Growing 10,000 Pounds of Organic Tomatoes in a High Tunnel Greenhouse
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- 🍅 Growing 10,000 Pounds of Organic Tomatoes in a High Tunnel Greenhouse 🍅
If you've ever wondered how to grow tomatoes from seed, this is the video for you! We've spent the past YEAR filming EVERY STEP of our tomato production cycle, including sowing tomato seeds, hardening off tomato seedlings, transplanting tomatoes, trellising, pruning, harvesting, AND MORE! And to make tomato farming even easier, we've created the Heifer USA Organic Tomato Growing Guide, a FREE resource on growing tomatoes for beginners - but all are encouraged to download and use our professional advice, growing calendars, planting schedules, useful terminology, and all the resources we've included.
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⏱ TIMECODES ⏱
00:00 - Introduction to Growing Tomatoes
00:58 - Get Started Growing Tomatoes
02:32 - Sowing Tomato Seeds
06:31 - How to Germinate Tomato Seeds
08:34 - Growing Tomatoes in the Nursery
09:58 - Hardening Off Tomato Seedlings
11:25 - Preparing High Tunnel for Tomatoes
13:43 - Transplanting Tomatoes
15:35 - How to Trellis Tomatoes
19:32 - How to Prune Tomatoes
22:56 - Tomato Disease Management & Prevention
22:55 - Watering Tomatoes
25:53 - Harvesting Your Tomatoes
27:37 - Storing Harvested Tomatoes
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I've been listening to Sarah for several rounds now. Probably five or six times. Invaluable lesson. I am now ready to venture into tomato growing in a tunnel greenhouse here in Mbita on the shores of Lake Victoria, Kenya. Thank you, Sarah.
New to the channel. Very impressed with the simple and clear instructions. I have downloaded the PDF file and have been preparing my greenhouse for next year (2025). I started growing my plants in my garage and now I feel like having a unique spot for just growing my tomatoes and peppers. I will follow along! Thank you!
Very well presented. She is an excellent teacher. So calm. I feel confident on growing my tomatoes after watching the video. Congratulations!
Thank you so much for all of the great information on seed starting, planting, trellising, pruning, and harvesting tomatoes. Even though I have had gardens for many years, I really struggle here in the deep South in Georgia, where even in Spring the temperatures can soar over 90 degrees and we have extremely high humidity which means we are always dealing with fungus, pests, and disease issues when it comes to growing tomatoes. I think a few of your tips will really help me be more successful in avoiding some of the pest and disease issues I have had with tomatoes. I really appreciate the free guide also, thank you.
I'm impressed she's so good. A good teacher. I wanted to do this and I have watched many videos that didn't help. Lots of people don't know that Farming should be taught in practice. Thanks, beautiful lady.
Glad it was helpful!
@@HeiferUSA Very.
I love her too wanna marry her😆🤧
Thank you wonderful teacher
I agree!
Sitting here with a Word doc open and taking notes as I was having tomato troubles. This is incredible. Thank you!
We're happy to help! Feel free to rewatch the video any time you need advice! 🍅
Very professional. Well produced and presented. Excellent organization, and very didactic class. Everything a viewer would need, listed below. WOW. Can't remember watching a more professional video on agriculture
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love this video and how it was done . Very informative! Hopefully you guys will be doing more like this in the future with other plants and livestock. 🙏
Awesome!!! thanks for sharing, Starl!
Now you know how awful tasting hot house tomatoes are grown
What ever they are paying you is not enough! You did a marvelous job on explaining everything so well. Thank You so much for this. The only thing you didn't cover was doing a soil test and talking abouth the correct Ph for growing tomatoes in. I'm a beginner to gardening and this was something I had hoped to learn. Perhaps you did mention it and I missed it. I will still give you 5 stars for this presentation!
This is really educative even for us starting to learn to grow tomatoes
Your video is so comprehensive and informative, thank you. I made a lot of mistakes this year and wish I saw this video at the beginning of my season. I am from South Africa and our season will start in August so I will be following your advice and can't wait to see the results. Thank You.
Thank you guys so much for this step by step video. I'm off to start my Tomato farm.
This is my first year growing for market. Tomatoes are one of my crops. Learned a few more tricks
Awesome! That's the whole point for us. glad you found it helpful!
I can already tell this is EXACTLY what I'm going to need going into this year of gardening!
Just wait until the video premieres, then you'll be even more prepared for an amazing growing season! 👏
I’m from KC so I love the shout out to Broadway Roasting Company! I love their coffee!
I’m so excited for this premiere!! 🍅🤩
We are, too!
You have a very organized, professional operation. Congratulations
Excellent video. Exceptionally presented and so pleasant to listen to. Thank you.
This is quite educational. Thank you so much for sharing valuable info on tomarmto planting. I am so happy that i found your channel :)
For sure I got value and a lot of information in this video, full explanation from the host. Thank you a lot, chears from México.
Glad it was helpful!
SO much helpful information!! Thank you, given me a lot of inspiration for my garden :)
You are so welcome!
