Spank your TOMATOES for bigger harvests! 🗞️ & pruning and using apple juice for setting blossoms 🧃
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2024
- Keep your tomato plants "in line" by spanking them! It helps with pollenation, stimulates growth, and keeps them from misbehaving ;) We also talk about pruning tomato branches & suckers, the use of apple juice for "setting" tomato blossoms, and why blossoms sometimes fall off.
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I SPANKED MY TOMATOES AND THEY ARE NOT TALKING TO ME NOW !.
keep the good work up
I was told by my Grandma (who is 92) that my Great Grandma used to go around the garden and tap on all the stems to produce flowers, fruits or veggies. Four generations back gardening tips never go out of style.
This must be the singularly most helpful video I've seen on growing tomatoes! Thanks from a new grower!
The apple juice is the reall deal. Just to prove it to myself, I actually didn't do it for a while and blossoms would linger or fall off. I started using the juice and it worked ;)
Tomatoes and Peppers have "Perfect Flower's" You are encouraging thee pollination of the flowers great sucker tips as well.....
Spanking is also good for houseplants.It makes them stronger all around.A lot of us allow the suckers on the bottom to grow about nine inches long and then cut and root them.We plant them well covered at a shallow angle so they can grow lots of roots quickly.We get nice results from these cuttings.
Keeps them from misbehaving! LOL!! Love it!
So great to see your positive results from pulling suckers. It's even more important to do with potted plants to help keep growth under control. When first growing, it's easy to be thankful for any growth and let it be, but tomato plants can grow incredibly fast. Thanks to your advice I've been pruning the suckers and keeping my plants in control. A couple weeks ago the roots found the sub irrigation reservoir and the plants are growing like mad now!
Thus the recommendation to do it early in the morning or at night. So the neighbors won't have you committed ;)
awesome advice I'm starting my first garden as a adult my grand mother and mom use to grow tomatoes when I was a kid and but not to abundant success, but my grandma would show us pictures of her when she was a child with her grand mother standing next to some tomatoe bushes that I swear were 5' or larger grandma said that " when grandma grew her plants she grew and caned enough to feed her family and gave the rest to people who were in need" I guess I'm tryin to keep my family's traditions alive...
I have never spanked my tomato plants but do know the theory behind it. As with other plants I grow, when they are seedlings I do tapping. Gently tap the tops to strengthen the stems and help their roots to grow strong. So now I will spanking and tapping for a great harvest to come. Much Mahalo for your video.
My mom told me that spanking my tomato would make me go blind.
not true, hairy palms are possible though!
Only if you do it on a regular basis.... But never spank your courgette
+Tired mum Can i spank with a courgette?
+Patrick Hempe personally I think it's whatever floats your boat
+Patrick Hempe personally I think it's whatever floats your boat
Thanks a lot for posting this! I am now going out to spank my tomatoes and spray the tomatoe flowers with apple juice! :-)
I am so glad I found this! I have learned so much from it. Will definitely be spanking & spraying apple juice! Thanks for such an informative video.
I've enjoyed the comments made be many, and the Information you have shared is the type of Info that may seem odd to some but it is the difference in a successful garden and one that struggles. My great-grandmother was well known for her ability to do the odd sounding "remedy" or "little something extra" and the proof was always in the results. From having the most amazing gardens to saving livestock and also children (way back before the town Dr. Would make his annual rounds). I'm glad to know that some folks still have this type of info and more importantly take the time to share it online. Cheers, to you, Sir! Keep on sharing! There is a reason to continue with passing the knowledge along...and it is greatly appreciated!
Whole apples create ethylene gas, and not methane gas. However, as a bee keeper,
I suggest that spraying your blossoms with a sugar based product probably attracts more pollinators, such as honey bees. Thank god every day for the honey bee because 1/3 of our food is a direct result of their pollination.
I.ve grown Tomatoes for many years, mostly unsuccessfully. I learned more from this video than forty years of growing. Thanks so much, I know this years crop will bring better results thanks to you. D
Brilliant to see your tomatoes and peppers doing so well :)
and your advice on apple juice is just what i was looking for ..I've lost a few blossoms recently and i didn't understand why, thanks for the tip :)
Thanks for answering all of my questions so quickly! I'm glad your on RUclips!!!
such a helpful video for a new gardener, thanks bunches
well ain't that the cat's meow, golly gee whiz.. Think it's making me so hoootttt !!!!
I spanked my tomatoes once.
Got arrested for vegetable endangerment.
FML!
