Trick Tomatoes for More Fruit...

[@jamesprigioni]

Share this video if you enjoyed it! 😁🐕❤ Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:15 Evidence the Tomato Trick Works 00:29 Using Tomato Suckers Advantageously 01:56 Advantages of Tying and Pruning Tomatoes 02:27 Basic Tomato Pruning Technique 03:35 Making Tomatoes Ripen Earlier 04:49 Advanced Technique of Pruning Tomatoes 07:32 Why to Leave some Suckers 08:15 Using Isopropyl Alcohol to Cauterize Cuts 09:26 How Many Leaves you Should Prune Out 10:52 How to Not Over-stress Plants When Pruning 12:04 Growing Tomatoes Up Two Main Stems 12:51 Tuck Eating Peas 13:20 Top Dressing Tomatoes 14:05 Proper Watering Technique 14:27 Getting the Right Varieties 15:26 Final Thoughts Checkout the Website! teamgrow.us

[@6980869]

@turbo6186 - No gardener never waters! Lol Why would you ever let that idea get into your head just because you didn’t see him water? You’re right that is impossible to pull off a garden like his without watering. He even pointed out how he waters only at the base. If you haven’t put any mulch down around your plants, definitely do so, as that helps retain moisture, and keeps the sun off of the soil, which will kill microbes that are beneficial to the plants and the soil. Also help avoid water, splashing back up on the leaves, Which he mentioned can create problems If and when that happens.

[@lcglazer]

your video contradicts itself. You said you only grow single stems not just because you have limited space and want to grow many plants next to each other, but because the whole idea that one stem will be better supported by having a whole root system to themselves. But I guess since you allowed more root space to the latter plant, you allowed it to retain two main stems? You don't give a definitive method for most yields after all.

[@LauraBeeDannon]

You can pull suckers and put them in a vase of water to root then plant. New plant.

[@nancycherven9933]

Yes I did this last year, was amazed

[@tb-yr6wy]

Yes you can!!!

[@donhorak9417]

I wanna double 'like' on this comment! Jump on that succession planting!

[@ForGoodnesSake]

Yep, who doesn't like free plants!?

[@carolehart2424]

I did that this year and I got a lot of tomatoe plants doing this.. no extra seed sowing 😊

[@jeas4980]

I live in the humidity of swampy southern Virginia. After last years experiment I've discovered that double leaders on each plant, with top pruning all other suckers (leaving the flowers) is just enough to slow the growth so I'm not dropping string too often and it gives me maximum harvest for the full season (no blossom drop) and gives me the best disease resistance. Keeping the airflow maximized while making sure there's enough leaves to shade the roots (without touching the ground) has been the BEST strategy for my high heat high humidity growing season. I also make sure I'm mulched in well and water without splash. Last year was a fabulous harvest and this year looks to be going really well! Hope everyone has a great growing season! Much love to Tuck and the brothers! ❤

[@cheese_andcrackers]

I’m in NC and that’s exactly what I’ve done so I’m glad to hear it was the right choice!

[@donhorak9417]

I wanna double tap on this comment, too!

[@SeashellSeashell-du1sl]

I’m in Southern Virginia, zone 8b. Would love to know your favorite and most successful tomato varieties. The heat and humidity is always a challenge in my garden!

[@jeas4980]

@@SeashellSeashell-du1sl Cherokee Purple hands down... grown in the shade of trees is my #1 producer. I grow Roma Improved VF as my determinate most years and can get them through blossom drop in the shade.... and if I get them in before Mother's day I can grow 2 croppings in one season. Yellow pear suffer from cracking, Supersweet 100 are a great cherry. I put in Arkansas Black this year after 3 years of struggling with Black Krim. Dr.Wychy's Yellow is not a good one for our area due to early blight... but if you can push through they're amazing. Paul Robesons are great. If you like the flavor Brad's Atomic Grape are impressive performers! Prolific, disease and sun blast resistant, long lived... unfortunately I am not a fan of the flavor. I'm trialing Orange Muscat, Tropical Sunset, and Shimmer this season. I've also had luck with Abe Lincoln and Rutgers. Our biggest issues are direct sun and Verticillium wilt and Fusarium wilt. MY best advice is don't be afraid to plant in the shade and pay attention to spots harboring wilt in the soil... only plant VF resistant varieties in those spots. Best of luck!

