I’ve been gardening for over 45 years, and watching RUclips for about 10 years, and this video has given me so much information about suckering and taking care of tomatoes. Thank you
a lot of gardening tutorials out there with people seeking youtube celebrity status, but lacking real information - this woman actually provides some knowledge. thank you!
The clearest, most concise movie I've seen. Tomato pruning you are demystified, and all my tomatoes now have no laterals... except above the flower... thank you!
I do not know if you are still watching this video. This is by far the most informative and best videos that I have seen. I simply loved it. Great job, wonderfully presented and a BIG THANK YOU.
Thank you. A most informative and well presented video. I particularly appreciated the lack of music, the clear way you spoke and the end review. Thanks again.
wow! this is the best step by step pruning tomatoes ive seen in youtube! unlike the others where its all talk and no actual demo. I can actually see what to prune now instead of me acting like a tomato barber ^_^ Hope you have a step to step guide to from seeds>seeedlings>fertlization for tomatoes That would be great!
After watching about a dozen videos that purport to explain how to properly prune a tomato plant, finally I find yours which gives me confidence that I know how to approach the task! Thanks!
This is the best instructional I have run across and I have watched dozens. I am in the Philippines and they mostly have only little bland tomatoes. After finding a regular size, my friend and I were able to prep the seeds from the store bought fruits We only got 8 plants. I built a support from bamboo strips, but the plants are already 4 feet and going. I wanted to g to train them to go horizontally along along a 1 ft wide trellis since I have no way to go upward.
This was THE BEST video on how to sucker a tomato plant. It also kind of hurt because I have been doing it all wrong and I hope I did not harm my plants so far. Thank you for the knowledge. It was a WONDERFUL and very informative video.
I think this is a great video and clearly explains the difference between a deteminate and indeterminate tomatoes. A good tip on how to pollinate tomatoes, The only thing missing is about breaking the growing tip at 2 leaves above the top truss, late in summer for an indeterminate tomato variety, when the tomato hits the roof of the greenhouse ( or 7 trusses have formed inside a greenhouse). In this way this will encourage the flower to set fruit and ripen before the first frosts.
The best video i have watched on tomato suckers. Thank you and bless you!! I am new to gardening and my little container garden didn't do well last year.
This is the best video I have seen (and I've seen dozens) on this topic. Thank you so much! I appreciate the very clear demonstrations and explanations.
Thank you so much for sharing this information! Finally someone talking about growing tomato plants that obviously knows what they are talking about. About to check out your other videos to see if any pictures of this later in the year.
Wonderful video, i will try this for the first time this spring. My family and I have never "suckered" but it does look better as well as more productive. Thank you!
thanks for the vid, I am using the stringing method here in sydney. I have also noticed there is an added benefit of stringing method if employed for tomatos grown outdoors. branches move with the wind, they get stronger as a result, and more chance of wind pollination
Great video! You inspired me to use string to support my tomatoes and so far its working great! I am also pulling all suckers so there is just the one main stem growing vertically!
Glad the video has helped. I don't know if you planted your seeds in a pot under a grow light or outside. Tomatoes should be planted no more than 1/4 of an inch deep in light soil and kept damp. Depending on your situation, they can take up to 3 or 4 weeks to germinate. If you don't want to wait any longer you could go ahead and plant more seeds. Of all the seeds I plant I never have 100% germination rate, and mine are in a grow room under lights at 80 degrees.
@HDTView Tomatoes transplant very well. I have never transplanted a large tomato, but you'd need a container at least 5 gallons for a plant that size. Since this is late in the season, I'm not sure how much growth you would actually get. Transplanting will most likely stress the plant and speed up the maturity of the tomatoes already on it.
I have great white tomatoes that i'm going to try to sucker. I made 6$ a pound to a French restraunt last year and didn't know about the sucker. I think this will help out a lot. thank you for your video.
Nice tutorial. Exactly what I was looking for. I just started growing some tomatoes and have no idea as to what I am doing so this will help a lot. Thanks.
@Leutchik I've never had a problem with the branches breaking from the weight of the fruit. But you might try winding twine around and through the cluster of tomatoes back up towards the stem and tie it to your main string.
Humph, that was very informative. Thank you. I have seen others on youtube string their tomato's but I didn't understand how that worked. Now I have an idea. Thank you. Janice
great video, i tried strings for the first time this year, i'm sold on it now. the plants look great i messed up some of my suckering(suckered the bush ones and nipped the top off one), but glad i found this video, now i know how to do it properly
Thank you so much. It's amazing how many videos I have watched about suckering where they have not explained the difference between determinate and indeterminate plants. And this year I got a variety of tomato plants and I've been suckering all of them. And some have not been vining up, so now I know why. I guess I've screwed up my determinate plants.