:(
Last two years I have gotten great results when alot of the people I know didn't and I think the difference is,I bought a few bags of wild flower seed,and planted them around my veg. garden to attract pollinators and it works great.A $7. bag of either full sun flower seed,partial shade flower seed,or butterfly/hummingbird flower seed will do the trick.
I really love your videos, I have started spanking my tamatos
Thank you very much.
I tried this. I think it actually saved some blossoms! Thanks for sharing
Thank you for the informative video,enjoy your humor.
You are so pleasure and friendly. I love your video. Thank you. I hope when I have a lot more years of gardening under my belt, I will have a friendly face like you.
LPP
Love all the garden tips
In California we use earthquakes to shake our plants healthy :)
LOL. Now if ya'll could just get some rain.
Last week sfv earthquake lol
ahhhh look at those green tomatoes ,,num num num... I moved to Ireland over 11 years ago and hard to grow tomatoes here.. especially right on the Atlantic coast.. chilly and windy.. I am going to try to grow some tomatoes ..won't need to spank my babies here ..lol but I sure do miss a good green fried tomato sandwich... I went to town one day at a farmers market and asked for some green tomatoes and they looked at me like I came from a different planet ... ha ha .. thank you for the video learned some things ...xx
Yeah, just popped over to your blog and its easier to browse your content from there. Lots of great stuff! :-)
Great idea about the apple juice spray. I've also used epsom salts mixed with water to spray on my blossoms with excellent results! Great, informative video - like your humor!
lol, greatstuff man! I used to do it with the paper, then i found an older braun eletric toothbrush and now i use it to pollenate my heirloom brandywines and peppers!
This really works! I have spanked my 3 roma tomato plant blossoms (3 wks ago) and all three have set fruit. There are about 25 tomatos growing on these plants. I have also used my daughters old sponge bob battery toothbrush, it works also. Thanks for the information!
Beautiful plants! You're obviously having great success with your methods, so I'm going to follow along and I'll post my success with it later! Thanks for sharing your knowledge :)
Love your video. Thanks for apple juice tip!
1 ounces of Coconut rum, Midori Mellon, Reg. rum, and the balance of the jar with Pineaple Juice + OJ mixed together make for a happy gardener too!
Most informative video i have seen so far..i will be spanking and pruning my tomatoes tomorrow..Thanks:)
Thank you.
Do you respect them the morning after?
That apple juice thing is a nifty little tip. Thanks!
I learned years ago from an "old timer" how to increase your tomato production. He called it "thumping the tomato blossoms" with your finger. Some folks here in Georgia actually use an electric tooth brush to vibrate the blossoms. Since the tomato blossom is self pollinated and no insects required, the thumping or vibrating does the job better than the wind or occasional bee. My tomato plants will have anywhere from 40 to over 50 tomatoes on them at a time. Thumping is the way to go.
Great tips and suggestions- love the doers with the awareness to learn- keep it up! Thank you
you have the perfect voice and way about you to do video's.. look forward to seeing what all you have here.
Love your video! Thank you so much!!
early in the morning or late at night... so the neighbors don't have you committed.......
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
thank you for the great advice, and the laughs!
where are you Reaganites? a whole year without a word.....we're missing gardening together...
Great plants and video, thanks!!
HAHAHA spanking increases pollination. True but funny at the same time. I love to watch your gardening vids so I subscribed and liked. Keep up the great work!
I'm thinkin about using the missus's "Hitachi wand" ;-) ....when she's not looking lol.
seriously this is good science!
Tomatoes ripening in the sunlight,the best.
Tomatoes like sunny areas. Lots of sunshine. Try mounding fresh compost around the tops of the plants with a good organic fertilizer like Happy Frog. And once you see blossoms, spray them with apple juice.
I bought them from a garden center last year and they were about a foot tall and had a few blooms on them.
This year I started all from seed and they're growing even better. See my videos from earlier this year (2013) and you'll see the seedlings, my transplant method (red solo cups), & planting. I don't use miracle gro, though I'm not militant towards those that do, I use compost tea and a bit of organic vegetable fertilizer when transplanting and once they put on fruit. Thanks 4 watching
Oh cool! I will have to try that this summer! Thanks for that tip!
Thanks for the information and the entertainment!
Sounds great, thanks!
love your apple juice idea!!!!!!
Stake and shake :)
Thank you for your video. Awesome advice!
Thank you very much for watching.
awesome garden!!
Thanks for your wonderful videos and ideas!
Apple juice spray for the blossoms.
Now that is a new one for me. Thanks for the tip. I will give it a try next year.
sir,just don't kwow how people like you make this fantastic things.top man.cheers.
Thank you, those are great tips!
