What am I doing here bro It's 2 a.m, I have a math test tmrw. I don't even have a garden.

If you lay the longer tomato plants out in your garden on their sides (still in the cup) a day or so ahead of time, the plant tip will naturally start to bend upwards. Then when you plant them in the trench, you don't have to bend the stem because the plant has already done it.

I swear you must have a camera around here! Every time I have an issue it seems you put up a video about it that same day! You are simply the best! Thank you so much Brian! You spend so much time showing us all of your master gardening skills, and I super duper appreciate it!! I truly have my first garden ever because of you!!👏👏🙏

One important thing for every gardener is I think to collect seeds from all kinds of vegetables since some countries bann selling seeds from old type of vegetables that people grew for centuries that don't give enough fruits. Long time ago most people shared their seeds with their neighbours for free while most people now are dependent on industry with limited type of vegetables where you cannot find older types.

Same here.... funky year thus far, indeed! I’m in 9a and just getting my tomatoes in the ground. Fortunately, I can grow tomatoes well into the fall season.

Hello from Sweden! My husband and I built our first raised garden (12 beds!) and we've learned so much from your tutorials and really enjoy watching your videos - your chicken coup is amazing! Something that would make your show even more enjoyable (and informative) is if you included the metric conversions for temp and measurements. I appreciate the bulk of your audience is in the US but your international audience would be ever so grateful 🙂

I never thought about doing them in a trench! What a great idea!! Thanks for the tips. I was just about to plant a tall "Big Zac" and our beds aren't that deep. Perfect timing to find this video (even though you did it a year ago). Thanks again! Love both of your channels. You rock!

I am so behind too! Glad to see we are all in this together! At least I got my pollinators planted on time, they are doing well.🌻

I can not wait for the pruning video!!! Thank you again for your hard work Brian 🤗💙👍🌷

Thank you, thank you 🙏 this is just in time for me and such great information!

Great information Brian. Thanks.🍅

You are now the only gardening KZfaqr I follow. Your advice has shown its value in that my tomatoes are already flowering and growing faster than I have ever seen them as a result of your planting and fertilizing tips. If I could post a week over week change these past 3 weeks you too would be amazed! Many thanks. My wife and I are looking forward to a bumper crop this year.

I am so glad you mentioned Neptune's Harvest! I have been meaning to order my Tomato & veg and I grabbed the kelp meal too this time.

I was able to harvest heirloom tomatoes from my plants (here in LA) in January, thanks to you and your guidance Sensei!

Wonderful presentation. Thank you for sharing.

I did my own starts this year. Last year was a flop. I'm more determined to grow this year. Haven't planted my tomatoes yet. I have some indeterminate tomatoes to put in. So I can't wait to see your video. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I truly appreciate all of your efforts.

I planted few of my tomatoes few weeks back in grow bags. I watch @brian Lowell's your videos from last year. I excited about watching your trellis video next week 😊

Love your videos Brian

Great information and I look forward to your next video.

Planting out today in NJ, perfect timing! Thanks Brian! ☺️

Thank you Brian, very useful information 💚🙃 I did know about planting as much of the stem as your able to, but learning about the nutrients you use is valuable information, Thank you again💚🙃

Just started container growing 3 types of indeterminate tomatoes and 2 types of peppers around May 1st this year here in NorCal! Your videos are super inspiring and very helpful! I ‘m feelin hopeful! 🍅🍅🍅🌶🌶🌶

I learned soooo much! Thank you 😊❤️

Great video can’t wait for next weeks! ☘️☘️☘️☘️🍅🍅🍅🍅

Great tips!

Brian, I am in Zone 7b and I just planted some tomatoes two weeks ago, some two days ago, and still have some to be planted. The ones I planted in 5 gallon buckets I tried one of your techniques. I filled the buckets 2/3rds of the way up and planted my tomatoes. Now that they have grown over the top of the bucket I will take off leaves, add more soil, and put on my homemade cages. So far so good.

Can’t wait for next week then!!! ❤️ Kristy again 🤣 in Missouri 🍅😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I live in the Caribbean and I have some beefsteak and cherry tomato seedlings that are almost ready to be planted. I am so excited! Thank you for this! Your puppy is adorable btw.

Fabulous. Thank you!

