This Method Of Tying Up Tomatoes Will Change Your Life
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2017
- Could tying up tomatoes have gotten any easier? Today we find out just how life changing this new method really is. teaser: VERY.
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No. It's starts at 3:32. 😌
TAHNK YOU!!!
Thank you RAJsWork.
THANKS!
I like the concept. I use old t shirts though. Cut them into strips and use for ties. It's free, it's strong, and it gives.
well it is free as long as you have old t-shirts, yet the t-shirts still have cost so it isn't "free". Either way, whatever works for you is fine by me!
you may have brought your t shirt once, but they wear out so use them as ties, I find the cotton has some give in it and it will rot down at the end when you compost.
DUDE 8 minutes to explain how to tie a plant to a stake with string? That is insane! I will never sub to you.
Old boxers work well too. Probably don't hold up to UV very well, but should last a season
You can get cheap t-shirts at thrift stores, if you don't have any old ones on hand. My local thrift store sells t-shirts for as little as fifty cents.
You've appealed to my love of sewing and the fact that I HAVE 1/8" elastic already! Lots of it! Love this idea! I'm going to try it out in the morning! Thank you!
Never stop smiling and enjoying the simple things in life like this. It's the key to living a good life in a country crippled by depression and hopelessness. Thanks for the video.
Please don't change a thing. You inform and entertain. A rare trait. God bless.
We just cut strips from old shirts or soft type clothes we don't need or use...recycling is free...makes more than enough stretchy strips...old school
Old pantyhose!
@@Halszka90 My pops use that technique too. He always found new ones at yard sales.
@@Halszka90 how do you use the strips
Hey Luke, Thanks for all your hard work and sharing tips like these are what a gardening community is all about. Surely appreciate your sharing the link also.
I feel my life changing every minute that goes by in this video. Thank you.
if you loosely wrap the string a couple times before you wrap it around the stake, it relieves the single point of pressure on the stalk and distributes the support along an inch or however many times you wrap. We get wind sometimes an pulling a band across the stalk and not wrapping it risks breakage there (with garden twine).
I will be getting some elastic wrap for my plants this weekend, though, most definitely. Best idea this season!! ty
Years ago a good friend of mine who was always on the "leading edge of something different" said to me when talking about naysayers and negative criticism "You can't kill them all, so forget about them!" Sounds harsh in a way, but the perspective made the advice a powerful tool for me to keep pushing the envelope! The mention of pantyhose as an alternative to elastic string brings this story to mind. I'm on my hands and knees wearing coveralls and attending to my hosta ranch everyday. Ticks are a huge problem here and I ended up with 2 on my thigh. My sister advised me to wear nylon so I went out and bought 2 pair of women's dancercize leggings from a thrift shop. They fit, they were cool underneath and no ticks were able to attach. The problem was that the gusset offers little "dangle room" for a man. So, I cut a hole in the gusset and stitched a lightweight dress sock to it and voila!!! Happy Gardening all! - great work dude and always a treat to have a few minutes to follow you.
LMAO!!! Oh Herbie Westcott, you are a gem!
Amazing! They sway so nicely In the wind with the elastic without damage. Love it.
Luke...I began to single stem after I saw your other video, and then I bought some of this stuff last year. It's awesome and I love it. The best thing is I can easily tie with a bow and just untie and adjust whenever needed. Thank you!
Being criticized is part of being successful.
Keep up the awesome videos!
fancy meeting you here 🐱
I love how you get so excited over the simple things! Stay happy Luke.... Don't let the critics spoil your enjoyment..... not worth even replying!!! :-) Great video! :-)
Thank you Luke. I am new to trying to grow more of my own food. I really appreciate all you tips and helps. I also love your energy and positive attitude. Keep up the good work.
I tied mine up this year like that and it was SO helpful!!!
Great method Luke. Thanks for sharing!
