Watch This Before Growing Tomatoes! Common Mistakes Explained by World Record Tomato Grower!

A World Record Gardener's Complete Tomato Growing Tutorial! Packed with tons of useful tips on tomato types, starting, soil amendments, transplanting, trellising, pruning, caging, watering, fertilizing, shading, harvesting and storing tomatoes! Listen to a World Record Tomato grower explain how to grow the best tomatoes organically!
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00:00 - Intro
02:07 - Different Types of Tomatoes
04:44 - Determinate vs. Indeterminate In Pots?
05:36 - When To Start Tomato Seeds Indoors
06:08 - Up-Potting Necessary? How To Avoid
06:40 - Hardening Off Your Tomato Starts
07:55 - Soil Preparation & Amendments
09:00 - Straw Mulch Details
09:44 - Dairy/Woodchip Compost - 1 Foodservice can
10:09 - Fish Bone Meal - 1 cup
11:10 - Oyster Shell Flour - 1 cup - Super Important!
12:32 - Gypsum - 1 cup
13:06 - Diatomaceous Earth - 1 cup
14:04 - Azomite - 1 cup
14:28 - Thorvin Kelp - 1 cup
15:10 - Greensand (micronized) - 1 cup
16:04 - Basalt Rock Dust - 1 cup
16:32 - Working the Amendments Into The Soil
18:52 - Planting the Tomato
19:51 - Mycorrhizae - VAM-Endo
20:55 - Deep Hole Planting Method Works?
22:12 - Trench Planting Method Any Good?
23:03 - Grafting More Roots On?
23:28 - How The World Record Tomatoes Were Planted
23:49 - Trellising Methods & Systems Explained
28:02 - Wind Protection
28:44 - String Trellising Demonstrated with Clips
32:08 - Termination of Vines at Season End
33:29 - Pruning Methods Explained
34:20 - Prune Suckers Off?
35:02 - Problematic Pruning Method
37:24 - Pruning Suckers
39:17 - Reason To Leave Suckers On
39:53 - Sun & Shade Considerations
40:34 - Shade Cloth
41:21 - Mulching & Soil Temperature Considerations
42:56 - Saving Tomato Seeds
43:27 - Trellising for Potted Tomatoes
43:49 - Cages
45:30 - Trellising Determinates
46:38 - Stock Panel Trellis?
48:09 - East/West Orientation of Planting Beds
48:58 - Interplanting To Shade Tomatoes & Prevent Sun Scald
49:37 - Watering
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[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

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[@Mrjboomseedco]

True I don’t either but it’s personally worked very well for me when I stumbled across it though I don’t use as much of the inputs as recommended

[@napkinslol7906]

Always nice when the old guard are gracious enough to bless us with a lifetime of accumulated knowledge and experience. God bless you both!

[@hyacinthbucket3281]

Indeed!

[@timothygardner2974]

You are absolutely right and I’m definitely all ears..

[@joshuaoberholtzer8486]

50:19 in is my favorite moment. Not because I learned a lot, not because of the setting and the rain mist in background and not just because of the happy laughter and smiles but because it is God's work. Thanks for the tips. I'm implementing them. Look forward to this blessed season ahead. God's always present. We just need to open our hearts to Him.

[@JaysWife]

Agreed. They exude so much positive energy and knowledge and seem to possess genuine joy in their hearts.

[@hyacinthbucket3281]

Amen.

[@whiterose1972]

You are probably the first tomato gardener person on KZbin that I have seen who says you don’t have to plant super deep. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. 🍅

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Since all his world record tomatoes were grown with normal rooting depth (not deep or trench methods), hopefully people will realize deep or trench rooting is not necessary. There may be some merit to deep rooting in certain extra hot climates/soil types, but that can be remedied by proper shading and soil biology.

[@pawelmirakowski1477]

To be fai,r and I'm not here to say one way is better than the other . You used like 6 to 8 different fertilizers. Someone who only uses homemade compost may indeed have to plant their tomato plants deeper for bigger root systems because their plants will only get the nutrition that's naturally in the soil. Meanwhile your plants they don't really have to go down deep into the ground looking for all the nutrients because you mix it right on top of it. Again just a thought not here to say one way is better than the other.

[@pawelmirakowski1477]

Either way I still like the video. I watch as many as I can to get different point of views and different ways of growing plants.

