Greenhouse Tomato Pruning, Pollination, Stringing, Lowering & Leaning, And Suckering
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Hey, friends, and fellow gardeners! In this video, I will show you how I prune, sucker, lower, lean, and pollenate my winter greenhouse tomatoes, and why I do it the way that I do! I hope you enjoy the video! Don't forget to comment, like, and subscribe! God Bless!
Thank you - very informative for a newbie greenhouse tomato grower!
This is the kind of video that gets people into gardening. Very educational and INSPIRING! Nice to know we are North Ga neighbors! Great job my friend!!
+kevin revin (kevyrev) Thank you, Kevin! I do try very hard to help others understand how to do what I do! Thanks for watching, neighbor!
So helpful! I’m new to hydroponics and the closeups of what you’re doing are really helpful! Thank you! 😊
Glad the vid was helpful to you, Erica! Thanks for watching!
This is a wonderful video! You instruct forthright and it was very easy to to follow you from one step to the other. You answered every question and supplied instructions for every idea that popped into my brain while you were talking. The entire vision of the inside of my home greenhouse changed and blossomed in 10 minutes 3 1/2 years after you made the video. Awesome! From a newbie greenhouse decorator - Thank you very much! Wow!
Oh sorry - I guess it was only 2 1/2 years - 3 1/2 years is how long my greenhouse lay in a big giant box in my barn until it finally unpacked in Nov. 2016.
Thank you for the kind words! I wish you much success with your new greenhouse : ) Thanks for watching!
Beautiful tomatoes and excellent pruning and suckering tips!
Thank you, Patrick! Thanks for watching, my friend!
Ur my new favorite gardener on RUclips! Straight to the point but extremely informative I can’t wait to get my Dutch bucket greenhouse going
Thank you, Tonia! I really appreciate the kind words! Thanks for watching, and good luck with your new greenhouse!
most excellent video- simple, short, concise and accurate! thank you
+shanelle wabatu Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
I so agree about the tomato ripening, on the vine is so much better. I stopped suckering my tomatoes 2 years ago and have not notice much difference in production. Next year, I may go back to clipping my suckers. I think it helps with disease, more air circulates around them. Good demonstration on lowering and leaning,& hand pollination (you should put that in the title). :)
Thank you, Donna! Some folks really believe that leaving the suckers on will increase production, I just haven't seen that happen! LOL.. you know, I usually edit the title when I upload, but I must have slipped by me this time! Thanks for pointing that out ; ) Thanks for watching, my friend!
I remove the suckers and usually stick them in the dirt for new plants, works for me. Don't know much about greenhouse growing, but looks to me like what your doing is working great!
Absolutely, Susan! I normally cut off suckers from the outside tomatoes, and root them in rockwool cubes for the fall greenhouse crop. I just decided to do them from seeds this year! Thanks for watching!
Without doubt the very best tomato video I've seen and I've watched a lot, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
My goodness those tomatoes look great! I have noticed that pruning the bottom leafs below the clusters helps keep my disease issues at bay.
Great tips on pruning and growing tomatoes!
Thank you, Stephen! Yeah, lower branch pruning really does keep those diseases under control, especially leaf mold, which is common in greenhouse growing, due to night time high humidity conditions! Thanks for watching, and commenting, my friend!
I am always watching :) I love following along with your garden ;)
I really do appreciate it, Stephen! I'm glad you enjoy following along, It makes it all worthwhile ; )
A lot of great information, thank you for the video.
Thank you for watching!
LOVE all of the carnivorous plants at the beginning of the video!
Thank you! My wife grew, and loves those things!
Great video Keith, very well put together. And really all I ever look for in gardening videos is "how do you do it". I love hearing and seeing how everyone else gets basically the same job done. The "right" way is what works for you. Like you said... it's supposed to be fun. Part of the fun for me is trying different things others have tried, and learning from others.
I let a few of mine go double and triple stems and oh my, what a mess when it came to lowering and leaning! Almost impossible. They just looked so healthy and vigorous I didn't h have the heart to sucker them... Next year, no question, they get the clip!