[@SeashellSeashell-du1sl]

@@jeas4980 I am blown away by your generous comment that is so packed with helpful information! Thank you, sincerely! I started getting more serious about my kitchen garden 5 years ago. I have been planting the usual and ready available tomatoes, such as, Better Boy, Big Boy, Big Beef, Celebrity, Early Girl. Some seasons have been better than others, but when the heat and humidity sets in, the struggle is constant. I am finally able to understand that in our specific climate, shade is a must for success. Cherokee Purple is written down in my gardening journal and thanks to you, will be on my list for next year along with your other suggestions. Again, thank you for sharing and for your kindness. 💚🌞

[@amynourse9727]

I did this for the first time this year. I can't wait to see the difference. Thank you for the clear precise tutorial. ♥♥♥ for Tuck.

[@teresamozingo6521]

I have always been afraid to prune for fear I would do it wrong. Thanks, James. Once again you have shown me the correct way to garden. ❤❤❤❤ for Tuck.

[@kevinlaughery9552]

I never considered letting the suckers flower and then topping them! I will definitely be adding this to my method

[@Skitdora2010]

Several years ago learned to cut off and re-root suckers for more plants. You need them to be a bit bigger, but I used to over winter a tomato in my kitchen and then cut off all those branches to start my new garden plot. I stopped because my passionfruit, figs and banana plants took over my kitchen. Also, hanging upside down whole vines by my ceiling of unripe green tomatoes for winter harvesting, somehow self-seed into all of my tropical pots.

[@sharongilchrist5879]

Love this!

[@MissMolly3377]

I am so glad I watched this, I planted 2 tomato plants into a tote, and was worried they wouldn’t have enough space, I am worried mostly about the roots, but 4 of them have gone crazy. They’re huge, already, I am going to take a few suckers off and get them to root in the ground or another pot/tote. I love this.

[@Gary_Swann]

I'm known about removing the suckers for years, but I've never understood why until today. Nice one.

[@sleepsiphon]

Love your videos! ❤ I just started growing tomatoes after my grandmother passed away and I’m carrying on her legacy. Thank you for helping out! 🥰

[@tj21bem]

The smell of tomato plants reminds me of my grandmother. She loved to garden, too.

[@donhorak9417]

Dude! I love these hybrid pruning techniques! These are the experiments I've been doing for over 25 yrs. In that time, I've learned how to treat every plant as an individual. Dig it, you force a plant to do what you want. She might not be happy. You can let her do her thing. You might not be happy. There's always room for compromise. Keep it clean 'down there' and let yer grow wild, baby!

[@tamiholloway6452]

I have been desperately looking for the pruning with this telling system!!! Thank you for your help. I’m raising Hungarian Heart this year. I was insecure about How to prune. Blessings to y’all and Tuck. Thank y’all again!

[@nandorockyrocky300]

I live in Brazil, and I have learned a lot from your videos. God bless your home today and always.

[@cynthiasterling7892]

Great way to trick tomatoes, how to cut and let the sun in. Also to water from the bottom 🍅🍅🧄🌶️🌶️🫛 thanks James 🥰

[@will-by-the-bay4890]

Enormously helpful for me. I’m a container gardener with a sunny patio with southern exposure. My indeterminate tomatoes often get sun scald. Going to try keeping and managing suckers.

[@donhorak9417]

A shade cloth will help prevent scalding.

[@tommymckiddy7872]

I'm letting my sungold cherry tomatoes main stem run on the ground this year. I'm going to try growing the suckers up stakes, maybe 3 or 4 per plant. I'm curious to see how it does. I've had the sungolds do fine sprawling before so I think this should work. I may bury parts of the stem to encourage root production too. Feel free to reply and share your thoughts on this. It should be a fun experiment.

[@yys6808]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYeYZ3t3otWSrdEsi=-SPESNvLvBZ0qUZ3 링크한 영상이 토마토 줄기의 곁순을 자르지 않고 키우는 모습 입니다. 처음 모종을 심고 모종이 50cm 정도 자라면 줄기를 땅에 눕여놓고 곁순이 나오면 그것을 키우는 과정 입니다 묻어준 줄기에서 많은 뿌리가 나와 여러 줄기를 키어도 괜찮습니다 참고로 저는 한국에서 살고 있습니다. 날마다 행복한 날 보내세요^^

[@TheCrockersHomestead]

This is exactly what I've been waiting on! Thanks James for showing the right pruning method. All 16 of my tomato plants are doing great!