[@No-sc9wm]

@@pawelmirakowski1477 no matter what you do you have to replace what is taken otherwise you end up with dead soil

[@JuanVic-nr8lu]

​@@pawelmirakowski1477big waste of time, not just for you but for the tomatoes. It's going to have to spend a bunch of energy growing new roots on the stem you just buried instead of using all its energy to grow the already established roots and the plant.

[@AniBigAl]

I graduated in 1977 with a degree in horticulture but only worked in the field for two years after graduating. I went into IT but getting ready for retirement and am returning to do vegetable gardening soon. It is great to hear you both use proper terminology and science in your videos. Real world experience added in is priceless and really appreciated. I am in Reno, NV also in the high desert and am fortunate to have found you both!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Wishing you a happy retirement and happy gardening! Thank you for watching!

[@juliepoolie5494]

My ah-ha moment is to not deep, deep plant the tomato because of the soil being cold the deeper in the garden. I always tried to grow my seedlings early so I could deep plant. This year my seedlings will be small! Can’t wait to see how they react to the warmer soil around the root ball. Thank you for that knowledge.

[@Mr.Popeye2u]

Thank you for the master class on growing tomatoes. God bless you.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You're welcome! Glad to have you here on our channel! Take care!😊

[@christituck4409]

The way you have this video set up (context of information) is fantastic. Starting with "types" of tomatoes, so very important for planning. "Seed starting" when/why. "Hardening off" when/why. "Soil prep/amendments" how/why/what. The tips on straw and why you shouldn't till... thank you!!! "Transplanting" placing, how deep to plant to tips on trellising."Midseason amending". Tips of things not to do!!!! Thank you!!!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

So glad you found it useful information! Take care! :-)

[@annehollier4632]

What a blessing and gift to the world y’all are 💞

[@lindagreen7270]

I have learned a lot once again. I’m one of those people who gets anxious to start my seedlings to early. This year I waited until this week April 6th to start them. I’ll be putting them out early May. I’m am anxious to see how they do this year. I have most of the amendments that you have shown. I’ll put them in soon. Thank you so much!

[@fletchybabe6172]

You're correct, the things you referred to as suckers are side shoots or branche 45:19 s, suckers only grow at ground level and are roots that travel away from the plant and suck nutrients from the ground reducing the nutrient flow to the main plant where one wants the fruits to grow. Mountain Ash trees are a good example of a plant that throws out suckers. I don't know who started calling side shoots 'suckers' but they're not correct. You grow your tomatoes the same as I do and I get really good produce. I also grow my cucumber plants the same way. Happy gardening 😊🌱☀️

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

I kinda just use the terminology that the general public is most familiar with, I switch terms up just so people know what I'm talking about. Thanks for you comment, we appreciate it! Blessings to you!

[@Warrior-In-the-Garden]

Great point about planting deep in the cold soil.

[@jesusisGod1434]

Amen! I did t know that about tomatoe root zones I grow in raised beds and keep my tomatoes pruned neatly so to avoid the Forrest that they can become. Thank you for the video! Your channel has really grown in the last two months!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Thank you! The channel has grown because of nice folks like you that appreciate clean and wholesome video's, blessings to you!

[@IxHATExUCLA]

Awesome. I have to spray for PM, speaking of that rain! I’ve found sprinklers and warm temps could be a recipe for PM as well.. Great video. Wow you load up the soil amendments. Awesome

[@MyGardenRetreat]

You should pre-mix this and sell it. You would have the BEST tomato feeding mix on the market, hands-down! I would buy it, and I'm pretty sure lots of others would too.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

We're working on it and are almost ready to go live with our E commerce store😊

[@theresaschieffelbein2664]

I have learned much from this channel and cannot wait to try gardening this year! Thank you so much!

[@onepanman9852]

What a wealth of knowledge & experience....thanks for sharing!

[@OneTakeTuber]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I've learned so much and will have to make some modifications

[@gnawbabygnaw]

Great stuff! Thank You! He reminds me of a farmer who we hired to bring a cow to a film shoot I was on. The filming was for a company that did technical work but was out in the country. So they wanted to film a thing where the cow was holding up their work by blocking their loading dock and the CEO was out there trying to get the cow out of the way. We shoot the thing and needed to get the cow back on the trailer the farmer brought the cow in. Farmer wasn’t around and the crew of City Boys was pulling and pushing the cow and it was not moving. After five minutes of this the farmer shows up and with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth says, “Get outta the way.” Grabs the cow’s tail and starts wringing it out like a wash rag. The cow ran right up the ramp into the trailer. Work smarter not harder. It was hilarious to us btw.