Totally with you!! Haven’t even weeded or prepped our garden yet 😫

Thank you for such helpful instructions for planting 🍅 I can't wait to plant my tomato plants! I even found the rock phosphate at a local garden center🙂

Thanks for the information on phosphates!

My volunteer tomatoes are just starting to sprout here in 6a. Bought some 4" plants today because I never got around to starting any myself. Been a crazy weird busy spring, but so happy that life is getting back to normal. ☀️🌈☀️

Wish this was out last week. Looking forward to next week's video.

Tks for sharing this information with us

Great video

the best it worked😃

Man you are AWESOME!!!!! I never heard about trenching a tomato!!!! Thanks for the info and you are FOREVER in my prayers 😃👍

I grew my sprouts back in February & the fruits are just starting to grow out of the flowers

Always a great video

Thanks as always. I'd like to see more vids specifically on your companion planting. =)

Tomatoes is favorite vegetable for cooking and also eat as fresh, in my garden i just plant some , thanks for sharing to us good tips about garden

I was looking for easy😊

Why not dig a sloped trench (deeper on one end) and put the root ball in the deep end? That way you get the advantage of depth for consistent moisture and less need for bending at the top.

Fantastic video!

that fluffy dog is just too adorable. happy garden happy doggy thank you am enjoying all of your tomato videos

Great again 👍🏻❤️

Such a great idea with the crab and lobster shell!

I really love your channel and all of the information you provide! I watch your videos all the time and this is my second garden year. Your tomato videos I saw last year helped me a lot, so thank you very much by the way! I have a question, would you mind explaining one day the difference in using the straw for coverage, as you have in this video vs using wood chips? I don’t really understand the difference. Thank you for your time! Much garden love! ❤️ 🙏🍅😊

I'm so excited for the trellis video. Mine have come back so well for the most part they are ready for trellising for sure. Now, if the rain would just stop I could show the garden. 🤣

Just now planting mine in zone 8 Alabama. Although many gardeners here have had them in the ground for weeks, we had morning temps in the 40s last week. This week temps in the mid-90s.i think summer is here to stay. No more cold soil.

Zone 4....frost tonight. I have 3 sungold cherry toms in growbags, they can sleep in the sunroom tonight. I won't put the Lemon Boys or Big Beef toms in the ground until ~ June 10. I had to plant out 3 tomatillos in one of the raised beds last week because I needed the space indoors to start my squash and mini melons. I'll double layer frost blanket them and hope for the best. I have 6 more as backups. Gardening up here is like drag racing. We're all at the starting line, revving and raring to go......but we have to be patient and wait for the green. Too many false starts and we're frozen toast.....when we finally get the GO we run through the gears like MAD! Then, in a blink of an eye, the season/race is over. It's the end of August and the frost warnings have returned.

I'm not sure a tomato can make new roots faster than it can grow existing roots but I always do this too!

Started my tomatoes in February from seed. Now they all have lots of flowers.

Thank you!

Got my tomatoes in before I left. Hopefully they have done well while I was gone. I used your directions and hooks so they should be great!❤️

Oh, goody! 🎉 A new video from Brian feels like Christmas for any gardener doesn’t it!? 🙏🏼

Yes! I put mine in Wednesday!!!!

I usually plant end of April/beginning of May in NC, zone 8a. But we had such a freakishly cold spring, including a record-setting late frost mid May! I didn't get my plants out until just before Memorial Day. Thankfully everything is doing pretty well.

This helps soo much. My tomatoes ARE GROWING

Great information. An even better idea is to use a container like where powder coffee creamer comes in and mix your fertilizer in it. You can then use it as a salt shaker to place the fertilizers in the holes. It’s sooo much easier and convenient. I got that idea from the TNOG. I absolutely love it.

You are definitely not alone with planting tomatoes. I started putting some in ground and bigger pots, but there are plenty more I need to get planted as well. I'm in Northern California and yes, it has been one crazy year already. Happy tomato planting! 🍅

I put mine end of March and yesterday I harvested some cherry tomatoes😍. I am in Northern California

Hey buddy! I sowed all my tomatoes this year from seed (for the first time) in February and I have just finished planting them all out. I use your first method when I have a deep enough situation but if I have a shallow situation (i.e. a shallow pot) then I use your second method. I don't add any amendments beyond blood and bone and Seasol (which is a seaweed concentrate that I regularly water in twice a month). Cheers!