[@gregdoh]

That Team Grow shirt is amazing. I also love that you went over pruning and advanced pruning. When people ask how to prune I always say "it depends" and I go over the basics for easy pruning, and mention the advanced methods you talked about here that they might want to wait to get into once they have the basics figured out.

[@AzelaGrey]

We never prune our tomatoes and they have always produced well. Last year we let our tomatoes trail on the ground and we have never had so much fruit we did get two tomatoes hornworms but that was all . I just wanted to say you don't have to go by professional advice try something new. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤s for Tuck keep making videos.😊

[@techtrek31]

The indeterminate technique only gives you more fruit if you take advantage by planting many plants in high density - ex 1 per square foot in James's example. If you plant 1 per square foot and do not prune, you will end up with a hedge - surely lots of fruit still, but it's an inefficient approach. Personally, I do a set up almost identical to James' with the methodically pruned vines in a high visibility spot which everyone who sees ooohs and ahhhs over, but then also let a few chaotic beds grow where I sow and then ignore - I get TONS of fruit from both, but I love the tidy aesthetic of the pruned vines. Which one is more efficient of time and money? Who cares :D The great thing about gardening is just doing whatever you like will almost always end up being wonderful, enjoy!

[@6980869]

My dad and his buddies used to actually allow the plans to grow on the ground, but staking them up off the ground. They would turn into 30 foot tomato plants I kid you not. We lived in Hawaii On the big island where I was born and raised so that might have something to do with it. No frost And year-round fairly temperate climate

[@bloodysweetzombiegirl]

I met a hornworm last year. Tiny little thing…till the next morning and TWO tomato plants later. Goodness do they work fast. This year, my tomatoes are close to a tree where the birds can help keep those evil caterpillars away. Now if I could keep the fireflies out of my Basil!!! 😒

[@MissMolly3377]

I have so much bird activity, I used to have a cat around here, but she is gone now, so I have tons of birds. I am so happy they’re here, because I have noticed a lot less bugs around my yard, now. I will keep my birds as happy as can be, from now on. It’s nice going into the yard and not being attacked by bugs. 🤬

[@MissMolly3377]

I’ve often wondered what would happen if I just let them do what they want, vining on the ground, I’m going to try that with a few here.

[@ErinHausen-qd6lr]

I appreciate the information about sterilization of pruners before going to the next plant. I always wondered about that.

[@IamTheAliKat]

How often should you feed with fertilizer and bone meal? And do you use both at the same time? Can you tell me what brands you use? I love your channel and have learned a lot over the years. I tell all my Jersey gardening friends about your channel. Thanks!

[@donhorak9417]

At planting time, you can feed with a high nitrogen soluble fertilizer to get your Tom's off to fast start. After flowering and fruit set, switch to a balanced organic granular fertilizer and bone meal. How often depends on how big the plant is. At least once a month. Maybe every week when the plants are huge and full of fruit.

[@IamTheAliKat]

@@donhorak9417 Thank you for the info! 😃

[@mgarm]

Thanks! Very clear and precise. I wont let my tomatoes turn onto monsters any more😂!

[@marygoodsell3602]

Because of you, i am start8ng my own food forest! A 3 year project! ❤❤❤Tuck❤❤❤

[@joannsilva4715]

Jerzee James, Tuck is looking good, got a summer fur cut! ❤🐾🥰 Cool t-shirt too! You are the tomato king! 🍅❤💚🍅

[@pamsmith7369]

You must have fencing all around! The deer have discovered my garden and ate my tomato plants last year! I didn’t even know they LIKED tomatoes! So I had to put a welded wire fence around them this year. So far, so good! I had been pruning and taking out most suckers. The plants looked pretty scraggly last year. This year I’m not taking the suckers to get more fruit.and the one Sweet 100 that the top broke off will be experimental this year to see what happens to it and it that will have affected the fruit production. I’ll let you know!

