just so you know I haven’t watched one of your videos that I didn’t like. Great content on all fronts! Educational, relatable, useful tips, not over the top, just great! Keep doing a wonderful job! Thanks again!
I also have to agree, I love you you deliver the Information. Easy to understand and great examples! I’m currently growing two black cherry tomatoes in 25gal fabric pots and they are every bit of 6’ tall at this point and I’m constantly checking for mildew or brown spots and such. This year- disease doesn’t seem to be the issue, but beetles….ones that look like June bugs but lighter brown with a pattern. They seem to be eating the crap outta everything in my garden…especially my sage plant.
I give your videos a thumbs up before watching because I know they are going to be great, helpful, insightful, and what I need to know about the subject. Just awesome!
Thank you Garden Hermit so much for taking the time to teach and SHOW us these issues!!!! You made everything so much simpler that every other disease vid I've watched!!!
This is so much more informative than other pruning videos I've seen. I pruned back my hillbilly and brandywine black tomatoes, and it's insane how much foliage was removed that I didn't need. I'm a second year farmer, and thought I learned a lot last year. This year I'm learning just how much I still need to learn!
This video helped me understand how to approach pruning my tomato plants for the first time ever! I spent two hours pruning yesterday. In the past I just let them become unruly and succumb to blight. You are the first person I've seen explain the how to clean your tools as you go. Now I have a small spray bottle of alcohol with my garden tools. You are a natural influencer by taking a low-key educational approach. Thank you! I learn so much from you.
I am echoing Christine's comment basically. I just love how you try to include every scenario for gardening you can think of! There is definitely something for every gardener on this channel. Thank you Jacques!🥰
I usually keep up with pruning, but this year, I've basically let my tomatoes grow wild to the point where the plants are holding each other up with minimal staking. I only pruned the bottom 12 inches or so of each plant in the beginning of the season. With this weeklong (and counting) 100° heat wave, I'm so so so thankful I did that. Zero sun scald so far, even in full sun, and the soil is completely shaded by the upper foliage. The parsley between each plant is even thriving. :)
Yewwwww! Another Jacques video is up!! 🤩 These series-style videos are awesome and really lend themselves to how good you are at instructional stuff and the detail
Thanks for discussing the afternoon shade thing... my plants seem to get a ton of early morning to early afternoon sun, but then at the warmest time of the afternoon they are totally shaded... Great reminder on pruning as well... Love your garden!!
Love that you focused on context. I'm the same in that I have different conditions around the garden that determine how I approach things. Two additions: I recently discovered that CVS (US pharmacy) has alcohol in a convenient small spray bottle (which you can then refill). Also worth mentioning potato leaf tomato plants... They tend to have far fewer leaves so I am thoughtful about how I prune if I need to keep leaves for sun protection.
I planted tomatoes, where, last year, I grew Indian corn over buried fish carcasses. The corn got 16 feet tall, but then got blown over with a storm. The tomatoes are already over 10 feet tall and are being supported between my house and 12-14 ft cane poles. They overtook the 6ft trellises a month ago. The next 2 rows are Florida weaved and are at the top of the 8ft furring strips. I haven’t fertilized them since I put them in. Wish everything would grow that well!
Thank you Jacques here in the UK we are going through a heat wave and I've been careful to move my tomatoes in lots from your advice today. Give cuddles to the pups xxx 🐕
thank you Jacque for the pruning tips. i didnt know tomato branches die off like that, i really thought something was wrong with my tomato plant. glad i seen this video.
I'm growing about 20 tomato varieties this year (first time with this many) and it's really interesting how different they are in terms of leaf curl, susceptibility to disease, vigor, etc.
Well done and thank you! My Chadwick Cherry and Bush Roma tomatoes are in an area that gets alot(!) of wind! I had no idea until now, that it was kind of a good thing. Awesome!
This was super informative and you broke it down so easily to understand, so thank you! I love watching your videos and have learned to much! Your garden looks amazing!
