Why We Prune Tomato Plants | The Garden is Laid by!

[@mikev48080]

You two are so blessed to have each other and able to share your lives together in a place you both love to be. Your little short banter episodes at the end of the videos is cream at the top.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy our videos 😀

[@kathysausen6493]

I totally agree! I love your “popsicle time” haha! So fun to listen to you both💕💕

[@katemolly100]

Agreed! I know it’s important to have the same theology as your spouse, but having such a vibrant culture in common is so apparent and lovely with you two

[@ixchelkali]

I enjoy watching your Popsicle chats with Matt. The easy pace reminds me of me and my late husband, when just for a little while during the day there was nothing we had to do but be there together. We had 33 years together and never ran out of things to talk about. Just sitting together and talking about our day was the best part of my day. And throughout the day, if anything interesting happened I would tuck it away in my pocket, so to speak, to pull out and share later. In that way, it was like we were together even when we were apart. You and Matt have that same glad-just-to-be-together quality.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you! Sounds like we have much in common 😀

[@persiusk]

Miss tipper I just love how you talk. I’m so glad you do this channel because you have so much to teach. I halve worked in horticulture for like 12 years, plus I grow a big old garden. Right now I’m working with a lot of 20somethings and seeing them get excited about growing plants is such a joy. I love to share what I know and keep learning what I don’t know yet.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for the kind words!! I'm so glad you're teaching and sharing your knowledge 😀

[@bobbyblair20]

I could listen to ya'll talk all day.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for listening 😀

[@coopie624]

I love that you used the phrase “laid by” for the garden. My Granny used to say that but I haven’t heard it used in years. I always want a popsicle after watching y’all enjoying yours. lol

[@sshaw4429]

I ADORED POPSICLE TIME! Your children will treasure these.

[@BeachPeach2010]

Volunteers are the best plants. Not only are they heartier, but they also want to be with you! 👍

[@bettyswinford5886]

Y’all are so cute and comfortable with each other.I have never really looked at Matt so close,but he is a cutie.Y’all make a wonderful couple and so sweet together.Until next time.

[@tanyafavazza2711]

Boy this brings back memories.. Mom & Dad ALWAYS working in the garden. And either havin a popsicle or ice cream break .. Sometimes a cold beer 😜. Agree with Matt , overalls are to HOT. Had a Great Uncle that would wear them in the summer w/o anything underneath🙊🙈. Tipper when you talked about being able to “taste the air” 1 of my Great Grandmothers said she could tell the difference in the air between Va & WVa & she was only 30mins from the state line , lol.. God Bless you Tipper and family for keeping Mountain living alive and well 💞

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for sharing your Great Grandmother's saying-I just love that!

[@bethanyfields4706]

When Mamaw and Papaw Bell were both gone to Jesus, my cousin had a remarkable quilt made of their old clothes. There's patches of Sunday clothes, her nearly threadbare house dresses, and her favorite shoppin' dresses. My favorite patches are of Papaw's overalls. He wore them EVERY day except Sunday. I remember the squeak of the office chair, which actually stayed in the living room, as he'd bend down to lace his Sunday shoes. He left less than 6 months after her. They were 94 years old and were married 74 years! She was asked once if it was hard bein' married all that time. "Is it still exciting, Mamaw?" Her response was, "Oh, honey! It gets sweeter as the days go by." I'd love to send you a photo of a picture frame I found after their last anniversary together. It seemed God picked it out himself. They were just cheap plastic, from Walmart but I wouldn't take a thousand dollars for them. I asked Papaw to KISS HER, for a picture, NEVER DREAMIN' he'd do it! I wasn't ready. When I tried to stage it again, he got embarrassed and missed. I captured the sweetest 3 shots of those two that we could have ever imagined. She laughed so hard! I know most of us have stories like that. God bless you for sharin' yours. It gives me a few moments to remember mine.🧡Rogersville, Tennessee

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

What wonderful memories! I'd love to see the photo! You can send it to me at [e-mail] What a special quilt 😀

[@lylacrawford1827]

Yes when my Daddy was still alive he raised a big garden every year and he fought blight all summer and tomatoes were his big thing. He believed it came from the soil and he would move his around. He finally put them in big watering troughs. He raised enough tomatoes for the whole town. I really enjoy your channel. Glad I found you. I live in the Ozarks in Northern Arkansas.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Lyla! I bet his tomatoes were amazing 😀

[@carlabridgesmason3529]

I live in north central Arkansas.

