This way of tying Up tomatoes is a game changer!
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Y'all gave me the urge to garden again. After over 30 years of not growing a thing I've got raised gardens and containers and I'm trying grow bags as well. Everything is doing really good. Thank you for giving me that nudge. We always had a garden every year and I'm glad I was taught how to grow vegetables. ♥️ God bless! Oh and I planted some of the smallest tomatoes plants too!
Grow bags i love the most for container gardening. Those self watering containers don't get. Water ends up sitting in them.when the pot drains or rains. Ive been doing conatiners for almost 15 yrs. Live in a apt.
I love this method of stringing tomatoes vertically! I used your method last year and it really works. It’s so easy and quick to just make a slip knot on the supported stalk, and I tie mine to an “s” hook on the overhead pole. To all those intrigued, try this method, it’s simple and efficient.
It’s also a great method for sweet bell peppers. The weight of their fruit can really bend the stalks, and a little support goes a long way with those plants..
Here in Cyprus, we had not just torrential rain, but hail stones, yesterday! The temperature dropped down to 7 degrees C at 11am, when for weeks it has already been creeping into the low 30s! This is unheard of, at this time of year!
Oh what a blessing all your plants survived the freezing temperatures. Your hard work and preparation paid off! Thanks for taking us along during your day.
I cannot wait for that first tomato! It’s usually a cherry tomato but hey, homegrown is homegrown! 🍅
Your channel is one of my absolute favorites. And I want to thank you for giving Glory to God. Oh! Because if Kevin, I bought 100 Jet Star tomato seeds. Haha
Right on....rolling those covers up is definitely a confident move...lol.
About 3 years ago, I learned to trellis my tomato plants up a single string to a hook using tomato clips on a single vine from a market gardener's YT channel in Canada. I will never go back to any other way! Sometimes I will leave a second runner if I caught it too late. It's easy to drop a second string attached to a clip to support it. I use a tent stake in the ground to keep the string from pulling the plant base.
We get high winds frequently where I live, too, so I protect my indeterminate tomatoes under a portable cattle panel hoop tunnel, since I rotate my beds. I just hook them on the covered panel. Works great!
The key for me in using row covers to protect plants is to cover them at the warmest time of the afternoon to capture the rising heat for the night.
Also string up my tomatoes in my greenhouse but start my string in the soil under the plant when I'm planting. Roots grow over and hold the plant in place. Wind stem as it grows. Has worked awesome for the last 3 years that we've been using this method!
Check out Houweling's Tomatoes. I was amazed when Casey invited me to tour the operation a few years ago. They tie the plants just like you are doing and then "walk" each plant down the line as it grows. Their plants produce for about 2 years and will wind up being 30 feet long when replaced. Each plant grows in a container just a little larger than what you sell at the market.
They also do cucumbers in the same method and have beehives inside their greenhouses.
Very cool.
Sarah your voice sounded funny, hope you are feeling well! Love watching you garden!
Kevin, Kevin, Kevin……waterproof salt shaker!!!!!
I’m headed to Amazon and if hubz says anything I’ll tell him “Kevin made me do it” 😂😂😂
I love all things tomato and all things yellow crookneck squash
Good morning
Thanks for sharing with us Kevin and Sarah, glad things are growing great for you all. Stay safe and keep up the great videos and fun around there. Fred.
Great to see you two again.😊😊
I'm trying this method for the first time this year. I just have to say that you both are looking so good. God bless.
Thank goodness that all of your plants and seedlings did great during that hard frost!! The vinegarette dressing looks really good!! This gardening season is going to be very exciting!!
Always a pleasure to join you and Kevin on your farm , I am still in the start stage for my tomatoes and every thing else we are growing , it is much to cold to start seeds but my asparagus is starting and my parsley and chives are looking good. I am on my way...I live in Montreal , Quebec. Happy gardening..
My favorite Italian dressing dry mix recipe in bulk.
3 tbsp oregano, 2 tbsp each parsley, onion powder, salt and sugar, 1 tbsp. each Basil and garlic, 1/2 tbsp each thyme, pepper, paprika and (optional) celery salt. Store in mason jar.