@Eggdog12345 This year I tried leaving two main stems (video forthcoming). I wouldn't leave more than two or three, though--and those you leave, you'll need to string, and remove the suckers from them, as well.
Thanks for letting me know if the tomato plants are determine or indetermine, because i had feeling that i didnt need to take out the suckers when I noticed that they was blooming flowers from them. This was last years planting. My two question is I am growing two yellow pear tomato plants and how do I know if they are determine or indetermine? How do I go about prune them?
Thank you for all the information and for the quick reply, I respect it very much! From the video I went ahead and suckered my yellow tomatoes and will do what you said. And you are right about the amount of yellow tomatoes, I do get plenty of them!
Thank you! Very great and informative video. I'm giving that a try. I planted some seeds a couple months ago and just transplanted them today. Since I don't have a garden I planted them in planters....which I'll grow on my deck outside. I have latice around the railing, which should be good for tieing them up...if not I'll build a frame over them and use the strings. My first venture in planter gardening! :-)
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!! This is the best and most informative video on suckering that I have seen. I have been watching many gardening videos on suckering and I believe you are the only one that said not to remove them on determinate varieties. You are awesome!! Also, I have a funky Mr. Stripey that literally had 3 growing tips. I don't know what happened but it started to bush out on top. I pruned it to just one growing tip. Did I do the right thing, or do you think it's a goner now?
I agree with others that this is a very informative and useful video. I'd just like to correct one thing. The suckers are not at leaf terminals, but in leaf axils. Terminals are ends; axils are crotches.
I didn't do any potting first, I just directly planted them in the ground. I live in Toronto Canada and we haven't had a great spring yet, so it was hard to plant in the ground earlier, but I should of done the pre-potting first during that time then transfer them into the ground. Should I dig them out and replant them? or wait another 2 weeks more? or add more seeds now or in 2 weeks directly into the ground? Thanks for all your advice! truly appreciate it! =D
Cutting off the top of the tomato plant has been my goal, but every year so far we have been way too busy to try it. It would seem to put the plant energy into growing and ripening the tomatoes that are already set, and the ones at the top don't mature anyway. If you do it this year, let us know the results! As to your other question, I'm not sure what you mean about cutting back the leaves to the 5th leaf. Happy growing!
I think what you're referring to is that if the suckers aren't too large, I just put them at the base of the plant to mulch over the hole in the ground cloth so that weeds won't grow. The thing that you have to be careful of in the greenhouse is getting and keeping it too wet, for that will definitely prevent the roots from getting enough oxygen. Good luck with beginning to grow! The best thing you can do for your garden is to visit it every day so that any problems are detected early.
We also have a you tube on suckering to two main stems, and I would suggest you maybe try that if it isn't too late. Five feet will give you lots of tomatoes, and it depends on how long your growing season is as to how high the tomatoes will continue to grow and produce. We have actually had then grow out of reach to keep stringing and the tops fall over and continue to grow and set fruit. Just experiment and see how it goes (grows).
For those of us growing tomatoes outdoors and/or with limited vertical space, you *would* want to lop off the top of the plant at some point to stop it from getting too tall or to prompt it to focus its energy on fruiting instead of making new growth when it's getting close to harvest (like 30 days before frost). This stops the plant from growing upward beyond its support system and/or gives it time to finish up before the frost comes.
So grateful for the exceptions to the rules you covered! I have several plants that seem to Y, one with blossoms and the other without. Now I know what to do with them. This is a great video, thank you.
Wonderfully instructive video and nicely edited, thank you! I will only be able to string my indeterminate tomatoes to about 5 feet high , is there anything I should do then or should I grow them a different way?
Finally...this is the best video I've found on this topic. I ruined two plants by cutting what I was not supposed to cut. Thank you for this informative video.
I'm not sure if it is in this video or on another we have on growing tomatoes, but the celebrity is a semi-determinate, and is best if grown with 3-4 main stems. It is still early in the season, and it will probably continue to send out more suckers, and just let them go. Hope this helps.
THIS IS by far and away the best sucker vid i have seen but i`ve got a big problem. forgot to label my deter and indeter plants ! well there`s always next year. thanks for the info.
Thank you so much for this video! I have tried the string and sucker technique to grow tomatoes vertically and I made a video with the raised bed and this type of growing method☺
Hello, very nice job on this video. saw a few negative remarks, don't pay any attention to thoughs, we understand the trouble in your part of the world. Keep up the great work and look foreward to more information on gardening from you.