I’m really glad you mentioned the curled leaves. A lot of my tomatoes have that. I thought it may have been a watering issue but there will be a tomato plant right next to it that has normal looking leaves. Could it be the type of tomato? Black Krim is one of my favorites and is one that has curled leaves.
Too much nitrogen, and high temperature does that. My black tula has upward curled leaves even under the shade cloth. Tomatoes (nightshades) just like to over exaggerat like that. It's when the flowers start to fall excessively when you want to start worrying.
Some tomatoes, it seems particularly true for black tomatoes, just have leaf curl. Its just how to grow and what they do and you can force it otherwise!
My black Krim tomato plant also curls a lot! It’s my first year trying to grow this variety so it really worries me at first but months later it’s still curling a bit but is putting out A LOT of fruit! And the plant looks very healthy overall, it’s actually the tallest and fullest of all my tomato plants this year lol, good luck with yours!
Informative video! I've been experimenting with pruning back most of the larger leaves and letting all the suckers grow instead on Cerise cherry tomatoes and then taking the leaves they have with no flowers off too so it only has about 6-8 leaves per plant and mainly fruits. So far it is working really well. There's a short growing season here though so just wanting as much fruit as possible in a short time.
Hey! I love how positive you are about the pest problem. Your attitude towards it is inspiring to me. I was wondering, what is your experience with aphids? I discovered some on my peppers, and then it had also made it's way on to my tomatoes and cucumbers. Let me know if you have any tips 🌱😇
Just a tip. I have had good luck with mixing cinnamon powder with dish soap in water and spraying the leaves with it and allowing the soap and cinnamon to dry on the leaves as a protector. You will need to reapply after a heavy rain. But some will stay on for a period of time.
Thank you for this extremely thorough video! Since you prune everything on the bottom, do you ever face an issue where all the tomatoes that grow after a period of time are just really high up? (I am short)
last year i went purely no prune on my tomatos and peppers, did pretty well overall. not much for disease issues with my stuff, so far. though this year i have a good bit more tomatoes going, and im doing some pruning, mostly because i think might have blight on the lower leaves. or something, idk yet. small black spots on the leaves, which are yellowing. but thankfully it is all lower on the plants so ive trimmed it all off. about 9 foot tall plants, and i started late. and my second wave for late tomatos i rooted from earlier pruning of the older plants are in now. should be a tomato filled fall for me!
Jacques try spraying 3% hydrogen peroxide 1 to three mixed with H2O. Really helped clean my plants of mildew. Gary of the Rustic Garden has spent much time working with hydrogen peroxide.
Great video, I’m struggling with lots of flowers but little fruit. I added 40% sunshade but I am wondering if the days of 100 degrees and above are an issue. Thoughts?
@@jacquesinthegarden So true! 🥵👎Where I live (in a semi-arid desert) it has been reaching nearly 100 degrees every day since June!! I have to water to some extent every single day even though I water deeply, use thick mulch & some shade cloths. Sometimes we’ll luck out (HAH) & get a “low” temp of around 92. What I wouldn’t give to be in even 85 degrees temps right now. You are truly living in paradise in San Diego with those 72 degree days & 60 degree nights! My garden is struggling to set fruit but I will never give up on it! 💚🪴💚
And just a further tip about diseases on tomatoes and in general, all leaves that are diseased are free to be put on the compost pile; especially in cases of blight, where LIVING tissue is needed for blight to spread/live. Just wanted to clear up that myth that goes around more often than not - Love ya Jacque!
Even in scotland we are having a heatwave about 30°C and 90% humidity so my houseplants are thriving but the rest of the garden needs watering twice a day
Aloha Jacque, I wish I could get lots of tomatoes so I can make my sauce & Salsa. Not sure what Im doing wrong. I do use the Florida weave, but my tomatoes have one or two coming our. I know they indeterminate, but I do have determinate ones but they do the same thing. When is the best time to prune? Mahalo
Wow , what a tomato jungle ! 😂 loved it ! Let me know how those new varieties taste please . I totally grew everything out there this year and only one was my favorite, either way was worth it ! I am trying to stick with production and not the looks . Definitely i didn't manage this summer . 😂👏🏻 Awesome video with great content! God bless!