The toothbrush is a fantastic method for sure! I love it.
Take care!
Thank you, Marc! I think we all have learned a lot from others experience, but there is nothing better than your own experience! There are not really any right, or wrong ways. Sometimes it's just what you prefer, and I just like to share that with other gardeners, or potential gardeners! I can relate to the heartbreaking task of cutting off those beautiful suckers, and tossing them! But we have to do what we have to do! Thanks for watching, my friend!
I love your videos. I indoor garden at 10,200 ft. Your advice is great!
+Janice Fox Thank you, Janice! I appreciate the kind words! Wow! that's a huge gardening space you have!
Very good stuff
Thank you for the kind words! Thanks for watching!
Hi. Thanks for your video. I learnt a lot.
I’m growing my first tomatoes in my conservatory it gets pretty hot in there.
I’m from England.
I was just shaking and flicking the tomatoes to pollinate them. But I’m getting one of them electric toothbrush’s too.
I found my first ever tomato last night.
And believe me I got excited.
I’m going to make a system like your rope/string good idea.
I’m using bamboo sticks at the moment but I don’t think there’ll be strong enough later down the line.
Any way cheers.
Dane
Thank you, Dane! I'm glad you got something from the video! Thank you for watching, and good luck with your growing!
Son, let me tell you how we do it here in Arkansas. Pretty much the same. This past year, I pruned all leaves below blushed maters OR if there was yellowing. Ultimately, and honestly, it doesn't matter too much on pruning except it's wise to keep GH maters to a single stem I've found. Good job.
Yep, that's how it's done, Brent! All is well as long as you don't go above the cluster! LOL...yeah, if I didn't grow single stem in the greenhouse, it would be one mess of a jungle in there ; ) Thanks for watching, and commenting, my friend!
Great vid 10min strqight foward, good camera angles. Good job
Thank you very much! Thanks for watching!
Praise God! Great video.
Amen! Thanks for watching!
Hey neighbor! All great tips! Especially growing in supposed to be enjoyable.... Not a pain in the butt. Ha ha! True!
Hey, neighbor, Nicole! For sure, about it being enjoyable! All anybody needs to do is prepare accordingly, and you won't have problems down the road! Thanks for watching, my friend!
A great video really enjoyed it, thanks very much. I hope to get a hectare of land and both the greenhouse and field planting. Am still in my reading/learning phase, spent the last two days reading stuff on tomato planting. We've had a major outbreak of leaf miner in Nigeria and tomato price has gone over 500% increase no kidding.
Am an IT Engineer, that got me thinking of doing farming else we would be doomed. Thanks very much
Thank you for the kind words, my friend! That's a terrible price increase! Yes, you would be right about doing your own farming! That way, you always know where your food comes from! I hope all works out good for you!
That was really good! You present yourself very well :) As well as your knowledge. Your garden is a wonderful validation :)
Thank you, Tom! I appreciate the kind comment, and for watching! Good Luck to you, my friend!
Great Information! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the kind words, and for watching!
Great how to. Was wondering how those tomato rollers worked.
Thanks for sharing
Paul
Thank you, Paul! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching, my friend!
thank you for this video
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
You put some effort into this video brother. You don't get that kind of organized information compacted into 10 minutes without serious forethought. Good work. You and I think alike in terms of pruning, suckering. I've had a method suggested to me which is totally different from anything I've ever tried which I will experiment with soon, just for fun really, as I can't be sure there are huge consistent production advantages.
LOL...Thank you, Ryan! I'll tell you, it took me longer to put this video together, than some I have that are 30-40 minutes long! Several different days of shooting clips, and writing a script, that I could try to talk normal, without sounding like I'm reading. The only way I could keep it short was to shoot some clips, and narrate them, otherwise it would have been that long! You know me, Mr. chatterbox ; ) Thanks for watching, and for your loyal support, my friend!
Thanks for the tips and the video
You're welcome : )
Great video, thanks!
+Drew Rash Thank you for watching : )
Very helpfull vid!.. Thank you.
