How To Transplant Tomatoes And Peppers So They EXPLODE With Growth!

In this video, I share how to transplant tomatoes and peppers so they explode with growth! I show you every step of the process of transplanting tomatoes and transplanting peppers in detail so you have the most successful vegetable garden ever, including how to fertilize and support the plants so they produce tons of fruit!
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0:00 Tomato And Pepper Plant Size
1:25 Step #1: Prep Plants For Transplanting
3:29 Step #2: Prepare Fertilizer Blend
5:20 Step #3: Layout & Container Sizing
6:15 Step #4.1: Planting Tomatoes In Containers
8:38 Step #4.2: Planting Tomatoes In Ground
9:55 Step #4.3: Planting Peppers
10:55 How Far To Space Transplants
11:57 Step #5: Watering Transplants
12:33 Step #6: Compost And Mulch
15:42 Step #7: Fertilizing Tomatoes & Peppers
19:03 Step #8: Supporting Plants (Trellising)
23:03 Adventures With Dale
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[@TheMillennialGardener]

If you enjoyed this video, please “Like” and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching😀TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 Tomato And Pepper Plant Size 1:25 Step #1: Prep Plants For Transplanting 3:29 Step #2: Prepare Fertilizer Blend 5:20 Step #3: Layout & Container Sizing 6:15 Step #4.1: Planting Tomatoes In Containers 8:38 Step #4.2: Planting Tomatoes In Ground 9:55 Step #4.3: Planting Peppers 10:55 How Far To Space Transplants 11:57 Step #5: Watering Transplants 12:33 Step #6: Compost And Mulch 15:42 Step #7: Fertilizing Tomatoes & Peppers 19:03 Step #8: Supporting Plants (Trellising) 23:03 Adventures With Dale

[@normanmarik8981]

❤😊

[@karenfrankland7763]

Gardening my entire life 50plus years and have never used any store bought fertilizers. All our tomatoes get planted a good foot deep with a crushed duck or chicken egg, crushed egg shells and some homemade bone meal. Sometimes if we go fishing we drop a fish head in the base. All the garden beds and containers have lots of organic material and homemade compost. Hoping to break our record of a 2 1/2lb beefsteak this year.

[@Amilli182]

This is exactly what I needed to know! Always wondered if I could just use straight compost and natural fertilizers like food to my garden which I have been doing since fall. So far so good.

[@karenfrankland7763]

@@Amilli182 In the fall we put a good 4 to 5 inches of shredded leaves, topped with our chicken, duck and quail poo on top. In the winter I grind up all our kitchen scraps with some water and pour that over the beds as well. In the early spring we mix it all into the beds and then top them with a good 3 inches of our compost from our heaps. All the pathways have 6 to 8 inches of wood chips we put down. Get them free from the local tree company in our area. During the summer we make comfrey tea as well as weed tea and let it sit for about 6 weeks, strain and add a little of it diluted when we water. We use grass clippings and rabbit poo with paper bedding as our mulch around the veggie plants.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That's fine that you have the ability to do that, but keep in mind you're spending hundreds of manhours and collecting hundreds or thousands of dollars in raw materials to do that. Most people don't have the ability to own chickens or livestock, and people that work for a living are not going to be able to make this process economically viable. For 99% of the population, you're not going to be able to make fertilizer for cheaper. A bag of fertilizer is $5-10, which is going to be enough for most backyard gardeners for a couple months with only 1-2 beds.

[@jeannamcgregor9967]

My best tomato transplants this year are the pots where l dug deep and dropped a trowel-full of worm compost (with worms) right under the tomato and amended with compost and chicken manure. Last year the same varieties in the same pots were spindly and this year they are deep green, stocky, and bushy. I'm doing this much more often from now on! 💚

[@c.johnson6778]

I set up my very first raised garden bed today after watching you and a few other of my favorites! I’m so excited. Did basil, 2 tomato plants, thyme, and bell peppers

[@valoriegriego5212]

Wow, this really is a complete transplanting guide.👍 MG, you should try growing 2 pepper plants in one hole. Folks seem to have great results doing so.🙂 Thanks for all your hard work to help us become better gardeners!👍💕 Dad jokes!😄 "Hey" sweet Dale!🐕💕

[@TheMillennialGardener]

One of the things I try to do with my plants is keep the spacing consistent. The reason why is it makes it much easier to drip irrigate and stake. Because I use drip line, I keep the spacing consistent to the spacing of the irrigation holes, and it makes it a lot easier to do things like Florida Weave. If I planted 2 plants in a single hole, I would struggle to support them. Unfortunately, everything I do I have to think about Hurricane Season 😰

[@tyroneandrews]

Tyrone learning how to plant

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks for watching!

