Grow Lots of Tomatoes... Not Leaves // Complete Growing Guide

In this video, I've compiled everything you need to know to grow a ton of tomatoes instead of huge tomato plants with very little fruit! In this complete growing guide, I will show you how to grow the maximum amount of tomato plants in a small growing space by growing your tomatoes vertically. We will also go over common pests and diseases and how to handle them. Plus at the end, a final bonus... use just one secret ingredient to get increase disease resistance, get more fruit tastier fruit with higher nutrition value!

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[EASTSIDERIDER]

In my 20’s (I’m 70 now) I worked on a 17 acre tomato farm that had a packing shed. I learned a lot about endurance and became a tomato snob. We drove a stake after 2 plants. As the plants grew we looped twine around the stakes and took out the slack. This process was repeated as the plants grew. Each morning a 16’ flatbed truck made the 45 mile trip to the Sacramento produce market destined for grocery stores. Those were the most memorable years of my life and paid my college expenses.

[roncarlson]

Thank you son. I'm an old guy now and that was the easiest, most succinct tutorial on growing tomatoes that I've ever seen. Well done. And I am now a subscriber. You get so much convoluted content these days, it is refreshing to skip the nonsense, and see how easy it can really be.

[zigridlarsen]

My grandfather was a master at gardening and used many of the ideas you have shred. One different idea he used for securing the tall center stems was to snip pantyhose into slices to tie them to the plant for support. The nylon was soft on the plants and cheap stockings can now be found at dollar stores. Thank you for your well done presentation and very helpful knowledge.

[TheGlenandlisa]

The photos of blossom end rot, rust, blight, etc. are very helpful, as is the entire video. Thanks!

[robertthetexan]

Great video! I grew up hearing a few tricks and tips, but the wackiest one my grannie did was hitting her tomato plants with a old grapevine broom. She did that when she didn't think the plants were doing their pollination properly and she said it kickstarted that process. She also would use egg shells in a large glass jar covered with water and when her plants needed a boost she would water them with that concoction. She grew some amazing, huge, beautiful, TASTY tomatoes! So she must have had something working. One comment about the plants growing. I had a cherry tomatoes plant self-start at the ends of my porch and that plant grew to about 7' long growing along the ground. My son was about 3-4 yrs old then and he had a little tunnel in that plant and when he was missing you could find him there laying on his back, picking tomatoes and eating them one by one! (he ate more of those tomatoes than my wife and I put together!!)

[earlbrown]

What a _pleasure_ viewing a video with good audio in plain English, no distrating music or graphics and the presenter knows what he's talking about. Thank you Brian!

[ztinqeq]

20 years growing tomatoes and my watering trick is using large Tim Horton cans for each plant at plating time, open both ends of the can plant tomatoes plants 6" in the ground making sure half the can is out of the ground so when you water your plants they will take a liter of water in that can just for each plants. My plants are watered every two day during dry times and they will grow more than you ever seen

[hildegard]

Thank you, i plant lots of plants successfully, but not all the tomato plants are happy by me, i think it's because I've been wetting their leaves, i appreciate your help 🎉

[ryanpalmquist]

Where the hell were you last year when I destroyed my tomatoe plants!?!?! Now, it's me and you buddy... We're gonna DOMINATE this year!! Thank you.

[petemedium]

As a 76 yo Aussie, I have never had to buy more than one tomato plant, if at all, because I use what my grand father called the 'lentrels' or middle shoot that you snipped out between the leaf and main stem. Sticking those off shoots into potting mix, starts my next lot of tomato plants.
Can't find that world 'lentrils' anywhere. May have been my grandfather's invention.

[angelaefferson]

Not only do I pick off my suckers, i cut all leaves that touch the ground to give them good air flow, that really makes a difference

Love the tomato info. Thanks. 😊 Just one suggestion on covering tomatoes or any plants, trees or shrubs to keep the birds out - please use tulle fabric instead of bird netting which can trap some birds (like hummingbirds) and they could die. Besides, tulle fabric is cheaper than bird netting and can be found at most fabric shops and on line stores like “The Tulle Shop” (Emerald, 54 inch Bolt X 40 Yards for $4.99) and other discount shops and some specialty stores like Etsy ($0.99 per yard). The little holes in the tulle are small enough not to catch and trap most birds including little hummingbirds unlike ‘bird netting’. We want to discourage birds from steeling our fruit, not kill birds. Thanks. 🙂

[sandyradzik]

I am a novice gardner. I watched your video and immediately decided to prune my tomatoe plants per you recommendations. I was rewarded by finding lsome bites on the leaves along with some black dots. I would not have known what this meant but you had covered tomatoe worms. I looked down and the green worm was on my shirt! Love it. Thanks

[sydneymomma]

I've had this video in my "saved for later" playlist for 3 years, and I'm so glad it popped up today. Great insight, concise information, and the secret weapon at the end is such a bonus! Can't wait to start my first tomatoes with success from the start. Thank you.

[Aussiehomestead]

When you pinch out your plant's put those into a pot to shoot and you will have an exact match of the tomato your growing and It also staggers your planting to avoid gluts of produce.

[brliytn]

Clearest, most informative, thorough and well organized education on raising tomatoes I have seen. Bar none. Excellent!

[fishnlady]

I’m 70 years old and I have had plenty of experience growing a garden mostly in the NW. I learned more from your video than watching a bunch of others. You are one smart feller. Thanks

[MseeBMe]

52 years old and I’ve gardened most of my life and I learned heaps from this. Thank you.

[XIIchiron]

More sun isn't necessarily better; it depends on your climate. A lot of tomatoes do better with some shade if it's really hot and humid.

[donnaoglethorpe]

These videos are terrific. I never had much luck gardening which is an embarrassment since my mother was an experienced successful gardener having worked in agriculture and being a farmer’s daughter and my uncle farmed cotton in the San Joaquin Valley. After watching video decided to try again. I bought 10 tomato plants of 5 different varieties thinking if I get one plant to produce at least 1 tomato I would finally be a success and break the continuous bad luck. I followed the instructions in this video. My goodness all 10 plants are producing and we’ve already harvested a few ripe tomatoes that really have a good flavor. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! Wishing you all the best!