I have always wanted to try topping the plants in August to see if the set tomatoes grow and ripen faster, but alas, we're always way to busy to give it a try. If I were you I would try part of yours and compare the difference. Let me know if you try it and how it works. Thanks.
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I’ve been gardening for over 45 years, and watching RUclips for about 10 years, and this video has given me so much information about suckering and taking care of tomatoes. Thank you
Very nicely explained! Thanks from India ☺️
a lot of gardening tutorials out there with people seeking youtube celebrity status, but lacking real information - this woman actually provides some knowledge. thank you!
By far the most clear and detailed demonstration of suckering and stringing I could find. Thanks
The clearest, most concise movie I've seen. Tomato pruning you are demystified, and all my tomatoes now have no laterals... except above the flower... thank you!
Finally a video that shows this subject CLEARLY. So many other videos on here showing this process with the camera about 5 feet away.
I do not know if you are still watching this video. This is by far the most informative and best videos that I have seen. I simply loved it. Great job, wonderfully presented and a BIG THANK YOU.
I watched so many other videos how to prune tomato plants and by far, this is the most informative.
Thank you. A most informative and well presented video. I particularly appreciated the lack of music, the clear way you spoke and the end review. Thanks again.
Thank you for explaining this method clearly and simply. I also liked the written summary at the end.
wow! this is the best step by step pruning tomatoes ive seen in youtube!
unlike the others where its all talk and no actual demo.
I can actually see what to prune now instead of me acting like a tomato barber ^_^
Hope you have a step to step guide to from seeds>seeedlings>fertlization for tomatoes
That would be great!
After watching about a dozen videos that purport to explain how to properly prune a tomato plant, finally I find yours which gives me confidence that I know how to approach the task! Thanks!
This is the best instructional I have run across and I have watched dozens. I am in the Philippines and they mostly have only little bland tomatoes. After finding a regular size, my friend and I were able to prep the seeds from the store bought fruits We only got 8 plants. I built a support from bamboo strips, but the plants are already 4 feet and going. I wanted to g to train them to go horizontally along along a 1 ft wide trellis since I have no way to go upward.
Best video by far: clear instructions, simple methods and IT MAKES SENSE! Thank you!
Wow...very informative. By far the best tutorial on growing tomatoes
This was THE BEST video on how to sucker a tomato plant. It also kind of hurt because I have been doing it all wrong and I hope I did not harm my plants so far. Thank you for the knowledge. It was a WONDERFUL and very informative video.
Excellent and to the point. I've been gardening for nearly three decades and learned a lot. Thank you!
This is one of the best videos I found that took me step by step without a lot of rambling. I don't know if you will see this but thank you!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You have a good teaching tone to your voice, some of the best instructions I have heard about suckering, thanks much!
Thank you for the EXCELLENT information! One of the better videos on tomato maintenance I've seen.
I learned so much in this short, 10 minute video. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
One of the most informative and easy to understand well presented video I've seen on You Tube. Thank you
No doubt.
I think this is a great video and clearly explains the difference between a deteminate and indeterminate tomatoes. A good tip on how to pollinate tomatoes, The only thing missing is about breaking the growing tip at 2 leaves above the top truss, late in summer for an indeterminate tomato variety, when the tomato hits the roof of the greenhouse ( or 7 trusses have formed inside a greenhouse). In this way this will encourage the flower to set fruit and ripen before the first frosts.
Thank you so much for taking the time & effort to make this video. I've never tried growing anything before & you have done a great teaching job!!!!
It's very good news for farmer who planted tomato, very informative
The best video i have watched on tomato suckers. Thank you and bless you!! I am new to gardening and my little container garden didn't do well last year.
This is the best video I have seen (and I've seen dozens) on this topic. Thank you so much! I appreciate the very clear demonstrations and explanations.
Excellent demonstration and fantastic explanation at each step. Thanks a Lot.
Thank you so much for sharing this information! Finally someone talking about growing tomato plants that obviously knows what they are talking about. About to check out your other videos to see if any pictures of this later in the year.
How cool! I live near Colville in Gifford. I found this on another channel that stole your content, so I came here and now will subscribe. Thanks.
Wish everyone made instructional videos as good as this, thank you very much!
Wonderful video, i will try this for the first time this spring. My family and I have never "suckered" but it does look better as well as more productive. Thank you!