Rob Backyard Gardenerr ? what u do when bigger n heavy
Rob Backyard Gardener
It's really amazing those massive plants come from a seed the size of a grain of sand! If mine make it that big, I'm using this method!
Thank you! This is my 2nd year growing tomatoes and I used twist ties last year and was concerned that they did not expand. Great idea! I am adding nylon rope to my garden list!
I have tons of this stuff on hand most of the time, I never thought about it being used in the garden! What a good idea!
I'm a big fan of using compostable materials in the garden whenever possible. Sisal twine works well for me so I don't have to separate the string from the plant at the end of the season, just throw it all in the composter.
Wow, brilliant idea!
Thank you for sharing this. Off to my greenhouse now, to tie those tommies (Tomatoes). From Scotland UK.
I've used the elastic for 2 years now. Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE this stuff! Got a roll from your store, worked great! Roll is all gone now though and I still have a LOT of tying up to do. Love love love!!!!!!❤
"You start with 7-8 inches unstretched"...That's what she said? 🤣🤣🤣 couldn't resist...I'm a child. Lol I do love your videos...Thank you!
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You loves 7" 🍆
I like your excitement and passion for what you do.
Great idea. I'm a new gardener & my problem has been plants growing out of their stakes & cages, so this is great because you can tie as they grow!
Cool method, thank you for sharing it! By the end of the growing season the rubber in the elastic will be rotted and the band will be stretched out with no more recovery which will leave plenty of room for growth in the stem. You are saving so much time from not having to do the double attaching (around the stake then around the stem). I love it! Thank you for taking the time to film this and share it.
In Australia we use a material called Jolly Tree Tie. It's larger and much easier to work with, easily undone and reused.
I just checked it out. Gunna order some. Thx.
No, In Australia we use 🦘
When you prune your tomatoes, do you ever say "So long sucker!"?
Um.. I do now!!
I'm definitely going to now
#best comment , I'll have to use that too lol
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Michigan native here! Trying out this elastic here in AZ. I'll update you on how it does during our summer.
I took your advice, (as I always do) and got a spool of this from Amazon. Good stuff!
This is my second season using this same elastic cord and I have found a problem with it. I have a Bonnie Early Girl that was absolutely loaded with tomatoes, I counted 32! around 12 of those were cherry -sized but still the largest crop of tomatoes I ever had from one plant. Had thunder storm last night, nothing major but the wind coupled with the weight of the tomatoes allowed the plant to slide down my 2x2 stake to the point of buckling and snapped the main "TRUNK vine" about 18" above the soil. I had this plant tied in many, many places. I wonder that the "stretchyness" of this cord contributed to this situation. For the rest of my plants I installed wood screws in strategic places on my stakes to act as anchor points for my ties.
Hey there! I just wanted to see what spacing you have on your stakes? Can't wait to get rid of my wire tomato cages!
Thank you! This works so well. It’s such a great tip.
Now that's a great find. Awesome idea Luke, just freakin' great!!!
To everyone who has hated the video for the use of an amazon link - get over yourself. This is not me trying to make a quick buck, and if you knew me and watched this channel instead of being a fair weather viewer, you will know I have always prided our channel in only great quality information. We simply linked to what WE were using in the garden. And to everyone who hated the video just because of the title- why? Are you such a title purist that you can't think that maybe it is my true thought about this? After growing over 2000 tomato plants in my life I have always looked for something faster and easier to tie them up, and with 24 plants this year, this did change my life. Thanks.
Way to take criticism. Very mature
MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living - Haters gonna hate. Do your thing. Your awesome and your success speaks for itself.
MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living how. Close together can you grow tomato plants?
You worry too much about what others think. You video was just fine. Nothing wrong with it. Giving a link to where the product can be purchased is thoughtful and saves time when many others ask where did you get that? Real gardeners know that gardening is a learning process and every year our gardens teach us something new if we are paying attention. We also learn from other gardeners when we are willing to be open to new ideas. Cheers.
MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living Can you give me advice on how to grow a dwarf banana tree indoors? the type of soil and pot size. i live in chicago so i plan on keeping it indoors hopefully i get bananas
I don’t know how anyone could dislike this video. I think it’s a great tip and I plan on giving it a try this year! Thanks!
I love your website! You have no idea how you have helped this city girl who never knew how most veggies are grown! I just discovered that I am very interested in growing my own organic vegetable. You have given me so many useful information that I finally got the courage and the confidence to plant some tomatoes, bell peppers, okra, rosemary, cilantro, basil, dill, etc. in big containers. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Don't listen to negative and mean-spirited comments. You are doing a great job, unselfishly sharing your knowledge. I feel that it is only fair for you to make money for your time and effort helping people like us. This is your valuable time not being spent with your family. Take care!
Great idea, Luke! Ordered some and going to use it for tomatoes and also try it for my grapevines.
I get it, but I’d rather stick with my jute twine. It’s even cheaper and it goes onto the compost pile with the rest of the plant at the end of the season,
Yes!
I like this guy's channel he's obviously knowledgeable about many things and I've learned a lot. But I'm really sorry to see him championing nylon string in the garden.
Organic string only!
jute is also a natural color and doesnt look as bad as a white or colored synthetic
Being the daughter of a seamstress has its advantages...I'm calling Mom! Lol! Thanks Luke, great idea! 😊
Great Idea! I am going to start this immediately! Thank you so much for your positive attitude. Great time watching your videos.
I was just about to sucker my plants, when I discovered this video. Perfect timing. Thanks!
I love the excitement and enthusiasm you showed sharing your new find!
Don't let the haters get to you Luke. So what if you make a few pennies if someone buys through your link. With all the great information you provide, and the time you put in recording, editing and uploading your videos, people should be happy to support you through when they buy something. This was a great video and I for one am happy to give it a thumbs up.
I agree...and if we're going to go buy it anyway, why not give credit to the one who suggested it to us!
John Willis peoole just hate themselves when they see someone else helping people
John Willis :
Why is critisism always automaticly haters? Maybe most of them also pointing out things that can help make better videos. This was was a bit "over the top" its not rocket sience. It a well jsed thread for gardening. Anyway. Iam the the hater now, right?
Almost every channel gives links to the products they use. I like it because it eliminates research for me and if I'm gonna buy it anyway why not go through someone I support. We go to Wal-Mart after watching a commercial so why would we be against supporting individuals especially since it cost us nothing
Hey Luke thanks for the heads up on this new method! I like quick, easy and simple and I'll be trying this for sure! I'm sure you can use this for trellising cukes also. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for pre-testing and sharing. Wonderful tip. Will be trying this one for sure! 🐞🐞🐞
I definitely wanted to test this first to see about the longevity of it, and I totally love it. I am sold.
ps. people who use old pantyhose are smart but who wears pantyhose now???? I know peeps wear tights in winter but wow. You can use old clothing too for strips but when you have a big garden and are in a hurry I'm sure Luke's method would be way faster. Be nice to Luke. He provides so much great info and good quality products for good prices. He offers his advice for free on youtube and even if he WERE trying to make a buck with an amazon linkie, so what. He does have a family to feed and all. But ya know, when you discover something easier, it really is exciting and if you share it, good on ya for that spirit of community. Go Luke go! Don't listen to the people who have too much time on their hands as to critique you so hard. geez. I've gained tons of good tips from you and watch you as one of my top garden youtubers.
Luke, love the videos, I have been on a binge of them lately! I now know why you respond to comments in your videos, people are so critical haha, but who cares. Keep on growing my friend!
Ran out of the green tape today, just ordered the one from Amazon you suggested! It looks wwaaayyy more stretchy; brilliant idea! Thanks Luke.
Good video, Luke. Thank you. I look forward to watching more of your content. And I am thankful for the link to your store where I can buy organic heirloom seeds for 99 cents!