To make the dressing (serving size one person):
Mix 1 tsp dry mix (shake mason jar well before use) 2 tbsp vinegar, 2 tbsp water and 1 tbsp oil. Let sit for 10 min for the herbs to rehydrate.
Floating row cover is good for straining the smallest pulp out of fruit juice as well!
I put bucket over some of my more tender plants and agree that covering them makes a big difference!
You two are looking great physically, by the way! Your new diet is really showing great results... congratulations! You guys rock!
I can't believe I found someone who loves tomatoes as much as I do. When I was around 7-8 years old I used to ride my bike through a trail that my grandfather made from our house to his for my daily fill of tomatoes. Grandpa always had a small wooden stool, a salt shaker, and a bucket of water waiting for me in the middle of the garden. I would sit there until my little tummy was full of tomatoes. Now that I am older my husband makes sure our garden has anywhere from 35 to 40 tomato plants every year so I have enough to eat and to can salsa, diced tomatoes, and sauce.
I hope I can be as great of a grandpa some day as yours was. Passing on the joy of tomatoes to the next generation! God Bless! Kevin
What a beautiful story. I love it!
My 95 year old mother whose gradually losing her memory keeps asking me if my tomato plants have tomatoes yet. It's been freezing every night here so mine are in my house yet. We're both eagerly awaiting tomato season.
I'm not a gardener. I am a saleswoman from way back. This is by far your best presentation to date. Clear, lots of 'hands on' information. Dialog between you, great!!! You are both amazing. Keep up the 'growing'...
Thank you for the kind words!
Both of you have worked hard for and earned all of our 'kind words' and support. Keep up the growing...
You mentioned the waterproof salt shaker. A tip I learned to keep your salt from getting lumpy in the salt shaker is to put some dry white rice in your salt shaker.
Plants are looking good!
You both makes it all look so easy , I know it's not sending prayers of blessings
I alway learn something when I watch your videos. Thank you.
Going to look fabulous looking forward to seeing it finished 😊
Gotta protect those tomatoes good job
We’ve had quite a cold snap for past 7-10 days. Everything is looking great. Be blest! Thanks for sharing.
Another "layer of ptotection" I use under the frost cloth is milk junks full of water I keep in the direct sunlight during the day. Doing this has saved many plants in my high tunnel. I also "teepee" my individual tomato & pepper plants in my garden with sticks & 1 or 2 warmed jugs with frostcloth covering it all. It works every year!
Your plants are so lucky to have you two taking care of them! Everything is clean and organized and you protect them!
You guys are looking great. And the gardens/ plants are beautiful looking.
Very interesting how you tie those tomatoes up. I can’t wait to see them and to see Kevin enjoying his tomatoes this summer.
Can't believe it got so cold where you are. I'm in the north east and we've had a lot of rain. I garden in pots, not as big as yours. Today I had to rig a shelter system for all of plants as we are expecting more rain in the coming days. My cucumbers, basil and even the eggplants don't like it so wet. It hasn't been warm enough to dry anything out. Hope stuff survives.
TommyBerries! Can't wait to see that! I love tomatoes too!
Tying the string around the plant and burying it in the hole with the plant also works. Then I just wrap the twine around the plant all of the way up while it grows, no clips required.
Hey Kevin, water proof salt shaker, great idea, my high tunnel is too far from my house to have to go back for the salt! Lol, I love it!
Just a thought: maybe put a wood stake with a whole next to the tomato plant and attach the string to it before attaching to top pole. 💖💖🙏🙏💖💖
Great progress & teaching! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing, have a beautiful day.
We got grey and cold weather again after having a couple of beautiful sunny days. Two days ago we had 24 hours of heavy snowfall and the day after it rained the whole day, typically April weather. It is such a mess outside now and our gravel road is not fun to drive on. But we snow and rain cleans away the old snow so I try not to complain!
I have always used strings for my tomatoes, it is easy to wind the plants around them while they grow taller. Now I does not have a big greenhouse like yours so I have to cut them at 6,5 feet and let 1-3 sucker branches grow from beneath. This summer, with a bigger and higher greenhouse (and more tomato plants) I will probably get those clips.
your system on the way you grow your tomato's looks awesome I hope It works out for both of you well take care and happy gardening
❤looking good guys ! Quite a lot of work, but very satisfying !