[@mcrump7421]

Do It Ty! Teach the family as well!

[@laddieokelley6095]

Have you ever planted leggy tomato starts almost horizontally after removing the lower leaves as you demonstrate? The stem is completely covered with soil and the flush of true leaves at the top is directed upward. When I do this, I usually cover the transplant with an open one-gallon vegetable/fruit can or open one-gallon milk or water jug until the plant shows strong growth upward. This offers some protection in wind to new transplants.

[@xdavincic8615]

When you lay the transplants sideways, you are forcing the roots to stay near the soil surface. The roots won't be able to reach very deeply for what it needs. The root structure will also not be very strong because of this. Try digging transplant holes vertically, and just dig them deep as they need to be covered. Deeper transplanting is key.

[@mrmycophile1788]

Thank you for everything you do! Your channel is the most helpful KZbin channel I’ve ever came across!!!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you! I really appreciate that, and I'm happy to hear I can help.

[@KirasCreations]

Agreed!

[@JohnT.4321]

I am also glad I came across this channel as well. I started building a small garden bed in the backyard. I had to enclose in with chicken wire since there are a lot of cats around the area. I did not want the four beds to become a glorified litter boxes. I have a cat myself and he is trained to be on a leash. Owners of cats should never let their cats roam free since it causes a population explosion of feral cats.

[@WillWilsonII]

Yesterday I had to put 13 tomatoes in ground for a lady in Wrightsville Beach. Good to know I pretty much did it right.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Excellent! In Wrightsville Beach, you could've put them in a month ago 😄 Nice micro-climate.

[@5678blob]

A trick I have done very successfully when my tomatoes get that lanky is lay the pot on it's side outdoors for a few days or even a week and the tip of the plant will turn upwards. Then dig a trench instead of a hole and plant the tomato that way. As noted in the video, strip all leaves that will be buried.

[@kimdearing3051]

i use my own compost egg shells, part of a banana and coffee grounds mixed together with some native soil.. works great.

[@richardbaer5818]

73 years old and apparently never to old to learn new tricks.Much of your advice were practices I have done for decades. But many new things for me to try this season. Have downsized my garden as it is now just my wife and me at home. (but if you have kids or grandkids, you know that situation could change in a heartbeat !). I have purchased raised beds and watched your videos on how best to utilize them. And your fertilizing tips, esp the liquid instant acting fish fertilizer tip are all something I will incorporate into my routine this year. Thanks for clear concise explanations for all steps. You have a new loyal follower for as long aa this" determinate" old guy can continue to work in the garden. ATTENTION POTENTIAL SPONSORS: This guy is the real deal !

[@wassomebody2386]

I like the extensive use of quality landscaping fabric that you are using. It greatly reduces weeding, and heats the soil. I use it here in central Minnesota for my rows of tomatoes, peppers, and peonies. It makes the whole garden much less stressful and looks organized. I am sold on black landscaping fabric!

[@flintstonegirl3372]

I appreciate you so much!🙂

[@c-fb]

Golden!!

[@toniatalley1977]

Thank you so much for all this info. I'm already learning. Wonderful video

[@annelrod2119]

great information, thank you very much.

[@NDwhITeBoYZ]

Cotyledons actually contains a bunch of micro nutrients that was stored in the seed. Plants will suck them dry until they fall off, so I’d leave them on

[@se5594]

Great video! Been planting for years, but always like to learn! Thanks 👍🏻

[@lynnlovessoil]

Your lawn mower is so clean!

[@KirasCreations]

Thank you so much! I really needed this!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@vickiesaewert5552]

That was awesome information, thank you!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Glad it was helpful!

[@havefaithinthegardener5939]

great video!!! Thank you!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful.

[@mootoochunasamy389]

Thanks for this valuable information

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@dorothyhughes1061]

Thank you again for another helpful video!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@AjArpopP52]

I love your channel! Thank you!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome!

[@kurtdowney1489]

Great video 👍

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you!

[@MrKim-kv2vv]

Wow, that’s a lot of information. Thank you for the tutorial!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re very welcome!

[@stephown5374]

So much great stuff - tips. Thanks

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome!

