James you are the BEST gardening expert I’ve ever watched! You are INSPIRING and so full of LIFE! We enjoy you so much! And we adore Tuck! If you ever offer tours of your food forest we’d fly up to “Jersey” just to see it in person! Thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge! ❤ to Tuck!
Im sorry for your loss, not to sound exclusive, only us who have had Yorkies know how special they are ,crazy little dogs but will always put a smile on your face
Great idea. Beautiful design. I'm on a fixed budget. I took the bench out of the adult swing I had. Used the frame & added garden netting for the tomatoes to climb. 4 years and still going great. Cost $10.50.
You are so awesome James! I'm 74 and am just always so energized and inspired by your videos. Please keep up the good work! And keep showing that adorable Tuck!!
Thank you for showing this up-close. We use cattle panels and wind the tomatoes in and out of the panels and trim lots off the bottom. We did 45 plants last year 😮
Dude Tuck is an OG. I am really glad to see this channel flourish. I remember watching year 2 food forest updates when hardly any such thing was on YT. Much love and blessings brother
Your older bed you might want to replace the top board that holds the string rollers. I was using a 2x 12 as my top runner and after 4 years the weight of my tomato plants snapped the board in 2. This really sucked mid summer it was so hard to re do this when the plants weigh so much. Hopefully you do not have to go through this. Most of my plants didn't recover completely
Oh, dear James, you and Tuck are so wonderful. There are other youtuber gardeners that I like to learn from, as well. But, you have such a lovely spirit that it's a special joy to watch and learn from you. Thank you.
James you are a person of many talents!. You can tell that you are very good at detailed observation/ almost like a scientist, plus you are a meticulous carpenter and have keen engineering and efficiency skills that inform your gardening techniques. I know studying permaculture adds to those skills. Love seeing Tuck and you every time you post. Thanks so much! :)
Thank you James for all your knowledge and enthusiastic information! My husband, Doug and I LOVE ALL your videos🤩 We found your video on tomato clips and have loved them for these last 2 years. We have one difference though in that our garden pen had a fencing top about 2 ft wide and that is where the tomato vines grow. All the vines will lay and grow on top even the butternut squash! Also really help the heavy fruit to hang. This is just a welded wire. Again, thank you for ALL your education as we always learn something!
I learned about this style of trellising a 1 1/2 years ago from another youtuber. Though I much prefer the roller version and how you secure the end/soil attachment. Seriously love those clips, And they Seriously cheap.
Back around 1979 or 1980, I was hired to work in a professional greenhouse where they grew hydroponic tomatoes. They had a similar system. Nice to see professional stuff spreading into the backyard/homegrown community.
Love your channel! When I grow my indeterminant toms they always fruit much lower on the plant. They eventually grow over 7 feet, but so late in the season that they aren't flowering as much.
Zone 6b. Great minds think alike. I'll be planting Roma here and there. I think two stakes and lace string back and forth a few times giving a place for sucker support. You encourage us to think outside conventional wisdom. ❤ to Tuck. We will be using your pruning method again for our cucumbers. Thanks so much James.
You make me love gardening bc you've shown me how to do it in a smaller but with bigger results. Last year i had 5 tomatoe plants that grew huge on this method. This year i planted 20 in the same location with fish parts. I can't wait to see the results. Thank you!
Growing traditional tomatoes this year at my mom's house, but really looking forward to growing tomatoes like this when I get my own place! I love the aesthetics of this, and it's effective too. Fingers crossed for a good growing season
I have those same clips! Been using them to train my tomatoes and tomatillos on a 16'x4' cattle panel I have going down the middle of my two 4'x8' beds. I wanted to use the cattle panel as arch elsewhere next year. Now the hubby has another garden project to help me with next Spring! Also, I have some tomatoes in ground in separate area of our gardens. I did a sort or short version of the Florida weave. I'm 5'3" so trellises for some stuff has been a challenge! Definitely trying this next season! Thanks for sharing!
Tuck is a trooper, even tho it’s hot he makes himself comfortable by diggin his hole. Mine dog does the same thing when I’m in the garden for hours .. gotta have mama best friend by your side
Hi James! I love following along with you. Those tomato clips look like the ones I used on my grape vines. THEY DID NOT LAST ONE YEAR! They must not have been UV resistant and after a few months became brittle and started breaking. When I tried to remove them they would break and crumble. I hope the ones you have are better than the ones I had!
Your garden has impressed me again and again over the last three years that I've been following. Our little food forest is gowing more diverse each year, you have been a strong influence, and I love seeing Tuck! Your tall tomato system seems like the best way to grow healthy, simple to harvest tomatoes. Johnny Seeds sounds like the best option to me.
I enjoy your videos and think the world of your pal, Tuck! Even though I've been growing tomatoes for 53 years, you inspire me. Be careful with bamboo. I've had fungal problems with imported bamboo. Better to split an 8', full size (rough cut) 2 x 4, than to risk fungal issues. Enjoy the season! ✌
Thank you for sharing this and all your gardening wisdom. You're Awesome! I love your enthusiasm! I have about 50 various tomato plants in red solo-type cups, about to be needing transplanted. I'll be giving most of them away. But, i really enjoy getting them started. I have to grow in containers, due to gophers or groundhogs, and due to back problems. Next year, I'll be growing container friendly tomatoes in my new GreenStalk Vertical Towers. Go Tuck ❤❤❤
This year I tied a loose loop of twine around the base stem of my tomato plants instead of the wood and plastic clips. Worked great. I tried those plastic clip on my grapevines, the sun wore them out in a single season. I will never buy them again.
James, I have been following you for about a year and have implemented a lot of your techniques with great improvement in my garden. I have been doing square foot gardening for 9 years now. I was wondering why you chose to build your trellis frames rather than using the conduit as suggested in the book. I have moved my conduit with corners to the middle of my garden boxes instead of the edges like I did previously by moving tye rebar and tied my strings to it this year to bend and drop it as it grows. I used staking last year, but my stakes could hardly support the weight of the indeterminate plants. Thanks again for all of your posts. I have really worked on learning companion planting this year and so far here in Utah zone 6B, I am getting lots of produce already. Last night I took advantage of my husbands clumsy hand planting where I asked him to put 9 seeds spots with 2 seeds each for the turnips. He scattered way too many seeds and I pulled all the extras leaving just the 9 desired plants and made turnip pesto out of the tender young turnip greens and put it on top of a still good baked spaghetti squash left from last season. So his mistaken attempts left us with a devine meal. There were plenty of leafy greens already available for a side salad using organic cucumbers from Costco as well since here in 6B my cukes just appeared out of the ground.
Thank you so much James!! This information IS a game changer for me!! I’ve never known about tomato clips. Awesome, I’m going to order some supplies!! Thank you again. Always love to see Tucker in the garden.
Hy James , good job on the information side and filming ; I have a good tip for you to anker the string in the soil so you dont need to screw in the small board at the bottom or use stakes. What i do is when planting the tomato i dig the hole and then place the string in a spiral and then plant the tomato on top . When the roots spread and grow they will keep the string very secure in the ground but be Shure you use synthetic twine like in the video for it, ass it will otherwise rot and come lose. What i also witnest is that if i keep 2 suckers about waist hi on the plant these will produce a ton more tomatos on the sucker branches, i almost dubbelt my tomatos by doing this ! its really worth trying out 😊
Tuck is the man. I like the new way you anchor your strings. In the past I buried the string under the tomato roots when transplanting. I also used a small bamboo stake beside the tomato plant and tied the string to it. I'll have to try your new way because it looks to be the way. Thanks.
I've been using the lower-and-lean trellising for years. I made the spool-hooks from wire, and I migrate them to the side, so the tomato stem is not making a mess at the ground level. You don't even need to tie the twine at the bottom.
Love to see Tuck. My 2 garden guards are very old. One is deaf, Neena, the other deaf and blind, Rommy. Makes me sad to think about not having them here. I will create a special place for them in my garden one day.
And someone made the comment, "I guess it's probably time." Can you believe it? I'm old, my heart isn't as good, but it still feels, my back isn't good, but I still work hard, .........just because they can't see or hear, I still love them and they love me. Some people!!!
James, great instructional video. I am going to use trellis rollers next year. You seem pretty tall but not all of us are. I think I will attach the rollers down at mid height on a nearby fence where I can easily manipulate them. Then run the string up high through an eye hook and then back down to the tie off point that you have near the base of the tomato.
Great advice! I use my old gazebo to trellis most plants with mesh trellis' on the 2 sides, but THIS is a fantastic idea, I can do this on the front of the gazebo. Just in time, I was trying to figure out how to trellis my tomatoes. Thanks James!
New subscriber, I've been watching for a few weeks and love the content. I only live a few minutes from you so your gardening timing and advise couldn't be any better
I just got my Guardian of the garden sweatshirt! I love it…I will upload a pic tomorrow when I am in the garden with it. Please give Tuck a hug from me, and tell him thank you for being here for us. Keep up the great content, I am on my 2 nd year of gardening and I am struggling but I learn something new every day from you…thank you! ❤
Great job. Summer here in New Zealand, got 6 tomato plants on a simple string system but it's very labour intensive and not future proof. Thanks for the knowledge!
Love the tomato growing method, love the channel! I will say though, I've used very similar clips off of Amazon. Not sure if they were a cheaper plastic than what is shown here, but that's kind of the point, because with Amazon you never really know what you're getting. Regardless, as useful as they were for the season, by the end of the season the UV rays from the summer sun completely ruined them. As I tried to take them off they all basically crumbled and broke, leaving pieces of plastic all over my garden. I don't think anyone wants that...I was finding pieces of these things all over my beds through the next spring.
❤❤ I'm loving learning so much from your channel, I grew a few tomatoes last year that just went wild, your teaching has allowed me learn the differences in variety. Hugs for Tuck❤❤. Thank you
James Prigioni I was wondering how you might deal with any of the number of pest that can be so devastating in the garden, slugs, tomato worms and such?
Those roller hooks are cool. Prohibitively expensive for me though. I think I'll just loop the top end of some tomato twine over a nail for each plant and unhook it to lower the plant. Maybe even leave some extra twine with another loop to hold up the plant at the lower height while i work on it. I try to keep my garden spending as close to zero as possible
Идея с клипсами для крепления интересная. Будем пробовать альтернативные способы из подручных средств. В прошлом году я придумал использовать зажимы воздушных шаров для быстрого крепежа шнуров к кольям.
You are so motivating and a wealth of knowledge James, but Tuck is the star of the show and I look for him the whole time I'm watching! I have Pomeranians, but I would love to have a "Tuck" some day. He's fantastic! Long live Tuck!!! ❤
Ordered some clips ❤❤❤ I've got some, but as many tomatoes as I grow, I need more. I'm trying the "trellis to make you jealous" this year. I hope this does better than stakes and cages. Wish me luck 🙏🤞
Your videos are so informative and you demonstrate and explain everything so clearly, you're an inspiration. Best gardening channel on TH-cam! And Tuck is the cutest pup.
By the way, James. I loved ur vid on the bed cover. I used ur method to inform construction of a bed cover on my 4x8 using bamboo. I especially liked the idea to to hinge it. It's almost done!
I heard about these a couple of years ago. I'll eventually get some because they look awesome, but I'm using the same concept, just with twine spooled on a stick that I release as required. Not quite as slick!
Tuck reminds me of our Yorkie, Teddy. He passed away after 17 1/2 years of love and loyalty. Give Tuck a chin scratch from Marvin and Marie. We enjoy your videos and tips.
I too am a tomato gardener. I tried the trellis method 3 years ago, but it didn’t workout. The tomatoes I grew were to heavy and the twigs me wouldn’t hold them. I grow polish romas and polish Linguisas. I have to use T posts and heavy wire vertically and use those clips to hold the plants. I wish the clips would last more than one season, they get to brittle. Btw I crushed up a ant-acid tablet in the hole before I planted my tomatoes. Worked great-no blossom rot
Ill have to give this a try for my tomatoes, unfortunately i grew waaay too many (81) so I decided to give some away to neighbours and friends 😂 The hoodie I ordered is arriving Monday, I am looking forward to wearing it!
The rollers are a super neat idea. I definitely need to get some of those! The plastic clips though are garbage. Bought some from Amazon and they catastrophically failed.
I've used those tomato clips for a year now. They're great....however.....they become brittle and crumble in the weather. I live in Florida and our hot season (most of the year) is brutal on plastics.
Hi James, first of all thank you for all the wonderful tips. I have a question regarding the frame, is there a video on it? I have never done it, but I know this is THE WAY to grow indeterminate tomatoes, it's something I could trust over a bamboo pole that doesn't hold the beefsteak tomatoes well.
Hey, I've watched your videos twice and read the comments. Did I miss something? How close can I plant my tomatoes using this method? How wide are the frames you built around the plants? How did you secure the uprights to the trellis? Sorry for rapid filing questions .
Just watched this video over the weekend and could not help but wonder if you are leaving those trellises in the same location, year after year, relocating them every year or every couple of years. Personally, I have moved where I grow my tomatoes every year & try not to have the in the same location even every other year.
Your videos are so fantastic. I love your designs too- Im making another one of your raised beds this week. Best gardening channel on youtube thank you for posting
James, I have an idea to simplify this method since I won't have the resources this year to build a trellis. Same concept, but instead of tying the string to the top of the trellis, I will tie it to the top of my bamboo stakes. Picture a stand-up bass guitar with a single somewhat loose string. I can still use your same method of simply weaving the main stem around the string as it grows. Let me know what you think. Love your channel!
Love watching your videos. You have a great way of showing and explaining your tips. Thank you! It is greatly appreciated and helps me become a better gardener.
Does trellising tomatoes with twine cause the plant to get even taller? We are going to be growing in a greenhouse and I have limited height! Thanks for your help. Much appreciated. These videos are priceless.
Great video. I just put bamboo stakes next to my tomato plants so please do a video on how you tie them to the stakes. Thank you for sharing your awesome knowledge. Love you, Tuck.
☆°☆° What frugal, analytically; well thought out methodologies you utilize, Mr. Prigioni; ☆°☆° Providing Interesting & Useful Histories of Your Beloved Fruits, Veggies; Plants...Gardens!☆•☆° Bravo!☆•☆°Carry on, Green Man!☆♡deb out!☆♡
I don't think you need to feed your plants. Your energy alone can feed the universe. Love it.
SERIOUSLY! No joke! James you pump me up to get out and plant more food! LETS GO!
Let's Gooo!! That's why me and Tuck are here!
Same!
Ditto
Me too!
Get out there and plant!!! :)
James you are the BEST gardening expert I’ve ever watched! You are INSPIRING and so full of LIFE! We enjoy you so much! And we adore Tuck! If you ever offer tours of your food forest we’d fly up to “Jersey” just to see it in person! Thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge! ❤ to Tuck!
I love seeing Tuck! I lost my little Yorkie Violet about a month ago and seeing Tuck makes me smile. Great video too!
Im sorry for your loss, not to sound exclusive, only us who have had Yorkies know how special they are ,crazy little dogs but will always put a smile on your face
I want to try the hook and wicket technique for my outdoor garden.
Great idea. Beautiful design. I'm on a fixed budget. I took the bench out of the adult swing I had. Used the frame & added garden netting for the tomatoes to climb. 4 years and still going great. Cost $10.50.
I'm using my old metal gazebo in the same way. It works and I love it! Cheers!
I purchased these clips from your Amazon store two years ago. Thanks for all the awesome tips! You’ve really helped my gardening journey. Tucky too!
Do you reuse these clips, or are they done after one season?
@@yxcvmk you can use them over if they don’t break
You are so awesome James! I'm 74 and am just always so energized and inspired by your videos. Please keep up the good work! And keep showing that adorable Tuck!!
Thank you for showing this up-close. We use cattle panels and wind the tomatoes in and out of the panels and trim lots off the bottom. We did 45 plants last year 😮
Dude Tuck is an OG. I am really glad to see this channel flourish. I remember watching year 2 food forest updates when hardly any such thing was on YT.
Much love and blessings brother
Your older bed you might want to replace the top board that holds the string rollers. I was using a 2x 12 as my top runner and after 4 years the weight of my tomato plants snapped the board in 2. This really sucked mid summer it was so hard to re do this when the plants weigh so much. Hopefully you do not have to go through this. Most of my plants didn't recover completely
Oh, dear James, you and Tuck are so wonderful. There are other youtuber gardeners that I like to learn from, as well. But, you have such a lovely spirit that it's a special joy to watch and learn from you. Thank you.
James you are a person of many talents!. You can tell that you are very good at detailed observation/ almost like a scientist, plus you are a meticulous carpenter and have keen engineering and efficiency skills that inform your gardening techniques. I know studying permaculture adds to those skills. Love seeing Tuck and you every time you post. Thanks so much! :)
Totally, agree!
@@virginiaseedsskogen2038 Thanks ! :)
Thank you James for all your knowledge and enthusiastic information! My husband, Doug and I LOVE ALL your videos🤩 We found your video on tomato clips and have loved them for these last 2 years. We have one difference though in that our garden pen had a fencing top about 2 ft wide and that is where the tomato vines grow. All the vines will lay and grow on top even the butternut squash! Also really help the heavy fruit to hang. This is just a welded wire. Again, thank you for ALL your education as we always learn something!
I learned about this style of trellising a 1 1/2 years ago from another youtuber. Though I much prefer the roller version and how you secure the end/soil attachment. Seriously love those clips, And they Seriously cheap.
I love these clips. Along with tomatoes I also use them for for cucumbers and squash.
I live in Canada and I can't start gardening without first watching your video. You put soo much hype and energy into us. Thank you
Back around 1979 or 1980, I was hired to work in a professional greenhouse where they grew hydroponic tomatoes. They had a similar system. Nice to see professional stuff spreading into the backyard/homegrown community.
James, you and Tuck show us how to work smarter, not harder. Thanks so much! 💖💝💓💞💕♥️💘💗 For Tuck!
Love your channel! When I grow my indeterminant toms they always fruit much lower on the plant. They eventually grow over 7 feet, but so late in the season that they aren't flowering as much.
Zone 6b. Great minds think alike. I'll be planting Roma here and there. I think two stakes and lace string back and forth a few times giving a place for sucker support. You encourage us to think outside conventional wisdom. ❤ to Tuck. We will be using your pruning method again for our cucumbers. Thanks so much James.
You make me love gardening bc you've shown me how to do it in a smaller but with bigger results. Last year i had 5 tomatoe plants that grew huge on this method. This year i planted 20 in the same location with fish parts. I can't wait to see the results. Thank you!
I'll watch this again and try this method. I like that you have them in a long narrow bed!! Totally going to try this!!
Great plan! I'm so glad to see you and Tuck. Glad he's feeling better 😃👍🐾
Growing traditional tomatoes this year at my mom's house, but really looking forward to growing tomatoes like this when I get my own place! I love the aesthetics of this, and it's effective too. Fingers crossed for a good growing season
Plants love the attention. Feel the love. It's all about vibrations we get and give.
Can do a video on which plants work best growing next to each other. Hopefully you know what I’m talking about. Thx
Love watching you guys and all the new ways of gardening. Never to old to learn something new! I have been gardening for over 53 years 🤗
I have those same clips! Been using them to train my tomatoes and tomatillos on a 16'x4' cattle panel I have going down the middle of my two 4'x8' beds. I wanted to use the cattle panel as arch elsewhere next year. Now the hubby has another garden project to help me with next Spring!
Also, I have some tomatoes in ground in separate area of our gardens. I did a sort or short version of the Florida weave. I'm 5'3" so trellises for some stuff has been a challenge!
Definitely trying this next season!
Thanks for sharing!
Massive
Thanks for your willingness to share your knowledge, JP! There are more tomatoes in the world because of you! ❤❤❤❤
Tuck is a trooper, even tho it’s hot he makes himself comfortable by diggin his hole. Mine dog does the same thing when I’m in the garden for hours .. gotta have mama best friend by your side
Hi James! I love following along with you. Those tomato clips look like the ones I used on my grape vines. THEY DID NOT LAST ONE YEAR! They must not have been UV resistant and after a few months became brittle and started breaking. When I tried to remove them they would break and crumble. I hope the ones you have are better than the ones I had!
The clear plastic clips don’t last more than a season or two.
The clips that are brown-red are much sturdier.
I use those clips too. I completely agree with em....just use these. Dont bother with anything else.....they are pro!
Your garden has impressed me again and again over the last three years that I've been following. Our little food forest is gowing more diverse each year, you have been a strong influence, and I love seeing Tuck! Your tall tomato system seems like the best way to grow healthy, simple to harvest tomatoes. Johnny Seeds sounds like the best option to me.
I enjoy your videos and think the world of your pal, Tuck!
Even though I've been growing tomatoes for 53 years, you inspire me.
Be careful with bamboo. I've had fungal problems with imported bamboo. Better to split an 8', full size (rough cut) 2 x 4, than to risk fungal issues.
Enjoy the season! ✌
Thank you for sharing this and all your gardening wisdom. You're Awesome! I love your enthusiasm! I have about 50 various tomato plants in red solo-type cups, about to be needing transplanted. I'll be giving most of them away. But, i really enjoy getting them started. I have to grow in containers, due to gophers or groundhogs, and due to back problems. Next year, I'll be growing container friendly tomatoes in my new GreenStalk Vertical Towers. Go Tuck ❤❤❤
This year I tied a loose loop of twine around the base stem of my tomato plants instead of the wood and plastic clips. Worked great. I tried those plastic clip on my grapevines, the sun wore them out in a single season. I will never buy them again.
I love those clips! For thicker stemmed plants, I often clip them together so one clip is around the plant and the other is around the support.
James, I have been following you for about a year and have implemented a lot of your techniques with great improvement in my garden. I have been doing square foot gardening for 9 years now. I was wondering why you chose to build your trellis frames rather than using the conduit as suggested in the book. I have moved my conduit with corners to the middle of my garden boxes instead of the edges like I did previously by moving tye rebar and tied my strings to it this year to bend and drop it as it grows. I used staking last year, but my stakes could hardly support the weight of the indeterminate plants. Thanks again for all of your posts. I have really worked on learning companion planting this year and so far here in Utah zone 6B, I am getting lots of produce already. Last night I took advantage of my husbands clumsy hand planting where I asked him to put 9 seeds spots with 2 seeds each for the turnips. He scattered way too many seeds and I pulled all the extras leaving just the 9 desired plants and made turnip pesto out of the tender young turnip greens and put it on top of a still good baked spaghetti squash left from last season. So his mistaken attempts left us with a devine meal. There were plenty of leafy greens already available for a side salad using organic cucumbers from Costco as well since here in 6B my cukes just appeared out of the ground.
I’ve been using this method for years, love it
Thank you so much James!! This information IS a game changer for me!! I’ve never known about tomato clips. Awesome, I’m going to order some supplies!! Thank you again. Always love to see Tucker in the garden.
Hy James , good job on the information side and filming ;
I have a good tip for you to anker the string in the soil so you dont need to screw in the small board at the bottom or use stakes.
What i do is when planting the tomato i dig the hole and then place the string in a spiral and then plant the tomato on top .
When the roots spread and grow they will keep the string very secure in the ground but be Shure you use synthetic twine like in the video for it, ass it will otherwise rot and come lose.
What i also witnest is that if i keep 2 suckers about waist hi on the plant these will produce a ton more tomatos on the sucker branches, i almost dubbelt my tomatos by doing this !
its really worth trying out 😊
Tuck is the man. I like the new way you anchor your strings. In the past I buried the string under the tomato roots when transplanting. I also used a small bamboo stake beside the tomato plant and tied the string to it. I'll have to try your new way because it looks to be the way. Thanks.
I've been away...so it's great to see you & experience your awesome spirit again! Good to see you looking so healthy! peace to you & Tuk.
Just bought the clips, for sure a good choice. I have been using the velcro method for some time now and it is not even comparable.
Thanks for showing videos of the leaning process. I have not seen it anywhere online and was so confused about what it's suppose to look like.
God bless you & your family for all the wisdom & experience that you give on your channel!
Just ordered these clips and rollers. So stoked for this growing season.
I've been using the lower-and-lean trellising for years. I made the spool-hooks from wire, and I migrate them to the side, so the tomato stem is not making a mess at the ground level. You don't even need to tie the twine at the bottom.
Love to see Tuck. My 2 garden guards are very old. One is deaf, Neena, the other deaf and blind, Rommy. Makes me sad to think about not having them here. I will create a special place for them in my garden one day.
😢😢😢, I know the feeling of having a blind dog, it breaks my heart 💔.
And someone made the comment, "I guess it's probably time." Can you believe it? I'm old, my heart isn't as good, but it still feels, my back isn't good, but I still work hard, .........just because they can't see or hear, I still love them and they love me. Some people!!!
James, great instructional video. I am going to use trellis rollers next year. You seem pretty tall but not all of us are. I think I will attach the rollers down at mid height on a nearby fence where I can easily manipulate them. Then run the string up high through an eye hook and then back down to the tie off point that you have near the base of the tomato.
Great advice! I use my old gazebo to trellis most plants with mesh trellis' on the 2 sides, but THIS is a fantastic idea, I can do this on the front of the gazebo. Just in time, I was trying to figure out how to trellis my tomatoes. Thanks James!
New subscriber, I've been watching for a few weeks and love the content. I only live a few minutes from you so your gardening timing and advise couldn't be any better
I just got my Guardian of the garden sweatshirt! I love it…I will upload a pic tomorrow when I am in the garden with it. Please give Tuck a hug from me, and tell him thank you for being here for us. Keep up the great content, I am on my 2 nd year of gardening and I am struggling but I learn something new every day from you…thank you! ❤
Great job. Summer here in New Zealand, got 6 tomato plants on a simple string system but it's very labour intensive and not future proof. Thanks for the knowledge!
Time to make a nicer trellis this week for my tomatoes. Thank you & Tuck, the amazing Garden Guardian.🌱
Love the tomato growing method, love the channel! I will say though, I've used very similar clips off of Amazon. Not sure if they were a cheaper plastic than what is shown here, but that's kind of the point, because with Amazon you never really know what you're getting. Regardless, as useful as they were for the season, by the end of the season the UV rays from the summer sun completely ruined them. As I tried to take them off they all basically crumbled and broke, leaving pieces of plastic all over my garden. I don't think anyone wants that...I was finding pieces of these things all over my beds through the next spring.
I love this method of trellising tomatoes. I have been using this for a few years.
Really smart. This makes so much sense, and fits with what I know about commercial growing techniques.
I can't wait to try this! I love how you keep bringing such valuable content! Looking forward to seeing your 30-50 bamboo staked tomatoes! Thank you!
❤❤ I'm loving learning so much from your channel, I grew a few tomatoes last year that just went wild, your teaching has allowed me learn the differences in variety. Hugs for Tuck❤❤. Thank you
James Prigioni I was wondering how you might deal with any of the number of pest that can be so devastating in the garden, slugs, tomato worms and such?
Those roller hooks are cool. Prohibitively expensive for me though. I think I'll just loop the top end of some tomato twine over a nail for each plant and unhook it to lower the plant. Maybe even leave some extra twine with another loop to hold up the plant at the lower height while i work on it. I try to keep my garden spending as close to zero as possible
Идея с клипсами для крепления интересная. Будем пробовать альтернативные способы из подручных средств. В прошлом году я придумал использовать зажимы воздушных шаров для быстрого крепежа шнуров к кольям.
You are so motivating and a wealth of knowledge James, but Tuck is the star of the show and I look for him the whole time I'm watching! I have Pomeranians, but I would love to have a "Tuck" some day. He's fantastic! Long live Tuck!!! ❤
Ordered some clips ❤❤❤ I've got some, but as many tomatoes as I grow, I need more. I'm trying the "trellis to make you jealous" this year. I hope this does better than stakes and cages. Wish me luck 🙏🤞
Your videos are so informative and you demonstrate and explain everything so clearly, you're an inspiration. Best gardening channel on TH-cam! And Tuck is the cutest pup.
I love how you explained this! Your gardens are amazing!
Charles Dowding says to bury the string next to the seedling roots when you transplant each seedling.
I had done that before, but the anchor seems to work best for me personally.
By the way, James. I loved ur vid on the bed cover. I used ur method to inform construction of a bed cover on my 4x8 using bamboo. I especially liked the idea to to hinge it. It's almost done!
I heard about these a couple of years ago. I'll eventually get some because they look awesome, but I'm using the same concept, just with twine spooled on a stick that I release as required. Not quite as slick!
Sir James again and again you motivate me even more than i am to go out there and put what i learnt into ACTION 🌱
I'm Glas I found you. Thanks I love gardening but I can't do much because of my health. Much love to you and the family. Love the 🐕 tuck ❤
Great tips & clever trellising James. Space saving too meaning more tomatoes 🍅 👍🏻
Tuck reminds me of our Yorkie, Teddy. He passed away after 17 1/2 years of love and loyalty. Give Tuck a chin scratch from Marvin and Marie. We enjoy your videos and tips.
I too am a tomato gardener. I tried the trellis method 3 years ago, but it didn’t workout. The tomatoes I grew were to heavy and the twigs me wouldn’t hold them. I grow polish romas and polish Linguisas. I have to use T posts and heavy wire vertically and use those clips to hold the plants. I wish the clips would last more than one season, they get to brittle. Btw I crushed up a ant-acid tablet in the hole before I planted my tomatoes. Worked great-no blossom rot
Thank you so much!! I have learned so so much from you!! Tucker is the healthiest adorable dog ever!! ❤️❤️❤️ He eats healthier than me!!🥰🦋🙏🏻
you know we watch the videos just to see TUCK!
I made this set up and I am not handy at all. The instructions are great and I look forward to seeing the results.
Ill have to give this a try for my tomatoes, unfortunately i grew waaay too many (81) so I decided to give some away to neighbours and friends 😂
The hoodie I ordered is arriving Monday, I am looking forward to wearing it!
The rollers are a super neat idea. I definitely need to get some of those! The plastic clips though are garbage. Bought some from Amazon and they catastrophically failed.
So few people know that the clips are supposed to hold onto the trellis string! Good work James!
you should check out 3d printing if you dont do it already, can make those clips and hooks and all of that without drilling etc
I've used those tomato clips for a year now. They're great....however.....they become brittle and crumble in the weather. I live in Florida and our hot season (most of the year) is brutal on plastics.
Hi James, first of all thank you for all the wonderful tips. I have a question regarding the frame, is there a video on it?
I have never done it, but I know this is THE WAY to grow indeterminate tomatoes, it's something I could trust over a bamboo pole that doesn't hold the beefsteak tomatoes well.
Hey, I've watched your videos twice and read the comments.
Did I miss something?
How close can I plant my tomatoes using this method?
How wide are the frames you built around the plants?
How did you secure the uprights to the trellis?
Sorry for rapid filing questions .
Just watched this video over the weekend and could not help but wonder if you are leaving those trellises in the same location, year after year, relocating them every year or every couple of years. Personally, I have moved where I grow my tomatoes every year & try not to have the in the same location even every other year.
Good Question! I want to know this too since gardeners experts all recommended not to plant tomatoes in the same location.
Just love your garden and big yard. I love the set up and your tips are great. Plus you always seem so happy. 🤗 Which is refreshing. 👍
Your videos are so fantastic. I love your designs too- Im making another one of your raised beds this week. Best gardening channel on youtube thank you for posting
Will you be showing staking tomatoes? We have a few buy themselves. I saved this video for reference. Thanks for sharing!!!
I would be interested in how you stake your tomato plants also as I only grow 6 plants generally each year. Thanks for your consideration!
Nice to see that there are still gardens in the Garden State!
James, I have an idea to simplify this method since I won't have the resources this year to build a trellis. Same concept, but instead of tying the string to the top of the trellis, I will tie it to the top of my bamboo stakes. Picture a stand-up bass guitar with a single somewhat loose string. I can still use your same method of simply weaving the main stem around the string as it grows. Let me know what you think. Love your channel!
Hey Tuck.. Those clips are a great idea. The line holder is a great idea too. Glad you showed it to us
I just rake the seeds into my grass. And let the seeds freeze in the thatch over winter. When spring hits they start to grow without the need to dig
I like this method as opposed to what others have shown - burying the string when you plant your transplant
Tomatoes growing with garlic, wonderful.
Love watching your videos. You have a great way of showing and explaining your tips.
Thank you! It is greatly appreciated and helps me become a better gardener.
Does trellising tomatoes with twine cause the plant to get even taller?
We are going to be growing in a greenhouse and I have limited height!
Thanks for your help. Much appreciated. These videos are priceless.
Great video. I just put bamboo stakes next to my tomato plants so please do a video on how you tie them to the stakes. Thank you for sharing your awesome knowledge. Love you, Tuck.
Great idea! I love watching your videos, and seeing your enthusiasm. I love watching Tuck too.
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