Never seen a better video than this one. Awesome job
Wow, thank you for the compliment! We're glad you enjoyed the video.
Congrats Heifer USA for this initiative
Thank you, Edwin!
Thanks for some much needed tips. I just bought some clips. I use nylon net trellis and was tying the plants up. Clips are so much easier!
Work smarter, not harder! 😉 Best of luck on your growing season!
Wow, amazing information, I really appreciate all your hard work....Please keep producing more videos.
Thank you
More to come!
Thanks for your good works, advice and enlightment. Blessings
Thanks for watching! Cheers!
Nicely done in-depth video, I have been gardening for almost 40 years (practical, feed the family type) and have pruned and trellised my closely spaced, indeterminate tomatoes for many years. The seedling pruning is something I had not known or done, will be on my to do list next year. Thanks!
That's awesome! Glad you learned something new after so much experience. Thanks for watching and you are welcome here anytime.
Last year, I did a side by side test with 4 Early Girl plants grown with double stems and 4 with single stems. My results were non-conclusive. Slightly more weight on the doubles maybe, but more small tomatoes at the two tops. I'm going to try another trial next year, doing the same thing with some MoneyMaker plants which are doing super well so far this year.
Best tomato video EVER!!!!!!!!
Great tips, will be watching more......... Thank you.
It is a very useful video and very important information about Black Plastic Mulch.
Thank you. Ordering my 30x72 Zimmerman high tunnel Monday.
Awesome!!! best of luck.
thanks for the lovely professional video.
I'm struggling with the pruning, I feel so bad cutting off those suckers! lol... Loving this video there's a lot of information that I need to hear. Thanks for that.
It can be tough to cut off parts of the plant that are clearly thriving. But sometimes, it's the best way to increase your yield! Thanks for watching. We're glad we could help!
So impressed. by the work that goes into this. 10k lbs sounds like a huge number when you read the video titla but when you consider that they are attempting to market there production it amazes me how tight their margins would be. Farming as a business has to be a strong passion to get through all the peaks and valleys of just one season. We should remind ourselves of all this when we go to the farm market and look at the price of organic heirloom tomatoes. Hearing people complain about $3.99 lb prices at the stand makes me wonder if people understand what goes into making those fresh organic vegetables available.
Thanks, T!
Well said
As a farmer you are absolutely correct. 🙏
With as much work as I put into my garden, and the amount of food that comes out of it all things considered, food should be WAY more expensive! OMG the hours it takes!. TY for the thorough video. Saving to re watch next spring before another go at tomatoes!
Yep, we used to think that way when we were living in the city but now that we moved out to the farm growing our own food open our eyes and understand the price of the "real" organic food. Thank you.
Really informative. Thank you.
No I don’t grow anywhere close to this many tomatoes but did find a lot of great tips to use for our next greenhouse crop. From seed to seedlings, to creating double leaders to overhead trellising, I can certainly adapt these tips for a better bumper crop of our own.! I’m sure I’ll need to refer to this video from time to time until I can develop the best practical uses here in our greenhouse. Until then I’m happy to have found you and enjoy my subscription. Cheers from San Francisco..! 🥂
That's awesome! Welcome to the channel, Phil!
I love this work, I like being inspired by you
I've been Watching this video over and over.. it inspires me. Thank you
You're welcome! We're glad to inspire and educate through our channel. Please consider subscribing to support our work!
Great video, very informative, watching from UK. On your math, 260 plants/10k pounds crop, that's a lot of crop (40lbs) per plant
It is A LOT of tomatoes for sure! Thanks for watching and hope you found the video helpful.
Excellent content. Thank you.
I loved this video . Thank you
This video was amazing! so well made and so informative!! learned a lot. I hope you guys can do a hydroponic one!
No one is interested in hydroponics! Except for people that don’t understand what goes into real healthy organic food hydroponics has no flavor and is lacking all the biodiversity in microbe activity that organic soil does 😅
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should 🤢
@@jeffreythiel5315 not everyone has access to organic soil you know that right? Especially people living in small islands where arable land is few. Some of us actually have to grow crops in alternative ways such as hydroponics. So weird never thought i’d come across a organic food loyalist. I hope you don’t get nightmares about hydroponics 😂
best educational video on growing tomatoes that I have seen...
We're thrilled to hear that! What should we cover next?
@@HeiferUSA it would be great to do a special on raspberries
Great content! Thanks for the information & video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow this is so informative
Thank you for the great video & looking forward to printing off the guide. Question: I have read that grafting tomatoes, makes them stronger & produce more. Is there a reason Heifer farm did not choose to do this or is it not as beneficial if in a greenhouse?
I love this program it's real and am so much interested
Thank you, Fred!
Wow superb presentation 😊
very good tomato planting and the results are amazing, you are a great farmer who is doing everything well, wish you all the best
Thank you!
Thank you for your video. I learned a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Hello, thank you for taking tour time to educate and share information. I just want to know how big is the greenhouse and how many plants tomatoe plants did you plant in total. Thank you.
Very simple to make yet very healthy
And profitable, at this scale!