Doing today! Perfect timing Brian!!! Thanks, Kristy in the Missouri Ozarks zone 6b and I am also BEHIND 🤣. 🍅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I AM SUPER BEHIND ALSO BRIAN IN ZONE 9B FLORIDA. I DID MANAGE TO GET SOME PLANTED IN GROW BAGS BUT I HAVE SO MANY MORE TO PLANT BUT NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME IN THE GREENHOUSE SO THEY SURVIVE THE BEATINGS FROM THE SQUIRRELS WHEN THEY GO OUT. I NEED TO PLANT MY PEPPERS THIS WEEK IN THEIR CONTAINERS THEY ARE READY AND CAN HANDLE THE SQUIRRELS BUT I HAVE A PLAN FOR KEEPING THEM AT BAY, SO FAR IT'S WORKING BUT I NEED TO GET MORE BIRD NETTING SO THAT'S ON MY LIST . HAVE FUN IN THE GARDEN BRIAN AND HAVE A BLESSED WEEK.

Thanks Brian. Just putting my tomatoes in, zone 5B, 5300 ft.

I planted my tomatoes weeks ago and used super phosphate and have added s.p. to regular feedings. My tomatoes are doing fine.

Planting 30 tomatoes today. Did 90 peppers yesterday

I had a feeling you were going to trench the large tomato plant! I saw Ray from Praxxis 55712 do something similar. He pruned his tomato plant from the top to encourage side growth while still in the pot. Once it put out side growth, he planted it in the middle of his garden and spread the 4 branches out in trenches, and ended up with 4 plants! Tomatoes are amazing! :D

Thank you! I`m a "cold" small grower. We have strong wind, 3- 12 celcius.... Even for Denmark it´s bad. A Cold, wet spring is what we got this year :/ I put my tomatoes in pots- chasing the sun- hoping for varmer weather Soon :) Ty for tips ;p

Amen to funky year we were late bc of rain then we got them in and hasnt rained since having to water almost wleverybday

You dog is so cute.

Exact same thing we me...just got mine out!

Just getting my tomatoes in here in Illinois. First, we had frost, then near ninety. I also have a new drip watering system that I'm excited to experience. My tomatoes are waiting impatiently in their red solo cups!

I'm behind too! In 7a and just decided to do direct sow 🤷‍♀️

Prune the bottoms. Yes!

Hi Brian, love all your videos. Thank you for all the tips. Question for you: I started my tomatoes early this year (end of Feb.) I’m in central CO. Last frost date is about May 13th. I always use the rock phosphate, crab&lobster she’ll and kelp when transferring to the garden. Since they have gotten so big and I’ve already up-potted them, should I use any other fertilizer besides liquid fish feet every two weeks until they are ready to go outside? Thank you for your time. Robert

Good

Boomer!!🐶 Interesting tip re trenching tomatoes! You're the first person I have ever seen doing that. See what I mean when I said on the otr video, no matter how many of these vids you put out there's always something new to learn😃

Great video, my friend. Love the tip on not having to dig deep to plant. Just curious, you mentioned that cherry tomatoes don't like pruning. Can you elaborate on that? I just planted some and would love to optimize my harvest this year. Thanks!

Amazing on how to plant long stem tomatoes. Kudos. Also, are tomatoes plants companion plants with herbs?

I tend to plant my leggy maters trench-style (my planter boxes are not deep). I lay mine on the ground, sideways, a couple of days before planting so the tops are already bent upward (kind of like your shorter/deeper plant). I find that this makes planting a lot easier.

OMG! We have struggled for years to grow anything, our dirt is so awful. We mostly gave up. But after watching a few of your videos, we now have 4 cucumber plants in 2 small raised beds, tomatoes in large pots, potatoes in Lowe's buckets, rosemary, basil, lettuce, cilantro, parsley, oregano and chives! My husband is even giving cantelope and corn a container try! We have had problems with germinating cherry tomato seeds. We tried SunGold and Tidy Treats...... no luck. We are having the most luck with Kellogg's Breakfast (thank you for the recommendation!) and Galahad. Could use a little help with our orange trees. Our lemon tree is a real trooper, but we planted 2 orange trees next to the lemon about 6 years ago (a Valencia and a Cara-Cara from Green Acres and they were pricey!) and they have sure been slow to grow and develop. This year one of the orange trees actually flowered, but all the flowers fell off and we have no fruit developing. I put hundreds of worms in the ground about 10 years ago, hoping they'd improve the soil over time, and of course we do fertilize everybody a couple of times a year.