As a content creator, I understand how it feels when viewers are critical of you. I thought this was a great video and I'm sure it inspired many people - which I believe is the purpose of your channel. Since I am a guy, and I don't generally use pantyhose, I appreciated this information. Keep up the great work!
Ps: my child is almost three. It's so much fun watching them grow and learn. It's especially fun to teach them about plants.
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so the four of you said nothing but just repeated his name?
I tried this and my life was transformed! My health improved and I became more intelligent and joyous.. I won Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes and met a foxy gal at the grocery store. Unfortunately I was so busy enjoying my new fortunes that I neglected my tomatoes.
what a story lol
Ha ! Quite funny
You channel is such an inspirations! I cant tell you how much I appreciate the information! Cheers!
informative. Thank you for your efforts, kindness, time & enthusiasm for gardening Luke. Keep up the good work. Regards to Geneva & Sindy.
I fking love your enthusiasm 💙
Hi Luke! When do you add the stakes to your tomato plants? When you very first plant them in your raised beds? Or do you wait for the plants to get taller and then add the wooden stakes? This is the part of staking that always confuses me. This idea is great, with the nylon ties!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
I stake at planting, to not disturb the roots later.
I always enjoy your channel and find your enthusiasm uplifting. As an older person I had to smile at your excitement over this and how well it has held up for these 3 and one half long weeks. I also smiled at you counting off the seconds for how fast you could tie off the tomato. Eh, I don't worry about these things anymore, life seems to be going by so fast that my time in the garden is as much about slowing down as producing food.
I will be curious to see how this material has held up at the end of the season. One final thing. I realize that you make money from these videos, so much these days is about money. But, that is a topic for a different forum.
I really love you enthusiasm!! And I think it’s a good idea👍🏻👍🏻
I'd rather use string so that when it breaks off it breaks down in my soil unlike plastic
Joshua Nagel but when the plant grows it may affect it
I agree. There's enough plastic already. I use hemp string. It doesn't stretch but it does biodegrade back into my garden
Yep. I use hemp twine. Disintegrates over winter.
Yarn works amazingly
I've been using velcro cable management ties, they're reusable and dirt cheap
You had a wonderful garden last year! I am always open to new techniques in gardening. Thank you. Former MIgander myself transplanted in southern AZ. Have a great year.
I'm glad I watched this video. I was planning to buy gardening twine that wouldn't stretch. But now I realize that since I'm not spanning a distance and 'weaving' it thru multiple plants, I actually do need it to stretch. Thanks MIGardener!
I see you put marigolds in with the tomatoes. Smart. I've been using zip ties on mine for yrs. My only issue with the nylon cord is it might cut into the stem since the cord is fairly thin. I really enjoy your enthusiasm. Nobody knows everything, but everybody knows something.
Why is putting marigolds with tomatoes smart? I'm truly curious
@@pedroortiz8288 pest conrrol
That's a great idea, and the plants are looking awesome so far :-)
Love the energy you put into this!
Great video and thanks for leaving the link.... love the product and the technique too
I like your videos...gardeners should try new methods and inspire each other. Thanks!
Hi Luke :-D
I LOVE this idea, and just ordered 2 spools. Also ... could you please tell me what the *FLORIDA WEAVE* is?
Thank you for sharing! Keep the great vids coming. And, never worry about them being too long or you too talkative. I am here to LEARN, and I appreciate ALL the info I can get ;)
Kathleen Zimmerman the Florida weave is where you take string and weave it in between your plants in a line. We have a video on how to do it!
Thank you very much! I did a search, and found it. EXcellent! :-D
Ordered this awhile back. My tomato plants already needed it. I started earlier this year hoping to get a better harvest.