Why would anyone dislike? You were very clear, you demonstrated perfectly
This was one of the most informative Tomatoe growing tips I have watched. Thanks and keep up the great vidios
Fantastic, really informative and easy to understand.. I now know how to string my tomatoes properly, thank you
This is best videos that i have never seen before, thank for share and it will help me a lot
OMG The best video I have ever seen. Although I am unable to string my tomatoes, I LOVED the information! Thank you so much!
thanks for the vid, I am using the stringing method here in sydney. I have also noticed there is an added benefit of stringing method if employed for tomatos grown outdoors. branches move with the wind, they get stronger as a result, and more chance of wind pollination
The most helpful advice I've ever heard. I'm suckering this year and maybe I'll have some non-rotten tomatos. Many thanks~
Great video! You inspired me to use string to support my tomatoes and so far its working great! I am also pulling all suckers so there is just the one main stem growing vertically!
Glad the video has helped. I don't know if you planted your seeds in a pot under a grow light or outside. Tomatoes should be planted no more than 1/4 of an inch deep in light soil and kept damp. Depending on your situation, they can take up to 3 or 4 weeks to germinate. If you don't want to wait any longer you could go ahead and plant more seeds. Of all the seeds I plant I never have 100% germination rate, and mine are in a grow room under lights at 80 degrees.
Very clear video. I just start growing my tomatoes and and learning so much, Thank you for making this video.
@HDTView Tomatoes transplant very well. I have never transplanted a large tomato, but you'd need a container at least 5 gallons for a plant that size. Since this is late in the season, I'm not sure how much growth you would actually get. Transplanting will most likely stress the plant and speed up the maturity of the tomatoes already on it.
I have great white tomatoes that i'm going to try to sucker. I made 6$ a pound to a French restraunt last year and didn't know about the sucker. I think this will help out a lot. thank you for your video.
Great tutorial, it has been put in my favorites. The best I've seen so far on this subject. Keep up the good work
Great work! Thank you🌷
Very good information, you make it simple for the new guys to growing tomatoes. Thank you, straight forward stuff.
This is a super-helpful video. Thank you so much for sharing!
Nice tutorial. Exactly what I was looking for. I just started growing some tomatoes and have no idea as to what I am doing so this will help a lot. Thanks.
Best discussion of this I have found. Thanks so much for producing this video.
@Leutchik I've never had a problem with the branches breaking from the weight of the fruit. But you might try winding twine around and through the cluster of tomatoes back up towards the stem and tie it to your main string.
My Uncle John lived in Addy...we visited often. Love the area, thanks for the video.
I cannot believe what I just learned. Excellent video.
Humph, that was very informative. Thank you. I have seen others on youtube string their tomato's but I didn't understand how that worked. Now I have an idea. Thank you. Janice
Hey .. everyone Moniee-Mon, is listening thanks for the info vedios keep doing what'cha do best God bless ya !.
great video, i tried strings for the first time this year, i'm sold on it now. the plants look great
i messed up some of my suckering(suckered the bush ones and nipped the top off one), but glad i found this video, now i know how to do it properly
This video has the best information on tomatoes and how to prune.
Thank you so much. It's amazing how many videos I have watched about suckering where they have not explained the difference between determinate and indeterminate plants. And this year I got a variety of tomato plants and I've been suckering all of them. And some have not been vining up, so now I know why. I guess I've screwed up my determinate plants.
i learned a lot from this video ;) , its my first year of growing tomato's
Very informative. More so than some books I've read! Thanks.
A very comprehinsive vedio,God bless you madam.
Simple, straight forward and very relevant
@Eggdog12345 This year I tried leaving two main stems (video forthcoming). I wouldn't leave more than two or three, though--and those you leave, you'll need to string, and remove the suckers from them, as well.
Extremely informative! You are a wonderful teacher!
Thanks for letting me know if the tomato plants are determine or indetermine, because i had feeling that i didnt need to take out the suckers when I noticed that they was blooming flowers from them. This was last years planting.
My two question is I am growing two yellow pear tomato plants and how do I know if they are determine or indetermine? How do I go about prune them?
Best tomato info. I have seen on youtube.
Excellent tutorial; clear, concise, complete,
Thank you for all the information and for the quick reply, I respect it very much! From the video I went ahead and suckered my yellow tomatoes and will do what you said. And you are right about the amount of yellow tomatoes, I do get plenty of them!
Thank you so much. The best vid I've seen yet. You explain everything so completely. I'm a second year grower. Still ROOKIE.
Thank you!
Very great and informative video. I'm giving that a try.
I planted some seeds a couple months ago and just transplanted them today.
Since I don't have a garden I planted them in planters....which I'll grow on my deck outside.
I have latice around the railing, which should be good for tieing them up...if not I'll build a frame over them and use the strings.