[@Chris-op7yt]

for tomatoes i transplant directly from cell trays, which are started later than if potting up. that way seedlings not too large, and planted out into warmer weather. my weather is very unreliable. might not get frosts but can get cold weather spells right up to summer. Going to dunk most seedlings in trichodermas next spring (is autumn here) as had root knot nematodes. also going to try using weed barrier fabric, to keep veggies clean etc have a wonderful warm veggie season

[@gordsmith7708]

Thanks for the information . Hi Dale !!!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@lorihardman1833]

Thank you!🥰

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome!

[@LorLor-kp2sc]

I used your method of adding bone meal to my tomatoes last year, and had the best year ever for my tomato plants! Thank you for your advice. Great video

[@milliealford8968]

AWESOME AWESOME GARDEN!! Thank you for all this great info. Central NC.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@Sweettomatovine]

I have tried planting peppers less than a foot apart and they support each other and grow well. Thanks for sharing your experience ❤😊💚

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I tried 9 inches one year. The smaller-fruited peppers like habanero and cayenne did great. I'd recommend at least 12 inches for larger fruiting peppers.

[@sylvia10101]

Great information and very helpful. Thank you MG! 😊👍👍

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@TomHutchinson5]

I love the systematic approach employed

[@Sunnylane02174]

Thanks for all you do to provide us content that’s easy to follow & useful! I’ve learned so much from your videos! I’m planting out my garden but still babying my peppers & tomatoes. I can’t wait to plant them out!

[@peterfeniello591]

We can’t thank you enough for your channel. Our go-to source for our vegetable gardening questions. We’re in zone 6a in upstate NY, but like you we’re Jersey transplants! Keep at it, we’ll keep watching and thank you again.

[@peace4peaceful]

Everytime I see a garden vid the starts and cells/pots are all different sizes. Even my wife and I differ on what size pots to use..😊

[@wendygliddon3350]

Great video full of information, thank you!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome!

[@JS-jl1yj]

Thank you for all the details. Last night it was freezing in Southern Ontario, Canada. I had to bring all my seedlings inside the house for one more time. According to the the weather forecast, we should have no frost for the next 2 weeks. But I am not holding my breath. I have my indeterminate tomatoes in 750 ml yogurt containers. The plants are already 12" tall and they are touching the A-shaped roof of my cold frame. Today, I decided to excavate about 6# layer of soil to lower the floor of the cold frame to give my tomatoes some head room. I usually transplant them into the ground the 3rd weekend in May. I hope that this year, I might be able to do it by Mother's Day. One of my pepper plants already started to bloom. This spring, I bought heating pads to help with seed germination. That's probably the reason why my tomato and pepper plants are so far ahead of my normal schedule. I think that next year, I will have to start germinating seeds at least 2 weeks later than I did this year.

[@lidip8700]

Finished watching the whole video. BOOK MARKED it!! Thanks again!!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@PattymacMakes]

Thanks for the tip on the shellfish fertilizer! I’m renting a plot at a community garden and found when I cleaned my beds at the end of the season, the roots of plants in one area suffered from nematodes. A farmer here recommended marigolds so I am putting them out as well. I’m so anxious to plant my starts but it’s been too cold here! I’m in 8b, southeast Virginia. Thanks for a timely and informative video!

[@YashayaFarms]

Your Wisdom & Knowledge is a Blessing, We appreciate you over here at Yashaya Farms.

[@sallyeblen7032]

Your garden is gorgeous!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you!

[@laurafrey5244]

I take off much of the bottom leaves, and bury my toms even deeper, leaving just a few two inches above the soil.

[@freddyheynssens1950]

Great video, well explained. Thanks a million. I appreciate you. God bless you and your family.

[@jackiehorsley9263]

I enjoyed your video your gardening methods look great I well have to try one of them sometime Here In Southern Oklahoma

[@user-iv7di6le5k]

nice nice enjoy watching good Job

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you!

[@rawreen]

Great, very comprehensive video and source of information! Thanks!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@rickschulte8594]

Thank you, you are very informative

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mikki_s1100]

Thank you! Perfectly timed for my tomatoes, awesome video!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

[@deecooper1567]

You get me so excited about planting! I just started seeds indoors & can’t wait for garden planting. Nw high desert Nevada 🇺🇸 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@pattischolten7303]

Thank you! I appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@lindagrigsby3699]

I appreciate your videos very much......a lot of helpful information and no cutesy, small talk! No nonsense, that's for me!

