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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[napkinslol]

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

[joshuaoberholtzer]

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.

[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!

[whiterose]

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

[annehollier]

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

[theresaschieffelbein]

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

[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.

[juliepoolie]

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.

[lindagreen]

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!

[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.

[m.wheeler]

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.

[onepanman]

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

[Warrior-In-the-Garden]

Great point about planting deep in the cold soil.

[carolinecampbell]

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.

[charlenecraig]

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

[rebeccawatson]

Great advice! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. ❤

[fletchybabe]

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 😊🌱☀️

[jesusisGod]

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!

[whisperingwings]

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!!