I've been gardening since I was able to walk (79 years so far) and I certainly encourage everyone to grow stuff whenever possible. I'm a big champion of container gardening. Yours looks great. A lot of work, though. I prefer the old plow, mulch, and irrigate method, but that's not possible for everyone. I wonder how many know how we grow field tomatoes. It's still a thing with farmers in the central states. You start with well-tilled loamy soil, then we feed little tomato starts the size of a pencil with maybe two leaves into a tomato planter, dragging it behind a tractor. The tomato starts don't look like they could possibly grow, but they do. After 10 weeks the acreage is covered in deep verdant green foliage and the earliest tomatoes are ripe enough to pick. The season lasts from July into mid September. And no staking. No trimming. Just irrigate and watch them grow. A wonderful smell pervades a tomato field. Keep up with trying different heirloom varieties. There are some that are so sweet they actually make good pie filling. :-) Oh, and nice video, too.
I'm in a 2nd floor apartment but have a decent sized balcony with full-sun. I've grown the indeterminate and dwarf indeterminate and they were monsters taking over too much space. Last year I selected determinant varieties and they were a perfect size with sweet fruit! I also add marigolds to my tomato planter. Pretty! You've got a gorgeous growing area!
Great job!! 👍 I learned from a master gardener that all of those hair like fibers along the tomato stem are just waiting to come in contact with the earth, in order to root. Tomatoes are meant to grow on the ground, bush, and spread out. But us letting them do that would rot the fruit, so we grow them upright in cages. However, if you remove all leaves from the bottom and mid sections, just leaving the top leaves, then lay them on their side when you plant them. It’s actually at an angle, and bury everything but the top. That tomato 🍅 will root throughout the entire stem, creating a much more efficient root system, and it will also grow upward very quickly and stand up on its own, towards the sun, so you won’t be able to even tell you buried it sideways! Pretty cool huh? 🤔 Also, pulling off any blossoms when planting, will help the plant focus on the root system. Now I’ve gardened for a long time, so I did remove the blossoms, but I didn’t know about planting them sideways back when I planted this garden, so I’m planning to try it next year. Just thought I’d share, in case you wanted to try it too. :) I learn new things about gardening every year. Thanks for sharing.:) Take care!! 👌🌻👍🍅
Yes, you don't want bare ground for many reasons! I plant moss (or peel it from the ground elsewhere and bring it and cover any open ground with it)- looks pretty, too!
Thank you for this video brother - trying tomato growing with my mum this year - the first attempt was a fail but planting marigolds has kept the bugs off the current indeterminate plant and she is so healthy Australia here so it's summer and looking forward to having home grown food
In my experience, Brandywine takes a lot longer to set flowers and fruit. Up where you are, I'm not surprised that you are experiencing what you are at this point. In the future, I would opt for a bigger pot for that variety. Maybe 10 gallon for a beefsteak like that. I'm currently in Orlando area, but grew Brandywines in Chicago for 10+ years. Trying to re-learn our growing seasons in Florida. It's different.
Such a great video!! We have always wanted to grow our own fruits and veggies, especially tomatoes! Will definitely be using these tips in the future 🤗
Enjoy your channel very much. Making your eggplant parmesan this weekend. My daughter is vegetarian so I'm also digging your veggie sandwiches. I grow lots of tomatoes. I limit the varieties because that helps to prevent cross-fertilization. If I had more space I'd have many more variety. The best eating tomato I've come across is the Cherokee Purple, also known as Black Krim, depending on the producer. They're not only great eating, they're beautiful, sliced and on the vine. Keep up the good work.
For my indeterminant plants, if I only have 2 or 3, I allow 3 branches from them to grow and prune out all others. If I have only 1? I let it grow whatever it wants heh. Great Vid.
Let's go! I guessed the topic right in his post yesterday lol Edit: I've got a few things I want to say after watching your video and I left them as comments below. Hopefully you see this Steve! (Your tomatoes are looking gorgeous btw)
With most indeterminates, you're best leaving 2-3 leaders and removing the other suckers. That should maximize your output since you just have one stand alone plant. If you've got a bunch in a row, you're better off with just one leader.