[@stevenjustice6537]

My new favorite YT channel. Good, and timely advice. Thanks!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!

[@nadjagatlin7880]

Your video is perfect timing for me. I have tomato and pepper plants in dire need of transplanting. This weekend, I planned to put them in the ground since I had been hardening them off for two weeks. This is my second year of summer gardening. I didn't have any success last summer. It's past my last frost date in Georgia, but the unexpected cold nights made me cautious to put anything out. My tomato plants look like yours. You're showing them put me at ease that I can still expect success if I take similar steps. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@nancyholston6746]

Always appreciate your information and shared knowledge from your experience. Thank you very much.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@toniatalley1977]

Im a new subscriber to you! I plant my tomatoes almost all the way up to the top leaves. They love it so much. With some triple 13 down in the hole covered with soil. They do so good

[@Mariefrancegrsce]

Simple ❤and easy to follow.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@peterkapinos277]

I learned a lot in this video. Please post updates as this season goes on as I like to see the real progress, especially when things are harvested; also the duration from time of transplanting to first mature fruit. :) My transplants have always been poor and this year they will be better.

[@angelinagarcia3748]

Thank you

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@pamorama]

This is such a helpful video. I’m not sure if I’ll do every single step you mentioned I’ve got different things already in my repertoire like warm, castings and different kinds of fertilizers. But I really found this to be a fantastic resource and thank you for this!

[@kevinduta5549]

I learned a lot of these strategies last year from your videos and this year I planted in beginning April. I already got tomatoes growing. Love your videos.

[@zanna9857]

I love your channel! For some reason I always think of the 'Real people, fake arms' skit w/Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake when I watch you & it makes me smile! Keep up the great work! ❤

[@vickiesaewert5552]

Loved the Dale answering to you cutting the cheese 😂

[@TheMillennialGardener]

😄

[@lindadevuyst9311]

Thank you so much ❤. Love all your videos and appreciate the limited commercials ❤❤

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@sakamoto5195]

Mine are already two feet tall!!! 😅 I’ll have to plant them deeper.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Making sure they have strong support is a good idea since they’ll be a little weak til they get used to the wind and thicken up.

[@angelacalloway8125]

Tfs😊

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@IxHATExUCLA]

Cool!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you!

[@Mucker-oq6pu]

Hi MG, I've been following your method with my tomatoes and peppers since last year when I started gardening, and at first, it was hard, but the more I did it It became almost "robotic," like you said, on one of your videos 😊. Love to see Dale he's so smart. Thank you! for sharing your knowledge about gardening

[@dlr978]

Grana Padana as dog treats?!?! and BIG chunks? Dale's a lucky dog! Thanks for the tomato tips! I'm seriously considering switching from Florida weave (which always got out of hand by late season), to the string trellis method.

[@jeannesalvador8044]

I love your channel…you know what you are doing and are great at sharing that information with us. Are you able to do your gardening as a full time job? That would be so good since it is obvious that you love what you’re doing…and the results you get show how hard you work at it.

[@ObsessiveAboutCats]

I think I've watched all of your tomato and pepper videos. I took lots of notes and followed those instructions carefully (except for the trellising) and my tomatoes are doing AMAZING. I started planting sacrificial tomatoes in mid January and kept planting them through mid March; I've been harvesting tomatoes for over a month now on the earlier varieties. They are doing SPECTACULAR. Such good advice! Thank you so much for making it simple and straightforward.

[@TomHutchinson5]

I like to add amendments to the compost. They take time to break down. The latest I add is when I mix soil. After mixing soil, I compost the whole thing if I have time and if not let it sit for a month+.

[@gitaryddcymraeg8816]

Brilliant video. This is my first full year of vegetable gardening and this is very helpful. Thanks, mate.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Glad you hear you're growing!

[@jeremythebeer8609]

Bro, you rock. I'm in Ontario and have some Beefsteaks, Hungarian Peppers, Jalapenos and green & yellow beans about to go. I have no clue what I'm doing, but your channel helps and is encouraging!

[@meatballs2849]

I have a question bro. In Canada, do you call it a garden hose, or a garden hoser?

[@mrbillc6463]

I live just north of the NC/SC line in Shallotte. I transplanted my tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts into raised beds about a month ago. They are all doing wonderful. A few pepper plants were transplanted at the same time. Some are doing great, others are getting a slow start but all is looking good.