[@jrn2217]

I am enjoying the popsicle break conversations!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Bob 😀

[@garybrunet6346]

I’m going to send this to my daughter. She is growing her first garden. My wife was telling her about this. Thank you Tipper!😊❤️

[@Lucky4991]

It’s funny how everybody does things with their garden. My mother always used rod iron stakes and She would cut up old T-shirts into strips for her tomato plants to be supported

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

What a great use of old t shirts 😀

[@kathleenroberts7972]

We've done that too. And back when I wore panty hose( lol) I would use the old ones with runs for tying up plants or resting heavy melons .

[@lylacrawford1827]

Yes we used old panty hose too cut up in to smaller pieces. They worked great.

[@kickapootrackers7255]

Easy to get sidetracked with some kinda chore😁, place looks good y'all. Can't believe ole boy got married at such a age😂, lol, good one Matt. Thanks y'all, fine lookin garden

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Will 😀

[@dianemattei9449]

He said, " You're too pretty to work hard..." What a sweet thing to say..... You are both blessed to have each other..... 💕

[@rl839]

Nothing better than a tomato sandwich fresh from the garden, two slices of bread with mayo. Grab a couple garden onions and you have lunch. Don’t forget the sweet tea one of my aunts sisters would carry us out into the fields. Good memories!

[@Katya67]

Mom always called it "suckering the tomatoes". She had grown up with the tomatoes crawling all over the beds because they had so much land for gardening. and when she had supports later in smaller places she would take out the little new "limbs" as they appeared.

[@mags102755]

It's great what you showed about the tomatoes, but I just love watching you two chat. It's very sweet.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Margaret 😀

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Be grateful for food. ❤️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

So true!! Thank you for watching 😀

[@joyce9523]

Thanks!Hears some popsicles on me ms tipper🥰

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

You are so kind!! I will definitely buy us another box 😀

[@persiusk]

You and Matt seem to have an amazing relationship. I’ve been married for 20 years, but wouldn’t mind a video about how to keep your relationship healthy. Y’all seem so sweet to each other. Ya know sometimes it’s hard, connecting, working together, caring for each other…. And other times it seems so easy and natural. Why is that?

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

How sweet-thank you! I agree marriage is hard work 😀 but very rewarding. Sort of like the hard work of a garden. One time an older lady at church advised younger married folks to do all the things you know you should do to help your marriage and also to just hang in there. She said over the many years she'd been married there was a few months or even a full year that her marriage wasn't the best, but waiting it out with both her and her husband working hard always brought it back to where it should be.

[@jessicacrabtree4602]

@@CelebratingAppalachia how did you both meet?

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

@@jessicacrabtree4602 Hopefully we can tell the story in a future video 😀It was on a blind date 😀

[@lindaanderson8179]

I enjoyed watching the both of you , I miss those days, since my husband past 2 years ago, we would sit and talk whenever were messin with our garden. Stay strong in faith and in love. God bless you both with many years.

[@1doggymom907]

Love the "popsicle talks" 💕

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@karenstewart8818]

Matt, you are too funny in this video! "I hate being hot" he says. He lives in eastern NC, near tropical in the summer. And I will forever now call suspenders 'panty jacks'. I shall tell hubby...he will cackle. "They'll stay low, the won't get high' says Tipper. In two months she'll report that the marigolds are three feet high! You two were so funny today.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 Glad we gave you a laugh!

[@scottfristoe6468]

Thank you for sharing your chats with Matt. It is so nice to see a loving and caring couple share time.

[@theresaleek7750]

I'm watching you and hubby eat popsicles and I'm just sitting here thinking how beautiful and peaceful your yard there's no noise there's no car noise there's no crazy noises just animals and peace and quiet I'm sitting here I hate to say it but I'm so envious it's just beautiful where you live.

[@brachashighhopeshomestead226]

Michael is right about the end being the cream. I bet the crows are so smart they finally figure out that the wobbling video tape is not scary.