For the determinate, I've been taught to prune all suckers below the first "fruit cluster" (the first set of flowers coming off the main stem). Not sure about your dwarf guy, and at the end of the day it's your plants, not mine, but that's what I've learned working on a sustainable farm :D
Last thing, please please please, make sure you water the base of the plant, not the leaves. If you're having to throw away diseased leaves that can be quite worrying. Watering at the base can help avoid some diseases. Standing water on leaves can promote disease, especially on the leaves themselves. Looked like the leaves you threw away were yellowing, that could also be a sign of the plant not getting enough nitrogen.
Great to see you on the HOT SEAT show Thursday night. We really enjoyed getting a peek in your garden. Everything looks beautiful! Happy Fourth of July!
very informative, I believe you also have rosemary and basil? would love to see this level of info about those and other herbs (basil in particular) as I'm trying to do a small herb garden in my loft and am having trouble getting growth after initial cuttings for use in the kitchen.
Looks good so far for your first go at growing! I’d move your one tomato you showed first, that you said didn’t have super tasty tomatoes into the sun! Tomatoes are sun loving plants and it will likely do better over by the rest of the others! I also watch MI gardener and he’s extremely helpful, I saw you had linked him in the description. I truly listen to him like he’s the gardening master lmao bc of how much experience he has growing and the fact he stays to natural and organic ways of doing things. I also highly recommend looking into Roots and Refuge. It’s primarily ran by a woman named Jess, and she has so much going on. They’ve been gardening for a bit and have SO much growing, and she’s just nice to listen to. She also does full harden tours which are cool to watch. I specifically recommend her to you though because she grows TONS of tomatoes! Ps aphids are pronounced “ay-fids” 🤓
heirlooms are not all the same, brandywines have a longer time from planting to fruiting, i believe 90 days, whereas your cherry tomatos are probably more like 60-75ish days. great job on this videos btw, really enjoying them
The Brandywine is more of a late season tomato. They don't seem to form clusters, though it probably depends on the specific type you have: I've seen a lot of variation in Brandywines. Some Brandywines are real monsters: HUGE mutant looking fruits weighing over a pound if not several. Like two or three tomatoes fused into one. Big, but they can be slow to ripen, sometimes even taking over a week for the whole tomato to ripen from one end to the other. Other Brandywines are less problematic.
You should copyright it..."interdeterminant", the word, ...then, you own a word, created by yourself...but, research it first, the copyright that is! Cheers! Beautiful Garden!
Stephen, your garden is beautiful! So relaxing to look at. Very satisfying to you I am sure. Check out roots and refuge farm on youtube. Jess is an experienced gardener and loves tomatoes - all kinds. She is a wealth of knowledge. Her videos tend to be kind of long but you can just skip to what you want to watch.
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I've been gardening since I was able to walk (79 years so far) and I certainly encourage everyone to grow stuff whenever possible. I'm a big champion of container gardening. Yours looks great. A lot of work, though. I prefer the old plow, mulch, and irrigate method, but that's not possible for everyone. I wonder how many know how we grow field tomatoes. It's still a thing with farmers in the central states. You start with well-tilled loamy soil, then we feed little tomato starts the size of a pencil with maybe two leaves into a tomato planter, dragging it behind a tractor. The tomato starts don't look like they could possibly grow, but they do. After 10 weeks the acreage is covered in deep verdant green foliage and the earliest tomatoes are ripe enough to pick. The season lasts from July into mid September. And no staking. No trimming. Just irrigate and watch them grow. A wonderful smell pervades a tomato field. Keep up with trying different heirloom varieties. There are some that are so sweet they actually make good pie filling. :-)
Oh, and nice video, too.
I'm in a 2nd floor apartment but have a decent sized balcony with full-sun. I've grown the indeterminate and dwarf indeterminate and they were monsters taking over too much space. Last year I selected determinant varieties and they were a perfect size with sweet fruit! I also add marigolds to my tomato planter. Pretty! You've got a gorgeous growing area!
