣️

[@valerieclay7161]

Thanks for the video. I am growing Sungold, Charlie Chaplin, Roma and Thessolonika varieties. I am in Portugal, growing outdoors and really enjoy being able to harvest vine-ripened tomatoes.

[@simplifygardening]

Valerie, Vine ripened is so much better flavoured, and great varieties there too

[@markpennell84]

I'm growing Alicantè, Gardner's delight, Marmande, Moneymaker and Ola Polka. All will be grown outside so fingers crossed. Thanks for the tips.... Mark

[@yeshuascutter3170]

After a number of years trying different varieties, I've settled on Outdoor Girl for normal Tommies and, Rosella for cherry Tom's, both grown outdoors in pots of 5 to 15 litres... Great tasting varieties and thin skinned. Yummy!

[@simplifygardening]

Both great varieties

[@aceofspades5786]

thx for the advice, I'm a beginner, Golden Sunset seeds sown a month ago, all germinated, 2 inch leggy growth now on my window cill, will pot them on

[@simplifygardening]

Best of luck!

[@sqwot1]

Tony, Not sure if you saw the news tonight but the first and only Welsh named tomato Y DDRAIG COCH (red dragon) from Medwyns of Anglesey got GOLD in the Chelsea flower show. This is one of the varieties we are growing this year x

[@simplifygardening]

Hey Justin, No mate I have only just got in as I was filming at the plot today. But thats great. Medwyn always has fantastic displays at Malvern and Chelsea

[@miklee9308]

As I am growing outdoors (very windy site hence no greenhouse or polytunnel ) and prone to blight I am growing mountain magic Hardy and resistant

[@simplifygardening]

Mik Lee how have you found those against blight, a good one is crimson crush for that

[@miklee9308]

Not tried them before saw them on youtube

[@carleatwell551]

great video with excellent tips

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you Varl. i am glad you found it interesting :)

[@jomendez6929]

thank you tony the boss ,,

[@simplifygardening]

You are very welcome Sorry for the late reply

[@tepeassydac]

I still grow outside on the West Coast of Canada. I grow Big Beef, Lemon Boy and Alicante. For cherry tomatoes, Sweet Million and Galena. For sauce I grow Bull's Heart. Fertilizing with seaweed makes them taste just lovely.

[@simplifygardening]

Great Pedro, thanks for passing on this info

[@Carl_from_plot_to_plate]

LOVED THIS ONE TONY AND WATCHED A FEW TIMES NOE BUT ALWAYS LOOKING TO LEARN NEW THINGS

[@simplifygardening]

Hey pal. Im glad your getting value from it. More to come grapes next

[@melodytenisch6232]

Thanks for the great tips! I'm taking notes. I have in my small garden beefsteak, Early girl, Sungold, and a few varieties that are a mystery!😁...red and yellow cherry tomatoes for sure. Great video! I'll be getting more soon. 😊💐

[@simplifygardening]

Melody thats brilliant. the sungold are so sweet and is always in my collection

[@SuzyTopAgent]

Terrific Tomato Tips Tony! 🤣 that's a tongue twister... Great ideas, we're really fighting blite and blossom end rot right now, so we'll follow your advice.

[@SuzyTopAgent]

🍅 We're growing Better Boys, Roma and Armenian Tomatoes 😊

[@simplifygardening]

Great tomato varieties

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah blight is caused due to lack of air movement and too humid and the end rot is cause of irregular watering or calcium deficiency

[@SuzyTopAgent]

@@simplifygardening I'm constantly cutting the effected leaves and now the new flowers aren't producing. I believe you're right, I will water more consistently, the soil dries out fast. I think we need to add mulch as you said to keep more water in soil. 😁👍

[@simplifygardening]

@@SuzyTopAgent If the new flowers arnt producing its down to water stress which you can sort and spray the flowers with a fine mist water spray this will kick them into producing pollen

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Thanks for all these tips!

[@simplifygardening]

Hi Erica, thanks for viewing hope you enjoyed

[@innertube47]

Hi Tony, great video! I have a question re potting on. I thought that the young plants were kept in small (3") pots to deliberately cause them to go pot bound and "force " the first truss and thereafter reproductive growth rather than vegetative. I have grown tomatoes since I was kid, every year now for nearly fifty years but it is always a learning process. This year I have eleven different plants in the greenhouse: Banana Legs, Purple Cherry, Red Pear, Sweet Casady, Tamina, Cour de Bue, Principe Borghese, Scatalone, Tigrella, St Pierre and Valencia!!

[@simplifygardening]

Great varieties John. Lets look at it slightly different to how you are currently, Tomatoes are tall plants, anything that gets big and puts out a lot of weight of fruit needs a good grounding. I do understand the point your making but if you were 6ft and i jammed your feet into size 1 shoes and made you shoe bound to you think your feet would support your body? Why people want to rush fruiting is beyond me, there is no need for it we have a long enough season to produce 6 and 7 trusses properly and ensure they are all ripe at the end of the season. Cramming roots is not good for any plant like anything in life good foundations are important or the house will come tumbling down. Same with plants mate

[@innertube47]

@@simplifygardening Think I'll go with that Tony next year! Related to it, do you agree with waiting till the first flower truss opens before planting out? It is always annoying that following this and the 3" pot rule the plants are always quite tatty when planted out after being so healthy earlier.

[@mzundastud07]

How did you find banana legs, it’s one I have for this year 👍🏼

[@outdooradventuresuk8008]

I usually grow Apero ( baby plum) and Gardener’s Delight, the Apero flavour is fantastic, but I couldn’t get any seeds this year so I’m growing Sweet Million and Gardener’s Delight. I also tried San Marzano last year, but they didn’t do very well, found there wasn’t enough heat to ripen them properly.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for sharing!

[@denisebrady6858]

Tony this is a great video & has helped me (new gardener)- I have raised garden beds & currently practicing Charles Dowding "No Dig Method" & it is working beautifully. Cheers Denise - Australia

[@simplifygardening]

Yes No dig is a great system Charles has a fab way to grow

[@austinwalter5352]

Hello sounds nice, please if I may Ask, what are you looking for?

[@denisebrady6858]

@@austinwalter5352 I have never been able to grow Tomatoes - everyone else would say "Oh they just pop up in our garden & grow" well they never ever seemed to pop up in mine . Luckily I researched & watched some great videos & have a bumper crop so I think I am on my way her in Oz. Cheers Denise - Australia ( beautiful Sub- Tropical weather thank goodness)

[@austinwalter5352]

You sound good, but saying that is like you are looking down on everybody, and which is not supposed to be true?

[@rosefamiyeh6038]

Wow thank you 🙏

[@willielee8218]

Hi Tony, I grow Orange wellington and Hawaiian Pineapple !