I was discussing with my daughter, also an avid gardener, how to tell the difference between a verticillium or fusarium wilt that will kill the whole plant and a case of mildew or other less deadly disease. My contention is that the bacterial wilts cause yellowing of the stems and the less fatal diseases don't. Was I correct?
Just in time. For some strange reason, I found powdery mildew on my squash and mint plants, when we have had full sun and 90+degree days further inland, which is very odd. Looks like I'll be pruning and spraying everything tomorrow
When do you decide to give up on a plant? 🥀I’ve got a couple that have a lot of dead leaves but in this heat 🔥and mosquitoes 🦟 all I can manage sometimes is to water and harvest.
If it is stalled out and not producing on an expected timeline I don't bother wasting any more time. If every leaf is covered in disease In my opinion it isn't worth salvaging.
Im in zone 9 and have had very little luck growing tomatoes 🍅; it is just so hot. we can do fall planting here too so im wondering do I need to purchase new plants or can I keep my current Tomato plants?
You can keep the current plants and once temps drop enough for flowers to set they should be able to fruit. I would still start some new ones to have as backup. The other advantage of starting with newer ones is that they will be shorter and easier to support.
how do you prune for height? My tomatoes are growing over my 7' trellises and I both can't reach the tops and have no way to support the stems. I tried cutting the tops off and pruning high suckers, hopefully I can encourage lower growth!
I don’t know if you knew this but tomatoes 🍅 🍅 will stop ripening when it get too hot out. So if you live somewhere hot and don’t like waiting you keep the tomato 🍅 in the shade of a few leaves 🍃. Gardening fundamentals is the source
I still get confused with bed orientation, try and explain to me North South bed orientation please. I have a large garden and the long ends, I guess the shorter sides if you will, of my raised beds are N & S. Is that what you mean? Thanks 😊
In theory you may get smaller tomatoes but you should definitely get more overall yield. In a container it can be a challenge to support all the suckers as the plant will be a lot thirstier.
Tomatoes, in particular indeterminant tomatoes, will never stop growing until it gets too cold. So new leaf growth is constantly emerging from the top or from suckers. Sometimes pruning will encourage new growth to come along faster though.
Is it typicaly for container tomatoes to have less leaves than in-ground tomatoes? I'm growing a cherry in a container and it has grown tall but it's not very leafy overall.
Overall I would say in theory they would have less leaves as they have less access to nutrients but they should still have plenty of leaves, it can also depend on variety
@@jacquesinthegarden Thanks for the response! I wish I knew the variety, I just took a Whole Foods tomato, cut off a slice, and planted it. It's producing though, so I'm content!
Came out this morning to find one of my determinate plants(black sea man) had a branch snap off during the night. Luckily it looks like the top took the brunt of the break and I'll hardly lose any fruit but still devastating, noticed it before I even had my coffee
@@jacquesinthegarden not too bad just ended up losing around 5-7 tomatoes. Forced me to do a bit of pruning/clean up of the branches. Everythingbis now secured so as to avoid further mishaps
What if a tomato got knocked over by a storm and it seems like the main stem split in two. Should I get rid of the weaker side, or just scrap the whole plant? That would be sad, as there is fruit set.
They are pretty resilient plants so in theory they could heal up and keep growing as long as the branches are well supported and won't keep twisting apart making the wound worse.
Was that a snake just casually hanging at your feet when you were talking about the dwarf tomatoes 😂😂 or just a garden ornament? It seemed to be quite chill if it was real and also you didn't seemed to notice it at all.
Do you know of anyone who has had success growing dwarf tomatoes in the desert? I've had poor results growing ten different dwarf varieties in AZ. The only produce a couple tomatoes on the bottom and maybe a few small ones mid height. The dwarfs seem to be the first ones that pick up disease with the leaves dying from the bottom. Cheers!