Great job!! 👍 I learned from a master gardener that all of those hair like fibers along the tomato stem are just waiting to come in contact with the earth, in order to root. Tomatoes are meant to grow on the ground, bush, and spread out. But us letting them do that would rot the fruit, so we grow them upright in cages. However, if you remove all leaves from the bottom and mid sections, just leaving the top leaves, then lay them on their side when you plant them. It’s actually at an angle, and bury everything but the top. That tomato 🍅 will root throughout the entire stem, creating a much more efficient root system, and it will also grow upward very quickly and stand up on its own, towards the sun, so you won’t be able to even tell you buried it sideways! Pretty cool huh? 🤔 Also, pulling off any blossoms when planting, will help the plant focus on the root system. Now I’ve gardened for a long time, so I did remove the blossoms, but I didn’t know about planting them sideways back when I planted this garden, so I’m planning to try it next year. Just thought I’d share, in case you wanted to try it too. :) I learn new things about gardening every year. Thanks for sharing.:) Take care!! 👌🌻👍🍅
I love the channel man, greetings from Italy! 🇮🇹
Why am I watching this I don't even have a garden... love the videos though
It's educational. And his voice is soothing.
Same here ☺️
I don't know, you could do it in a smaller size and see what you can do.
A gorgeous deep voice talking about gardening is like a lullaby
Steve, make sure you mulch your tomatoes with straw to prevent splash up. I think the gardening videos are useful and important, so thank you!
Yes, you don't want bare ground for many reasons! I plant moss (or peel it from the ground elsewhere and bring it and cover any open ground with it)- looks pretty, too!
Based on the thumbnail, I thought you were about to hit a fat salvia rip in your garden
Perfect timing! We planted tomatoes a couple of weeks ago and they're already getting big!
I'm no gardener, but your plants sure impress the heck out of me.
Aww I saw a little chippy scurrying around!
Haha my dad has been having trouble growing tomatoes this year. A great video for him!
These gardening episodes are just amazing! Love this:)
2:34 chipmunk!
The strawberry murderer
Your garden looks so beautiful! Great job!
Thank you for this video brother - trying tomato growing with my mum this year - the first attempt was a fail but planting marigolds has kept the bugs off the current indeterminate plant and she is so healthy
Australia here so it's summer and looking forward to having home grown food
In my experience, Brandywine takes a lot longer to set flowers and fruit. Up where you are, I'm not surprised that you are experiencing what you are at this point. In the future, I would opt for a bigger pot for that variety. Maybe 10 gallon for a beefsteak like that. I'm currently in Orlando area, but grew Brandywines in Chicago for 10+ years. Trying to re-learn our growing seasons in Florida. It's different.
Such a great video!! We have always wanted to grow our own fruits and veggies, especially tomatoes! Will definitely be using these tips in the future 🤗
Love it. Love all your videos and how you cook. It is along the lines of what I do and like. Bravo.
Enjoy your channel very much. Making your eggplant parmesan this weekend. My daughter is vegetarian so I'm also digging your veggie sandwiches. I grow lots of tomatoes. I limit the varieties because that helps to prevent cross-fertilization. If I had more space I'd have many more variety. The best eating tomato I've come across is the Cherokee Purple, also known as Black Krim, depending on the producer. They're not only great eating, they're beautiful, sliced and on the vine. Keep up the good work.
For my indeterminant plants, if I only have 2 or 3, I allow 3 branches from them to grow and prune out all others. If I have only 1? I let it grow whatever it wants heh. Great Vid.
So interesting! Your garden is doing so nice!
The ladybugs must have done their job, your lettuce plants are looking amazing!
Thanks brother from another mother✌🏼
Let's go! I guessed the topic right in his post yesterday lol
Edit: I've got a few things I want to say after watching your video and I left them as comments below. Hopefully you see this Steve! (Your tomatoes are looking gorgeous btw)
With most indeterminates, you're best leaving 2-3 leaders and removing the other suckers. That should maximize your output since you just have one stand alone plant. If you've got a bunch in a row, you're better off with just one leader.
For the determinate, I've been taught to prune all suckers below the first "fruit cluster" (the first set of flowers coming off the main stem). Not sure about your dwarf guy, and at the end of the day it's your plants, not mine, but that's what I've learned working on a sustainable farm :D
You might not be getting flowers because it's not hot enough in NY. What's the weather been like for you in the past week?