[@omearica-rc6fp]

Okay. I got a whole lot of REAL information from this. Long video, but filled with proven information. Did not bury my poor tomato plants this year. Something always seemed a bit odd about that even if I had a good crop. I am working on my tomato plants right now so as instructed, I grabbed my oyster shell and blended it up while on pause, then my bone meal, then some kelp (organic) then grabbed my DE and added it to the pot and mixed, etc.. I grow in containers so I plan to add a lot less to the soil all at once, but to feed it more often as we move into warmer weather and as each plant lets me know it needs something. I love the last few seconds of the video more, or at least as much as any other part. Praying for other people, animals and our plants is always a good idea. Thank you for this wonderful video. I'll be calling you out if I find out I should have buried some eggs and bananas in my soil, but I doubt that is going to happen.

[@angusmacduff3471]

I've been growing tomatoes since 1942 (Victory Garden). I'm trying something different this year. I've saved the Folger coffee cans (home and church) for years. I cut the bottom off of the container - put the cover on - turn it upside down and transplant my Solo cup (Murdock's method) tomatoes into them; - No shock or set back. I have them in the closed in screen house and open the sliding doors during the day and close them at night (still going into the forties at night). When it is warm enough, I will scratch up a few inches and fertilize the raised bed - remove the bottom (top) and put the container (three inches deep) into the raised bed without disturbing anything.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

If that works great for you ,happy gardening! Thanks for watching and have a blessed day!

[@rebeccawatson9284]

Great advice! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. ❤

[@josealeman332]

Take notes Kids.. this info in gold. :) thanks for sharing .

[@charlenecraig5008]

What other mulches can you recommend? I do not have access to 2 year old straw. Thank you!!! Your channel is so informative. I have been doing gardening in a different, but will try your way this season. I mainly do my garden in buckets

[@jasonm887]

If it helps, I use natural cedar mulch. It helps keep certain pests away and has always worked great for me. Just make sure it's natural with no die or anything in it.

[@MyGardenRetreat]

Thank you for making this video. We are getting our vegetable garden going and tomatoes will be among them. We bought some heirloom tomatoes from an Amish man at a farmers market. They were the BEST tasting tomatoes we have ever eaten! So I fermented and saved the seeds. Planting some this season, and I am so excited to see what we get! I'll be posting our videos soon too.

[@wergardengals3242]

Excellent information thank you so much especially on all of your fertilizer information🤟🏼

[@oceansoul3694]

Thank you for another inspiring video! I always learn a lot and I really appreciate you sharing your experiences and knowledge with us.

[@jimoyler1780]

The more I watch the video the more I learn. You have a positive influence on my garden this season.

[@whisperingwings852]

Wonderful information as always. I'm so glad you suggest cutting the suckers. That is my happy time in the garden lol. Your dad is a trooper standing out in that chilly spring rain. But us gardeners are a hardy bunch. Keep up the great work you two. Really enjoying your videos!!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Thank you! Blessings!

[@hyacinthbucket3281]

THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!!! I take this so much more seriously than most videos.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Glad you found it really useful!

[@GreenThumbGardener65]

Great info! Thank you so much!❤

[@frankpumpkin2350]

Great, great stuff. I don't think people realize the knowledge and expert garden advice given here.

[@m.wheeler2976]

you are exactly right about those tomato cages. I've never had good luck with them so now after watching this video I will be installing a trellising system similar to the one you use. Thank you for this video.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kristyruprecht]

Hi first time I have seen your site. Very good. Wow that is a lot of nutrients to add to the soil. I bet those tomatoes have great flavor. Like how you end the video. Yes, the Way, the truth and the life Amen 🙏

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Thanks and you're welcome! You don't have to add as much as we do, but we feel it is the optimum amount. Just reduce the amounts in the correct ratio and it will still be very helpful for the plants, especially if your soil is depleted or lacking nutrients for the plants and microbes. Blessings!