Thanks for the videos!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
The thing about gardening is what works for some may not work for others. It drives me crazy for people to insist their way is the only way! I grow and string my indeterminate tomatoes just like this & I also grow cukes and small melons this way! The only difference is I grow outdoors in soil and have a 15 foot tall frame and once the tomatoes reach the top I stop removing suckers and tie the plant to the frame and drape it into a canopy! It's quite a sight to see, very dramatic!.
You are right, Kim! There is not really a right or wrong way to grow vegetables, provided that they are properly nourished, and maintained! I say what ever method works for you, then that's the right one! Thanks for watching!
Very helpful thank you
Glad you enjoyed it, Michael! Thanks for watching!
Great job on your video Keith ! Yea I want to get some of those string rollers for next year & try them out. Seems like more & more people are starting to use them. Looks like you're going to have a nice winter harvest there. :) Has your wife went in for surgery yet ?
Really like the greenhouse setup with Dutch bucket tomatoes and Kratky leafy greens! Top notch layout!
Thank you, Larry! Yeah, I really love those roller hooks, and their not expensive at all. This is my fourth season with them, and still have lots of string left on them. We have been eating lettuce, and kale like no tomorrow, and it won't be long till them maters start coming in ; ) She is scheduled for surgery on the 24th of this month. We are hoping for some much needed pain relief. Thanks for watching, my friend!
Matt Garver Thank you so much, Matt! We really do appreciate the kind words, my friend! Thanks for watching!
Thanks
Welcome! thanks for watching : )
Too funny, you say maybe you don't do it right while showing loads of perfect plants bursting with fruit. I'd say you do it VERY right.
Thank you for the kind words, Sharon!
thanks .
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Thank you, great tips.
JJB
You're very welcome, John! Thank you for watching, and commenting, my friend!
Dang Google+. I was not included in the new video notification. Grrrr. I think you have made another video for my benefit. You explained 'lower and lean' to me and now have done an admirable job demonstrating for all the other newbies.
I now have another Mission for you, If you choose to accept it.
Why do prevent tomato splitting and what causes it ? (Too much water won't cut it, because what does 'too much water' really mean ?)
I screwed up and didn't switch my pump timer off manual, so it ran 24/7 for 3 days. My 1st, 2nd, and 3rd flights of fruit all split. ( laterally, not radially )
What is a good nutrient pumping schedule in your opinion ?
I wouldn't put this to you If I didn't respect your opinion.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for watching, my friend! There are several reasons for splitting tomatoes. The no.1 cause is too much water. The no.2 cause is excessive heat. The no.3 cause is over feeding. The tomato is growing too fast. So fast that the outer skin doesn't have time to develop, vs. the inside development, therefore causing the outer skin to crack. Make sure that your ppm levels stay consistent, and your ph. The ppm levels will increase as the plants produce more, and more fruit, and use more water. The ph levels will also drop rapidly. Keep in mind, this is happening in your reservoir, and not in your storage tanks. I sometimes have to add more water, than nutrients to keep a proper balance. Consistency is the key to successful tomato growing! You should have a feeding schedule, which is more ideal than running the system 24/7. I run mine 3 times a day e.g. 7am, 1pm, and 7pm, and that's it! I never have cracking issues, or blossom end rot. I hope this helps you, buddy!
keyplayr61 Sorry it took so long to reply. I have been buttoning up due to the typhoon bringing the big chill across most of the U.S.A.
This is the most concise answer to tomato splitting that I have seen on the net!
Bobby (mhpgardener) got a lot of us started with dutch buckets, but you are fueling my success. My first attempt was great, this second is much better. I expect my third crop to be phenomenal.
Without your help, I would not be eating so many great tasting tomatoes.
Kirklee
I'm glad I could be of help to you, my friend!
Watched your video, I'm in Georgia too. Very informative. I have a question though, why do you have the fans going?
Hi, Ralph! Regardless of the outside temps, it can get over 100°F inside the greenhouse! The fans are on a thermostat to maintain a desired temp. Thanks for watching!