[@DavidWilmering]

The Alaska fish fertilizer has been a game changer for me. Thanks for recommending it!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! It's top notch.

[@SarahAan]

This video fits for educational purposes. Thank you.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@wvdiggingroots]

Good afternoon. Just came in from cleaning yard. Tilling up tonight and I got plants to place in my raised bed tonight.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Wonderful!

[@diggin4thepony]

I had a couple brandywines go that long last year. I decided to try planting them in absurdly long trenches to see what the roots would do. They grew phenomenally, survived July in full sun and produced until frost, but the fruit never got very big. going to see how the volunteers do this year and trying some new varieties.

[@watthaile2053]

Yellow Afternoon

[@DyesubDave]

Another excellent and informative video. A better use for tomato cages IMO is for most pepper plants. They're actually the perfect size unless you're growing very tall varieties. TBH I find they don't work for tomatoes that well except for the shorter determinate ones. Oh and I always love watching 'Adbentures with Dale'. 👍😎

[@courtneycullen6289]

This is my 20th year gardening and specifically, growing my own tomatoes. I missed a few years in there because of work, but I'm pretty sure I'm about to plant tomatoes everywhere. I am very partial to grow bags in dappled sun, but I'm pretty sure I'll be planting some in my cottage garden again this year.

[@nolagirlhomestead]

Always grow my tomatoes and eggplant in containers in backyard microclimate. Good success each year with 25-50 plants. Had staking issues with grow bags. Love growing tomatoes and fig trees 💕

[@TheMillennialGardener]

In warm climates with long growing seasons, planting tomatoes in dappled light works very well. After all, they're forest vines. They don't grow in full sun in their native habitat. We only plant them in full sun because we need them to fruit very quickly before it freezes. This is what leads to a lot of our disease problems.

[@stephanievanorden1765]

This NC weather is getting on my nerves! Stay warm!

[@reneedrock2907]

Have you ever tried doing the Florida weave for your tomato plants?

[@freida14]

This is the first year I am gardening, Your video is so helpful. It makes me even more excited to learn.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Glad to hear it! Happy to help.

[@jsfarmgirl]

Thanks so much for the great instructions on planting tomatoes and peppers 😊. I noticed you’re no longer using 5 gallon buckets but instead 10 gallon grow bags. I’ve been using 5 gallon buckets many years and hate the thought of filling up a 10 gallon grow bag of dirt instead. Maybe you’ll have a video explaining the difference.

[@jeffsherwood9151]

Hey from Statesville NC

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks for watching!

[@AnyKeyLady]