I love your videos and I wanted to thank you for all the videos you have put out you have been so helpful to me.. I did my first garden this year.. and so far it looks great.. once again thank you so much
Too bad I don't have tomatoplants, I need a change in my life! Good work mate, stay positive :D
I tried a new method staking tomatoes this year and I haven't had to touch them since first setup. Today we had very strong storms with 60mph wind gusts, and not one tomato branch was broken. I densely planted tomatoes in a raised bed, 1 foot apart and attached 4' stakes to the outside of my raised bed. I then drilled holes through the stakes at intervals of about 18 inches. I purchased para-cord in bulk from amazon and created a grid design, running through the stakes. Each tomato plant had its own square to grow up through, with about 5 layers of the grid. Currently my tomatoes are about 6 feet tall and loaded with tomatoes. I haven't pruned anything, and I know there can be issues with disease and poor air circulation. The plants are sub-irrigated in this bed, so I don't have to worry too much about wet surface soil. I can post pictures on the MIGardener Facebook page later on if you're interested in seeing what I'm talking about, or checking out the sub-irrigated raised bed.
Jacksoner thats a great idea😉
I will try this! My toms are just about ready tie up. Thanks!
That's cool. It's always a nice feeling to discover something that is useful to you! I'll bet that stretchy string would have about a million other useful household uses as well. For tomatoes, I use 3/4" diameter 10 ft. long EMT (electrical metallic tubing) from Home Depot for the stakes. I've been using these same stakes since I bought this house in 1985. They're only a little rusty now, and the rust is only on the part of the tubing that is underground. The metal above ground is just as rust free as the day I bought them. I pound them in next to the tomato plants when I plant them in the spring, and wiggle them back out of the ground in the fall when I clean out the garden, then store them in the garage until spring planting again. For the ties I use old cotton bed sheets, pillow cases, tee shirts, etc. cut with a scissors into 1" wide strips about 10" long. These cotton cloth strips are plenty strong enough to withstand storms and last all growing season long without rotting, and are re-purposed from old cotton cloth items I just would have thrown away anyway, so therefore are 'free'. Old bed sheets are also good for putting over your garden plants in the fall on frosty nights in order to extend your growing season two or three weeks or so.
Elastic is like gold right my friend, can’t find it anywhere 😢
iamacrazy1 People may be using it up to make ties for PPE masks. But that's a good thing. I hope you can find some or a suitable substitution.
I used bamboo and hessian twine.
awesome! Very effective use of free materials!
Lots of free bamboo stakes available around my town. People always thinning their bamboo clumps!
Wow, that's really helpful trick & it's easy, Thank you for sharing this info.
Great tip buddy. This year I got an early start on my tomatoes. I started seed in my new greenhouse Discovery Channel built for me in January. I'm getting a bumper crop. This tomato tie method will help greatly. Thanks so much.
I love the joy you get from gardening! Have you ever grown tomatoes in tall tubes of galvanized fencing? The plants get so big, strong, and productive. I also don't have to worry about highwinds knocking them down which is an issue around here. I saw a guy using this method for melons and I tried it. Worked like a charm since you never have to do anything else to the tomato to secure it. He used it for melon and cucumbers. Try one and see if you like it.
No more plastic!
Use rope and work more or as the old farmers used to do in italy long leaves of certain plants will work just fine
Great vid! Love how passionate you are about your garden. I have plenty of pantyhose to recycle so I'll be using that method but if I ever run out I'll definitely check out the elastic string! Thanks!
Doing this for years. It also makes a great, flexible way to support heavy, fruit laden branches when not single stemming.
I used rubber bands on some of mine, I just snipped and tied. It’s a good way to reuse rubber bands.
Obviously in the pocket of big elastic! 😂😂
Skylar Summers your parents named you Skylar... 🤣🤣🤣
Love this idea, Luke. Thank you for sharing!
Good idea! We grow a lot of tomatoes every year and also use stakes when we run out of cages. I didn't know stretchy twine existed. Will look for it in my shopping sprees. TFS
This was posted in 2017. I'm watching May 29, 2020. All I can think about is that you can't use that material to tie up tomatoes! That's 110 yards of mask making elastic bands. :) If it's not out of stock you're going to pay around $20. Absolutely crazy.
