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I just put them under the plants as a mulch to keep weeds from growing in
the planting holes in the groundcloth. They dry and shrink down so that
they are hardly noticeable, I would destroy any infested or diseased
leaves, If you do have aphids, spraying them with soapy water helps get rid
of them.
@TheButtonholequilt We put a stake with a hole in the top between every two
tomato plants. The string drops from the top of the greenhouse, we wind it
around the plant, and then tie it through the hole in the stake.
great looking plants! Funny how the cat adds some air vent holes at 2:01,
lol
What time of year do you plant in your greenhouse? Do you grow anything
besides tomatos?
If I am understanding your question correctly, I don’t believe you will get
any new leaf growth on the bottom of the stems once the leaves have been
removed. You could still get suckers growing off the lower portions of the
stems, but few and far between. Some people do remove a lot of the lower
leaves, so I don’t think you’ve harmed your plants, now just start
suckering them as directed removing only suckers and not the leaves, and
you should be fine.
Very good!
do you think growing semi-determinates in containers, w/OUT staking or
supporting would be advantageous? ie: letting them fall/grow on a bed of
straw.
Check the tag on a purchased plant or the seed packet if you started them
yourself, and they should tell you. You cannot tell by looking at a young
plant which variety it is. If you know the name of your tomato, you should
be able to find out which it is by checking out “Totally Tomatoes” catalog.
great video! thanks.
Great video! Thanks so much.
Sorry I am so late in answering your question. We live in NE WA state,
where the growing season in late and short. Our tomatoes are planted in the
greenhouse at the beginning of April, and we have a waste-oil burner that
we run at night through the freezing temperatures. The other crops that are
grown only in the greenhouse are basil. peppers, and eggplant. To get
earlier harvest we grow our first cucumbers and beans in a greenhouse or
grow tunnel.
Beautiful tomatoes! I love Cherokee Purple tomatoes. I had great success
I also enjoy
last year with them and can’t wait to grow them again!
Chadwick Cherry. That plant produced a TON of tomatoes for months! Since
these are both indeterminate I need to make sure this year that somehow I
can figure out how to make the cages talk enough. Well …assuming they
grow well
Love your videos. They are very informative, I have always raised
indeterminate. This year, I am going to plant determinate (Celebrity,
Rutgers and Homestead). Is it possible to grow these without staking them?
I will have about 150 plants of each variety. Thanks for your help.
Again super informative and right to the point! Wish you would make a video
from germination to harvest. What do you think about upside down growing
for hobby gardeners? Can I train indeterminate plants to grow along a
horizontal trellis? Oh here in the Philippines the home gardeners get rid
of insects by dissolving a natural soap and spray the plant with the
solution when it is cool in the early morning It works for me thanx again=
keep it coming
I probably “limbed up”my tomato vines (sungold) too much, before I saw your
video. If I now cut back some of the stems, would that be beneficial? (as
they would leaf out on the bottom, to create useful leaves for food
production for the plants)
why do you pu the clipped suckers under the planr? would you do it if you
saw aphids on the suckers
how do i know what is determinate or not.this is my first time growing
tomatos
How do you fasten the string at the bottom of the plant? Thanks for the
great video!
Your videos are really inspireing ! I planted about 15 diff. types of
tomatos that my sister smiggled into Mexico for me but none of them say on
the package whatn type of tomato they are – determinate or indererminate –
– -is there any way I can tell by the plant itself ?
@texasprepper2 It’s possible but you may lack in quality and quantity of
tomatoes if you don’t stake at all. The plants that we’ve just let go don’t
ripen or produce nearly as well as the ones we stake.
@fatpius I don’t think your tomato quality will be as good if you let them
fall onto straw. Our production has always been better with staking.