How to Prune Tomatoes for Earlier Harvests, Higher Yields & Healthier Plants
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- Simple pruning tips for indeterminate tomatoes.
The tomatoes featured in this video are Sweet Millions: amzn.to/2azFTlO
OYR is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost, mulch, and compost tea. No store-bought fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, compost activators, etc. are used.
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It's so nice to find a video where the host sounds like they actually had a script or thought out what they were going to say, instead of rambling on and on. Job well done!
Thanks!
You said it ❤️👍
Wow, other videos take 2 to 3 times as long to give you the same information. Excellent work, OYR!
I have two Tomato plants growing in my basement that I started from the suckers on the mother plant that was in the garden. Got blossoms ...yay !
It is nice listening to someone who talks about tomatoes & has a lot of tomatoes on his plants too.
Your tomatoes are looking so healthy! Great tips here, thanks for sharing Patrick!
Thanks Misilla!
Thank you so much for explaining suckers so clearly. You are the first experience of gardener I've come across who shows and explains it in a way that truly made sense for me. Great vid!
3:38 that's a very lovely leaf-shape..I had never noticed that!
This is the first video that showed me exactly what I needed to do.
Believe me I have watched MANY!
Thank you!
Fantastic tips on pruning and managing your tomatoes ! Once I settle on a variety of tomato I enjoy I'll have to re-build my trellis so I can put it back in the garden for them.
Thanks ***** ! Are you growing only determinate tomatoes now?
Nope I snuck in some indeterminateness so that my wife and I can learn what the family likes. It's a total mess lol.
***** The trellises I use are very portable and easy to store. They're in a different location every growing season.
We have the same ones 1/2 inch galvanized electrical conduit and vinyl netting :) they are not in use this year as I ran out of time before everything took over
Best video for tomato pruning I have seen. It helped me understand thank you!
Great input and advice. Thanks for the refresher and NEW info.
Fantastic info. First person I have found that actually shows what exactly topping a plant was. I figured that was it, but it's nice to see it done. You got straight to the point and I appreciated the info. Hopefully you will have other videos.
Pruning is one of the most undervalued techniques out there. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Thank you for all this good, clear advice.
I had to watch five videos on this topic before finding yours--which explains identifying suckers much better than those other videos. Thank you. You're a good teacher.
Thanks, Kelly! I'm glad the video was helpful.
very well presented. to the point yet full of info, simple yet extremely helpful. no frills. exactly what I needed. thanks!
Thanks!
The length of those clusters is amazing and your plants are looking very healthy.
Thanks Onward to Innisfree !
Excellent video! A wealth of information. Thank you.
Thanks!
Excellent trellis setup! I really like that! Definitely makes sense. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks MrChipGardener ! We've been using this type of trellis for a couple decades now. They really work great.
Right on. Thanks for sharing.
Some very good points that I can easily remember to do.
great video, thanks! So much more clear than several of the longer ones other folks' put up.
Gorgeous lush green leaves! Wow!
Love all of your videos Pat. I use your garden as inspiration for mine here in zone 7. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! Best wishes with your garden.
Great, short and informative video! Well produced and beautiful to watch thanks.
Thank you. Lovely video. You have such a great style.
Thanks JuicingGardener ! I appreciate your feedback. Thanks for watching!
This is a great video...... thanks for the tutorial!
What a nice video and lush, beautiful garden, it’s a piece of paradise!
I have learned so much from your videos and have recommended your channel to others. Thank you!
Great video!! I love growing cherry tomatoes and making fresh homemade sauce with it! Thank you so much for sharing, this was such a great video to watch!!
Lovely update thank you for sharing have a blessed day
Thanks Linda. You too.
This was very helpful! Thank you very much!
Great video thanks. I never knew the potential of tomato plants (8' wow!)
Thank you so much for this informative video! I got so much out of it.
Very helpful information. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for this very informative video, I will do this on my plants now.
Wow! Amazing yield you have there! Plants are looking great. Thank you for the tips and good luck!
Thanks!
Thanks for the help without all the chitchat! Beautiful garden!
Great tutorial on maintaining/cultivating indeterminate tomatoes!
Thanks OhHowHappyGardener !
Very informative, thank you!
Yes thanks for the great to the point video 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 and the explanations of the definitions of words, and arrows and close ups!!! You’re great thanks!