Enjoyed the content!
This video is very helpful and informative. She very hard worker.
We're happy to help!
great job thank you
I love it and I like to grow tomatoes, am in Uganda. Thanks
I love that it's organic
We practice organic and regenerative market gardening! It certainly makes a difference for our garden and our produce!
What an excellent video, just subscribed, thank you so much for this video!
Welcome to our channel! We're glad you're here. 🍅🥰
You can plant marigolds next to tomatoes to repel aphids 💕
ooh using the torch to make the holes every 18 inches is such a neat idea.
it works so well!
Great video...very informative. One question though...the boxes read "vine ripened" when actually they are ripened setting in boxes.
Its amazing to see how its dam hard work in cultivating tomatoes thats why people should respect these farmers i am watching everything that what these guys doing its a strenuous jobs lots of concentration well done 🍜🤲🤲🤲 love this anatomy lesson
So nice of you
@@HeiferUSA no worries i love to see when people becomes productive its a great job you are doing its amazing🤙🏽
So nice 👏👏
Thank you for this! Fantastic video that is very valuable for beginners like me! ♥️✌🏼Jamie
Thats awesome! Exactly what we were hoping to hear.
Hello Sarah thanks for the tips and knowledge
You are most welcome!
I'm going to try 20❤ I've successfully done 4 so decided to try starts to they've done beautifully . I'm doing beef boy, red cherry, Roma and several new ones all heirlooms n then I'll save seeds for next year. ❤🎉
Just single video for life of tomoto
Amazing video. I appreciate your hard work to produce this valuable video.. It is so informative.. I am expecting more videos from you.. Thanks..
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@@HeiferUSA you are welcome..I have subscribed.
hello. Very useful information.I want to ask you a few questions. 1) When growing tomatoes in a greenhouse, what is the temperature and humidity? 2) when growing tomatoes in coconut briquettes, the frequency and rate of watering with water.3) the norm of illumination for tomatoes) . I'll give you a blog in advance.Thanks
The temperature fluctuates. We cover this in the video. We have not used coconut brick before
I am very impressed, how often did you apply your organic nutrients or manures.?
I think this video can be inspiration for all of farmers in the world so also tobe success like this
Absolutely! You can do it!
You could double your tomatos by using a hook! We do that in germany. You can slide the plants while they are growing more of ghe length of the greenhouse.
A lot of growers use lower and lean techniques like that! Definitely works well in certain circumstances.
Love this one allot, just what I needed. I do not comment often
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Very delicate work. Cool)
Great jobs is always my priority I love Farming!❤
Thanks for watching!
26:54 There is nothing like the taste of tomato that ripened well on the plant. But I understand your reasons to pick them unripe... Thank you for the video!
Very good clear straight forward information.
Thank you! We're happy to help.
Thank you so much for sharing this Invaluable information .. We are purchasing our 1st high tunnel and you Video tutorial have given me so much insight..
Glad it was helpful!
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wow.. agriculture is advanced, modern and independent, I like this, it can be replicated in other countries that have special potential in agriculture. success always for Heifer USA. Thank you for the content, I hope it will be useful for the general public.
Hello, Sir.
Are you a farmer too? What crops do you grow
@@user-eg3og5wf6w Yes, I'm a farmer, sir. I plant onions
@@NarsiSS13102 Can I get a Whatspp number? We can talk more about it
i love organic farming
you are amazing-thanks for wonderful sharing-respect and love from pakistan
Thanks for watching! glad you enjoyed the video
So beautiful farm❤😊
Thanks
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Looking really good.
Thanks, Louis!
Wow that was great😀
thanks, Rick!
Not even all the way through yet but great quality video! Very mindful and info I for for new and old alike. Well done
Thank you!! Hope you enjoy the rest of the video :)
I really enjoyed your tomato growing video I liked it also subscribed thank you so much I am not farmer. Bless you.
awesome!
Excellent. Comprehensive. Thank you.
Question: If using Neem Oil, does that also drive away the pollinators?
Great job!!
Thank you! Cheers!
I am about to plant a big tunnel like yours. You are the only grower in You Tube that’s lays the drip tape on top of the landscape fabric vs under it. Why on top? Very informative video
Thanks for watching. We did it on top that year mostly to be able to quickly identify and repair any leaks in the drip tape.
Great video
Great work
Thank you! Cheers!
Perfect thanks ❤
You're welcome 😊
Tomatoes are very lush, I love your videos..wish you success and be healthy always
Thanks for your support!
@@HeiferUSA you're welcome
Wow, what an awesome video!
SO glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing video! 🍅💚
Thanks, Leonardo!
I've learn a lot, thank u for sharing.
Question! What kind of fertilizer u used on tomato, the drip irrigation?
Hi Lulu! glad you liked the video. Sometimes we use a liquid fertilizer (though not always) that is sourced from Nitron Industries in fayetteville, arkansas called tomato booster.
Thanks!
You are welcome, Jay!! Thank you 😊
Excellent video
Thank you very much!
The little clip on both branches is clutch
Literally!!!!