Growing 10,000 Pounds of Organic Tomatoes in a High Tunnel Greenhouse
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- 🍅 Growing 10,000 Pounds of Organic Tomatoes in a High Tunnel Greenhouse 🍅
If you've ever wondered how to grow tomatoes from seed, this is the video for you! We've spent the past YEAR filming EVERY STEP of our tomato production cycle, including sowing tomato seeds, hardening off tomato seedlings, transplanting tomatoes, trellising, pruning, harvesting, AND MORE! And to make tomato farming even easier, we've created the Heifer USA Organic Tomato Growing Guide, a FREE resource on growing tomatoes for beginners - but all are encouraged to download and use our professional advice, growing calendars, planting schedules, useful terminology, and all the resources we've included.
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⏱ TIMECODES ⏱
00:00 - Introduction to Growing Tomatoes
00:58 - Get Started Growing Tomatoes
02:32 - Sowing Tomato Seeds
06:31 - How to Germinate Tomato Seeds
08:34 - Growing Tomatoes in the Nursery
09:58 - Hardening Off Tomato Seedlings
11:25 - Preparing High Tunnel for Tomatoes
13:43 - Transplanting Tomatoes
15:35 - How to Trellis Tomatoes
19:32 - How to Prune Tomatoes
22:56 - Tomato Disease Management & Prevention
22:55 - Watering Tomatoes
25:53 - Harvesting Your Tomatoes
27:37 - Storing Harvested Tomatoes
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I'm impressed she's so good. A good teacher. I wanted to do this and I have watched many videos that didn't help. Lots of people don't know that Farming should be taught in practice. Thanks, beautiful lady.
Glad it was helpful!
New to the channel. Very impressed with the simple and clear instructions. I have downloaded the PDF file and have been preparing my greenhouse for next year (2025). I started growing my plants in my garage and now I feel like having a unique spot for just growing my tomatoes and peppers. I will follow along! Thank you!
Thank you so much for all of the great information on seed starting, planting, trellising, pruning, and harvesting tomatoes. Even though I have had gardens for many years, I really struggle here in the deep South in Georgia, where even in Spring the temperatures can soar over 90 degrees and we have extremely high humidity which means we are always dealing with fungus, pests, and disease issues when it comes to growing tomatoes. I think a few of your tips will really help me be more successful in avoiding some of the pest and disease issues I have had with tomatoes. I really appreciate the free guide also, thank you.
I love this video and how it was done . Very informative! Hopefully you guys will be doing more like this in the future with other plants and livestock. 🙏
Awesome!!! thanks for sharing, Starl!
Now you know how awful tasting hot house tomatoes are grown
Sitting here with a Word doc open and taking notes as I was having tomato troubles. This is incredible. Thank you!
We're happy to help! Feel free to rewatch the video any time you need advice! 🍅
This is really educative even for us starting to learn to grow tomatoes
SO much helpful information!! Thank you, given me a lot of inspiration for my garden :)
You are so welcome!
Excellent video. Exceptionally presented and so pleasant to listen to. Thank you.
Thank you guys so much for this step by step video. I'm off to start my Tomato farm.
So impressed. by the work that goes into this. 10k lbs sounds like a huge number when you read the video titla but when you consider that they are attempting to market there production it amazes me how tight their margins would be. Farming as a business has to be a strong passion to get through all the peaks and valleys of just one season. We should remind ourselves of all this when we go to the farm market and look at the price of organic heirloom tomatoes. Hearing people complain about $3.99 lb prices at the stand makes me wonder if people understand what goes into making those fresh organic vegetables available.
Thanks, T!
Well said
As a farmer you are absolutely correct. 🙏
With as much work as I put into my garden, and the amount of food that comes out of it all things considered, food should be WAY more expensive! OMG the hours it takes!. TY for the thorough video. Saving to re watch next spring before another go at tomatoes!
Yep, we used to think that way when we were living in the city but now that we moved out to the farm growing our own food open our eyes and understand the price of the "real" organic food. Thank you.