I keep looking up videos on how to increase fruit and veggie yields but I always seem to come back to your videos because you're the only one who has consistantly helpful videos! Thanks so much for what you do! You're one of the few channels that inspire us to grow so much food! I know this is an old video and I saw it for the first time when I was subscribed to you way back when it came out, but I hope you see this feedback and know you guys are doing an awesome job. I am continuously coming back and watching the same videos over and over again when I forget or need to know more info :)
Thank you so much for letting me know! I truly appreciate it and am glad you find my videos helpful.
Beautiful!
Attila Rivera Thanks!
Awesome tips Patrick. I like your trellising system. I made the mistake of using standard tomato cages for my indeterminates and they just shot right past it, and now I am trying to rig something to hold them up. Keep up the great work, your plants look amazing.
Thanks, Bryan! Yeah, I've been using trellises like these from the beginning and am very happy with how they perform. Thanks for watching!
Perfect video!
Exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks!
Thank you. Excellent tutorial with visuals and advice.
Well, again I thank you for an informative,interesting, and well done video. I hope to be able to utilize this information someday soon.
Thanks, Mindmaid1 ! I'm glad you found the video informative.
You answered the question I had, thank you.
Good video, Patrick! You always explain things very well! Very healthy tomatoes as well!
Thanks keyplayr61 ! I appreciate your supportive feedback.
Thank you for the tips and ideas. Rally informative channel.
Thanks for the info, this is a very simple and informative video.
You're welcome, Jayman2042 ! Thanks for the feedback!
Great tips! Have to do this to my tomato plant
+Tiggs Thanks! I hope you get great results.
Very clear and helpful. I can now easily identify the suckers and I know not to remove them from my determinate tomato plants. Thank you!
Short and simple. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Direct and well-articulated presentation.
+ogo orah Thank you!
Amazing show of tomatoes!...informative videos also, thank you.
Thanks, dymondwillow2 !
Love your videos! Very informative. Happy gardening! :)
Thanks you so much for sharing , this was so helpful .Keep up the good work.
God bless .
+Lea brown You're very welcome!
Succinct and super helpful, much appreciated!
Good, helpful, and simple suggestions. Thank you!
John McClendon You're welcome, John!
Best explanation I've seen to date and makes sense.
Thanks!
Another awesome video! Thanks for sharing!!!!! I have been an organic farmer for over 12 years now and I must tell you a tip an Old timer taught me. Spray milk(I use raw milk but any milk will do) at a ratio of 1:10 milk to water every couple weeks all over your tomato plants. When I started doing this my tomato and pepper yields tripled in quantity. They also seemed to me to taste sweeter. What it does is not only give the plant more calcium and other needed minerals it also helps strengthen the cell walls which help fight off fungus. It also attracts beneficial wasps that eat the larva of worms and other pests! I look forward to your next video!(-:
Thanks, Eco Oasis ! I'll give the milk spray a try next growing season.
I'm sure you will be amazed of the outcome...you can also spray the milk on any vegetables in your garden as an inexpensive amendment with great results.Keep me posted.(-:
Great tips and you have a great garden!
+Cooking Lessons for Dad Thanks!
Cheers mate. It's always fascinating looking around your yard. Damn, those cherry toms are going well.
Thanks Andy. It's starting to look like a jungle out there now. The squash plants have really taken off over the last few days. There even starting to take over the walkways. Thanks for watching!
Thanks short sweet and to the point.
Big thumbs up from me ! Thanks for sharing your knowledge !!
+Uyi Osa You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!
That's an excellent video! I'm amazed at how tall your plants get - mine reach typically only about 5 feet tall. And I'll confirm that removing the lower stems of tomato plants effectively reduces (and for me, eliminates) early blight. Although I don't prune my determinate tomatoes, I do remove the lower leaves - but only those that are close to the soil.
I read/heard/saw a tip years ago that advised against using pruning shears on tomato plants. Instead, the advice was to simply "pinch prune" with your fingers. I can't remember the reasoning and I don't really know if it makes a difference. Gotta admit that its a good practice though, as I always have my "pinch pruners" with me.
I really like this video and others you make because it's so much easier for me to understand theories much better when they're put into practice.
Thanks! I'm glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the tips..
You're welcome, Virginia!