[@DrChristinaWinseyOfficial]

Thank you. I am in southwest Florida. I didn't think about mulch and learning about pruning the lower suckers is priceless. Love your videos and love Tuck! 🙂

[@folksagabookart]

I started pruning my tomatoes a bit late, the suckers were huge, so I kept those with flowers. Will follow your advise with taking off everything else on those. I hope they will do okay!

[@KTy-TinyLife]

Thanks for sharing the advanced tomatoe pruning methods!

[@captainron1960]

When pruning suckers leave a little bit of it. That way it wont grow back . If you take it all it grows back. Might not be 100% but I do that . Seems to help keep them from growing right back.

[@511eden]

I like the back of the shirt. I think you should put a little pac man looking Tuck on there and have it like he has cut a trail through the garden eating all his favorite veg

[@jamesprigioni]

That’s a cool idea!

[@scottjkern]

I do a lot of trimming too like that taking the suckers off but once they get way up there, I just usually leave it, but I like it really bare underneath so there ain’t no leaves touching the ground, but some of them suckers if they’re so big you can still cut them and stick them in wateror take some paper towels and get it wrapped in there and get them keep them wet and they could produce another plant

[@aliciaokiegal]

Thanks! I have wondered where I'm supposed to actually cut. Headed to the garden now. 🍅 Hello Tuck!❤❤❤

[@coalregionrootsandrecipes]

This is my first year really attempting a garden and I already see where I fouled up with my tomatoes. No worries, I'm going to try to prune them over the next few days while it's supposed to be crazy hot to hopefully force some more fruit. As always, thanks for such an informative video!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Tomatoes seem so easy to grow, but clearly require a lot of maintenance to actually produce fruit. Thank you! -Ed (also NJ)

[@courtneycullen6289]

I'm following MillenialGardener's lead and planting in partial shade. I'm using trees, not shade cloth, but even in Mo, our UV index is already over 8 and we are in mid-to-high 90s. Over 60 tomatoes and counting. I have a few more dwarf and determinate tomatoes I will put in grow bags in July. It's my saffeguard against 95% humidity when its 95 degrees. but so far, the tomato forest is so good! Thank you for all of these excellent reminders! I need to prune this weekend. ALL the things need it.

[@ShellyMcDonnell123]

Luv You all ❤❤❤❤❤ Tuck and his family for training us each and everyday. !!!!!

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

He is a beautiful rascal

[@FarmLifeJourney-m9y]

This video is such a great resource for learning planting techniques! Everything is laid out clearly, and I feel much more confident about my next attempt. Although, my last effort was a bit of a disaster… My plants look like they’re confused. Any advice? 😂

[@donaldlemoine3032]

A couple years ago, I over-wintered a lemonboy. I had it in a large pot. Brought it in my house just before the first frost. Kept in a spare bedroom by the window and a couple grow lights. By the time spring came, it already had flowers all over it. I brought it outside for a couple hrs at a time every 4 hrs. Within a week, it stayed outside. By the end of summer, the main stem was about an inch thick and the plant itself was almost 8 feet tall. It had produced approximately 80 tomatoes by this point. Also, by this point, I know it is going to be too tall to bring in the house. I tried to save it for the next winter, but wasn't successful. The winter killed it. But it did outlast my other tomato plants by almost a month. Finally when it was done, I pulled the plant up by the roots. The roots took up most of the 30 gal barrel it was growing in. Massive rootball. Gonna try that again with another lemonboy this year. Maybe my Abe Lincoln too.

[@anonaki-mt6xb]

Your enthusiasm is simply wonderful!

[@jamesprigioni]

Let’s Gooo!!! 😁🐕❤️

[@BeckiePeacock]

Thanks for all the tomato tips, I've been out in my garden this evening and trimmed them up just like you said. I'm excited to try the extra sucker thing to get more fruit 🍅🍅🍅

[@SmoothOperator319]

The young king has spoken!

[@theteenagegardener]

Thank you for the helpful guide, James! Also, have you heard of using an electric toothbrush to pollinate tomato flowers? It's a method that I've sworn by for the past few years and it helps increase my yields. 🍅 You should try experimenting with that and see if it increases your yields too!