Great video! We've had the same weather here in the UK. The frustrating thing was how warm and wet our winter was and come planting time we have been set back by these cloudy rainy cold temps. I keep contemplating poly tunnel plastic for my tomatoes but i know as soon as the temps get up, it will be too hot and the humidity will encourage the pests. What are your thoughts on the claims of cloud seeding? Bless him Dale! "Stinky Mc Stinker Pot" haha I always come running when we have stinky cheese too! Not sure if it was due to the price of cheese or i made too much chutney last year but definitely going to reduce the amount i make this year as we are down to our last massive pickled onion jar as i ran our of jars by the end of Oct! 😭 We are so close to tomato self sufficiency! The year before that, the different chutneys when down a storm. We also have less spares this year of like tomato plants, etc partly me reducing the amount i have sown as i wanted to grow more things, not having that many people take on new plants as i was also trying to raise funds for the school but mainly a lot of my seeds didn't germinate so well this year!?? Have you found an issue with germination this year in general? I know a lot of gardeners in the UK have reported on this. There also seemed to be more fungus gnats about than the usual lot. A lot of people was saying that it is the compost but i think it is the warm and wet weather has increased the humidity and breeding ground. Autumn was so humid, it was setting off our smoke alarms and we even got mould in our bedroom for the first time in 10 years of being here! Our concrete house is usually so dry and have been using a dehumidifier and have had several viruses so have also been set back a couple of weeks. I know that you like to get yours in early, not just coz you like to test boundaries like me but also for recording. I know it's not a competition but to share my experience this year, mine have been slow to grow. My late Step Father in Laws seeds, what i call "Dr Tony's" are still on track. The tallest, in old money is about 18 inches/ 45cm. The two new hybrid tomatoes "honeycomb" and "Mountain Magic" were slow to start but are catching on. I think the Magic ones were from a dodgy seller as germination was bad but i am open minded, so will see. Beefsteak Marmande saved seeds was also disappointing germination this year. Alliums from seed, were also disappointing in germ and growth but are starting to pick up now after multiple goes. I've planted them out still, even though they look like chives! Slow growth on chilli's and peppers but i am so glad that we reused our old sandpit this year for 3 sisters so i have space for sweet bell peppers this year outside (California wonder). Our 3 year old chilli's are dying but the saved seeds are slow but looking okay so far. I am glad that they are small still as we need the window/ uv lights space atm. Beans, squash and cucumbers have been an issue too. Would love to see the seed starting areas and share the good, bad and ugly. I think it might be more relatable in the current climate. You can throw all the money in the wind to try an mitigate a lot of problems but sometimes i think "Mother Nature" sometimes has other plans. I think that by showing how things don't go to plan or problems, like with the late spring and trying to get ahead or even started is more real than showing off how well things went. I am dyslexic but hope it comes across ok. I think as gardeners it's the fun of trying to do or grow something new that inspires us and what you did to try and fix some issues, like you are doing. Buying a truck load of plants from a sponsored vendor, doesn't bring me joy in my small London garden. I would only like to buy transplants, if my has failed or if i am buying a new fruit bush or tree that would normally take several years to get to a reasonable state. Anyway, i am ranting again. Must be the 4th lot of antibotics this year so hopefully, i can knock this off the head and finish the new tomato trellis in time! Was hoping to let the second year dwarf green curled kale (that's over 6ft/2m now - dwarf? lol) and last autumn turnips finish flowering and go to seed but the aphids are in so i've removed the flowering turnips with the aphids and might strip the kale for stakes as originally planned but no seed. I want to use the garden mesh for when the beans go in. Our kids saved runner beans are about 6ft. Hope you all are taking care. We'll hopefully be complaining that it is too hot soon! lol

[@willsolarski8550]

I string trellis 16 indeterminate tomatoes in a 2'x8' bed every year and they do great, I just add leaf mulch at the end of the season and compost at the beginning. I put a couple determinate romas in that bed last year and was impressed how many tomatoes those 'little' plants produced. Also I agree-Alaska fertilizer is gold.

[@denisbelanger4473]

Thank you for showing us all what you do on how to grow health crops. I do have one question. Do you have to protect your tomatoes from the cut worm when you plant in raised beds? I plant my tomatoes in direct ground and I put 4 nails around my tomatoes and when they grow and are strong enough I pull them out. I always look forward seeing Dale at the end of your videos please don't stop.

[@shadyman6346]

Usually I use tomato cages on my peppers, lol. No trellis I’ve used for tomatoes has ever worked so I will give this a spin. Another great video!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That would require your pepper plants to be really far apart to fit the cages. I think you'd get *much* better production switching to the Florida Weave method. It's easy to do for peppers and holds up well, and you can plant things much more closely.

[@shadyman6346]

@@TheMillennialGardener Yeah, but I put two pepper plants in each cage, sometimes three.

[@sushi_seijin2057]

Thanks for the great video! For subsequent fertilizing, should I continue doing the slow release monthly and the liquid every 2 weeks?

[@ChrisReher]

To get ahead of the slow release additives like bonemeal, powdered egg shells, not-quite finished compost, I will work them into the beds weeks ahead of planting out, basically as soon as the ground thaws. Added bonus, the tree rats (squirrels) will do the work of digging things in and the worms will love the compost with a few bits still in it.

[@bobmiller9967]

I buy both tomato and peppers in the 4 packs and put them in 4 inch pots till it is warm enough to put in garden - The quadruple in size in a couple of weeks ! I use potting mix !!!

[@LynnerdSkinnerd97]

What's funny is, I have plucked up tomatoe plant "weeds" growing around my garden and basically shoved them in a true garden bed, with great success. Very little fertilization too. My peppers do take a bit of care to get going, but then are awesome... again, no extra fertilization. I use tomatoe cages for the peppers and cattle panel trellises for my tomatoes. (I'm in the north Georgia mountains zone 7b)

[@smas3256]

Thanks for the step by steps info. Know wonder your gardens are so prolific. Sir. Do you feed again mid season for more blooms a liquid fertilizer? I backed up video to listen again.. I'm in zone 6b ct. valley. Hey That was a nice throw. Dale's thinking What? Where? Oh there.