We answer your most frequently asked questions about growing and pruning tomatoes, including… Will my tomato stems break under the weight of the tomatoes i…
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We answer your most frequently asked questions about growing and pruning tomatoes, including… Will my tomato stems break under the weight of the tomatoes i…
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whats the names of the string where can i get it…
Thanks, I was concerned about my heirlooms leaves drying and curling on the
ends. Glad to know it’s not a big issue.
Should I remove the dry leaves on the plant? Thank You for a very
informational video, I look forward to many more!
I have a serious problem with spider mites that I just had to give up. I
tried using neem oil and murphy’s oil soap but they just laughed. They also
moved onto my potatoes and now the few tomatoes I got left haft have curly
new distorted leaves How do you get rid of spider mites? Beautiful green
house that I am indeed in envy of. Thank you.
The plants are grown directly in the ground which has had compost and
composted manure added. This has always been enough nutrients to grow them
the whole season. Since they are planted in ground cloth with drip
irrigation underneath, there is no way to add further nutrients unless you
use an organic liquid in the drip system, or a foliar spray. A note about
greenhouse soil, since the nutrients are not leached out by rain as in the
garden, not as much fertilizer is needed.
I have read that you should not plant tomatoes in the same place year after
year. It appears that you do. Do you sterilize the soil between crops?
Also, where can I learn which plants are determinate or indeterminate? I
live close to you in Chewelah. Are there local sources for information?
@Teddybearcop48 Some beefsteaks ARE heirlooms. Others like Burpee’s “Boy
Series,” are hybrids.
This video answered my airflow question
I have a few more ? What do you
feed the plants & what are they grown in? type of soil thank you.
We are fortunate to live in an area that doesn’t have tomato worms. It is
best to check your garden every day! We did have pill bugs eat at our young
tomato seedlings and if I hadn’t caught it right away, we would have lost
all our tomatoes in a day or two. By the way, I cut straws length wise and
then in short pieces and put them around the stems and down into the dirt a
little and thankfully saved them! I know hand-picking worms is a chore, but
it works. Look up other remedies on line.
Is the beef steak not an heirloom.. I purchased beefsteak tomatoes from
baker creek. I thought they were heirlooms.. Thank you great video !
You can also abort excess tomatoes for larger fruits in each cluster.
my tomatoes have flowers, but they don’t seem to be setting fruit. Ive done
everything i’ve read about to help them get poliniced, but it still does
not work. what might i be doing wrong?
Check our channel for our video “Tomatoes: Indeterminate, Determinate &
Semi-Determinate”.
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you so much for sharing your experience
with others!!!
I sympathize with you! Last year we lost all our tomatoes later in the
season due to spider mites, a first in 10 yrs. We tried spraying them with
water, but by the time we found them, it was too late. We found out that
dust allows the spider mites to really take over because it keeps their
natural predators away. Last year was very dry, so this year we’ve been
careful about causing dust as we drive by on the dirt paths. We found &
purchased organic SuffOil-X but haven’t needed it this year.
Great video ! That is a wonderful stand of tomatoes. Keep the videos
coming…!
We add a lot of soil amendments each year and haven’t had any troubles with
plant disease, even after 8 years in the same greenhouse, but we also live
in a colder area where that’s not as much of an issue. Browsing tomato
catalogs should provide the details on determinate or indeterminate
varieties. The WSU extension office is a great source of local information,
as are the Master Gardeners.
With the large volume of plants in the greenhouse, how do you prevent
tomato worm infestations? I have only a few and one day missed at checking
on them can make the difference of success or failure.
Great info. Thanks for sharing. :0)
Ty for the reply..I might post a little video of my plants
how do i tell if its derterminate or not
@TheButtonholequilt Don’t remove curled leaves, just remove dead leaves.
Curled leaves still function and help the plant.