How to Plant and Grow Tomatoes and Peppers

In this video I will be planting tomatoes and planting peppers. I will show you how to plant, how to fertilize, how to prune and how to take care of disease.

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Hey Guys, I’m Brian from Next Level Gardening

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[ksw]

I bake egg shells in an oven for twenty minutes at 250 degrees, then cool them, put them in a blender to make them into small pieces/powder then apply to my garden

[virginiatibbetts]

I over-wintered my Better Boy, and pruned it to manage its spread. I just counted 19 tomatoes ripening. I also have volunteers that I moved a bit, but have been growing for 2 months already and are going on 5 feet tall. Yesterday, I put in my Ukrainian and Siberian indeterminates I grew from seed. It’s going to be quite a tomato season once the sun decides to shine here in So Cal.

[jeannamcgregor]

What actually works to stop blossom end rot is thick enough surface mulch (1" plus) to keep the soil consistently moist. This is especially important when growing in containers since those will dry out more quickly.

[waynespringer]

I had peppers in the ground on April 15th, they had a 37 degree temp night while hardening off and a 33 degree night a week after being in ground out of 50 plants ZERO are the "mythical stunted growth" as they are currently 3.5 ft tall and loaded with fruits. Peppers are a perineal they are genetically adaptable to harsh conditions

[nancygarrett]

I use powdered milk to provide calcium to tomatoes. Just add a little to the water each time you water. Have not had any problems with blossom end rot.

[IronDruids]

If you are going to bury your string make sure your string is not biodegradable. It does work and doesn't pull out or anything. But I did not think about this detail and a couple days ago (2 weeks after transplanting my tomatoes) the string in the ground has degraded and torn and I've had to go through and tie a loop around each stem.

[bellepfeiffer]

Thanks for doing another tomato/pepper video. I'm a new gardener and because my yard is all tree roots and rocks under the lawn, I'm planting in 14, 22"x20"H pots. This year I decided to try growing seeds - there were some unexpected humorous surprises. But I wanted you to know that all the tomato seeds came up and as soon as they were an inch or two I put them in the red cups at the bottom and added soil as they grew. They all are doing well and compared to other things that stayed in the other growing cells, anything in the large or small red cups are doing better. Next time I will probably start them in the red cups rather than transplant. I started them on March 15th, they have been planted out on May 19th (With night domes - cause, zone 4) and are now about 20" tall. Thanks for all the instruction.

[lindysmallwood]

Oh dang I put the crab and lobster in the soil with my peppers. Just ordered the kelp. Will see what happens. I have a very small garden so I grow my tomatoes in pots. I’m hoping my husband can build a structure to use with the string method. With the terrible heat we had in AR last year I’ve put the tomato area we’re it will be away from the sun when it sets. Lost all the blooms last year. Love the video. Making notes. Blessing❤️🌺

[juliamayers]

I'm in SE England and need to put my peppers and tomatoes out but the weather not great, expect around 8 degrees C tonight. I'm growing Black Russian, Red Oxheart, Yellow Pear and Roma tomatoes and various HOT chillies. Another great video, thanks

[BritInvLvr]

After a few years of poor tomato harvests, I’m having much better luck this year. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[caterjunes]

Wow, did I learn a lot from this! I've been growing tomatoes for ages, peppers more recently, and still there's more to take in. I love that about gardening -- you're always learning something new! Thanks for your clear, friendly, and informative videos!

[CherryRaptor]

This is my third year learning to garden, but first year really learning how to actually take care of the plants. You have been a big help learning!

[Ylemonade]

This makes me feel so relieved. Our planting situation is identical in that I put off potting up my tomatoes and they were turning purple. I just planted them yesterday. Glad to hear they're resilient enough to handle a little bit of neglect. 😅😅😅

[robbiesmith]

I am a first time gardener, just finished planting 4 better boy variety. I used grass fabric pots - 20 gallon size and your tomato hooks. I might stand a chance of getting a harvest with your help! Thank you.

[LaMagnatron]

I don’t know what I’d do without you! I’m building your trellis this week. So excited!

[julseabate]

Your solo cup method is genius! I transferred them into even deeper cups and now I have beautiful bushy San Marzanos! I did the same with my Kelloggs Breakfast but they got early blight and it slowed them down (lost one). The roots are at least 12" deep and I have huge leaf growth and little flowers!!! Thank you thank you thank you Brian, love from Sonoma zone 9b

[suzannegrimes]

Even though I’ve been gardening for several years, my garden was small, but since listening to you, I’ve increased my garden space with beds, and it had much more success! Thank you so much I always learn tons after listening to your videos

[micahsmom]

Thank you for your continued content toward new gardeners as well as the seasoned gardener, this is my first year trying to grow fruits and veggies and I need all the help I can get. Your explanations for fertilization has helped me quite a bit, I was afraid to fertilize but you make it easy with your explenations.

[katiebradford]

I overwintered my peppers per your instructions and I am about pick my first peppers of the season. Thank you for your advice and adding more veg to my growing season!

[kathrynmoore]

I take it you don't have to worry about cut worms hurting your peppers. My Dad used to cut 4 " PVC pipe about 4 " in height and put it around his pepper plants to prevent the worms from eating the plants at ground level. I have since tried with and without this idea and have learned the PVC idea works. Here in Connecticut it also helps using this on my cabbage plants.