[@jenniferprescott8655]

Lots of good tips, thank you so much😊

[@ginalee7347]

What an awesome video! Thank you for sharing your gardening knowledge❤

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You are so welcome!

[@jesusisGod1434]

Yay! Just what I needed! I just started my tomato seeds a week ago! ❤

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Great! Hope you have the best season ever!

[@bubbles6124]

Great information to no surprise. I lost all my tomatoes and peppers to a late frost and snow last week😢. Had them outside for weeks hardening off. Had to go buy new plants. Fortunately, they were on sale. Getting ready to start the cucumbers and yellow squash. Usually they have been in the ground and growing by now, but this has been a bi-polar weather year. Thanks for all the great info. Next year will be building the tomato trellis.

[@susansloan3003]

Thanks so much for all your wisdom and tips! I came away with lots of good ideas and information that I can definitely use in this years garden, which is now my third season of gardening. I live in NE FL zone 9A.

[@carolinecampbell1250]

I’m a first time gardener. I’ve been overwhelmed with amount of videos & various ways on growing tomatoes. I watched one of your older videos to learn about lighting for seedlings. Found it so helpful. Grateful for the seasoned advice offered here. Thank you from Montana.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

If you have question don't be afraid to ask, I may not be able to always respond in a timely way but I'll try! Blessings!

[@loritaanderson7909]

I love this channel. You're a treasure! Thank you so much for sharing your valuable knowledge and experience.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You're so welcome! May God bless you! 😊

[@wendybarclay7908]

Nice to hear some awesome new information🍅

[@chadwalton2128]

Very informative video Enjoyed this

[@vickybrown9266]

Thank you for sharing all your information it is lovely to be able to know what I am doing when growing things😊

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You are so welcome!

[@misterwolf9227]

I ,learned more inthis time than any other video...very detailed,when ,I heard he was a champion Tomato grower. I subbed.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Great! Thank you for subscribing! Hope we can help you improve your gardening! God bless!

[@daneoriatti5009]

Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge!God bless!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You're welcome, and thank you!

[@roysoto263]

Awesome video, guys. Thanks for this layout of all the information your dad has provided. Now I gotta find the few more ammendments he mentioned. This is great. Keep up the great content.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

👍Thanks for the words of encouragement! Blessings!

[@roysoto263]

God Bless you all, thanks again.

[@SeaShoreAnnie]

Hello 👋🏻 Greetings from Wales UK Wow I learned so much from this one video I am going to subscribe for sure. I really value & appreciate your knowledge & wisdom. I pray God blesses you both & your family & clothes you all in the armour of God🙏🏻 Annie

[@5points7019]

So much information ❤ I have tried different staking techniques thru the years. Last year i tried the florida weave and had negative results. I prefer tposts with a conduit pipe at the top held in place with plumbers tees and vertical strings for the tomatoes to grow up on. I was able to prune and harvest with ease.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Tes thar system works pretty well,I find it's not near tall enough for my tomatoes and length of season😁

[@DiamondTrailRanch]

Thank you for this, I love tomatoes! great advice

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You are so welcome!

[@valeriemacrae8441]

Very informative thank you

[@kristinel6352]

The tomato seeds from you have sprouted and doing well! I planted 16 total.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Super! Good to hear! Blessings!

[@jansimpson8918]

wow, very thorough! Thanks so much!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You're very welcome!

[@MichaelJosephJr934]

Glad I found this channel! Regarding the Mycorrhizae stuff - I have it but I've heard it has a short shelf life. Do you try to store it differently or use it quickly? Thank You

[@moirakemp867]

This is for sure the best video i have ever seen on growing tomatoes. I live in South Africa and have been struggling to grow tomatoes. As soon as fruit starts forming, disease hits and i have to destroy all my plants! Large black spots appears rapidly on the stems, spreading to the fruit. I am going to follow your preparation of the soil to the T next season and pray i have success then. Bless you and your family

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Hi fellow Gardener! I can ask my dad if he has any tips for you regarding your plant disease. May God bless you! 😊

[@moirakemp867]

@@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork appreciated, thank you

[@laurakamal8842]

Great video! Thank you so much!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You are welcome!

[@elizabethmurray7382]

Wonderful, many thanks, from New Zealand!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You're welcome!