@@jacquesinthegarden Now that you mention that, I've had better luck with dwarf tomatoes in fabric pots than in the raised beds. Out of 12 dwarf tomatoes, I only have Bundaberg Rumball left, which was the only one that I planted in a fabric pot. Next year I'm only going to plant a couple dwarfs in fabric pots. I've grown Adelaide Festival, Boronia, Bundaberg Rumball, Eagle Smiley, Kookaburra Cackle, Rosella Purple, Tasmanian Chocolate, Uluru Ochre, and Wild Fred. Out of all of those, I think I'd only grow Adelaide Festival and Rosella Purple again. If you can recommend a dwarf variety that is more heat tolerant, I'd appreciate it. My garden is on the north side of our house under 40% shade cloth, so maybe it doesn't get enough sun; however, the AZ heat is pretty brutal for tomatoes, and they couldn't take it on the west side of our yard. Thanks for the reply and have a good one!
How do you get rid of those terrorist known as deer. My garden is set up where if a deer got into one area the other would be safe. Well one day I left the cattle panel door open and I caught her but she realized she could crawl under my deer fencing destroying so many veggies. I'll get her in the fall but what are some good ways to prevent this atrocity from occurring again.
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just so you know I haven’t watched one of your videos that I didn’t like. Great content on all fronts! Educational, relatable, useful tips, not over the top, just great! Keep doing a wonderful job! Thanks again!
Seconded
I also have to agree, I love you you deliver the Information. Easy to understand and great examples! I’m currently growing two black cherry tomatoes in 25gal fabric pots and they are every bit of 6’ tall at this point and I’m constantly checking for mildew or brown spots and such. This year- disease doesn’t seem to be the issue, but beetles….ones that look like June bugs but lighter brown with a pattern. They seem to be eating the crap outta everything in my garden…especially my sage plant.
I give your videos a thumbs up before watching because I know they are going to be great, helpful, insightful, and what I need to know about the subject. Just awesome!
I love the focus on building viewer's critical garden problem solving, and giving context to your choices given the environments you grow in.
That's my goal! Teaching people how to think!
Loving this content!! Loads of great information and I love Jacques’ calming presence. Thank you for sharing and keep up the great work!! 😍
Thank you Garden Hermit so much for taking the time to teach and SHOW us these issues!!!! You made everything so much simpler that every other disease vid I've watched!!!
This is so much more informative than other pruning videos I've seen. I pruned back my hillbilly and brandywine black tomatoes, and it's insane how much foliage was removed that I didn't need. I'm a second year farmer, and thought I learned a lot last year. This year I'm learning just how much I still need to learn!
My goal is to teach everyone how to think and not just tell them what to do
17:00 - I love that you keep it open to how the different zones may react!
This video helped me understand how to approach pruning my tomato plants for the first time ever! I spent two hours pruning yesterday. In the past I just let them become unruly and succumb to blight. You are the first person I've seen explain the how to clean your tools as you go. Now I have a small spray bottle of alcohol with my garden tools. You are a natural influencer by taking a low-key educational approach. Thank you! I learn so much from you.
I really appreciate the comment and I am glad I could help!
I am echoing Christine's comment basically. I just love how you try to include every scenario for gardening you can think of! There is definitely something for every gardener on this channel. Thank you Jacques!🥰
Thank you!
❤your channel and I’ve learned so much more, please don’t stop your educational format
Boy oh boy! GREATEST video I’ve seen on pruning tomatoes! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!!! Northern California coastal!!! Going to go prune!!!👍🏼😀
I usually keep up with pruning, but this year, I've basically let my tomatoes grow wild to the point where the plants are holding each other up with minimal staking. I only pruned the bottom 12 inches or so of each plant in the beginning of the season. With this weeklong (and counting) 100° heat wave, I'm so so so thankful I did that. Zero sun scald so far, even in full sun, and the soil is completely shaded by the upper foliage. The parsley between each plant is even thriving. :)
Best video on pruning I've ever watched! The way you explain makes me learn from you easily! Thanks Jacques!
