1. Staking 1:32 2. Fertilize properly 3:19 3. Right type of tomato plants(cherries, plums, grape varieties) 5:12 4. Proper pruning 6:32 5. Harvest early and harvest often at 90% ripe 7:58 6. Stress Free Plants 10:09

1. Staking, and strong vertical support 2. Fertilise properly. Balanced fertiliser 3. Right type of tomato plants I.e. Indeterminate and cherries or plums 4. Single stem and Bush out up top 5. Harvest early and harvest often at 90% ripe 6. Make sure your plants stay stress-free I.e. Water, pests, diseases, etc.

My heirlooms Mennonite tomatoes reach over 12 feet both years I’ve grown them and they’re huge! Had an almost 2 lbs tomato last year! 😊 It’s my favourite to use in my preserves so far! 😃 Have Growing 2023! 😊🙏

First, this is my first year gardening. I started watching you and a few others guys in December. I took lots of notes! I set up my raised beds right, now my tomatoes are exceeding 10', I'll be at about 12' before my season ends. Same zone as you MI. Thanks for all your teaching.

I have followed your tips for tomatoes and peppers and the production was insane. I have filled up my freezer and given tomatoes and peppers to everyone in my family and I still have peppers I picked yesterday before the frost. I am really excited to get my new seeds in that I ordered. I love what you are doing here. This is life changing and helps to look forward for spring. I love it. : )

Love seeing the finished product. Thanks, Luke!

This channel is awesome. I've been binge watching and planting stuff in South Florida. Just getting in to it in the last month or so.

I have learned so much from you. I've looked at some other videos but i just fill like your are helpfully sharing your knowledge. Thanks for being on here..

So happy I found your channel! So many great tips and info!

Oh my gosh! This is super helpful to know!

I really appreciate you making the video and it helped me learn alot from you.

Awesome information. Thank you.

I am growing my tomato bush TREES in 18gallon containers, 3 plants to a container in 8 containers in a small 7 x 9 ft area. I am using 7 ft steel fence posts in each container and I twine around the plants and the post. My early girl, chocolate cherry & red gapes are over 7 ft tall and I will have to climb on a chair to harvest soon! I use epsoma organic fertilizer every 2 wks.. and WATER daily, sometime 2 times a day because they are in containers. I have done no pruning and all are healthy in this very small area. But I think I am gonna have to top em soon as they just keep getting taller! I think next year I am gonna top my plants at 7ft.lol I am freezing and canning lot of tomatoes from my tomato jungle👍😁 I pick when fruit just starts to blush also👍 Everyone that sees my tomato jungle is in awe that I can grow 24>8 ft or taller tomato plats-in containers in such a small space, I AM TOO! LOL 😁 Same thing with my sweet success& tasty green cucumbers growing in 18 gal containers, fed every two wks and the vines are over 10 ft long producing like crazy & outgrew the 6 ft A Frame trellis I made out of fence..24 qts bread and butter pickles already canned gonna start dill pickles with tomorrow’s harvest👍😁 You can grow a mega ton of healthy organic veggies in large containers in a very small space, i know as I HAVE FOR DECADES and showed other how too.😊 I GROW GROW GROW to feed my family HEALTHY FRESH ORGANIC VEGGIES ❤️👍🙌🏻🙌🏻

Luke, Your videos are amazing! You have the right mixture of passion-personality-professionalism 100-100-100! Thank you for sharing it with all of us backyard gardeners.

I just found your channel recently, and it’s been pure happiness/comfort for me during the quarantine! I’m a first year gardener, and these videos have been amazing resources.

So very Cool!! Can’t wait to try this!!

Congratulations and thanks. Simple and didactic job.

You can do "lower and lean" in an outdoor garden using 8 foot ferrying strips. Just lay out four stakes in a rectangle. Then screw on ferrying strips around the top and the bottom of the four stakes. Attach the strings from bottom to top with excess string (I use jute) at the top. When the plants are tall enough wind them around the string and use tomato clips to secure the plant. I get 10 plants around each setup in a relatively small space. Very sturdy and very inexpensive and no more leaning stakes or lost plants in storms. This is the best way i have found to trellis tomatoes. Single stem is a must and no tipping needed. When the plant reaches the top just lower the plant and lean it to one side guiding it around the rectangular structure. Variations work for beans squash and cukes. I hope you give this a try and share it with your viewers.

Great video to show how you can train your plant to grow how you want. Luke will be picking tomatoes on a ladder soon..

Well this answers my question from your other video. I may swap out the cages for stakes before it's too late. Thanks for the great video!

Thanks for sharing luke

Great tips! We decided to do no pruning this year and just let them go. Overall, we had a great year. I think the weather and consistent rain helped a lot this year. Thanks for sharing!

This is informative and easy to listen to.

your tomatoe plant is so amazing luke

This is my first year growing using this method and I love how it's working out! So much less space and I don't have tomato plants sprawling all over the ground.

I’ve been successful on my second year of gardening and I owe that success to you and a handful of other garden tubers

I use welded wire to make a round cage. I drive a fence post beside the first section, to tie the cage to. Every time the tomato plant gets to the top, I get on the ladder to add four more feet. Best way I've found to keep them growing.