[@JaysGiants]

Very informative as always. Wondering if these methods are what Dan is using to grow the giant tomatoes? I understand that you’re looking for a first truss mega blossom and then run two mains with no suckers and then terminate all plant growth at a height of three to four feet. Does that sound about right? Great job guys.

[@rickdavid1795]

Very educational. Thank you, God Bless

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Glad it was helpful! God bless you too!

[@upupandaway5646]

Excellent information, thank you very much 😊

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You're welcome! Blessings!

[@MariaMartinez-jw4qm]

Praise God I found your channel 🙌

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Love your comment! Glad to have you here! May God bless you!

[@user-ki2wp3sv9i]

I left the heat mat on during lighting this year. The seed start mix I used this year was from the first seed start soil video but had the products to do it! I like it because it holds water well but not too much. Best I've used. The bought others are really heavy on peat moss and light on perlite mostly. 🍅

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Great! May you have much more gardening success! Blessings! 😊

[@thurstonmr]

Looking forward to more tomato videos. You have so much knowledge, thank you!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

What additional tomato topics are you wanting to see?😊

[@TimJackowski]

@@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork You talked about indeterminate two leader method and how to prune. I would love to know your thoughts on determinate pruning such as for Roma tomatoes. And thank you so much for this video!\

[@breannenieschburg3743]

@@TimJackowskihe said he doesn’t like to trim determinant since they only have so long to grow

[@breannenieschburg3743]

@@GardeningHomesteadingWoodworkI’m looking forward to the growth videos to see exactly how he trims and the trellising

[@Stomperdon]

I love the video Sir. Please oh please make more videos. Any of your knowledge you're willing to share we will gladly take.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Glad you like our videos! More to come! (Lord willing, that is 😊. ) Have a wonderful night!

[@lindy404]

I just recently found your channel and love it…so much great information! Can I use this tomato formula for all of my vegetables? I’m ready to plant this weekend…thank you and God bless!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You can but it will be a little expensive, those amendments were meant for fruiting crops,leaf crops are different and root crops are different as well

[@Costas_I]

Greetings from London, UK. Only recently discovered your channel and I’ve been mini binge watching your vids. Amazing knowledge and advice, thank you. I have a question. When you prepared the soil with all the different cups of nutrients are they specific to tomato plants or can they also be used with other vegetables? The reason I ask is that I only have a small vegetable raised bed in my garden, 6’ x 3’. Enough for one or two tomato plants and the rest of the space used for vegetables - lettuce, spring onions, cucumber etc. If I were to fertilise the soil with those nutrients would it be okay for the other vegetables?

[@garyfletcher7517]

It is so fun to watch father and son working together. You are so knowledgeable and I have learned so much from you. Do you practice crop rotation with your tomato beds?

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

No I do not practice crop rotation with any crops,nature doesn't and neither do I, may God bless you!

[@glamrhinestones9283]

Great video, always learn so much from you. Can I use these amendments for all my planting?

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Yes you can but there's ways to tailor them better for different crops. Fruiting crops take more potassium, greens take more nitrogen, flowering such as broccoli and cauliflower take more phosphorus. These are very general rules to follow. Blessings!

[@leewolfe3895]

I use a drip tubing with an emitter every 12 inches or so and usually plant tomatoes and other plants a few inches from the emitters. The tubing will most likely need to be replaced and I've considered to drip tape. In your opinion is one better than the other? What type of drip tape do you use? Does it come in different types that put out more or less water? How long do you run it? Just found your channel. Good Stuff!

[@FargoDaddy]

Do you see any benefits of interplanting within your tomato bed, specifically Garlic? Great Video!!

[@anaelechavez8358]

Excellent ❤!!!

[@normarosado5697]

Wow great info. Its only my 2nd year growing tomatoes, but the information on prepping your bed was awspme No wonder Pops.tomatoes are world record. They are well fed😂. Thank you

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You're welcome! Glad you like our content! Blessings!

[@rickwood5005]

Awesome videos. Thanks for sharing the wealth of information that your dad has learned over many years of gardening which is now helping gardeners around the world. I am sure that your dad primarily raises indeterminates but was wondering if he raises any determinate varieties and if so does he trellis them in a similar fashion? Thanks again for the videos.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

I typically don't grow determinate tomatoes as almost always don't have the flavor of the indeterminates plus they are harder in my opinion to know how to trellis them so I don't bother growing them. Blessings to you!