Yewwwww! Another Jacques video is up!! 🤩 These series-style videos are awesome and really lend themselves to how good you are at instructional stuff and the detail
Great advice and tips Jacque? I look forward to yours and Kevin videos every week ! Happy gardening
Thanks for discussing the afternoon shade thing... my plants seem to get a ton of early morning to early afternoon sun, but then at the warmest time of the afternoon they are totally shaded... Great reminder on pruning as well... Love your garden!!
This was the best tutorial I have seen about Tomato pruning on the internet. 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video Jaques and a great refresher course for sure
Love that you focused on context. I'm the same in that I have different conditions around the garden that determine how I approach things. Two additions: I recently discovered that CVS (US pharmacy) has alcohol in a convenient small spray bottle (which you can then refill). Also worth mentioning potato leaf tomato plants... They tend to have far fewer leaves so I am thoughtful about how I prune if I need to keep leaves for sun protection.
I planted tomatoes, where, last year, I grew Indian corn over buried fish carcasses. The corn got 16 feet tall, but then got blown over with a storm. The tomatoes are already over 10 feet tall and are being supported between my house and 12-14 ft cane poles. They overtook the 6ft trellises a month ago. The next 2 rows are Florida weaved and are at the top of the 8ft furring strips. I haven’t fertilized them since I put them in. Wish everything would grow that well!
Wow that is impressive!
Pics!!!
Thank you Jacques here in the UK we are going through a heat wave and I've been careful to move my tomatoes in lots from your advice today. Give cuddles to the pups xxx 🐕
thank you Jacque for the pruning tips. i didnt know tomato branches die off like that, i really thought something was wrong with my tomato plant. glad i seen this video.
Hey Jacques,
I seem to remember something from my cannabis growing days about baking soda and PM.
I have heard this but It is a constant battle and I don't want to constantly stress about it, trying the casual approach
I'm growing about 20 tomato varieties this year (first time with this many) and it's really interesting how different they are in terms of leaf curl, susceptibility to disease, vigor, etc.
Well done and thank you! My Chadwick Cherry and Bush Roma tomatoes are in an area that gets alot(!) of wind! I had no idea until now, that it was kind of a good thing. Awesome!
This was super informative and you broke it down so easily to understand, so thank you! I love watching your videos and have learned to much! Your garden looks amazing!
I’m really glad you mentioned the curled leaves. A lot of my tomatoes have that. I thought it may have been a watering issue but there will be a tomato plant right next to it that has normal looking leaves. Could it be the type of tomato? Black Krim is one of my favorites and is one that has curled leaves.
Too much nitrogen, and high temperature does that. My black tula has upward curled leaves even under the shade cloth. Tomatoes (nightshades) just like to over exaggerat like that. It's when the flowers start to fall excessively when you want to start worrying.
Some tomatoes, it seems particularly true for black tomatoes, just have leaf curl. Its just how to grow and what they do and you can force it otherwise!
My black Krim tomato plant also curls a lot! It’s my first year trying to grow this variety so it really worries me at first but months later it’s still curling a bit but is putting out A LOT of fruit! And the plant looks very healthy overall, it’s actually the tallest and fullest of all my tomato plants this year lol, good luck with yours!
Informative video! I've been experimenting with pruning back most of the larger leaves and letting all the suckers grow instead on Cerise cherry tomatoes and then taking the leaves they have with no flowers off too so it only has about 6-8 leaves per plant and mainly fruits. So far it is working really well. There's a short growing season here though so just wanting as much fruit as possible in a short time.
Best tomato information video iv watched and understood. Thank you 🤗🤗🤗🤗
I have a black krim in full sunlight that's been curling all season and I've been so paranoid. Couldn't have been a more perfect video for me 🤣
Hey! I love how positive you are about the pest problem. Your attitude towards it is inspiring to me. I was wondering, what is your experience with aphids? I discovered some on my peppers, and then it had also made it's way on to my tomatoes and cucumbers. Let me know if you have any tips 🌱😇
Love that info! Great details for my high maintenance tomatoes here in Chula Vista.