@@keyplayr61greenhousehydrop14 thanks for answering my question. I live in Atlanta and just starting growing cucumbers, bell peppers, and tomatoes in my sunroom out of 5 gallon buckets. I'll subscribe.
nice set up,could you explain your strawberry hydro set up ?really cool.fertilizer?gro median?
Thank you! It's just simply a 2 gallon bucket filled with a nutrient mix with a 3" net cup with hydroton with a strawberry plant in the middle. The net cup is only submerged in the liquid about 1/2" so that the roots won't drown, and get oxygen. This is called the Kratky method. Very easy for anyone to do. See my earlier video on nutrient mixing for the mixture that I'm using. Thanks for watching!
I've never thought of it like that, to leave the leaves around the tomato to continue feeding. What's the growing medium you're using in your buckets?
Yeah, man! Those branches play a major role if giving those clusters of good some love ; ) I am using just simply perlite, with a paint strainer. Thanks for watching, and subscribing, my new friend!
Hi Mr.Keith... I just finished watching your video clip and notice that your bucket is black may I asking you
Did you pain it or using the black fabric go around it???
Would this help with the roots bound as you painted the bucket black???(sorry if I used the wrong word and spell it wrong)
Thank you for sharing Happy Gardening Keith.
regards,
Jirapan
Hi, Jirapan! I actually used an automotive rubberized coating, just because I had lots of it. If I had it all to do over again, I would have just used black paint. The coating scratches off way too easily! I do this to keep the light out of the buckets so the algae won't grow in the perlite. Thanks for watching!
Keyplayr61 Greenhouse Hydroponics And Gardens thank you for answering my questions Keith. 😃😃😃😃😃
You're welcome, my friend!
This pruning info isn’t for determinate plants though, I just found that out. If you take those suckers off you’re significantly taking down your yield
That's correct. The plants in this video are NOT determinate.
Hello, thank you for your video, I found it most helpful. There are a couple questions you may be able to answer me pertaining to epsom salt. Here I use reverse osmosis water, we live in the Mohave Desert and the water is just bad, not drinkable. Do you know how much per tea./tb. to ad to each gallon of water. Also, I am growing a couple different ways with my tomatoes. I am experimenting a single bucket method without airation. Does the water need changed? unlike lettuce which can be good for its duration. Thank you
Hi, Debra! I glad you enjoyed the video! I am assuming that you are growing hydroponically? I go by weight, in grams. I use 6 grams of Epsom salt per 5 gallons of nutrient mix, which is roughly a level teaspoon. For a normal growing season of tomatoes for me is normally about 6 months, I don't change the mix. I just let it get down as low as possible, before I add more mix to it. As time goes on, the ppm levels will increase, and I have to add just water, and PH up to keep things in check. With tomatoes in full production, I go through about 10 gallons every 3 days for five plants! I do recommend flushing the system every 3-4 months, if you are using Dutch Buckets, with any kind of media, e.g. perlite etc due to salts buildup in the media. If you are using Kratky style growing, you should change the nutrients about every 30 days, if you are not topping them off.
Thank you for your fast reply. Well, 1 tea. per 5 gal. is much less than what ive been using. 1 - 1.5 tb. per 9 gal. maybe to high? my little plant in the Krakty method is already flowering and its only about 3 weeks old. Have trimmed off the lower branches 3x now. The other 5 tomato plants in the drip bucket method are not flowering yet. My water is well, in question too. Ive got enough water solution in the bottom of each drip method bucket for the longer roots to drink in between watering, My timer is set for 5 minutes each 25 minutes round the clock. its been cut back too, used to water every 10 minutes every 20 minutes. So anyways so new at this but really want to learn all I can. Thank you
Yeah, that sounds like a little too much! I don't think I would worry too much about the water, since you have one of the best filtration systems available! I will share with you the schedule that I use, if you are interested. I just simply run the pumps at 7:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 7:00pm for 30 minutes each cycle, and it seems to work just fine! I have used this method for almost 5 years, and the results speak for themselves ; )
Which fertilizer you use on seedlings..how often and for how long before transplanting.