This is quite educational. Thank you so much for sharing valuable info on tomarmto planting. I am so happy that i found your channel :)
Your video is so comprehensive and informative, thank you. I made a lot of mistakes this year and wish I saw this video at the beginning of my season. I am from South Africa and our season will start in August so I will be following your advice and can't wait to see the results. Thank You.
Thanks for some much needed tips. I just bought some clips. I use nylon net trellis and was tying the plants up. Clips are so much easier!
Work smarter, not harder! 😉 Best of luck on your growing season!
Wow, amazing information, I really appreciate all your hard work....Please keep producing more videos.
Thank you
More to come!
What ever they are paying you is not enough! You did a marvelous job on explaining everything so well. Thank You so much for this. The only thing you didn't cover was doing a soil test and talking abouth the correct Ph for growing tomatoes in. I'm a beginner to gardening and this was something I had hoped to learn. Perhaps you did mention it and I missed it. I will still give you 5 stars for this presentation!
Very professional. Well produced and presented. Excellent organization, and very didactic class. Everything a viewer would need, listed below. WOW. Can't remember watching a more professional video on agriculture
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is my first year growing for market. Tomatoes are one of my crops. Learned a few more tricks
Awesome! That's the whole point for us. glad you found it helpful!
I’m so excited for this premiere!! 🍅🤩
We are, too!
Never seen a better video than this one. Awesome job
Wow, thank you for the compliment! We're glad you enjoyed the video.
I’m from KC so I love the shout out to Broadway Roasting Company! I love their coffee!
This video was amazing! so well made and so informative!! learned a lot. I hope you guys can do a hydroponic one!
No one is interested in hydroponics! Except for people that don’t understand what goes into real healthy organic food hydroponics has no flavor and is lacking all the biodiversity in microbe activity that organic soil does 😅
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should 🤢
@@jeffreythiel5315 not everyone has access to organic soil you know that right? Especially people living in small islands where arable land is few. Some of us actually have to grow crops in alternative ways such as hydroponics. So weird never thought i’d come across a organic food loyalist. I hope you don’t get nightmares about hydroponics 😂
I can already tell this is EXACTLY what I'm going to need going into this year of gardening!
Just wait until the video premieres, then you'll be even more prepared for an amazing growing season! 👏
Thanks for your good works, advice and enlightment. Blessings
Thanks for watching! Cheers!
very good tomato planting and the results are amazing, you are a great farmer who is doing everything well, wish you all the best
Thank you!
You have a very organized, professional operation. Congratulations
For sure I got value and a lot of information in this video, full explanation from the host. Thank you a lot, chears from México.
Glad it was helpful!
Great content! Thanks for the information & video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm struggling with the pruning, I feel so bad cutting off those suckers! lol... Loving this video there's a lot of information that I need to hear. Thanks for that.
It can be tough to cut off parts of the plant that are clearly thriving. But sometimes, it's the best way to increase your yield! Thanks for watching. We're glad we could help!
I've been Watching this video over and over.. it inspires me. Thank you
You're welcome! We're glad to inspire and educate through our channel. Please consider subscribing to support our work!
Thank you for the great video & looking forward to printing off the guide. Question: I have read that grafting tomatoes, makes them stronger & produce more. Is there a reason Heifer farm did not choose to do this or is it not as beneficial if in a greenhouse?
Congrats Heifer USA for this initiative
Thank you, Edwin!
What an excellent video, just subscribed, thank you so much for this video!
Welcome to our channel! We're glad you're here. 🍅🥰
Thank you. Ordering my 30x72 Zimmerman high tunnel Monday.
Awesome!!! best of luck.
Great video, very informative, watching from UK. On your math, 260 plants/10k pounds crop, that's a lot of crop (40lbs) per plant
It is A LOT of tomatoes for sure! Thanks for watching and hope you found the video helpful.
Thank you for this! Fantastic video that is very valuable for beginners like me! ♥️✌🏼Jamie
Thats awesome! Exactly what we were hoping to hear.
I love this work, I like being inspired by you
Really informative. Thank you.