Always love them vids…
Great tips! I love the whole concept about context. Also, I would love a video about the different dwarf varieties.
Ready to learn let's do it 💪 🙌
Great information. Thank you for sharing ❤️
Such a great, informative video, thank you!
Great information again! Thank you.
Just a tip. I have had good luck with mixing cinnamon powder with dish soap in water and spraying the leaves with it and allowing the soap and cinnamon to dry on the leaves as a protector. You will need to reapply after a heavy rain. But some will stay on for a period of time.
Really great video, thank you!
This was great. learned a lot
Wow, excellent vid!
Thank you for this extremely thorough video! Since you prune everything on the bottom, do you ever face an issue where all the tomatoes that grow after a period of time are just really high up? (I am short)
last year i went purely no prune on my tomatos and peppers, did pretty well overall. not much for disease issues with my stuff, so far. though this year i have a good bit more tomatoes going, and im doing some pruning, mostly because i think might have blight on the lower leaves. or something, idk yet. small black spots on the leaves, which are yellowing. but thankfully it is all lower on the plants so ive trimmed it all off. about 9 foot tall plants, and i started late. and my second wave for late tomatos i rooted from earlier pruning of the older plants are in now. should be a tomato filled fall for me!
The deer ate my second wave of tomatoes last night >:-( goodmorning to me
Jacques try spraying 3% hydrogen peroxide 1 to three mixed with H2O. Really helped clean my plants of mildew. Gary of the Rustic Garden has spent much time working with hydrogen peroxide.
Rusted Garden not Rustic 🤥
I do this on my orchids once in a while!
Just realized I wasn't subscribed... Don't worry, I got you bro.
Great video, I’m struggling with lots of flowers but little fruit. I added 40% sunshade but I am wondering if the days of 100 degrees and above are an issue. Thoughts?
100 degree days will do that. I'd consider getting a shade cloth to atleast lower the intensive sunlight.
At 90 degrees and up, my tomato flowers stopped producing tomatoes.
Unfortunately once you go over 90 the tomato flowers just won't set, its sort of a defensive mechanism.
@@jacquesinthegarden So true! 🥵👎Where I live (in a semi-arid desert) it has been reaching nearly 100 degrees every day since June!! I have to water to some extent every single day even though I water deeply, use thick mulch & some shade cloths. Sometimes we’ll luck out (HAH) & get a “low” temp of around 92. What I wouldn’t give to be in even 85 degrees temps right now. You are truly living in paradise in San Diego with those 72 degree days & 60 degree nights! My garden is struggling to set fruit but I will never give up on it! 💚🪴💚
Great video 😎
Im never going to grow tomatoes because I actually dont like tomato
But its really nice to see how tedious they are! 😂😅
And just a further tip about diseases on tomatoes and in general, all leaves that are diseased are free to be put on the compost pile; especially in cases of blight, where LIVING tissue is needed for blight to spread/live. Just wanted to clear up that myth that goes around more often than not - Love ya Jacque!
Good point! I think since most people don't know how to identify the disease properly I figured it was safer for them to just scrap it.
Even in scotland we are having a heatwave about 30°C and 90% humidity so my houseplants are thriving but the rest of the garden needs watering twice a day
That's twice now I've just done a task sat down and youve just posted the task.
Can you do a video that goes into more detail on how you covered your peppers awhile ago I'd love more pepper tips!
On the way for next week!
QUESTION: Do you recommend pruning suckers off cherry tomato plants or not? Thanks!
I don't remove much it really depends on if you can support them all, if you can then I would leave them
Aloha Jacque, I wish I could get lots of tomatoes so I can make my sauce & Salsa. Not sure what Im doing wrong. I do use the Florida weave, but my tomatoes have one or two coming our. I know they indeterminate, but I do have determinate ones but they do the same thing. When is the best time to prune? Mahalo
Wow , what a tomato jungle ! 😂 loved it ! Let me know how those new varieties taste please .