Once they get their first true leaves, I start feeding them a 1/2 diluted mixture of the same nutrients that I use on everything. I do this for about 1-2 weeks, and then transplant.
Do you also prune branches if they get to long and start growing into the plants next to them?
I sometimes do. If it starts to get so crowded that air circulation is not good, I will prune off enough to open it up. I still leave a couple of branches around the clusters though. Once I start harvesting the lower clusters, I will prune off everything below the next cluster up. Thanks for watching, my friend!
Can you do a video on what nutrients you use and hiw much?
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Keyplayr61 Greenhouse Hydroponics And Gardens Thanks nice green thumb!
marcjtdc Thank you, my friend : )
I live in Virginia and i want to built a green house but i am wondering how to keep it warm during winter?
There are many ways that you can heat your greenhouse. If you at planning on growing summer crops like tomatoes, peppers cucumbers etc., you will have to use a wood barrel stove, gas heater, or electric heat to keep it warm enough at night to grow these types of plants. If you are going to be growing cool season crops like lettuce, kale, cabbage, broccoli etc., you can get by with thermal heat such as plastic 55 gal. barrels filled with water that will collect heat during the day, and then release the heat at night. I currently use an 18,000 btu 240v fan forced electric heater, which is not the most efficient cost effective thing that you can use. A 30,000 btu natural gas heater would have been much better, but I would have needed to run a gas line 150' underground, and under 2 sidewalks. In the long run, the cost of this installation would have paid for itself in electricity savings, but you know what they say about hindsight ; ) You just need to decide what's best for your application! Thanks for watching!
What tomato varieties have you had success with in the greenhouse grown in Dutch bucket hydroponic?
Hi, Cynthia! The varieties that I have grown in Dutch buckets are: Big Beef, Rutgers, Brandywine Red, Campari, Cherokee Purple, Better Boy, Golden Orange, Taxi Lemon, Orange Blossom, Dark Orange, and KY-1 Australian. The overall go to best that I grow regularly are the Big Beef, and Campari. They don't complain about temp swings as much as some of the others!
Where did you get the string mechanism from that you have hanging from the ceiling?
Hi, Elaine! You can get them from many online greenhouse supply stores, including Amazon. Thanks for watching!
Do you have any advice on fertilizing in this type of system?
+Cory Bryk There are many ways to do it. This is a hydroponic Dutch bucket system that simply uses perlite for media. The nutrients are mixed in non chlorinated water, and stored in a reservoir, in which they are pumped into drip emitters for each bucket, and are drained back to the reservoir. Go through my videos that will explain everything in more detail.
how to keep tomatoes in green house from getting leggy before transplanting
Hi, Johnny! They need lots of close light in order for them from getting leggy.
What size should they be by about June 1st in the UK. Anyone know ? I had to start my late because of cold weather and they are only about 8" high so far on the 24th May and I cant imagine them getting full size in time but I could be wrong
Hi, Dave! just a couple of questions. Are you growing them in soil, or hydroponically? Are you growing outside, or in a greenhouse? Are they determinate, or indeterminate? All of these factors make a difference to the growth, and maturity rate. An indeterminate tomato will produce fruit, before a determinate, because it has no set life span. A determinate plant will mature, and produce most all of it's fruit at once, and then it's done! So if you are growing indeterminate plants, you don't have to worry about them having to fully mature, before you have tomatoes! I hope this helps : )
Thanks for reply. Soil, greenhouse, indeterminate. Variety is famed in the UK for reliability, called moneymaker. It was developed on almost exact same longitude / latitude as myself so I have high hopes. Greenhouse has a large fence on one side so is in shade half the day. I hope that does not affect them too much because I have devoted the whole greenhouse to 21 tomato plants .
dave davies As long as they get 6-8 hours, of sun, they should do fine! That must be one heck of a big fence ; ) With a name like Money Maker, they shouldn't disappoint!
what's your opinion on soil V hydro on the tomatoes you did?
