Today I am showing you how I plant my tomatoes and make compost tea. Stay tuned for another episode later in the week.
Question by speel cheeke ezint wurkin: What should you do if your tomato plant is too tall?
My sister has a Sweet 100 tomato plant and it is growing almost too well. It is very tall– so tall that one day a gust of wind came by and the plant fell off the two story high balcony– and very skinny, it seems to be unstable. What should we do? Are we supposed to trim the top a bit? (My sister doesn’t want to trim it because there is tomatoes growing there)
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Answer by B Anne
Sounds like maybe it isn’t getting enough sun so that it is getting spindly instead of bushy. You can pinch off the tip at the top to keep it from growing up. Pinch now so that it doesn’t get any taller but you don’t have to remove any parts with tomatoes. Get some bamboo stakes or a small trellis to put in the pot to help support it. Don’t over fertilize.
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nice garden Shane
Very, very impressive brother!! Its all only opinion, but to compare your methods to mine I only want to ask if you have ever considered layer/lasagna mulching. Also a funny old lady told me one time that if you plant the tomato plants literally up to their necks (would make those about four inches high), that you will never have to stake the plants and that they will stand on their own because of such amazing root structures. Awesome gardening, looks fun!!
Chlorine will evaporate almost instantly if you are putting water in a bucket with a hose. The agitation of the water frees the chlorine. Chloramines on the other hand can take up to 24 hours to evaporate completely. Not all areas use chloramine, and sometimes they just flush the systems with it. Good work Shane
shane not a lot of people know about the chlorine evaporation when it sits in the sun thanks for sharing that…I told someone to do that an they looked at me funny….I just posted ur vid to there page thanks…
Very enjoyable and informative video, Shane! Keep up the great work!
Great how-to video! We want to see the beans
I agree with The Organic Boy 12-24 hours would be better time to wait for the chlorine to be gone, nice update sir keep them coming
You sure it takes 2 hours for the chlorine to evaporate? I thought it was atleast 24 hours?
Garden looks great!
-The Organic Boy
Shane get a tripod or a table or chair or brick or something! That camera rollercoaster was nauseating.
It’s good to see you back in your garden.
Chuck
do not trim the plant back it will kill it. make sure the plant is in a large heavy bottomed pot. i would also suggest adding a stick and tying the stem to the stick with some string. firmly but not so tight it cuts into the plant. you want the plant to grow tall and produce fruit. if this plant seems to tall for your area i would suggest a smaller more bush like plant. there are “patio” tomato plants. they grow plenty and are very compact. i hope this will help. enjoy the fresh produce.
Using two bungee cords with the hooks at the ends? Used for securing luggage on the top of cars, or keeping the trunk or boot closed when transporting big items. Bungee the pot to a concrete block.
You can ‘stake’ a plant instead of using a tomato cage..Cages are better, but should be put over the plant when the plant is young. The plant grows up inside the cage and the cage can then be secured to a railing or wall with twine. We recycle old broom handles, dowel rods, old skinny metal curtain rods, though those little metal curtain rods can actually prove to be fairly flimsy ad bend in half . You can tie the plant to the rod. Loop some twine onto the rod, and run the twine then over to a nearby support post or railing or wall and tack or tie if off to that structure to secure it from wind and weather.