[@lauraleebaird9729]

Popsicle Time is my favorite part these days. It's like just sittin there with ya'll while ya'll chat about whatever crosses your mind. I just love it! My grandpa always wore overalls and long sleeve blue work shirts. I think he had a new pair for Sunday's and going to church. I remember visiting my dad in SC when I was pregnant...probably around 7 or 8 months and I needed some pants and my daddy gave me a pair of his overalls and they fit. So, they worked perfect for the pregnant belly. I had forgotten about that until now. Hope ya'll have a wonderful day! God bless!!! "Too pretty to work hard" ....that was so sweet!!!!

[@bradbyers7505]

My neighbor, now deceased, told me he settled on growing gooseberries because they were the only thing the wildlife didn't beat him to. He had tried raising blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and others but he just couldn't keep the critters out of them.

[@lynettepacella9880]

I love tomatoes they are one of my most favorite foods and fondest memories I remember sneaking into my great grandmothers garden in northern Florida (I moved to West Virginia when I was 13) when I was very young and it was so hot and picked that tomato and it was still warm only thing missing was a salt shaker LOL my next favorite thing is a sliced tomato sandwich on white bread with mayonnaise and lots of salt nothing better it can be eaten in the morning at lunch and dinner thank you enjoy your videos so much! Tell the girls thank you for listening to my video I requested from Valerie Carter! 💕💕WV

[@braeutchen41]

There IS a taste in the air, Miss Tipper.....I viewed a 400 acre piece of land in Missouri, one time....as i walked down a steep cliff into the white river which crossed the property, I remember saying to the Realtor....."oh my gosh, the closer u get to the river the more robust the scent and flavor of the air..... this river is CLEAN and alive..." the water was deep deep azure blue and clear as a bell....u could SEE the bottom and it was alive w happy fish...."💖 The smell and taste is sooo Good.....a sweetness in the air.....🖐🏻☺️

[@christinej2358]

I’ve never prune my tomatoes, and they get way out of control. I’m going to try pruning them this week. Thanks for showing us how you do yours.

[@chrisfloyd9224]

Great video. Best part was the 2 of you chilling out with a popsicle just talking.

[@olderpennsylvanian-op2368]

So timely! I just pruned all of my tomatoes today, and it is always scary to cut off more than what is left on. I have done it a few years now and know it helps the little shoots in the joints to have a chance to send up blooms. They look awful for awhile and people always laugh or gasp but enjoy the fruit in late summer and fall. I have beefsteaks, Sun Sugars, Super Sweet 100s and Husky Cherry reds this year. Most of mine are in the fabric pots, and it was fun to see the bees come to the flowers while I was out there working on it. You two are a wonderful team!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I love seeing the bees too 😀

[@relax2dream164]

I love “popsicle time” with you two. Especially when you grin together about something. Your garden looks great as usual. ❤️🇨🇦

[@rosedwight804]

U two r such hard workers. There is nothing as hard to live with as humidity. I do love the thick foliage & green trees. Thank God for A/C. I remember my dear grand mother was always so hot & everyone always kept an eye out for electric fans. She would be so thankful.

[@sheilajohnson6478]

You’re such a sweet, soft spoken lady. Thank you for sharing such good information with us.😘

[@OkieJammer2736]

Absolutely, at least in my experience. Trimming the suckers off of tomatoes gets more sun and circulation to the fruit, same with opening up fruit trees like peaches, plums, etc. by trimming the suckers. Less disease and bugs too, as they don't like exposure to the hot summer sun.

[@deborahringley4662]

I enjoy watching your videos. They bring me such peace. My Dad grew up in western NC. He was from a place called Little River. It's about 40 miles from Ashville. I have such wonderful memories of going there to visit in the summer. I still keep in touch with my relatives there. Salt of the earth people - just like y'all.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Indeed, my daddy taught me this and I still do it today

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for watching 😀 Hope you have a great week!

[@cindypate5773]

Adding popsicle breaks to our gardening routine. Thanks for all the stories that go with learning gardening.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

They're like a mini reward for the hard work 😀 So glad you enjoyed the video

[@pamelacrowell2007]

Before my husband passed, we used disposable aluminum pie pans and CDs/DVDs to keep birds out of trees, berry bushes, and the garden. We would cut the pie pans into 4 pieces like pie skies and hang them all with jute so they would move all the time. Worked!!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for sharing what worked for you 😀

[@judyabernathy80]

“Panty Jack’s!!” Now that’s funny, Matt, I don’t care who you are! Panty Jack’s. The visual on that is what made me laugh out loud! Your garden beds look really nice. I think you’re going to have a good harvest. I, too, cut those suckers on the tomato plants. They seem to do better when I do that. Tipper, when you get the recipe for parsnip bread from Granny, I would love to have a copy of it. And, Matt, I LOVE tomato sandwiches, too! Nothing like it!! Blessings!! ♥️🙏🏼♥️

[@nancyatkinson4279]

You 2 are so cute ❤ together. The way you interact a person can tell how much you love one another. Thank you for sharing.

