Reading Eagle photographer Ryan McFadden talks with farmer Tim Stark about his turn tomato farming.
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Question by Muirgirl94: What do I do with my tomato plant when it is done producing tomatoes?
I heard that when plants with vines are done producing fruit. You can chop them up and through them in the soil to decompose in the soil for next year’s plants. Is it different for the tomato plant. Will it produce fruit for next year or do I have to remove the plant and start from the beginning next year?
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Answer by ranger_co_1_75
You need a fresh plant each spring. Chop the old one up and till it into the soil.
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Beautiful tomatoes full of nutrition. I will start growing some in So California. Thanks
very nice its useful in nepalese field
QUICK!!,Somebody holler ” La Migra” and watch all the Illegals scatter.
I’ve heard of heirloom tomatoes for years. Have bought quite a few to try growing this year. Can’t wait to see what they all taste like. Cool video, thanks.
What a retarded comment.
Tomatoes are unhealthy to humanoids. thanks, i will get some seeds of other edibles you have
those were weird and interesting tomatoes :p, gosh i have to get myself some heirloom seeds
I love how he talks about his tomatoes, and their character!
id like to know if any of his employees are paying taxes like we all are thats all
So, according to you, “life ends where science says”? And, who are these controllers of life, that they know where life begins and ends?
Environmental factors affect a plants phenotype not it’s genotype.
The best of gardeners should be improving upon the plant, if at all possible. Now, that would take a certain skill, good stuff.
I personally think that the kind of fertilizer that a person uses changes the taste of the produce: have to consider the weather, hoping all conditions are favorable. There not exactly the same from year to year, I mean there can be variables.
Whatever would affect the plant would also affect the seed.
That’s the simple main principle. Pretty standard stuff, alot of people miss it, I think. A good study I think, for those interested.
When the plants were first created or came into existence, the chemicals didn’t exist, so plants really don’t understand, or maybe better put, don’t have a need for ’em, actually both. There un-natural to the plants, may be a weakening of the strain, even though it may take several years, give or take. Who knows how the varieties have changed though the years?
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The method of growing has no affect on the genetic makeup of a tomato strain.
My thought on the “keep true to seed”. I personally don’t think it’s possible unless there grown organically.
Good video, until.. Is that dude an “illegal alien”? No trick phrases like, “undocumented worker”! Thank you.
Other than that, good video. It’s not actually possible to “keep true to seed” growing other than organic, right?
blight tomatos..eek !!!
are those organic or no?
Remove the plant. Mix it with the soil to decompose. Next year you start all over again like sow seed, transfer, nurture plant.
Chop it up and put it in the compost pile. You can save seeds from a ripened tomato and start the process over again in the spring.
Tomato plants left outdoors will die from the frost sometime around October depending on your location. It’s possible to break off the suckers, and root them, creating small indoor plants to transplant outodors next spring (see links) if it’s worth the trouble. This process is called cloning. I may do this with one of my plants because I was happy with the breed’s genetics (grew very quickly and appears to be producing a large crop).
Or you can just let your plant die in the frost, compost it, and buy new tomato plant starts next year.