Last thing, please please please, make sure you water the base of the plant, not the leaves. If you're having to throw away diseased leaves that can be quite worrying. Watering at the base can help avoid some diseases. Standing water on leaves can promote disease, especially on the leaves themselves. Looked like the leaves you threw away were yellowing, that could also be a sign of the plant not getting enough nitrogen.
Amazing garden, Stephen!
How did you know I just got gifted 2 tomato plants? Thank you for the vid!
Great videos! What do you do if basil leaves are getting yellow?
You're Right.
Great to see you on the HOT SEAT show Thursday night. We really enjoyed getting a peek in your garden. Everything looks beautiful! Happy Fourth of July!
Great video, I’m looking to grow tomatoes next year🤞
Did anyone else notice the small visitor in the hedge border at 2min 35sec into the video😁
Love theseeee!!! My tomatoes go green and then the plant starts to die for some reason 😭
very informative, I believe you also have rosemary and basil? would love to see this level of info about those and other herbs (basil in particular) as I'm trying to do a small herb garden in my loft and am having trouble getting growth after initial cuttings for use in the kitchen.
Looks good so far for your first go at growing! I’d move your one tomato you showed first, that you said didn’t have super tasty tomatoes into the sun! Tomatoes are sun loving plants and it will likely do better over by the rest of the others! I also watch MI gardener and he’s extremely helpful, I saw you had linked him in the description. I truly listen to him like he’s the gardening master lmao bc of how much experience he has growing and the fact he stays to natural and organic ways of doing things. I also highly recommend looking into Roots and Refuge. It’s primarily ran by a woman named Jess, and she has so much going on. They’ve been gardening for a bit and have SO much growing, and she’s just nice to listen to. She also does full harden tours which are cool to watch. I specifically recommend her to you though because she grows TONS of tomatoes! Ps aphids are pronounced “ay-fids” 🤓
heirlooms are not all the same, brandywines have a longer time from planting to fruiting, i believe 90 days, whereas your cherry tomatos are probably more like 60-75ish days. great job on this videos btw, really enjoying them
This is one reason why I hate living in a condo - I want a GARDEN!
The Brandywine is more of a late season tomato. They don't seem to form clusters, though it probably depends on the specific type you have: I've seen a lot of variation in Brandywines. Some Brandywines are real monsters: HUGE mutant looking fruits weighing over a pound if not several. Like two or three tomatoes fused into one. Big, but they can be slow to ripen, sometimes even taking over a week for the whole tomato to ripen from one end to the other. Other Brandywines are less problematic.
Good job 👏 👍 🇲🇦
Is this your first garden?
You should copyright it..."interdeterminant", the word, ...then, you own a word, created by yourself...but, research it first, the copyright that is! Cheers! Beautiful Garden!
I have zero desire to garden. But it doesn't hurt that no matter what he's doing, our guy is spellbinding to watch.
Did this man just curse at that in Italian? 1:16
2:35 Hi, mister squirrel!
How about an update? one month later in early Aug?
Looking at the airplane your italian part came out😆😆😆
Yo Steve! You promised me a stuffed shell recipe. Wth bro, I asked for that before you even had 10k subscribed. You owe me a recipe!!!
1:17 The classic italian 😅
(: Thank You!!!!! ... ☺
You can order praying mantis nest online and add them to your veggie garden to help sort out the bugs 😀
Stephen, your garden is beautiful! So relaxing to look at. Very satisfying to you I am sure. Check out roots and refuge farm on youtube. Jess is an experienced gardener and loves tomatoes - all kinds. She is a wealth of knowledge. Her videos tend to be kind of long but you can just skip to what you want to watch.
Try to make Turkish Food.
1:16 the italian inside takes over.
check out self sufficient me! i learned lots from him too!
Let's talk about how lucky you are to still have lettuce. grrrrrr Ours went to seed 2 weeks ago.
I’m starting to struggle right now...got hit with flea beatles. The heat is really a struggle. What should I do for flea Beatles?
you remind me of per gessle
1:17 *angry italian noise*
16:08 come on toes 😋😋😋😋
SQUIRREL! @2:35
Call the indeterminate "indies" hahahaha
why do you always look tired?
Oh heavens! The world doesn’t exist to please Marluxia! Should I be upset? Bye Dear!!
Aphids (A-fids). Long A.