Not even all the way through yet but great quality video! Very mindful and info I for for new and old alike. Well done
Thank you!! Hope you enjoy the rest of the video :)
Thank you for your video. I learned a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Great tips, will be watching more......... Thank you.
thanks for the lovely professional video.
best educational video on growing tomatoes that I have seen...
We're thrilled to hear that! What should we cover next?
@@HeiferUSA it would be great to do a special on raspberries
Hello Sarah thanks for the tips and knowledge
You are most welcome!
This video is very helpful and informative. She very hard worker.
We're happy to help!
Wow superb presentation 😊
It is a very useful video and very important information about Black Plastic Mulch.
Thank you so much for sharing this Invaluable information .. We are purchasing our 1st high tunnel and you Video tutorial have given me so much insight..
Glad it was helpful!
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Very simple to make yet very healthy
And profitable, at this scale!
Amazing video. I appreciate your hard work to produce this valuable video.. It is so informative.. I am expecting more videos from you.. Thanks..
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@@HeiferUSA you are welcome..I have subscribed.
Love this one allot, just what I needed. I do not comment often
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Very good clear straight forward information.
Thank you! We're happy to help.
Excellent content. Thank you.
wow.. agriculture is advanced, modern and independent, I like this, it can be replicated in other countries that have special potential in agriculture. success always for Heifer USA. Thank you for the content, I hope it will be useful for the general public.
Hello, Sir.
Are you a farmer too? What crops do you grow
@@user-eg3og5wf6w Yes, I'm a farmer, sir. I plant onions
@@NarsiSS13102 Can I get a Whatspp number? We can talk more about it
I love that it's organic
We practice organic and regenerative market gardening! It certainly makes a difference for our garden and our produce!
I love this program it's real and am so much interested
Thank you, Fred!
I think this video can be inspiration for all of farmers in the world so also tobe success like this
Absolutely! You can do it!
I loved this video . Thank you
Amazing video! 🍅💚
Thanks, Leonardo!
Best tomato video EVER!!!!!!!!
I am very impressed, how often did you apply your organic nutrients or manures.?
Its amazing to see how its dam hard work in cultivating tomatoes thats why people should respect these farmers i am watching everything that what these guys doing its a strenuous jobs lots of concentration well done 🍜🤲🤲🤲 love this anatomy lesson
So nice of you
@@HeiferUSA no worries i love to see when people becomes productive its a great job you are doing its amazing🤙🏽
So nice 👏👏
Tomatoes are very lush, I love your videos..wish you success and be healthy always
Thanks for your support!
@@HeiferUSA you're welcome
Great jobs is always my priority I love Farming!❤
Thanks for watching!
Hello, thank you for taking tour time to educate and share information. I just want to know how big is the greenhouse and how many plants tomatoe plants did you plant in total. Thank you.
I'm going to try 20❤ I've successfully done 4 so decided to try starts to they've done beautifully . I'm doing beef boy, red cherry, Roma and several new ones all heirlooms n then I'll save seeds for next year. ❤🎉
Great video - thanks. Question from a short farmer: how do you prune and pick when the tomato plants are over 6' tall? (We were sad when you closed the Rutland farm.)
A step ladder is the best solution we’ve found!
Noticed your comment about being vertically challenged. I learned a little bit differently about growing in a high tunnel. You will need to adapt your high tunnel for your height. I have a few videos from this season 2023 where we adapted a less than perfect tunnel for tomatoes. This system here will eventually terminate the plants before they are done producing. We like to lower the plants and cover the bare stems with soil/compost to allow them to keep growing. Lastly, if you're young and fit, go ahead and use a ladder but I find it slows management down tremendously, let alone the fall factor. Keep learning and adapting info to develop your own style. Cheers!
Great job!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Perfect thanks ❤
You're welcome 😊
Wow this is so informative
hello. Very useful information.I want to ask you a few questions. 1) When growing tomatoes in a greenhouse, what is the temperature and humidity? 2) when growing tomatoes in coconut briquettes, the frequency and rate of watering with water.3) the norm of illumination for tomatoes) . I'll give you a blog in advance.Thanks
The temperature fluctuates. We cover this in the video. We have not used coconut brick before
Looking really good.