[@stuartelder7344]

Just saw the notification but l'm off to work, l'll watch during lunch. lt's winter in Australia now bloody cold. l haven't been getting notifications, it happens occasionally, happy gardening and hope Tuck is doing ok.

[@mariejohnson1891]

Thanks for giving me the much needed information I usually encounter every time i have tomato plants.

[@jills2157]

Following your advice on the tomatoes and they are looking spectacular. Hearts for the king❤❤❤

[@guypehaim1080]

I have a tip for you. If you have a problem with cut worms, you can take the lids off both ends of steel food cans and press them end-wise into your beds where you intend to plant your seedlings. This way the plant is protected where it enters the soil.

[@DawnaRo]

Good video. I wish you would talk about determinant tomatoes. I LOVE them. I have limited sight so finding those little suckers if difficult. They don't seem to produce suckers. Ppl say they don't like that they all produce at once. I have not found that to be the case. I noticed one plant already has 2 tomatoes and they are very young. Please grow some and teach people about them. Another great variety is dwarf. The tomatoes are full size, but the plants are only about 3 foot tall. Great for containers and easy to work with. I really don't understand why more people don't grow these 2 varieties.

[@bhas7354]

Thank you for such a concise pruning video. I have always been confused by when and when not to prune the suckers for maximum fruit production. Appreciate you bro!

[@tj21bem]

I’ve grown Mountain Magic, Sweet 100 and Juliet in the wet heat of Florida summer. They are unbelievably disease resistant. I will keep on trying other varieties, but those three plus SunGold will always be my favorites.

[@cf8959]

One of the best aspects of your videos is you explain the science behind everything but, you do it simply enough for anyone to understand. And spraying alcohol on your tools to reduce the risk of spreading disease is brilliant! James, I love your videos soooo much!!! 😊

[@garfielda34]

Thanks for the great tips, we're growing tomatoes too and this is really useful! And ❤❤❤❤ for Tuck, he absolutely deserves lots of screen time and lots of peas too!❤

[@lewisnelken1966]

only time this has been explained well to me. and just in time! thank you to you and Tuck

[@katiedc8239]

So true, there is nothing like a fresh, homegrown tomato! Good pointers, thank you. And t-shirt design is REALLY COOL! ❤❤❤❤❤for Tuck, who is so cute and such a good helper!

[@bostonshima2826]

My question comes down to the difference of opinions shared on regular-sized tomato plants and cherry tomato plants. I have heard that with cherry tomato plants, you should NOT prune and remove suckers. I am only growing the cherry tomato variety in grow bags currently and would like to know what your opinion and knowledge of the subject is on regular vs. cherry when it comes to pruning. Thank you.

[@kardstore]

You need to make a " Team Tuck" shirt

[@Sally-v6f]

Yes perfect !!!

[@sbyrstall]

I'd buy it.

[@annamarie9858]

Thanks for all the tips! ❤❤ for Tuck. I’m dealing with some pest pressure which I discovered during pruning yesterday. The fun never ends! That new shirt looks awesome! lol, reminds me of my Dad’s first garden in 1970. I think I played the role of Tuck back then and did a lot of snacking while working! 😂

[@Sally-v6f]

My mom used to take her last tomatoes of the year wrap them in paper put them in a clothes basket in a dqrk closet , she wud check and get ripe tomatoes for months 👍cool tip !!

[@808.ladybugs]

🌺Aloha James, will the pruning technique work with cucumbers as far as using the alcohol? I'm also doing the string method using whatever materials I could find in my shed. Finally growing indeterminate, I grew it once but couldn't control the grow. After watching your videos, I think I may be able to keep my tomatoes in order. I ♥Tuck. See you in your next video. Mahalo!

[@pinkyve930]

Love Tuck ❤ I love watching your videos, you are so informative. Thank you for your helpful videos.