My first venture in planter gardening! :-)
Thank you for the Amazing video and the information . I wish I can live this life
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!! This is the best and most informative video on suckering that I have seen. I have been watching many gardening videos on suckering and I believe you are the only one that said not to remove them on determinate varieties. You are awesome!! Also, I have a funky Mr. Stripey that literally had 3 growing tips. I don't know what happened but it started to bush out on top. I pruned it to just one growing tip. Did I do the right thing, or do you think it's a goner now?
How tight or loose do you tie the string...it looks like there is some play in it....great video...very informative!
I agree with others that this is a very informative and useful video. I'd just like to correct one thing. The suckers are not at leaf terminals, but in leaf axils. Terminals are ends; axils are crotches.
Great tutorial, clear, concise & expertly done! Keep up the good work.
I didn't do any potting first, I just directly planted them in the ground. I live in Toronto Canada and we haven't had a great spring yet, so it was hard to plant in the ground earlier, but I should of done the pre-potting first during that time then transfer them into the ground.
Should I dig them out and replant them? or wait another 2 weeks more? or add more seeds now or in 2 weeks directly into the ground?
Thanks for all your advice! truly appreciate it! =D
Cutting off the top of the tomato plant has been my goal, but every year so far we have been way too busy to try it. It would seem to put the plant energy into growing and ripening the tomatoes that are already set, and the ones at the top don't mature anyway. If you do it this year, let us know the results! As to your other question, I'm not sure what you mean about cutting back the leaves to the 5th leaf. Happy growing!
I think what you're referring to is that if the suckers aren't too large, I just put them at the base of the plant to mulch over the hole in the ground cloth so that weeds won't grow. The thing that you have to be careful of in the greenhouse is getting and keeping it too wet, for that will definitely prevent the roots from getting enough oxygen. Good luck with beginning to grow! The best thing you can do for your garden is to visit it every day so that any problems are detected early.
@mmatth2194 We've tried using tomato string, but it tends to break. Orange plastic baling twine has worked best for us.
We also have a you tube on suckering to two main stems, and I would suggest you maybe try that if it isn't too late. Five feet will give you lots of tomatoes, and it depends on how long your growing season is as to how high the tomatoes will continue to grow and produce. We have actually had then grow out of reach to keep stringing and the tops fall over and continue to grow and set fruit. Just experiment and see how it goes (grows).
For those of us growing tomatoes outdoors and/or with limited vertical space, you *would* want to lop off the top of the plant at some point to stop it from getting too tall or to prompt it to focus its energy on fruiting instead of making new growth when it's getting close to harvest (like 30 days before frost). This stops the plant from growing upward beyond its support system and/or gives it time to finish up before the frost comes.
So grateful for the exceptions to the rules you covered! I have several plants that seem to Y, one with blossoms and the other without. Now I know what to do with them. This is a great video, thank you.
Wonderfully instructive video and nicely edited, thank you! I will only be able to string my indeterminate tomatoes to about 5 feet high , is there anything I should do then or should I grow them a different way?
Just what I needed to confidently support & prune my tomatoes. Thanks!
Thank you! I needed the detail that you provided. Haven't seen that anywhere yet.
Great video. Easily understood, and very concise. Thank you.
wonderful video and you are very good at what you were doing too.
Great video! Thanks for the tips! I will remember this for many years of future planting.
Finally...this is the best video I've found on this topic. I ruined two plants by cutting what I was not supposed to cut. Thank you for this informative video.
I'm not sure if it is in this video or on another we have on growing tomatoes, but the celebrity is a semi-determinate, and is best if grown with 3-4 main stems. It is still early in the season, and it will probably continue to send out more suckers, and just let them go. Hope this helps.
Excellent video! I learned an incredible amount in ten minutes. Great channel.
THIS IS by far and away the best sucker vid i have seen but i`ve got a big problem. forgot to label my deter and indeter plants ! well there`s always next year. thanks for the info.
Thanks for the great info as i am starting my first garden and your tips are very helpful, Thanks
good luck
OMGoodness Gracious I did not know to not sucker determinate varieties. Thank you very much I will stop that immediately!
Very informative and everything is just on point. Thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!
Do you ever use any supports for outward growth? Like a cage? Or are they contained as they grow up
Thank you so much for this video! I have tried the string and sucker technique to grow tomatoes vertically and I made a video with the raised bed and this type of growing method☺
Hello, very nice job on this video. saw a few negative remarks, don't pay any attention to thoughs, we understand the trouble in your part of the world. Keep up the great work and look foreward to more information on gardening from you.
I have always wanted to try topping the plants in August to see if the set tomatoes grow and ripen faster, but alas, we're always way to busy to give it a try. If I were you I would try part of yours and compare the difference. Let me know if you try it and how it works. Thanks.
Thank you so much. You did a fantastic job explaining the process