I totally grew everything out there this year and only one was my favorite, either way was worth it !
I am trying to stick with production and not the looks . Definitely i didn't manage this summer . 😂👏🏻
Awesome video with great content! God bless!
Thank you! I will do a tomato taste test!
@@jacquesinthegarden would be very interested in that. Have been curious about the taste of the dwarfs and which one I should try.
I was discussing with my daughter, also an avid gardener, how to tell the difference between a verticillium or fusarium wilt that will kill the whole plant and a case of mildew or other less deadly disease. My contention is that the bacterial wilts cause yellowing of the stems and the less fatal diseases don't. Was I correct?
Just in time. For some strange reason, I found powdery mildew on my squash and mint plants, when we have had full sun and 90+degree days further inland, which is very odd.
Looks like I'll be pruning and spraying everything tomorrow
Great tips. You didn't mention afids at all...
Aphids are their own category I was just focusing on pruning here
When do you decide to give up on a plant? 🥀I’ve got a couple that have a lot of dead leaves but in this heat 🔥and mosquitoes 🦟 all I can manage sometimes is to water and harvest.
If it is stalled out and not producing on an expected timeline I don't bother wasting any more time. If every leaf is covered in disease In my opinion it isn't worth salvaging.
Neede this video, I think my tomato’s are suffering because I didn’t hard prune.
Have you tried the watered down milk spray?
I have heard it works but I just don't want to buy milk and spray it over my garden
The fake snake by the snippers when you did the pruning of the yellow/ brown spots😂
Is that a snake at 7:20 on the irrigation hose?
Im in zone 9 and have had very little luck growing tomatoes 🍅; it is just so hot. we can do fall planting here too so im wondering do I need to purchase new plants or can I keep my current Tomato plants?
You can keep the current plants and once temps drop enough for flowers to set they should be able to fruit. I would still start some new ones to have as backup. The other advantage of starting with newer ones is that they will be shorter and easier to support.
So what flowers are those inn the foreground as you were summing things up?
Strawflowers!
how do you prune for height? My tomatoes are growing over my 7' trellises and I both can't reach the tops and have no way to support the stems. I tried cutting the tops off and pruning high suckers, hopefully I can encourage lower growth!
I don’t know if you knew this but tomatoes 🍅 🍅 will stop ripening when it get too hot out. So if you live somewhere hot and don’t like waiting you keep the tomato 🍅 in the shade of a few leaves 🍃. Gardening fundamentals is the source
Should I pick tomatoes when fully red/ripened? Or before then, and then ripen in the house?
You should be able to pick them at any point where the color on the tomatoes is at least 50% developed with no impact on flavor!
I still get confused with bed orientation, try and explain to me North South bed orientation please. I have a large garden and the long ends, I guess the shorter sides if you will, of my raised beds are N & S. Is that what you mean? Thanks 😊
So in my example I have 3 rows of tomatoes the long row rows are oriented so that if I held a compass next to them they would pointed north south.
Jacques, do you believe that allowing suckers to grow reduces the size of a plant's tomatoes, especially for container plants?
In theory you may get smaller tomatoes but you should definitely get more overall yield. In a container it can be a challenge to support all the suckers as the plant will be a lot thirstier.
After getting very hot temperatures in my country seems like my tomatoes all got sour, is it possible that they get bad if temperatures are too high?
Hmm, if overripe and left in the sun they definitely could become gross.
7:00 is that snake there to scare the rodents? Thanks for the great content 💚
It sort of just ended up outside and I haven't removed it so now I leave to give people who visit the garden a scare 🤣
Young Jac
Are you able to put diseased leaves into your compost pile? Or will that make the compost have the disease?
Does trimming the leaves cause the plant to sprout more leaves somewhere else?
Tomatoes, in particular indeterminant tomatoes, will never stop growing until it gets too cold. So new leaf growth is constantly emerging from the top or from suckers. Sometimes pruning will encourage new growth to come along faster though.