[@jasoncziok7324]

I've been growing tomatoes for about 30 seasons in the upper Midwest. It's a generational thing inherited from my grandfather and father. Not many secrets were handed down . Basically suckering and staking . I've spent most of the years trying to replicate the flavor of my grandpa's big and better boys. I've had a hard time even comparing flavir with his, he passed when I was barely old enough to remember the flavor of them. I've since cheated and have been growing Pink Brandywine with flavorful results. My interest here is that I have been saving seeds and starting them indoors around late February. What I have grown into doing is to remove the bottom 2-4 suckers and then leave the next 4-6 buckets that are about a foot above the rootzone at planting time. That point, a "crown" type area, I will then bury a few inches below the surface. This has my plants root system starting around that 12"-18" area with atleast 4"-6" of the suckers buried creating new mains that will root and support each if the suckers as an individual main. I am sure that they are unable to support themselves and would require some of the original main to distribute nutrients to supplement them. Question is, do you think that it would be more advantageous to prune up and start a couple/few one truss suckers? It would it be more beneficial burying them as I have been doing? Along the way I've unintentionally had great success leaving a few suckers to fruit as you have shown in your video here, that would have happened in the days before I started to bury my plants as deep as I do, also well before I built raised beds so they were earth grown plants which i no longer grow due to two large black walnut trees in my small backyard in NW WI . Great video as always. I've grown to get any input that I would be looking for from your videos, along with the rustic garden, and the other young man that lives in SE Carolina. Though I don't always agree either if ya at times , the information that I may not agree with is still valuable information and always dies teach me something in the end . Thanks again.

[@ChrisB-qh7sd]

I have grown lemon boy tomatoes and they are the best tomato on the planet we made some burgers with them and they should be called the lemon boy burger incredible taste like a lemon 😊

[@bonniejackson7476]

Thank you I appreciate your reminding me to remove suckers and use the alcohol to cauterize the cut. Zone 8a NC. Very hot here!

[@southernyankeeprepper]

Can you do a video on tomato didymella fungus? Im battling it for 3 weeks and already lost about 4 plants already... NEED HELP!!

[@SarahBahou]

I'm in Houston and I feel like all the rain is rinsing all the nutrients out of my container garden because I'm pruning like this and fertilizing 1 week, but I only have leaves or still green tomatoes 🍅 Suggestions? First time gardener here.

[@donhorak9417]

Nutrients will flush out of containers pretty quickly. Try a bloom booster type of fertilizer once a week.

[@sonyalenz]

Thank you for your clear information & never ending enthusiasm! My little Bijoü, also a Yorkie, gardens with me too! Can you tell us/show us how you tie your tomato plants? Do you re-tie them as they grow? What do you use to tie?

[@JaniceBonner-u7r]

❤❤❤ Tuck is the real 💫of the channel! He is the best. Thank you both for the information. Very helpful!

[@LaFanfanTulipe]

I barely prune my tomatoes plant and yet I get plenty of tomatoes. I can them and they are wonderful in wintertime as I can't stand tomatoes cans in the store. They just taste horrible. However, I will give a try to the pruning as described in the video.

[@cozmicchaos6400]

What I do on indeterminates: About 8-12 inches up, leave one sucker. Trellis them separately 6 inches apart. Now you basically have 2 plants in one. Twice the fruits. Otherwise, prune as you mention.

[@juliehorney995]

Good good. I like how you gave options with pruning suckers and how it affects fruit production. Yay for more 'maters!

[@shayanqureshi7646]

Tuck stands on bidness 😤

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

Is that from a rap?

[@Lizzy_333]

I want some tips from YOU on growing spinach. You make the best videos… with lots of knowledge but quickly! I have spinach plants but they are in our hotter season (I know I should’ve grown them earlier.) But they are growing tall and producing tiny leaves. If there any way to save them?

[@mendynoma4272]

They are bolting already but if you pinch off the flowers you can harvest small leaves to eat.

[@Lizzy_333]

@@mendynoma4272 They haven’t flowered yet but I pinched off the tops anyway to see what happens lol

[@paul.1337]

Plant new ones in the shade/somewhere cooler?

[@Lizzy_333]

@@paul.1337 they ARE in shade 😅😂

[@chillstudysounds2707]

bro i followed you since your mini shed and backyard garden you had many years ago, i finally able to start my own food forrest. this is good inspiration

[@debobrien3182]

I live in Australia and our tomato season is just starting. I haven't had much luck with tomatoes, hopefully this is my year. Thanks for the tips, I'll give them a go. Also, is that garlic you have planted between the vines? My love to Tuck ❤❤❤

[@patcombs6235]

Love Tuck❤ I have a Sicily tomato plant, and have never had one before. It is growing low to the soil in the container. Don't know how to prune it, because it's full of tomatoes and a couple are laying on the soil. What would you do?