You always make things look so easy. I enjoy that part of your video's. Me I get soaked with sweat and really dirty. You have a beautiful garden its a pleasure to watch!
Thanks goforgreenliving ! I appreciate that. It hasn't been hot enough to get sweaty so far, though we're expecting temps in the low 90's this week. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing this information. Very well done video with clear and concise instruction. I wish they were all like this. Subscribed!
Thanks!
Very good straight forward techniques.
rick padgett Thanks, Rick!
Great plants!
Nice to see you are using a ground cover for keeping in moisture/providing nutrients/food for worms, etc, and doing permamculture chop and drop method.
Hargobind Singh Thanks Hargobind!
I appreciate the advice. I am always reluctant to prune anything in our garden but these tips give me the confidence.
You're welcome, Katy! Best wishes with your tomatoes.
I pruned my plants mercilessly and now I havw huge bushes of tomatoes! Thank you again!
Great ideas and techniques.
+Benja's Uber 1337 Hobby Thanks!
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I would love to see a video on how you made the tomato trellis here - they look great
cool presantation . thanks
This was really useful. Thank you.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
You can change the world one yard at a time 👌
Excellent thank-you!
thank you so much for this you rock Patrick!
You're welcome!
Patrick, great stuff as usual. Can you do a quick vid on your tomato trellises? I'm particularly interested in their bases or mounting. Thanks for all you do.
Thanks! I do need to put up a couple more, so I'll see if I can put together a video at the same time. I can't make any promises, but I'll try. Thanks for watching!
I just remembered, I do have a video that shows how I put together the trellises: czcams.com/video/lRXxZPqkbOc/video.html
I hope this helps.
excellent!
Great video with important tips that are straight to the point. Always wondered why not just pull the bigger branch (arm) vs the sucker. My farm (Sun Sugar Farms) grows these on a small commercial scale and we use 16 foot cattle panels with T posts as trellises since the plants can get so big and heavy. We weave the plants through the squares and prune as we go along. We also package in a paperboard Sustainable Produce Container we developed for our tomatoes and other farmers if you're ever looking for something recyclable for packaging.
I've always left the suckers an pruned the branches. I always have adequate fruit.
So wonderful and didactic job. Congrats and thanks.
Thanks, Rosa!
Great informative video. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks!
thank u so much clariry on that..
+Avril Lategan You're welcome!
Thank you!
I know this is an older video and probably not being tracked anymore - but very well made and helpful.
Thanks!
If you take a sucker about 6" long, and trim off all the bottom leaves, and stick it in the ground up to the remaining leaves, you'll have a new healthy plant that will start coming on when the mother plant starts tiring out. Works every time so you can get infinite plants off of one. Don't throw those suckers away PLANT THEM!~!
That's great advice, especially for people who live in areas with long growing seasons. Our season is too short to get much, if any, production out of re-planted suckers.
My beloved grew up on a small truck farm in MS specializing in growing tomatoes from seed. She thought I was insane planting suckers. " We always threw them away, city boy." Works better if you allow some of the outer grainy part of the outer stalk to peel back when you pull the lower leaves off by peeling the leaves upward, not downward. PLANT AS DEEP AS POSSIBLE (6") W/ JUST A FEW LEAVES SHOWING. And plant them in straight, sanitized manure from HD and they won't need any fertilizer later on.
Yes, your freebie sucker plants will be coming along nicely when the mothers are playing out AT NO COST. Works on cherries, early girls, big, boys or anything that has nice long suckers. So let them grow out instead of pinching them off and throwing them away.
Tex Ex - May I ask the sanitized manure you mentioned, chicken or steer ?? I am also try your suggestion about re-purposing suckers, sounded fascinating to me. Thanks.
Steer only as I hear the chicken is highly acidic but guess you could run a ph on it. Been also planting t-bones in it but no luck on that yet. LOL! Must have the wrong seeds for the t-bones.
+Theresa Chalmers Put the chicken manure in water for 3 days and put more water in. It needs to look like yellowish tea !
thanx.
Awesome video, thanks for sharing.
+Malcolm Torres Thanks, Malcolm!
Great video!
Great vid, thanks
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Excellent !
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Great advice thank you!
You're welcome!
Nicely done, thanks for the vid.
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Thank you for sharing!
My pleasure!
Thank you!!