[@myrtlemorris1288]

I love how y’all get along especially y’all’s popsicle time

[@HossMan48]

My Dad pulled of suckers and used tobacco sticks with baler twin to tie up his tomato plants. It was a good year is he could get ripe tomatoes by the 4th of July. Boy I miss his vine ripened tomatoes. Thanks for the memories.

[@cumberlandquiltchic1]

Yes, I’ve always been taught to take suckers off and honestly, I take bottom and many leaves off so the sun can get to the tomatoes and I think it helps keep disease out.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I remember seeing fields of tomatoes with sticks when I lived in Haywood County 😀

[@homesteadingpastor]

Enjoyed watching you guys working together pruning your mater bushes and just working outside together in general, Robbie Lynn and I do the same and that’s some of our most enjoyable time together. Lol 😂 on the panty jacks as Matt called them, I know some men that need some Pant jacks to help pull/hold their britches up lol GOD BLESS YALL 😊🙏🏻👍🏻😇❤️🙌🏻☀️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 You and Robbie Lynn remind me of us 😀

[@homesteadingpastor]

@@CelebratingAppalachia I agree with that statement lol almost as if we were blood kin 😂👍🏻😇❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@sandraheassan378]

Well ya brought a chair down Tipper, but Matts still on a bucket lol. Good idea on the tomatoes. I gunna try that this year.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@HolmansHomestead]

My grandpa I never seen him prune his tomatoes either. 🍅 Thank you for sharing Tipper have a great day.

[@lindasowash7054]

I can’t believe I stumbled upon this video. I just pruned 1/3 of my tomato plants today. I didn’t want to do them all because I thought it might hurt them. I think tomorrow I’ll trim the rest. Thanks for sharing.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thanks for watching 😀

[@swoodhaus]

I immigrated from Germany in 1960, I was 3. My mother cooked with parsnips. She would peel them like carrots and cut them up and put in stews, soups, or we would eat them like potatoes are cooked. There are some restaurants that are frying parsnips like french-fries and serving them like an appetizer. Thanks for all the info and thanks again for the video!

[@jackiegammon6854]

mmmmm -- I'm with Matt--- 'mater sammich = heaven on earth!!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

They are so good 😀

[@RealSB83]

I had one of my tomatoes 🍅plants 🪴lasted for two seasons, Mrs.Tipper. Im from a dry place in California, perhaps that's why. But thanks for the stories and wonderful informations you've shared, much blessings to your tomatoes 🍅 🙏

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Wow that is wonderful! I can't imagine being able to do that. I have a friend in Hawaii that said his okra would last a couple of years too 😀

[@Cod3Thr33]

Your accent makes me think about my childhood. My family is from East TN - not exactly the same accent, but pretty close. All your videos feel like a chat with the neighbor.

[@davethompson6201]

Hey "Miss Tipper"!! Just started reading lots of comments like @ least 25, to learn either your name or nick name..which ever becomes you. It's my 1st of you & Matt's gardening videos. They're such a calming essence to make me feel relaxed too. Both of ya'll are so very blessed to have & appreciate each other & your fine garden & property. My moms father, Grandad, born in1892, always grew a big enough one to feed the whole neighborhood. Cuz back in the 1920s thru the 1940s was considered the Great Depression. People back then & even in the 1950s when my younger & only sister each of mothers gardens were shared within our neighborhood. Now day's its kinda rare, but it do happen occasionally. Take care & God bless your family, Buggyman Dave!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Dave 😀

[@kimj.becker5527]

Love the popsicle breaks. It’s so sweet to see you all chatting away. Maybe put sticks with some bright colored yarn by the flowers.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Love that idea 😀

[@slolive1]

Tipper, I love your popsicle chit-chat with Matt! It reminds me of me and my husband chit-chatting. My husband loves wearing overalls. He always says that overalls come in 2 sizes- comfortable and more comfortable. LOL God bless y'all!