Is it typicaly for container tomatoes to have less leaves than in-ground tomatoes? I'm growing a cherry in a container and it has grown tall but it's not very leafy overall.
Overall I would say in theory they would have less leaves as they have less access to nutrients but they should still have plenty of leaves, it can also depend on variety
@@jacquesinthegarden Thanks for the response! I wish I knew the variety, I just took a Whole Foods tomato, cut off a slice, and planted it. It's producing though, so I'm content!
Came out this morning to find one of my determinate plants(black sea man) had a branch snap off during the night. Luckily it looks like the top took the brunt of the break and I'll hardly lose any fruit but still devastating, noticed it before I even had my coffee
😢
@@jacquesinthegarden not too bad just ended up losing around 5-7 tomatoes. Forced me to do a bit of pruning/clean up of the branches. Everythingbis now secured so as to avoid further mishaps
What if a tomato got knocked over by a storm and it seems like the main stem split in two. Should I get rid of the weaker side, or just scrap the whole plant? That would be sad, as there is fruit set.
They are pretty resilient plants so in theory they could heal up and keep growing as long as the branches are well supported and won't keep twisting apart making the wound worse.
7 dwarfs is quite a happy accident
me pruning all my tomatoes after watching this video 😂
How often do you look for disease and prune your plants?
Sort of sporadically, now that I am in full harvest mode I will bring pruners out with me and do light cleanup when harvesting.
😂 Since you’ve already got the 7 dwarf tomato plants now all you need is one Snow White tomato at the end of the line to complete the theme
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That snake though, right by the pruners at 7:20
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Was that a snake just casually hanging at your feet when you were talking about the dwarf tomatoes 😂😂 or just a garden ornament? It seemed to be quite chill if it was real and also you didn't seemed to notice it at all.
Haha it is for sure a rubber snake! It made it out there one day I now I just enjoy leaving it around to scare people :)
Pardon if I haven't looked enough, do you or EG or EH have a Discord?
We do! discord.gg/Hyy9H8aUyw
@@jacquesinthegarden Thanks, bud!
Do you know of anyone who has had success growing dwarf tomatoes in the desert? I've had poor results growing ten different dwarf varieties in AZ. The only produce a couple tomatoes on the bottom and maybe a few small ones mid height. The dwarfs seem to be the first ones that pick up disease with the leaves dying from the bottom. Cheers!
I have noticed my inground dwarf tomatoes have been more susceptible to disease but I also have them in probably too much shade
@@jacquesinthegarden Now that you mention that, I've had better luck with dwarf tomatoes in fabric pots than in the raised beds. Out of 12 dwarf tomatoes, I only have Bundaberg Rumball left, which was the only one that I planted in a fabric pot. Next year I'm only going to plant a couple dwarfs in fabric pots. I've grown Adelaide Festival, Boronia, Bundaberg Rumball, Eagle Smiley, Kookaburra Cackle, Rosella Purple, Tasmanian Chocolate, Uluru Ochre, and Wild Fred. Out of all of those, I think I'd only grow Adelaide Festival and Rosella Purple again. If you can recommend a dwarf variety that is more heat tolerant, I'd appreciate it. My garden is on the north side of our house under 40% shade cloth, so maybe it doesn't get enough sun; however, the AZ heat is pretty brutal for tomatoes, and they couldn't take it on the west side of our yard. Thanks for the reply and have a good one!
How do you get rid of those terrorist known as deer. My garden is set up where if a deer got into one area the other would be safe. Well one day I left the cattle panel door open and I caught her but she realized she could crawl under my deer fencing destroying so many veggies. I'll get her in the fall but what are some good ways to prevent this atrocity from occurring again.
Luckily in urban San Diego we just don't have deer, it seems the only way to stop them is to build a tall fence!
That thumbnail tho
Did anyone else see what looked like a snake right under the dwarf tomatoes?
Im pruning my cucumber the same way
Woah, saw some fake snakes under your tomatoes, didn't even think about that, has it proven useful?