Tomberries are great for salads. But they pickle really well too. So you'll have them all winters
I already put plants in the garden I covered them with blankets and sheets the best I could they all made it including my young grape Vines. Will be doing it again Saturday evening.
Green house is going to be a must for areas that normally don't need. Its obvious from the last few year's if you garden. Ne Oklahoma
As always,your plants look wonderful ! We love your videos ! ❤😊
I would use a stake in the pot with a hole drilled in it to anchor the sting to. You could put the stake in the pot when planting the tomato.
I saw you All tie up & Grow Beautiful Tomatoes last year this way Kevin & Sarah!! So glad The Cold weird weather we got did not hurt any of your plants..Prayers for All to Go & Grow Well this Season too. Can't wait to see the Smallest & Largest Tomatoes & How they Produce GOD BLESS & TAKE CARE!!
I'd LOVE a high tunnel or green house
Can't wait to plant outside. Temps in the 20s still here in MN.
Love your sharing.
Thank you thank you! Bought a smart pot, approximately 39" x 20?". Haven't used it yet. Have a cat and several wild cats who visit. So have it covered. Been trying to figure out what to go over the top to keep the cats out. Those fruit tree covers will work and only need a minimum of two wire hoops. Neat! Thank you! Like what you're doing with your tomatoes.
I watch a lot of different videos from different homesteaders and most of you have had luck with your tomatoes which is fantastic! Your plants look so good! Lots of luck with them. God bless! 😊
Great video, y'all big hugs!
Thanks for sharing the recipe for salad dressing. Im excited to try it with some fresh salad from the garden
Great video sure wish the cold weather would stop so i could plant something
My Uncle loves fresh tomatoes off of the vine.
Keep those covers close, Ryan Hall mentioned some weird weather this week over there. Love how methodical you two are:)))
I have a friend and former co-worker who is a manager of a number high tunnel grow houses for a mid-sized plant/nursery retail company. She and her assistants are experimenting this growing year with using bubble wrap vs row cover vs woven weed block as frost/freeze protection in the tunnels. This experiment is only in it's first year, rather informal and they haven't made any decisions yet. This is just for themselves to see if they can do a bit better than the row cover they traditional use and also because they had trouble re-stocking their row cover inventory for the last couple years. And for a bit of fun. But the bubble wrap appears to keep the undercover temps a few degrees warmer than the row cover and the weed block; however, she told me that the bubble wrap needs to come off or lifted up in the morning once the temps start to climb back into a safe range as they are worried about the limited airflow with the plastic. And the weed block needs to be lifted in the AM as well so the sun can come in. So far she says they all seem to work and she says the bubble wrap looks really pretty when it reflects the night-lights they have in each house. Just thought I'd mention this as some of you all may get caught off guard with these up and down temperatures we all seem to be getting this spring and may need to look at a quick alternative to row cover. Your garden looks great this spring and I hope you have a wonderful growing season. I'm looking forward to watch more preserving videos and the season moves along. Happy growing!
Just finished reading Amanda Landon’s paper on the 10,000 year mesoamerican domestication of maize, beans and squash. Somewhere during a tangent read that the original tomatoes types were very small. Research road trip idea, lol.
Instead of tying the string directly to the plant stem, try digging down a bit more into the dirt and just drop in about a foot of string into the bottom of the hole. Place some dirt on top of it & then plant your tomatoes. The weight of the dirt & the plant will hold the string securely in the dirt eliminating the need to tie it directly to the stalk. Just a thought 🤔. Have a great day 😊.
The greenhouse is amazing I can almost taste those tomatoes too kevin. Enjoy watching how you both work together. Thank you for sharing. God's blessings
It was so wonderful to see you guys at the Farmers Market! The jalapeno plants I bought are just beautiful and are doing well. Can't wait to get back home and plant them! Texas Deb 😊❤
It was great seeing you too!
God bless you guys too 🩵
Thank you for the dressing recipe! I really enjoy making salad dressing.
Last year I experimented with 5 of the black Fabric grow bags (3 Tomato, 2 Poblano Peppers), and was very impressed and happy with the results. This year I'm going Whole Hog, planting everything in grow bags, they respond nicely and are much easier to keep cleaned, fertilized and watered economically.