The red xmas bulbs are brilliant. I just started growing tomatoes and have spotted a beautiful yellow bird landing on my cages inspecting the plants...those red bulbs are going up today!
Very helpful video!
thanks this is something I will have to try...plus a lot of people don't know about them SUCKERS. that's a great reminder also..
Yes. Greenhouses use that to vibrate the plants and shake the pollen loose, since they have limited airflow inside.
Apple juice! Thanks I needed that!
Thank you sooo much for the tips
Will definitely give it a try. Thanks
Love your videos - thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you so much for watching. I do appreciate it.
The apple juice trick was very informative. Thank you. Never had a problem with tomato plants producing, but that trick is good to know, instead of purchasing the chemical sprays at the store.
Works thank you so much one happy tomatoe right here
very informative!! thanks
I wish I had seen this in the spring this year. I can't wait to get it going even better next year. Thanks for the tips.
Wow, thank you! I'll watch it.
Yes you can. You can even put the apple juice in a hose end sprayer and spray everything (easier than a manual pump spray bottle). Just remember, the pollenation is a bit different on squash & cukes than tomatoes and peppers. Squash plant females flowers are on the end of what will be the squash, the male flowers are at the end of spindiley shoots. Insects will get pollen from the male and then take it to the female ovary inside it's flower. :)
This actually works very well. When mine start to flower I don't wait for the bees. I go out with a q-tip and brush every single flower and you would not believe how many tomatoes I have. Right now I have anywhere from 10-15 on each plant. I tested two groups in different areas. The one group i used the q-tip and the other group i did not even touch them at all. The group I used the q-tip on has the 10-15 on each plant whereas the other group has 4-5 tomatoes on each. It works and works well.
Nice tips I will subscribe. Never heard of spanking plants. I had some cracked tomato last year,but I saw some comments on how to avoid cracked tomato.
great info for a beginner! funny too...liked/subscribed thanks!!
Hi and thank you for the upload.
Everything you say makes complete sense. I know because everything you say, though worded a little differently is in an old gardening book. I do not have it any more, but I have seen what you say and advise on various sites, it all works and for the reasons you give,
Take care. When I was a kid it was my job to water and pinch out any of those shoots that grow so quickly, and by accident The plants were grown in a big shed and the bottom leaves got
very nice first video to find from you. good info!
I do the spanking but harder lol with my 2 fingers, I spank them near the flowers. It gave lots of tomatoes and now they are starting to grow flowers again. I think that they like to get spanked. Great video but I learned that this can be done with the peppers. I was breaking my head because I couldn't remember how to pollinate them. Thanks for the lesson. Really enjoyed.
Good luck. The apple juice and spanking will do good for your peppers too!
Glad I could help.
Thank you so much very informative- great tips. you make a great video- definitely you have a new fan!
Thank you Catherine.
I love your birds
thanks for your video
Great Vid... I have just started to grow tomatoes and have planted 4 already. I will use these tips and see if I get a better harvest than last year
You'll be amazed. Especially at the apple juice's ability to cause more blossoms to set fruit. Thank you for watching.
Thank you. Tomatoes need at least three good stems of leaves for photosynthesis. Once the plant has it's first set of blooms, it's usually tall enough, with enough leaf stems, to prune up to the first set. From there, once a week I'll go back through, take off suckers and prune any limbs that are growing down into the splash range where rain might hit the soil and get on the lower leaves. Thank you for watching.
Yes I heard the electric tooth brush works good, I'm going to try it. Haven't spanked my peppers, will try that too.
Thanks Paul.
4' cages on the peppers. In early spring I only water about twice a week to encourage deep root development. They send out lots of roots, deep in search of the water. When the heat's on, I stick my finger in the soil and if it's losing moister, I give 'em a drink.
I really appreciate your videos. I live in zone 5--almost in zone 6--so I don't get plants in the ground as soon as you. I am going to spank my tomatoes this year! If I can get the kind of count you get, I'll be a very happy gardener.
You really have a perfect personality for making videos. Fun and educational. What more can one ask for?
thanks so much, really informative
wow you seem very nice and definitely are very knowledgeable on plants just what we weed!!!!! subscribed!!!!
Thanks for the video R71. I twiddle the stem next to the blossoms with 2 fingers, to break the pollen loose, but when it gets above 90 degrees, nothing seems to work very well.
Tomatoes just absolutely LOVE potash (can buy as Sulphate of Potash), as it helps with flower and fruit development, as well as disease resistance.
Very interesting video. Thank you !
Very good presentation video. I got loads of tips for growing my tomatoes, big thank you. How are your tomatoes this year buddy?
lots of great information