[@beckymartinez9926]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I appreciate learning that not everything has to be done a certain way. I’m wondering how long Azomite lasts before needing added again. I have raised beds because we have only red sand.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Azomite doesn't leach out so it'll last quite awhile, I'm sure you'd be fine if you added it every 2 or 3 years.

[@prdgmshft9107]

God bless this family

[@moosebrandon8665]

Appreciate the information. Fellas

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Our pleasure!

[@artstamper316]

I enjoyed the video, but that is a lot of amendments to buy on a limited income. I did notice, also, that the oyster shell flour didn't come up on Amazon. I'm glad you talked about the necessity of air flow because when I started growing my first couple of tomato plants in grow bags I thought they looked so very bushy but was afraid of cutting anything off and couldn't find any information at the time. Thank you.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Thanks fir letting me know about the oyster shell link not working. I fixed it. 😊Glad the video was helpful to you!

[@rebeccarogovin2126]

I too appreciated the video so much, but the amount of soil amendments are a lot. Would love to know if there is something that combines these amendments or certain priorities

[@jacquelyndevitte4992]

I so enjoyed this video. I learned a ton. I had no idea about pruning the suckers off of the plant. I live in an apt. I’m going to try a couple of tomatoes on the deck. I get sun starting at around noon. They will be in 15 gallon felt pots. I got organic vegetable soil that has all this ingredients in it. But I was going to add calcium from egg shells I’ve ground up. I was also going to try a cherry tomato from the hanging method. Do you have any advice on this? And I am so appreciative on knowing what shade cloth to use. I knew I was going to need one for the extreme summer heat I will get because I face west. The afternoon sun makes it unbearable to be out on the porch. I really look forward to the day when I can stake my tomatoes properly. Hopefully in a year or so I will have a yard. In the meantime I’m excited to be learning from you. I look forward to the seed video. Have a prosperous growing season. God Bless You and your Family. 🦋

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

I probably wouldn't waste my time on the hanging tomato ,I'd recommend a dwarf determinate or indeterminate depending on if you have a way to support the indeterminate which may get to 3 to 4 feet tall. Try to use a light colored grow bag or find some way to shade those black grow bags as the roots don't like being hot. Happy growing and hope you can get a place where you can grow in the ground!

[@gregpowers1045]

I am new to your channel. Thanks for what you do. Do you have any instructions that you can share for how to build the trellis?

[@Jun34277]

I started germinating tomato seeds after watching your videos! Thank you for taking the time to make the video, and for the tips! Its fascinating how these plant grows, by the hand of God!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Isn't it amazing! And to think that God himself used his own two hands to plant a garden that was absolutely the perfect place to place His creature man,He spoke the universe into existence but He planted a garden for man,no wonder it brings peace to spend time in our gardens,another interesting fact is that we're made of the dust of the ground and I find that what plants need is quite similar to what we need in order to have good health! Blessings to you!

[@Jun34277]

@@GardeningHomesteadingWoodworkIt is amazing, and I truly agree to it! I started a challenge, that I would grow tomatoes only watching your videos! I will try to : ) Blessing to you brother Luke as well!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

If you have questions don't be afraid to ask,we'll try to answer the best we can and hopefully in a timely way,I know that that might not always be the case as the channel is growing quite rapidly!

[@Jun34277]

Thank you!

[@SDaulton]

Thank you! God bless 🙏

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Welcome! God bless you as well! 😊

[@441rider]

Green sand is used in casting big metal items in pattern form. /tough to source many of the minerals in small amounts here in Canada. I use fish tank culture starter to help with soil breakdown. 18lb tomato Heinz would be envious grew up beside a ketchup factory.

[@jeffreysmith8735]

If we were closer geographically I would GLADLY buy you dinner; just for what I've learned from TWO of your videos.'. It's like education condensed, God Bless.

[@jbbrowneyes]

Are you using a low flow drip system or high flow? Thanks for the video!!

[@terrybartick1754]

Thank you

[@carlmerkey9370]

Great video and information was wondering about your trellis how tall is it and the width at the top?Thanks Carl from Michigan

[@pamelag.4417]

Nice video! I find digging a deep hole is beneficial if you are in a hot dry climate. I’ve had better plants less stress. I’m in zone 9b.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Great comment! Thanks! Blessings!