Awesome, imma use it this season

I LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM !

Very useful tips. Thanks

Very positive video. Lots of good information

Love all your ideas, tip, and videos. I'm just beginning to garden for the first time. 😊

so excited...

I am jealous, in a good way though. Now i am going to take all the tips to my garden this season. Many thanks for the tutorial.

very informative, thank you!

Good Info!

Excellent Video, Thank you

Thanks Luke!! Looks like those tomatoes are GREAT! Those huge tomatoes so amazing!! Thank you for sharing you tips with us and making these wonderful videos!!!

Hi.. I love your videos and information. Could you please explain in more detail about how would you do the single stemming/pruning of tomato plants early in the season and mid in season?

Great info and good to know about the 90% ripening. I didn't know that. Early harvesting for me was to avoid bird damage, but more production makes great sense. Thanks!

Hello, thanks for the great tips.

Love this!!

Wow, that's awesome! Those plants are huge :-D

So beautiful. Wow... 👍🏾

Thanks... great tomato growing tips!

thanks so much!

I have 17 tomato plants, which I planted in late June--this is the first year I've done this. They're tomatoes on the vine and campari, which I grew from tomatoes that I bought at the grocery store. They're now about 4-5 feet tall and are flowering and already producing tomatoes. I know these varieties get very tall. Right now, they're in cages, but we plan on putting in some support stakes. The problem will be putting in the stakes without harming their roots.

Trying this next season!

This works! I did it last year with all my different kinds of cherry tomatoes. I used stringing method hung from my gutter along my detached garage. I had to end up topping them after they reached the gutter/roof. Tons of production! And didnt end up with blight something I fought every year; until the very end of the season. I also agree with your suggestion on a good balanced fertilizer I think I used Dr Earth if I remember right and just sprayed it on about every 3 weeks. Thanks for the video.

Looking good

Most of my tomato plants are between 6 and 10 ft. I just stumbled on the method of stringing and I love it. Thank you for you video, it filled in some gaps in my knowledge. I am growing in a greenhouse in Western Wa.

Thank you for this tip! I am gonna grow vertical and NO suckers! I am floored too! lol

Very nice Luke

Trifecta. I hope new supplies of it will be available.

This is a great video, thank you! I don't know why anybody would click thumbs down on it.

I have NEVER in all my days even heard about 10 foot tall tomato plants. That is WICKED AWESOME! :) Love your channel!!

Thank you so much!

What an awesome video/information !!! I hope you consider being a paid consultant... I've seen almost all of your videos and you've matured!!1

Great tips. Will save and refer to often. Never have much much with tomatoes, but will try again with your tips.

I don't even like tomatoes, but I grow them for my family and I really enjoy the single stem method. It really does allow me to get more production from a raised bed. I typically have an 8' bed with cucumbers on the trellis in the middle and a tomato growing up the trellis support on both ends of the bed. Pretty fun to do and gives plenty of room for the other plants around it instead of smothering a big area of my bed. Great video. Thanks! I may see if I can set a new personal record this year...........................AO

Trying this this season with our 16 tomato plants! Nice option for our quantity - tomato cages are very expensive and we will be re-purposing them this year for our peppers.

this is great!

We got 8-ft. plants with large tomatoes this year. It is incredible!

Thank you! I thought something was wrong with my plants. They are soooo tall!

Did that once, accidentally, just listening to some gardener friends, didn't really know why they grew so big for first time garden. Thanks for explaining it. I had started out with 6 foot stakes, one foot in the ground, five out, then I, eventually, used another 6 foot stake to attach to the top of the originals, with a foot overlap, ending up with 10 foot stakes.

My staking solution is 3/4" pvc pipe. I started my pipe "stakes" at 8 feet. I can add on to that with a pipe joiner I connect to the 8 foot pipe and then connect a pipe extension (i.e. 2 feet) to the other end of the pipe joiner. Great, easy way to create a stake that you can add height to!

Can you do a homemade compost video ? I love my 2 bins 💚🌱🌷 saves loads of £/$ !

This was my 1st successful yr growing beef steak tomatoes and the plants are just about 10ft now. Great yields. These are some of the largest tomatoes i’ve ever seen. All over a pound some close to 2 pound tomatoes… 👑

Thank you. very helpful! Here in zone 9 *las Vegas* even with shade covers, my tomatoes gave up mid summer. It was just too hot. So nitrogen for leaf and height, and phosphorus when you want to push for flowers. I am starting my seeds early, getting them in the ground as soon as last frost date clears and trying to grow them fast. I am hoping to get the fruits set and off to a head start before we hit triple digets in May. Tall is not to goal for us, but the info is still very helpful.

Thank you for another great video. Susan, John, and I plant some under the bedroom windows,,,,the neighbors just shake there heads when we reach out the window (2nd floor) to pick tomatoes.

I got to 7 1/2 foot tall plants and that is usually as tall as I would want without having a ladder. But they do produce LOTS and I am good with that.

you are a super cute couple:)...thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all!

I wish I could have let mine get that tall. My garden space is small this year because I moved late in the season. I topped the tomatoes at around 6 feet, for lack of space. Love having them so big! