Growing TOMATOES! Everything You Need To Know || Black Gumbo
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- Tomatoes are the most popular backyard crop for a reason, and they are easier to grow than you might think. There are some basics to growing them, and I'll discuss them all in this video as I demonstrate some techniques. We'll plant some starts, divide some seedlings, and prune a plant. Come along and learn how to grow these delicious fruits, and without all the expensive gear that can sometimes be overwhelming. If I've left anything out, leave a comment and I'll answer.
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Black Gumbo shares our suburban, backyard, sustainable gardening efforts. We work a small-scale teaching garden, much like the typical Zone 9a backyard garden and raised beds, the kind of gardening accessible to all. We also grow lots of fruit and berries. We tend to take the slice of life approach and hope you will enjoy our family, our dog, our cooking, our adventures, and occasionally some commentary and advice. We love family, joy and friendship, and we invite you to enjoy these things with us!
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I put all my veggies in 40 gallon oval plastic tubs I purchased from tractor supply. They are doing great and I don’t have to bend over to take care of them . I hook my miracle grow sprayer to my water hose and fertilize the whole bunch at one time . ❤
I start my tomatoes in mid January but my cousin starts his in December. I wait to plant until after March 15th but we had a late cold snap just after the 15th so I’m glad I waited. Many of the older gardeners (I am 69 and I don’t consider myself one of the older gardeners 🤪😉) say to wait until Easter! I don’t necessarily agree with that opinion. A neighbor planted 62 tomato plants just before the cold snap and lost all 62. 😢 That’s gardening!
One thing that always amazes me about your video's and when you stop and think about it, it leaves me in awe. Your climate/ zone compared to mine. We live in such a fascinating country. You speak of spring gardening and it's tomatoes, peppers etc. , when I talk about spring gardening I'm talking about cabbages, broccoli, leafy greens. I wouldn't dream of planting a tomato now ( although I'd love to). Ours go out in mid May and we still have to go out and cover them up generally 2 or 3 times due to late frost. I absolutely love watching your garden and seeing what I'll be planting in a couple month's, knowing that for me I'll be picking my first ripe tomatoes mid to late July and by August we are in full swing and then you are taking a break because it's too hot. We live in an amazing world and I truly appreciate every video you make. Give Phoebe a pet ..
I always stir in a tablespoon of Epson salt when planting. The plants love it.
Have you ever let indeterminates just sprawl? I watch the veggie boys as well. They just plant them in rocky soil and let them go. They get thousands of fruits from them and they look great.
I let them sprawl last spring and summer in my third bed. They produced like crazy but it was a weedy mess.
You're going to enjoy the Celebrity tomatoes! I grew them a few years back and they fit perfectly in the palm of your hand. Not too big, not too small.
SCOTT = what varieties of tomatoes do best in Zone 9A. I am not far from you. Am trying to find tomatoes that do well in this area. Have experimented with various types. Am going to try the Arkansas Traveler, Stupice & a couple of others. Thanks. You are our "Garden Guy" for this zone.
I have had success with most varieties, but the best for me have been Roma, Cherokee Purple, and Edox cherry tomatoes when pruned properly. Costeluto Florentino did well for me one year, as did Amana Orange. Really any tomato except the Russian varieties that can't take the heat.
The audio filter for the flashback was great.
I always grow red Brandywine 😋 love my mater sandwiches
Thank you for the timely advice. I really do appreciate your time and work you put into your videos.
I appreciate that!
I have been growing celebrity tomatoes for several years! Good for cooking AND for salsa, sandwiches. Love them!
Jason at seeds for generations is a great guy. I’ve got to know him a little. You really are supporting a great family when you buy seeds from them.
I finally learned from this video that I was cutting leafing branches and not suckers! Thank you so much for the lesson!
I prune everything off from soil to about a foot high on my indeterminates because we have alot of humidity and I want good air flow and less disease risks
Thanks Scott
We just planted a ton of tomatoes at our demonstration garden on Wednesday. It was my job to plant all the celebrity tomatoes. I’ll be journaling and keeping track of them all season
being apart of the great lakes region, most season dates, frost dates, etc. mean little. you learn when it feels right to plant. where i am at, our summers are usually warm and decent. so even if we plant a little late, they catch up.
Love your corgi.❤
We pruned late, and we learned that was a no. If we had prune earlier we would have gotten my fruit. I am in Zone 9b these are the same cherry tomatoes that
we had last season still growing.
I grow in containers
We grew Celebrity tomatoes last year. They were very prolific and quite tasty. The only tomatoes we grew that tasted better were the Everglades tomato.
Another great video! Lots of good tomato advice, especially the pruning 😊
I learned (the hard way, of course) that I do best with starting my seeds only 4 weeks before last frost date. I grew seeds/starts for our local Master Gardener plant sale - Galveston County. Those participating all started seeds on the same date. Mine got larger than they wanted for the sale, but they ended up sold out -lol. This year I started Feb. 1 and put them out this week. They are doing beautifully. I already have baby tomatoes.
As always great information. Thank you.
Appreciate the clear, concise information!
Very helpful and informative. Thank you!
"That makes me happy!" At 7:35 needs to be your catch phrase, gardening in a nutshell
Thank you for the book recommendation!! Look forward to adding it to my resource library!! 🍅
Great information. Thanks for sharing
Awesome video Scott and tons of great info in this one. My tomatoes have just germinated so a little behind you atm we are still get some very cold weather, but looking forward to getting them in
I just happened to find you on TH-cam. This was very helpful. Your step by step recommendations were clear and you gave good explanations as to why to do each step. I think I will have better luck this year by using what I just learned. Thank you!
How to grow tomatoes and great care, very detailed sharing, thank you
Thank you so much for this very informative video. I really learned a lot !!
Reliably informative content. Thanks, Scott!
Good solid information as usual. Thanks for sharing different methods with new growers. I'm growing Dwarf Tomato Project varieties in grow bags this year (Zone 8a Central Arkansas). I have six different varieties to enjoy slicers, paste and cherry tomatoes. BTW...I too have a PK Grill. My dad bought the original one back in the day.
I plant 2 plants in a pot, Now I wait to see how well they do.
They look beautiful, flowers are showing
Thanks for sharing! Very informative
Love tomatoes; I’m going for it this year!
Watching containers with interest this year. I am seriously trying to be successful with containers this year. Your container looks good.
Thank U. For the info. God Bless
I have brandywine and prudens purple. I saw a picture of Cherokee purple of course in a seed catalog and it looked delicious.
Thank you for showing dates and flashbacks because sometimes you just dont know if you're plants are doing well or not. Mine are still chugging along but they are still indoors in a relatively cool garage so they are gonna need some nice warmth and true sunlight to be happy.
Also thanks for the amount on the IV fertilizer. I won some on another livestream and was wondering how much to use.
Good stuff, love tomatoes! Until next time.
I had, before the wind took out my seedling house, 4 each of 16 varieties.. all labeled. When nature got the better of them.. I managed to save maybe 20 plants.. no idea which varieties are which.. which is making choosing homes for them challenging. I'm growing mostly in containers this year. I have a wicked hard-pack that keeps most things I plant small.
I aways plant celebrity. That's my all around favorite. You'll enjoy that one.
Great info👍👌🏾
I bought an almanac vegetable gardening book n it just determinate n indeterminate. So if it’s not there I’m just googling it. Thanks. Planting about 6 varieties of tomatoes and about 12 peppers. Hot n bells. Your videos on preservation are going to be indispensable. Wish I had a freeze drier but too expensive but do have a dehydrator n coffee grinder. Lol. Thanks again.
Good day dirt buyers of the galaxy. i decided in January of last tgat this year was the beginning of a new quest. I built a 8x8x10 foot lean too with clear sheeted panels and a 16x16 pavers. Fully inclosed greenhouse recycling old anderson windows and doors. So i planted 450 seeds of 5 diff varieties not knowing whether they would germinate. About the middle of Feb i needed to repot 200 and etc. The greenhouse was artificially heated but could not maintain temps above 50 here in so jersey. Long story short most of my plants as of today have flowered and are 3ft or more. Some are Kratky while others are fabric potted. Giving away almost everyday and hope they will bear fruit. Thanks for the vid
I am a subscriber and enjoy the channel and this video. Here's a couple of things to think about. I started planting the suckers that I cut of (especially if they are not too small) and they grow and produce an entirely new plant. I end up with LOTS more tomatoes. Also, (I live in the same growing zone as you) a couple years ago I decided to put up a small inexpensive hoop house (green house - unheated). Consequently, I have been able to start tomatoes& other veggies MUCH earlier and continue to harvest much later. (Thought that might be food for thought.) Thanks for all the great info!
Scott I'm not far from you in Austin and same thing happened to my starts! It's gonna be a while before my tomatoes are big enough to harden off!!
Best video Ever!!!
I appreciate u dude 😎
Videos have proven that Tomatoes grow better when Pheobe is around. 😂😂
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I have trouble growing tomatos from seed
So I'm going to wait till may1st and get tomato plants from our local nursery
I sure wish I had seen you first!!
5.78 at the box store. Crazy. Each.
I was looking for a video on growing cucumbers in a pot. I didn’t see any from the black gumbo gardener.
I don't grow them in pots because they like to spread their roots far and wide and relatively shallow. :-)
Hi! Loved this video, got me to go prune right away! My plant flowered but some buds dropped and look dried out. Do you think it’s the Texas heat? Should I move them to the shade? They are in pots. The plant looks healthy overall…
I'm surprised you didn't mention that you can plant the suckers and grow a new plant.
Mentioned it in the Q&A earlier this week along with a demo.
My Celebrity was my best producer last year. It produced until August.
Nice video Scott. Mostly just review for me, but that never hurts. I started my tomato seeds a few days ago with a projected plant day around Mothers day. I plant 2 seeds a cell, and will up pot and save extras. My pastor, members of the congregation, and neighbors love to get the extras. I like the seedlings a little small because I have to carry everything up from the basement to harden off. Carrying extra trays full of big plants gets old real quick.
I grew Black Brandywine last year, and loved it. Its now a part of my 4 main varieties I grow. This year I will be saving seed from them because I have a trellis far from other tomatoes. This year the new one is Cherokee Purple, so we will at least be growing something the same. I read its a good tasting tomato, maybe next year I will grow 5 varieties.
I like to double stem up a string trellis (trellis to make you jealous) The fruits may be smaller, but I get more and we eat a lot of tomatoes in the summer. Buying them in the store is ridiculous. They run $2.99 a pound, and dont taste as good.
My single seed challenge will be a flower this year. I am adding 5 new flowers this year. So far I think it will be either Apricot Vinca or Zebrina Malva, but I may change my mind over the next few weeks before I start flowers.
I really like the Cherokee Purple, it does well here and is one of the better tasting tomatoes in my opinion.
Jehovah Jireh indeed!
Thanks so much neighbor! I might have made a mistake by planting my tomatoes too close together at 2 feet. Will be doing the single vine and off to buy THE tomato book now.
You can grow them that close especially if you single vine them up a pole or string. I like the wider spacing just for the air circulation and easier care.
@@ScottHead thank you
Hey Scott
What I've also found is that tomato seeds germinate BY FAR the most out of any seeds I've planted. I would say about 95%+ of them that I've planted have come up. They are some of the most eager crops I think. For instance, I have so many plants growing now that I'm pretty much going to have to give a bunch away since I'm in an apt. and don't have room for all of them.
On the contrary, pepper seeds for me have been some of the most stubborn. I wonder why that is?
I only have a patio.... They are hard to grow in pots outside in 🇬🇧
This is my first year of starting things from seed and also doing winter sowing for seed starting as well. What is the reason you take the soil off the tomato seedlings? I would have thought to plunk it down into the pot without taking the soil off. Thanks for helping a newbie!
Just so they are not o bulky and I can drop them into the hole I make with my finger. Its just for efficient planting speed, especially if you are potting up a large number of seedlings.
Enjoy your videos. Question.
I live in the high desert of Albuquerque NM.
The soil is a sand and clay mixture with no organic matter at all.
I amended the soil with potting soil, perlite, peat moss and slow release fertilizer.
My irrigation system waters twice a day for 10 minutes. 6am and 9pm.
I planted my heirloom big boy tomotoe plants in late May.
Now producing tomatoes BUT instead of 5" diameter tomatoes mine are 2 1/2" in diameter at best. Also many tomatoes have large vertical cracks traveling from top to bottom.
We had unusually hot weather this year's so the fruits maybe getting cooked literally on the vine. That's my guess.
Any suggestions for next year?
Should I use the seeds of these plants for growing plants for next year?
When should I plant the seeds?
Excellent demonstration, I grow my tomatoes in containers,as I don't have a lot of space,what I would like to know is this. Is it ok to mulch them? This is my first time growing them.
I always mulch my tomatoes heavily! Tomatoes do best with regular watering and evenly moist soil. A thick layer of mulch, usually at least 3 inches, helps with retaining soil moisture, and also helps to regulate temperature of the first several inches of soil. I keep the mulch a couple of inches away from the stem of the plant when I first do it. But if some touches it and gets moved around during the season that is perfectly fine.
Mulch also helps prevent the soil from directly splashing back onto the leaves, which is how tomatoes get several different soil borne diseases.
Mulch everything, saves so much!
Yes, mulch is always a good idea, especially in containers.
@@SoilToSoul Thank you, that was quite helpful.
@@ScottHead Thank you.
Hi. I'm new to your channel. I am also a new to gardening...so excited. Today I brought two tomato plants and a chineese cucumber plant and I planted all three in the same pot... It was a big pot.Was that a good idea? Ibalso did the same thing with various kind of pepper plants. Thank you for all the helpful information youve shared with us.
Well I think you will find they are going to crowd each other out. Depends on the size of the pot. If the tomato plants are determinate types (bush plants) they might be OK but if they are indeterminates (vining plants) they will choke each other out (plant label should tell you which type you have).
I think mine is Bush, so I will move one out, thanks
Before I planted my tomatoes in containers and found others new homes, I had them outside on a table. They got leaf miners. Have you had problems with them and how did you get rid of them?
Zone 9a
They plant tomatoes in September in this region after starting them indoors. What is a good variety of "patio tomatoes" for that time?
Leaf miners aren't much to worry about. The plants should out grow any damage they would cause. But if you are concerned or just gotta get rid of them Neem oil, or BT "Bacillus thuringiensis" are both organic options that will nip it in the bud and prevent numerous other bug attacks! Apply both late afternoon before dark for best effectiveness and to prevent sun burn to plants
Any determinate variety ought to be fine for fall patio growing. Rick gave a good answer about the leaf miners.
I have my veggies in a 10 gallon grow bag. Any idea of how much I need to water I should use if I need to leave for 2-3 days?
I'd water until I see it running out of the bag, just get it well saturated.
Glad to be back; my computer went down then I had a little heart problem that turned out not to be as bad as they first thought. My wife and I just finished planting 45 heirloom tomatoes in grow bags. We're a little late because of the frost, and I'm still scared of it, but my seedlings were pushing 2 1/2 feet tall; fingers are crossed. Writing again about David the goods swamp water. Miness is just getting ripe, but I caught a video where you seem to be down on it. Did I miss understand something? I watch and enjoy you both and have learned so much from you both. Please let me know before I start using it a lot. One of your best viewers. Have a good one! Steve
Nah its good stuff, and free can't be beat, but I have other fertilizers I use as well.
Understand I'm in the same boat. If I could ask a favor? Could you go into a little more detail on pruning indeterminate tomatoes in bags? I couldn't support all of mine that high . Where do you stop that main stem? I'm 6 foot. Would that be the place? Love to send you another cup, but I'm not seeing it. Catch you next time for sure. Thanks for all your knowledge and help Steve!
I hope that you are feeling better now .my cousin he thought he was having a heart attack but I guess it was heart burn lol.
Love your channel your very good at explaining this. My dad's always done his garden and I'm just starting in containers. Strawberry also only other thing I've grown was cannabis in my basement when I was younger and dumb
Hello sir! I see you use cinder blocks, just windering, is one row deep enough for root growth?
Yes, plenty since the topsoil in my native ground gets used by the plants as well.
@Scott have you ever tried growing lemon cucumbers?
Never have, not a fan of most cucumbers, I just grow them for pickling.
Is it easier to tease the seedlings apart with wet/freshly watered soil? Or let them dry out first? Thanks. Enjoyed the video.
With tomatoes I find dry soil works best.
Can you plant the big fat vines of tomatoes that you clipped off if you keep them wet? And do you need to keep determinate tomatoes from the soil too?
Yes and yes, you can propagate tomatoes from cuttings but I find it to be a waste of time, I just grow from seed.
@@ScottHead has to be quicker than starting from seeds.
I have a 10-10 dead grass area. Can I make a 6" razed bed and plant tomatoes in it?
Sure, but make sure you know what killed the grass.
@@ScottHead no sunlight and dog pee. Tree's prune and now sunlight!
By the end of June my Tomatoes are done for because of the heat.
In zone 6 june just getting started.
It's a bit harder to grow tomatoes in Costa Rica
How do you know if it’s determinate or indeterminate? I checked my seeds n it doesn’t say. Gosh. I love your channel. I wanna know something. I browse your videos til I find it or ask. Thank you so much.
It usually says on the label. You could also google the type to find out.
Yeah like Angela said, it either on the label or you can google the variety.
@@ScottHead thanks
I can’t get rid of the nutsedge in my yard.
#MeToo 😩
Mine were horrible last year
Ugh, tomato season's over, another 6-7 very cold months to wait out.
My closest big box store had tomato starts for get this, $6.93 each! 🤬 Will travel a little further hopefully to find cheaper.
Holy crap. They were $4/5 laat year. I.was also intimidated from growing from seeds. Tried it a few yrs ago after purchasing a shelf & led shop lights & timer. Seems easy to me.
I looked at flowers yesterday at big box store. They won't be coming home with me this year. If I can't start from seed won't have them. It's so sad. But I do have petunias, marigolds and zinnias growing from seed.
If you have a Menards Home Improvement they have plants like toms, herbs like stevia for $2.99 StL MO
I looked for seeds for Cherokee purple and Morgan .I could not find them. Can you help
Baker Creek, Tomatofest, seeds for Generations, Johnny’s Select Seeds, and other online seed shops usually have them.
Thanks
How can you identify if a tomato plant is determinate or indeterminate? Can you tell by simply looking at them? The tags that came with my plants do not specify. Help please!
You will have to google the variety name and look at descriptions. You usually can't tell when they are young.
I’m in San Antonio, what do you do about the ants. They get me just about every time I go out there, even just to look around.
If they are fire ants, the only thing that kills them is Amdro Fire Ant bait.
I buy 55% malathione and drench the mound with a solution of 2tbs per gal of water. Add 1tbs per gal vinegar to the water b4 adding the malathion. Go around the outer limit of the mound at least 8" as well as soaking the fine dirt of the mound. Some may survive and move watch for them to show up and hit them also. You should not have enough to cause you so much grief.
Look like the pawn shop guy.
I put 5 tomatoes in a blown out tire . What damage will this cause?
Using a tire as a planter?
You mentioned nut grass. Any tricks on getting rid of that weed?
hand dig, also you can knock it back for a few seasons by doing this:
th-cam.com/video/Nqg7_T8-Frs/w-d-xo.html
And here is the result:
th-cam.com/video/kmLzLV9Iitc/w-d-xo.html
What happened to your tomato vining system 2 years ago?
It did great, harvested tons! I'll be doing it again this year if I can get the seedlings to take off, they were stunted.
@@ScottHead; The whole gardening scene has been thwarted in one way or another this year.
I think you need to feed that starving doggie! LOL
What is "azamite" ?
Azomite is a mineral amendment that you can purchase in the fertilizer section.
It seems like you do not fully fill your pots with soil. Why don't you fill then pot up further?
I just fill them with as much soil as the plant will need, sometimes its not necessary to go all the way to the top. Saves money too.
@@ScottHead Oh! I never thought of that. I always just filled it up all the way. My thought was it would help the pot retain moisture.
Dang! Our H-E-B is charging $5-$6 EACH for baby plant starts! 😡
Wow that's terrible.
how do growers stay in business selling those for 1.50
Volume. They sell more than the competition too.
I plant my tomatoes sideways.just saying❤
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Started plants are over priced. I don’t see the little 6 packs anywhere in So California anymore. Just $3 plus per plant nonsense.
And HEB are better than bonnie
They have impressed me, super healthy plants, nice varieties too.