[@davealexander7515]

I planted roadster and Better Boy tomatoes in mid April I noticed yesterday that they have a little blight I cut the affected leaves and branches off and spayed liquid copper do you have any suggestions or do you think I should just pull and dispose of them

[@ross-smithfamily6317]

Love your videos - your knowledge is incredible! ❤❤ Is it cost effective to add all the amendments you use to get the harvest compared to buying the same food at the grocery store? I am very interested in a cost-harvest analysis. Possible new video idea?

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Excellent question! First off you can't buy this kind of food at the store,if you were to take a refractometer to the store and test sugar content of the fruits and vegetables which is an indicator of plant health you'd soon realize that they're not the same as correctly grown food from your garden,you also have to consider the amount of doctor bills that you'll be saving by not needing doctors to give you you medicine because of not having nutrient dense food from the store,the list goes on and on😊 you also won't need a membership at a gym or place of exercise either because you be getting good exercise and lymph stimulating exercise in your garden. Plus most everything tastes better too,we took a meal to some neighbors a while back that had just lost a loved one and these dear folks normally ate like the typical American and when they ate our food they remarked many times how flavorful and Delicious it was,they said that they had never eaten food like that before, infact the wife of the man that had suddenly passed away she didn't want to eat at all but her daughters told she really should because it was so good so she finally did and ended up having 3 helpings 😁,blessings to you!

[@jacobpark6255]

Do you rotate planting areas for your tomatoes or do you plant them in the same area every year ? Thank you for a wonderful video, I’ll definitely be adding these amendments to my soil when I plant this year.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

I never rotate my crops,and I either use the dead plants at the end of the season for mulch or compost them and put back on the ground where they came from,blessings to you!

[@AgnesMariaL]

We don't rotate, either. When you look at nature, she doesn't rotate her crops. A lot of plants will self-sow for the following season, and tomatoes are one of them, even in my zone 5b! I find it better and easier to just let the seedlings grow up where they started rather than digging them up and transplanting them elsewhere, even though I do move some because one dropped tomato from the previous season can throw up about twenty seedlings the following spring :) Also, if there were any issues that the original parent plant encountered, that plant passes that information along to its seeds, so by NOT rotating, you wind up with stronger, healthier and better adapted plants with each subsequent year ;)

[@Albopepper]

Nice tips! I'm interested to know: About how many pounds of fruit do you yield per plant?

[@usa2342]

Thank you!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You're welcome!

[@woodenjoe]

Could you please make a vide0 on your composting methods? live on a less than acre piece of land and am trying to make the most of it. Some people's setups are too big for me and some seem too small and gimmicky like the cheap plastic tumblers. l'd love to hear your thoughts! Thanks for sharing!

[@hjginslc]

Please make a video on building your trellis, first time gardener here at 70-yrs old 😅 due to delayed recovery following my serious back injury. I’m SO glad I found your channel cuz I only buy/eat Organic produce.

[@catfunksfabulousfinds97045]

You can grind up egg shells if you can't find ground oyster shell.

[@codytibbs9885]

May 1st tomatoes are going out! Getting so close to be able to harden them off 😊

[@kaleyjanenigh]

Do you by any chance have a video on the construction of your trellis system? Or blog post? Thanks so much!

[@robertmitchell6061]

I understand that you like to grow world record tomatoes but for me all I want are good eating tomatoes lol it seems like you put a lot of different stuff to make yours grow but nothing wrong with that either for me I just like to keep things a little simpler! Keep up the good work I really enjoy watching your videos

[@bonedigger666]

So this is the Mittleider system? You add everything the plants will need and keep away from the soil as a way of feeding? What about using DM in the soil? Will it kill the good bugs you want working for you? I have always tried to keep from using it unless its on the plants. I would love to be able to work it into the soil, keep it in place better. good video.

[@jimoyler1780]

Roots can only go so far at least with tomatoes etc. 40 tomato plants last year and over 500 tomatoes, Red Snapper and Tachi varieties. They are determinate plants. Thanks for sharing!

[@ContainedAbundance]

I would love to see a video about Lunar planting. There's not a lot of information about it that I've found credible. Great video! I'm here for the gardening information!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

I honestly can't say that I understand very much of it but if you purchase the book that we linked to on Amazon it's simple and a very helpful guide! Thanks for commenting! Blessings!