Where do you get your growing bags, please
@@shirleythomasson5741 I get mine from Amazon and Hoss Tools. I use 10 to 15 gallon bags for tomatoes. Love them, although they need to be watered more than buckets or raised beds.
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Sarah and Kevin, I want to thank so much for sharing your lives with us through RUclips. The Christian example that you provide is an inspiration to my wife and me. Thanks so much, Melton and Marsha Sloan
Crazy weather 😳
Thanks, y'all. Always good to see the progress you make on all the various projects!
Central Iowa is still having freezing Temps and frost warnings all this week. I'm holding off planting anything in my garden and raised beds
Good morning! A very nice way to start my day, reading scriptures and a video from y'all! Love the new website👍🥰 God bless and take care.
Southeast Michigan here. We’ve had frost freeze the past two nights, and my last frost date was May, so I’m not planting a thing yet. Woke up today with a hard frost. In some years, It’s been horrible…cold on Memorial Day. Many people don’t plant till after that. Terrible here, cold, rainy and damp, overcast…..
My husband and I are currently building an identical GS high tunnel over here in south east MO. I’m so encouraged by your videos! Keep ‘‘em coming! Thank you!
Great video. TFS.
So glad everything has survived the cold,,love watching your videos ,your plants all look so nice and healthy
Thank you for all the great tips. 👍
⚘Thx you for teaching us well
Thank you!!❤
Good morning! It's Friday. I almost always stop what I am doing, and sit and watch your videos. I look forward to them. This week, I had to be "a gardening adult", and I didn't have it in me to sit, and look at your beautiful plants! Nothing against you two! You are my top 3 on YT! It's just been a very frustrating, hard week... This is only a garden. IT's only plants. There are real people suffering REAL hurt and damage from the weather. There is no comparison. We had a storm blow through, that pretty much wiped out most of my garden ( 3+ inches of hail). It's almost May, in Florida. Start over? Walk away? Is it to late to try? I just spent nearly 3 months on these plants, and they were just starting to produce. If I start over, and these fail due to weather, heat? 🤔Then I am right back to where I am now. My insides are screaming, you have to get back up, and that is the truth. No matter what happens, we have to get back up, and continue. I have to take a deep breathe and realize that If I quit, I know I will be right back where I am now. If I try, and fail, here I am..If I try, and it works....In whatever I do decide to do...time still moves forward..I might as well be doing something constructive!
You continue to inspire me to become as self sufficient as I possibly can be. Yes we have ups and downs. Trying to stay positive. It helps to watch your videos. Thank you for bringing the most wonderful content to get me through my day. God bless you and keep up the great work.
Great video! I love how you work so well together. Your plants look amazing.
Thank you
Great idea, fruit tree bags! I’ll have to use those…
Great to see the greenhouse rockin, looking good!
Great video! Thank you!
I use a stick that I plant with the tomato plant and attach a string to the stick which is attached to a wire up above. I think it is sturdier that way.
Good morning to you,I am in Barbados, so our weather doesn't change like yours but we are experiencing drought, but that God,the rain came at last.I am happy your plants survive and are doing well. God blessing to you all and take care.
Seems crazy because I am picking tomatoes, jalapeños and zucchini in zone 9b. So glad your efforts paid off and no frost damage!!
Thanks for sharing 🙏
Thanks for the cover tip. Going to try them on my Current bushes until they get taller. Hopefully I will get more berries than the birds this year.
I suspect you don't need those loops in the mason string. You could just tie the string to a nail or stick and drive it into the soil beside the plant. Seeing as the plants are attached to the string with clips already. The benefit obviously being that the stake and string can stay in the greenhouse for future years.
So glad your plants survived. Enjoy your weekend😊
Good Morning to you both. How very exciting.
what a beautiful video. When I saw all those beautiful tomato plants I really got a craving for tomatoes. then I went to our cellar and opened a glass of tomato juice from last year's garden. It's just delicious. thank you for all your inspiration and all the lovely time together through your nice videos. you both are such heart loving quiet people and I really like watching you.
sounds like you guys need to invest in a little heating system in that green house! Love your channel! keep up the great work!