I had good success with soil in grow bags, but hydro is much easier, and more productive IMO : )
that's what I was thinking with hydro but looking into organic growing soil based microbial activity etc this won't happen in the perlite or hydro?
The problem with trying to go organic with hydroponics is that there aren't any good viable organic nutrients available that work as good as the non organic products available now. They are also expensive as compared to non organic as well! I personally don't have any hangups with using synthetic fertilizers, since they are completely balanced with every micro nutrient that plants need to grow healthy, and be very productive. You just have to keep an eye on levels, and do periodic maintenance such as flushing your system to get rid of salt buildup in the media that can cause the plants to not be able to take up available nutrients. This would be true even with soil based growing in containers. You would have to change out your soil in the containers, even if you are using organic amendments, and it is harder to figure out what exactly is available in your soil without regular soil tests. That's the reason I just prefer standard hydro growing to organic soil. It more or less eliminates the guesswork, and the plants don't know the difference anyway! I know that a lot of the die hard organic growers will disagree with some of my methods, but like I always say, this is how I do it, and that's what I share with others : )
Where did you get the material for your greenhouse?
+computertips2013 Can you be a little more specific? Plastic, wood, etc? I designed, and built this myself. It is not a pre made kit. If you are referring to the covering, or film, I got it at Greenhouse Megastore : )
Yes sorry, I was mostly interested in the covering. The film you have looks thicker than the film at Home Depot. Thank you!
computertips2013 Yeah, you do NOT want to use construction, or painters plastic because it is not UV treated, and wont last but a few months before it crumbles into a zillion pieces! Mine is inflated double layer, and has been on there for 5 years!
So, did you quit eating tomatoes? : )
Not on your life! I do miss growing my own though !
why do u think field grown tomatoes taste better or don't you agree ?
In my opinion, there ain't a nickels worth of difference in the taste! The only thing that I have experienced is that heirloom tomatoes grown outside, in the soil, in summer time DO have a better taste, and texture than winter hydroponic greenhouse grown! I tried growing Brandywine Red, Cherokee Purple, and Rutgers in the greenhouse last winter, and they didn't respond well to the cooler temps, while the Big Beef, and Campari didn't seem to mind.
Keyplayr61 Greenhouse Hydroponics And Gardens so what are the heirloom varieties you would grow in soil ? Isn't heirloom anything that isn't a grafted or hybrid tomato that self seeds ? Thanks again
Actually the 3 above mentioned heirlooms are my favorites! Yes, an heirloom is like you say, non hybrid, or grafted, and will grow true to type from saved seeds. It takes at least 8 years, or e.g. saving seeds from 8 generations of fruit to create an heirloom, or open pollinated variety.
What the mix you use in soil? How often you do the watering in all stages of the plant?
Hi, Juan! The only media used is perlite. There is no soil. The plants are fed with a nutrient mix 3 times a day for 30 minutes each session. Thanks for watching!
please explain me about water system.
This is called a Dutch Bucket Hydroponic system, which is a 4 gallon bucket with a drain 2" from the bottom, a paint strainer, and are filled with nothing but perlite. There is a 27 gallon reservoir at the end that the buckets drain back in to, and a pump attached to a 1/2" poly distribution line the supplies each bucket a nutrient mix from a 1/4" emitter tube. The system is on a timer that allows it to run 3 times per day at 30 minutes each cycle.
How big is ur green house the LxWxH?
Hi, Tonia! It is 20' x14' x9'
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What kind of hook is that?
Hi, Adam! Can you be a little more specific? If you are referring to the long brown ones, they are designed for cluster support to keep the stem from crimping.
Tell me the nutrients
12 grams masterblend 4-18-38, 6 grams Epsom salt, 12 grams Calcium nitrate per 5 gallons of chlorine free water, and mix in that exact order.
subtitel are not acceptabele wrong bad
That would be a You Tube problem, not mine!
They are comical to read! They aren't even close to what I'm really saying LOL!
I couldn't understand a word he said.
I did.