[@bdwillis8284]

Love y'all!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@nanahaney1625]

Tonight we had chicken livers, with stewed green beans and red potatoes and boiled cabbage also cucumber tomato and onion salad. Stuffed! watched this video while eating dinner, Love to do that! It is like having dinner with your favorite TV show. Mr. Haney and I enjoyed a "Frosty" brand root beer earlier and talked about things over root beer. We got three days worth of cooking done for breakfast lunch and supper so we wont have to mess up the kitchen again until Thursday night for supper and I think were gonna do bacon and pancakes with real maple syrup. Then have some rootbeer floats for desert :) Your garden is beautiful, It is hard work but in the winter when you look at a full pantry, it sure is comforting to see the Lords blessings there. Take care, Have a great week !! Talk to ya soon! Tell The Presley Girls I said Hi~ God Bless you all! (proper southern good bye takes 10-20 minutes but I will stop here! LOL!)

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Yum that sounds good!! I hope you have a fantastic week 😀

[@k.duryea3185]

Your popsicle-talk makes me smile 😊

[@jeanneriffle4231]

I just found your channel and I am so happy. I am a North Carolina foothill native and your channel speaks to my heart. I can’t wait to go back and watch all of your previous videos.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Welcome and thank you 😀

[@davidhensley76]

I'm glad you've graduated to the big popsicles! I'm with Matt on overalls: they're awfully warm. I like them in the fall, but not in hot weather. Maybe you could train the squash & melon vines onto the trailer so the fruit would be clean & collected.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

If he'd only let me David 😀 Thank you!

[@Sweetpea1128]

Panty jacks!! 😂😂 Thanks for all the good info! 🍅🍅 We used aluminum pie plates from frozen pies and pot pies held on string between sticks to keep birds from our strawberries. This year, the squirrels cleaned out the mulberries. They were jumping and stretching and fighting. I’ve never seen them that crazy before!!

[@osmadchlo]

I love yall's popsicle time!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 I'm glad

[@cathyrichmond6178]

I love the popsicle musings. Love to hear y'all talk about everyday things. My Daddy wore overalls except to church. I've always clipped the suckers out of my tomato plants. I ate my one and only Cherokee purple tomato. It was delicious. I'm hoping it will produce more. My Bradley's are not looking too good. We've had a lot of rain. We are in for A dry spell now so hopefully they will do better. Thanks for sharing Tipper.

[@1CathyHendrix]

I love parsnips! They are my fav. thing out of the garden. But you have to wait the longest for them. Being winter hardy is also a plus. I par boil them, slice them long ways and fry them in fat back grease with a bit of butter in it. Yum!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for sharing that! I should try them sometime as much as the girls like them 😀

[@suzannehedderly1331]

I'm sitting here sweating like a pig (humid VA, no AC) and envious of those popsicles!! Enjoyed the chat. I totally understand what you're saying about how fast the bad stuff grows. I'm constantly battling ivy, privet, mulberry, fall clematis, porcelain berry, briar, vinca, blackberry, dock...the list goes on and it never stops. The invasives have ruined my back flower garden. The heat makes it extra hard. So I'm impressed with your beautiful yard and gardens. You two are amazing. ❤️

[@tinacrider2581]

Love the first tomater sandwich from the garden. As a child just taking the salt shaker to the garden. Getting in to the melon patch was fun until the stitch came out. Lol the good ole day.

[@summerthompson3284]

You two are my favorite couple. Marriage goals. 🥰

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That is so sweet-thank you!

[@lindapetersen1800]

I still remember how I help fall 60 trees the first weekend after my First Born was Born !!! Father In Law & Husband helped but I was doing a lot with a Baby beside me and then I put her on my back for safety !!! This was sweet the 2 of you just resting and talking I don't have that much in life like this any more!!!!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Linda! Sounds like good memories 😀

[@lindapetersen1800]

@@CelebratingAppalachia Really good memories up in Northern Wisconsin!!! Linda P.

[@kma9292]

I have a very small garden and I have been growing vegetables for about forty years. I have been trimming my tomato plants for about thirty five years just because you can tell which branch will produce and which will not. Your explanation is much better than mine. Thank you. I like the way that you, Matt and the girls explain things by saying "I am not an expert but this is what works for me and you should find what works best for you ". Great videos, thanks again.

