Growing Tomatoes From Sowing to Harvest

With unbeatable aroma, character and taste, tomatoes are a must-have crop in the vegetable garden. There's nothing quite like a fresh, home-grown tomato.

Tomatoes have specific needs to grow and fruit well, but get things right and you can be picking sun-ripened, garden-grown toms within just a few months.

In this short video we’ll take you step by step through everything you need to know to grow your own irresistible tomatoes.

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[JasonLockwood]

This guy is literally the coolest gardener ever! Keep the videos coming dude!

[CJJacksonBGT]

I've no idea why this guy is not a regular on TV !! He's brilliant, honest and so easy to understand!

[preciousmetalhead]

It’s times like these I’m grateful to my dad and grandma for teaching me to grow my own food. It may go from useful hobby to outright necessity. 🤘🏻🌱🤘🏻

[paintingwithparrots]

I grow Stonor's Most Prolific which has been unavailable since 1980's. It was produced in 1930's when my father's friend grew the variety and passed seed onto my father, who saved the seed annually and when he couldn't grow anymore, gave me the job of keeping this indeterminate variety going.

[EleanorPeterson]

Ha! Yes! 🙂 The potting-on advice at 3:10 about picking up seedlings by their leaves was something my late dad taught me when I was small. He said that lifting a very young plant by its leaves was like picking up a toddler by placing your hands under its arms. Safe, gentle and secure.

Grabbing it by the stem was like picking up a child one-handed by the throat! 😲

Seriously, though: the explanation is that squeezing a flat leaf does relatively little harm; squishing the cylindrical stem can crush vital transport vessels and choke a young plant to death.

[PetalsonthePavingSlabs]

Its one of life's treats, being able to grow your own tomatoes. Really enjoyed this, thank you.

[matthewhill]

New to this gardening stuff, watched loads of videos and keep coming back to yours . Love your Attitude and videos as they short and to the point . No waffling . 🙏🏻 thanks 🙏🏻

[vanessaeden]

How can anyone dislike this video. They just keep getting better and better. My only problem with growing my own is I keep forgetting I only have a small garden😂

[pamtaylor]

I am growing Ildi, a yellow cherry bush tomato- sweetest I have found! Also have some coeur di bue, san marzano, roma, tigrella, russian black, marmande & sungold- our granddaughters love the different colours & shapes. Needless to say most are eaten before they make it to the house!

[SmallGardenQuest]

Another tip is to prune them to the lowest fruit. This will allow more airflow and sunlight to the tomato :)

[jovsitalo]

I love how you use metric and imperial systems in your videos. Thank you!

[elainelerner]

I saved seeds from a wonderfully sweet cherry tomato called Sugar Gold last year. I now have a dozen starts for myself, family, and friends. Can't think of a better gift. Thanks for this timely video.

[preciousmetalhead]

I can’t believe one of my favorite video series on YouTube is basically a commercial but they are so well done it’s hard not to love them. Someone is a marketing genius.

[bonnieguo]

The best videos! Short, to the point, and full of information. Thank you!!

[kath-phlox]

One tomato I'm growing for the first time the year is Paul Robeson (named after the actor) because it was very very highly recommended by another gardener as the best she ever tasted, she them in the afternoon before watering and it will blow you away.

[haroldinho]

First year gardening, this year I grew Shirley(most successful so far), Gardener’s Gold(first tomato is orange right now)and Tiny Tim

[ML-pohq]

Thank you, lovely to hear an English voice :)

[DevilsAvocado]

Sandwich bag with some small holes in makes a great flexible propagation lid

[heatherstubbs]

Our season is a little different in Florida. Just picked my first Cherokee Purple yesterday. It was utterly delicious... so worth the time invested. Just waiting for more to ripen. This channel has helped in my success. I appreciate the knowledge.

[madmanjim]

I have expanded my tomato seed collection and this year I am growing 15 different varieties suited to living in tropical Indonesia. The three I am most excited about are Lucid Gem, Madagascar and Peachy Keen. Nice video!