[@sn232]

Question about advanced pruning. 6:55, you said to allow some suckers to fruit, produce flowers, and after it produces flowers you said you cut it off after the flowers, and remove any other suckers. When do you allow that sucker to produce fruit? Or do you keep on removing the flowers and suckers on that specific sucker and never allow it to produce fruit? Thank you

[@M7PS3]

This video is exactly what I needed right now just planted 7 different varieties for my first time :)

[@derwynmdockenjr]

Good idea with spray bottle! I will lable mine so i dont spray it on my seed starter trays by accident

[@kimberlyposley1647]

Hi James, should I put mulch down for my containers as well? I plant only in containers, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, potatoes and herbs

[@jamesprigioni]

Yup! 😁👍

[@Mstymntntop]

Love the tomato tips and I’ve done something similar! Side question…what is your weeding routine for the nutsedge in the garden? I know you need to get it from down in the ground, but I feel like if I dig up my beds, I will disturb the soil too much.

[@QuiltingQueen-tm7pe]

I have grown determinate and I determinate tomatoes. But the cherry ones always get away from me. I will try this for better control. Thanks!

[@ColleenCurrier-dp6qb]

what do you do with those you cut off ? do you eat the leaves? Do you regrow the leaves for more Plants?

[@cindystimson3632]

The young king is handsome little fella and we love him ❤❤❤❤

[@HydroGarden365]

Loved the trick at 9:26! Definitely trying that in my garden. 🌱💚

[@chrisnyman9258]

Ive never seen this idea definitely going to try on a few tomatoes and compare

[@johneckert8552]

You are so good for young gardeners like me Thank you soo much

[@Sally-v6f]

If you buy already stated planted sometimes you can 2 for 1 look to see. My last plant was $3 but only $1.50 there were 2 in it lol

[@Samantha-fn7cw]

If you pull sucker's on determinate tomato's and plants those sucker's would you get more production then you lost from pulling the sucker?😊

[@gayedawn1]

A sensitive subject but I give my tomatoes and other vegetables to my adult children and some grandchildren who are Vegan or vegetarian. Using blood and bone/bone meal especially would be detrimental to their belief and requirements. I usually use seaweed liquid, water from my steamed vegetables and a sometimes a bit of “soup” made from water and vegetables, banana, silverbeet scraps etc. Can you suggest any other “treatments” that would be beneficial that don’t include dead animal by-products please. Although I am nearly 77 and love my time in the garden, I often watch your videos and gain knowledge from your tips. We have different varieties in Australia and I have not heard of some you mention.

[@jackiek4159]

Thank you for the tips Tucker and James! 🙌🍅

[@ewababenczuk7102]

Thank you;) regards from Poland

[@donhorak9417]

Tak jest!

[@donhorak9417]

Tak jest!

[@refinishmaster]

Great video as always! I'm thinking of planting one of your favorite apple trees "the liberty" but only have room for one. Would this tree still produce great apples? I always thought you needed at least two apple trees.

[@betsy773]

Love your new shirt. Thanks for zooming in when you show the actual places to cut. ❤

[@Faithisfuture]

❤❤❤❤ hardworking Dogs need rewards

[@frogsintheforest]

Can't beat good old fashioned garden hygiene and cultivation

[@noahgiamei]

I've never grown tomatoes, but now I know how. Two woofs for the boss! 🐕❤

[@babciabee8497]

Tuck wins the show!!:)

[@aprilarmijo6967]

Absolutely beautiful ❤ Awesome Hi baby T🐾🐶

[@MorroccoM13]

Yes, we love seeing Tuck!❤ Great video. Very thorough. Can hydrogen peroxide be substituted for the isopropyl alcohol? Can you give us a link to the spray bottle used in the video?

[@sharonmanlove162]

love listening to you describe the tips and treats of tomatoes.

[@mrsjackson6893]

I have two beef steak tomatoes plants in ground in a partial sun side of my house. They are growing tall, with a few flowers trying to form. Is this pruning of suckers and bottom leaves going to help? Or are they doomed bc of partial sun?