Thanks, Louis!
So beautiful farm❤😊
Great video...very informative. One question though...the boxes read "vine ripened" when actually they are ripened setting in boxes.
Enjoyed the content!
I really enjoyed your tomato growing video I liked it also subscribed thank you so much I am not farmer. Bless you.
awesome!
Thanks for video my friend
You're very welcome!
Very delicate work. Cool)
you are amazing-thanks for wonderful sharing-respect and love from pakistan
Thanks for watching! glad you enjoyed the video
I worked at a store that sold heirloom tomatoes and momotaro’s. 4.99-699 a pound. That’s huge money when some heirlooms are over a pound.
Your tomato farm is really big and very beautiful. Your instructions are very detailed and helpful. Thank you
Thank you so much for your support!
I've learn a lot, thank u for sharing.
Question! What kind of fertilizer u used on tomato, the drip irrigation?
Hi Lulu! glad you liked the video. Sometimes we use a liquid fertilizer (though not always) that is sourced from Nitron Industries in fayetteville, arkansas called tomato booster.
Wow that was great😀
thanks, Rick!
Thank you so much
We're so glad you enjoyed the video!
Great video! Thank-you very much for doing this. What method do you use to calculate wholesale/retail costs to the consumer? And, what percentage of profit margin do you add into the pricing? Thanks again.
Thank, Ed! Great question. Our general rule of thumb is that your retail price will usually be twice that of your wholesale price. wholesale price depends on local markets and your operation's diversity of product. for example, profit margin on cucumbers is very low because this tends to be a crop that is readily available locally. However, we might decide to grow cucumbers anyway because it increases the diversity of products we are able to offer to customers in one location. Because it is not possible to predict a growing season perfectly, your profit margin will change from season to season, but diversifying your operation gives you a leg-up. Hope this helps!
@@HeiferUSA thank you very much!
Excellent video
Thank you very much!
Wow, what an awesome video!
SO glad you enjoyed it!
I am about to plant a big tunnel like yours. You are the only grower in You Tube that’s lays the drip tape on top of the landscape fabric vs under it. Why on top? Very informative video
Thanks for watching. We did it on top that year mostly to be able to quickly identify and repair any leaks in the drip tape.
You can plant marigolds next to tomatoes to repel aphids 💕
Nicely done in-depth video, I have been gardening for almost 40 years (practical, feed the family type) and have pruned and trellised my closely spaced, indeterminate tomatoes for many years. The seedling pruning is something I had not known or done, will be on my to do list next year. Thanks!
That's awesome! Glad you learned something new after so much experience. Thanks for watching and you are welcome here anytime.
Last year, I did a side by side test with 4 Early Girl plants grown with double stems and 4 with single stems. My results were non-conclusive. Slightly more weight on the doubles maybe, but more small tomatoes at the two tops. I'm going to try another trial next year, doing the same thing with some MoneyMaker plants which are doing super well so far this year.
ooh using the torch to make the holes every 18 inches is such a neat idea.
it works so well!
❤❤❤this video ❤❤❤
Thanks!
You are welcome, Jay!! Thank you 😊
Just single video for life of tomoto
Great work 👍🏿
Thank you 🙌
You could double your tomatos by using a hook! We do that in germany. You can slide the plants while they are growing more of ghe length of the greenhouse.
A lot of growers use lower and lean techniques like that! Definitely works well in certain circumstances.
Helpful information! Thanks a lot. Is this all seasons?
You are most welcome! This video covers our entire summer growing season.
Great video👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Is there any videos with what you feed the tomato plants ? PR was it just the top dressing of the chicken and azomite
Hi Richard, we just amend the soil at the start of the season. If we need to add any organic fertilizer we use a proprietary blend from a local supplier that we inject through the irrigation system, but we usually don't have to if the soil is healthy enough.
Hi sarha love your energi and i hope one day i have one of those plantacion beautiful 😍😍😍👍👍👍
Thanks Ana!
What is the height of the sidewalls on this high tunnel? Btw, great informational video!