I waited too long to transplant out my tomatoes this year and I only grow in containere because apartment patio life, so I buried them kinda hybrid of both. I dug deep and wide and planted them in like a diagonal L or crescent to get as much stem buried as possible. 😅

Hi Brian, Congratulations on the new house. I have learned a lot from your videos over the past 3 years. Thank you. I live in Tampa, Florida. We get a lot of rain in the summer. There are times when it is time to feed the tomatoes and peppers with liquid fertilizer in between the granular fertilizer (I keep a schedule), however, the soil is already saturated. How do I apply the liquid fertilizer (fish emulsion, Neptune's, etc) then? Do I "just do it"? What advice do you have for me? Thank you. Ken Keplinger

Hello! Ive been watching your videos for a couple days now preparing to plant tomatoes. ive never really done any gardening before so im a little confused. what is the difference between Neptunes harvest fish and seaweed/kelp fertilizer and the dynamite mater magic tomato food? i still have quite a while before i attempt at growing the seeds, and im trying to gather as much information as possible. I love your videos so far, thank you for all of the knowledge you have already provided!

Another great video. Do you have one on cherry tomatoes?

Where can I buy your garden books. New to gardening and making raised beds this year. Your channel is Awesome! Tks Robin.

Your pup is so cute.... Oh, can I use shrimp shells?

I’ve done something crazy but I believe it works... I get my bananas and eggshells, put them in a blender with water until it’s a paste (smoothie thickness). Then I carefully make holes in my planters and pour it in. I also feed with fish/kelp emulsion, and worm castings. I also do what you just did at planting. Whenever I was preparing my soil this year, every handful of soil had tons worms . Am I crazy 😆😆😆

Hey Brian, I have a request for you. You are a favorite of mine, and I’m sure 1000’s of others, so will you reiterate the importance of NOT over fertilizing. I watch roots & refuge too, and they don’t fertilize much at all, with the exception of adding compost every spring. I have never used much either, but this year I added a little blood meal, a little dry fertilizer, a little of this and a little of that, and mixed it in my potting soil, and finally planted my 2’ tall tomatoes. Whew, after 3 days they are all starting to wilt from the bottom up. Is there any quick fix? I’ve been gardening for 40 years. My bad 😪

Today is 5/23. Including the spindly seedlings that I managed to save & transplant, I have 31 tomato plants. So far, there are 5 little green ones!!

Brian enjoys watch you videos learn a lot nice clear voice not to fast not to slow and fun to watch Smile help too How about wear glove to be safe and use dry cleaner hangers instead buy wire from garden store for landscaping staple it FEE and help recycling I use for fishing hold the pole down Be safe

1st. ... when I watch your videos I pray for u ever time while watching, praying for u & your family things r going well & will continue that way. 2nd...excellent information u deliver, simple to understand, pleasant to listen to u. 3rd...I invested in “Sea 90” last year & have noticed wonderful changes in my garden, 1 time I will water each plant individually, the next Week I put it in a sprayer & spray... under... above...All around the leaves & stems of the plant, WOW. The changes I have noticed in my plants Is so impressive, more production & flavor...R u familiar with Sea 90 ? All the nutrients from the sea...1 tsp. to a gallon of water. 🥰 A

Mine have golf ball green tomatoes now! I put a calcium pill under the new plant.

zone 4b. putting tomatoes in today. or was until hubby told me to go in the house & cool off cuz its 85 here today.

Thanks, Brian for all the great information. Now i know why i only harvest 3 to 4 tomatoes from every plant. I have only used plain pot soil and nothing else.

You are using every square inch of your property. I see apple at the back. Could you tell us how many fruit trees and fruit bushes you have. Could you do a segment on how to care for them. Love all yr videos.🌱❤💚

I use oyster shell powder & Dr. Earth bud & bloom booster. Biochar with michoriza, Hum-Max Plus, wormcastings, seaweed extract, Marphyl phytoplankton soil enhancer, LAB (KNF)