My grandma used to save her old hose for this purpose, cut into rings as wide as needed, super stretchy, or you cut and tie them.
I use the 1/4" elastic. It's more readily available, and supports the plant better.
im specifically going to use your affiliate link because I appreciate the tip and its free for me to give back to you.
people in comments need to chill.
This is fabulous. I have lots of support panty hose and tights that I use on lots of projects. I love this idea of using the wood stacks since the sticks are easy to store, rather than the tomato cages. Last year I used long branches tied together with pantyhose onto the tomato cages together since I was sloppy getting the cages firmly in the ground. The nylon lasts for years. Ty great information❤
Great idea...
I actually have a giant spool of twine at home I use for my tomatoes on trellis.
two slip knots and a cross loop on the trellis allows the plant to grow and the tie-up to release tension as fruit grows heavier.
But, this amazon link to the spool you use is very useful!
I'm about to order some elastic strand for other projects, so I appreciate the link provided!
Cheers mate! Keep up the great work!
Don’t let the haters bother you the earth is full of them. I quite enjoyed it. I don’t care if you make money off of it everyone has to earn a living doing something and I learned something by you earning a living what’s the harm
You're so freaking cute! Love your soul and heart for planting. Thank you for teaching me, Lord knows I'd be a mess on my own! Lol.
Sounds great headed to the store I'm willing to try something new thanks
Thanks for this excellent idea and thanks for doing what you do!
Why not use metal cages?
Old panty hose cut into strips are FREE (at least for me) and I tie the strips to the stake first then around the plant so it not only has wiggle room but when it does wiggle the main stem isn't rubbing against anything...waaay more stretchy and best part is i am recycling so it don't cost anything the 2nd time around.
Sierra Echo I would use that method but pantyhose just make me look cheap.
Sierra Echo I actually found this method while looking for spools of nylon pantyhose material, I don't have the luxury of going into my drawer and cutting them up because nobody here wears them, so they aren't free for me.
I agree. I am all for reusing and recycling, but pantyhose looks terrible in the garden. I tied up one tomato with a girlfriend's old pantyhose one time, and sure, it worked great, but it looked absolutely awful. I'm usually on the opposite end of the debate, always arguing for function over form, and my garden is definitely not neat and tidy looking, it is more of a messy food forest, but there are so many other free or cheap materials that can be reused or recycled for tying tomatoes that aren't a huge eyesore like the pantyhose is.
LOL.
+Primitive Organic Garden your comment might have been helpful had you mentioned names of different materials to use. Have not found an outlet that has "plenty" in stock, lol.
I prefer bailer twine. A single roll of biodegradable twine is dirt cheap and will last a few lifetimes. This seems to be a bt thin and may cut into the plant? I guess time will tell. Looks good so far though.
One bit of advice, I think you can get these tied up in 10 seconds if you give yourself a little more material to work with. Give yourself a few more inches and it will be easier, and quicker to tie. This stuff is so cheap, you will never know the difference in the bottom line cost either. I tie up 100 tomatoes a year, I have gotten much quicker with a little longer line.
I got your book! Great tips always. Thank you! 😉
I have done the same thing with strips of an old tee shirt, but I recommend that you tie a bit of a loose overhand knot around the plant at the side support branch first ....... then tie it around the pole using a second overhand knot twice to secure the first loop to the pole. The loop around the plant will remain open/flexible growth of main stem diameter. Hope this doesn't sound confusing. Sometimes you will have to go around the pole twice, because the weight of the plant could cause the plant to collapse/slide down the pole like an accordion which will snap your main stem ..... possibly in several places. The loose loop around the plant allows the plant to grow, while the double loop around the pole helps prevent slippage. If you don't secure the loops that are around the pole, you may be in a pickle! I would be happy to clarify anything that is confusing. Hope this helps. Happy gardening ..... love your vids.