[@gonzokompadre]

the popsicle break is a winner! keep em coming!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

So glad you enjoyed the video 😀

[@stevecobb7844]

You can use the popsicle sticks as markers for flowers and plants that are not obvious. Also try a tablespoon of epsom salt around a tomato plant. I tried it this year with amazing results. Dark lush plant, 3 foot tall, the largest tomato is as big as a baseball already. Also added dry cow manure and leaves from the woods 10-10-10 , calcium lime, and water.

[@grams5025]

Oh Matt! You are my kind of tomato eater! Tomato sandwiches with mayonnaise, salt and lots of black pepper!!!

[@brendaschenck859]

Loved this❤️ love the popsicle breaks, and the chat sessions with Matt….I see you’ve graduated to bigger popsicles ..lol…🤗

[@damonswanson3156]

Ok, I think popsicle time is my new favorite segment. 😎

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I'm so glad 😀

[@norencenelson8111]

Today June 25 we got our first two tomatoes off the vine. They're Early Girl hybrids. Never had them this early before. Since tomorrow is my birthday, I figure they're mine to eat. I'll share them with Ms. Begonias if she behaves like she should. I prune my tomato vines also. You're right Tipper it does help produce bigger tomatoes. Also, it's a good idea to prune back the branches near the bottom of the vine to keep the blight from splashing, from the soil where it lives, up on them when it rains. Tomato vine blight is closely related to the blight that caused the great potato famine in Ireland in the 1840s. Just looking at those tomatoes on the window sill has got me slobbering like a one-eyed fat girl discerning a milkshake. You two obviously enjoy each others company which makes for a strong family. Ms. Begonias and I have been together almost 57 years. I've got all the knuckle-bumps to prove it.

[@saner6888]

I just love “popsicle talk”😄 you switched up to the bigger ones so the talk was twice as long👍.. heard you say”everyday of the world”, that’s a first for me. Also love Matt’s “panty jacks”🤣 stay well folks💛🌻💛I had to give up tomatoes years back due to the high acid…. You know of any low acid varieties?? …..awww “too pretty to work hard” so sweet💕

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 Matt teases me about saying every day of the world

[@apiecemaker1163]

San Mariano, Amish Paste, and lemon boy are all low acid tomatoes. I hope that helps. My daughter in law had to do low acid because of illness. I hope this helps you find a way to add them to your diet. God bless.

[@saner6888]

@@apiecemaker1163 Many thanks for taking the time to assist me. You are so kind, I will look into these asap! Very grateful💛🌻💛🙏🏻😊

[@apiecemaker1163]

@@saner6888 you are most welcome. I love our homestead community and how we all help each other when possible. 👩‍🌾💙🌻☀️

[@kevinknight470]

My Father would wait till most of the fruit was set on the vines, then he would trim all of the non productive parts from the main vine. Then he would mix up bluestone and cover the whole plant with the bluestone. Weirdest looking tomato plants you have ever seen. Results=huge purple beef steak tomatoes that would have slices big as a slice of bread, or bigger. Blew our neighbors minds. Man had a green thumb. Point is pruning works for tomatoes, big time. Thanx Tipper.😃✝

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Kevin! I would love to have seen his tomatoes 😀

[@timfarris6801]

Just found this video it is so important to prune tomatoes just like flowers .i call my brother for help when we cut back the tomatoes and it takes awhile but is really worth it .im glad I found this video you and Matt really know about these matters thank yall .

[@kristycook6041]

Prunin' mators is like prunin' anything else in life... Sometimes it hurts, but abundant blessins follow.

[@jameswaterman2829]

I enjoy your conversations over a popsicle.

[@bethanyfields4706]

I grew so many "armpit" 🍅's last year, it was overwhelmin'! I couldn't stand to throw away the suckers. I put 'em in the ground and it seems like they all grew!🤪🤣

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@rhondabutler4172]

I admire how hard you and Matt work to provide your family with nourishment and such a beautiful garden. I have never heard of pruning tomato bushes. Probably because it is not humid where we live. Our main trouble is the hot wind stressing are plants. I did misspeak the other day when I said we did not have purslane weeds. What I should have said was there is purslane weeds in the country and in wheat fields. What I buy here is a blooming plant of purslane for containers in the flowerbeds. Thanks for the info.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Rhonda! Hope you have a good week 😀

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

I live in upstate ny, I'd say it's average dry here. I prune mine for the first foot or two on the bottom as soon as they're over two foot tall.. I trim whatever branches are touching the ground to keep blight and whatever else away though as soon as I plant them. Sometimes that means the only leaves on the whole plant are clustered at the top.

[@rhondabutler4172]

@@RunninUpThatHillh thanks for the info. I think I’ll give mine a trim tomorrow!

[@Mntdewmania1]

I LOVE the Popsicle Talks!!

[@choirmom78]

Y'all make those popsicles look good. Yummy.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@electronictrip]

i planted tomato plants for the first time this spring in great big planters. My dad was an amazing gardener and had the biggest garden in our small farm town so i know how to pull weeds, but dad did all the planting! Well my tomato plants are growing like crazy and tomorrow i'm going to prune them. Thanks for doing this video!

[@sandraharrison1348]

Another great video. I love watching Metcalf Mills too! Justin and his girls are a treasure! Have a good week. 🙂

[@kajm2023]

I always look forward to that first tomato biscuit - butter, salt and pepper, and a slice of tomato - perfection! I've never known anyone outside of my family that ate it, but my Nenny used to fix it for us growing up and I've lived it ever since. Thanks for the video! I'm near the northeast corner of Tennessee and am going to give it a try with my handful of plants!

[@wandadevers9598]

My family loved tomato on buttered biscuits, too.

[@kajm2023]

@@wandadevers9598 I'm glad someone else appreciates them! So good!

[@walkhumbly4902]

You all are so cute! I enjoyed your Popsicle conversation.... and enjoyment to just sit ad rest after had work.

[@hannahnorman-ostrem1702]

The Pacific Northwest is a lot like Appalachia. This time of year, if you stand still to long, the plants will grow over the top of you. I can see why my Daddy, who was from Normantown, West Virginia, felt at ease here.

[@kevindevine5102]

We had a small blueberry bush that would grow a few blueberries. Birds and chipmunks got every one of them.

[@lorettataylor9902]

Olivia planted my tomatoes for me. I was sick the month of May. I noticed they are growing like crazy I've heard of cutting them back but I wasn't sure how to thanks for sharing . I will show Olivia and have her do it for me .

[@wg146]

We put a cattle panel on each side of our tomato row. We then lay tobacco sticks through these to hold our tomato plants upright. I’ve never cut the suckers out or trimmed them but I am trying it this year.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for sharing your tomato system 😀

[@teresahiggs4896]

I saw a Gardning guy on KZbin make a video about pruning tomatoes . He went into detail about what to cut and what to leave and why . I’ve put the cut off pieces into dirt, water well, keep out of harsh sun and they grow new tomato plants,

[@mygarden365]

Wow - what a blessing to be able to have a new tomato plant from the branches that you had to clip off for air circulation. You could let someone from church or another friend have their own tomato plant as a blessing of food for them in these strange days that we are having lately. : D

[@elainebuchka6533]

I love to hear your. Explanation of SO MANY Things Tipper. My Mom Always "suckered" the tomatoes. I never knew exactly how to know which ones to take off.? POPSICLE TIME IS MY FAVORITE WITH YOU & MATT!! My Dad wore Overalls All His Life..He always ranted when he had to put on dress pants & shirt( he called them Elvis Presley tighties) 🤣🤣 love the suspender names...Matt's especially, He's a HOOT!! I LOVE parsnips!!😋😋 LOVE TOMATOE SANDWICHES!!! Yummy

[@leaannebrummett9159]

My husband and I disagree on tomato care. He grew up in PA. His mom let the tomatoes do their thing and never did anything. I'm a trimmer and keep them upright. For about 3 yrs I was unable to tend to the garden and our tomatoes suffered due to his way of doing things. Thankfully I'm back in the garden and it's looking good. Your garden is so well kept and pretty. You're a great team and are blessed to have one another.

[@donnahawkinsharper8344]

Your garden is beautiful. Yes, you are right about how fast everything grows up here. I always say that by August I start to feel claustrophobic cause the trees start to grow so close to the house. We marvel at how beautiful the new green leaves are and then I always say, and yes the new growth is beautiful and they’ll be pretty in the fall, but all those leaves will fall & have to be dealt with. More leaves every year. However, this is an amazing place to live, better than the city for sure. ❤️💕❤️💕😊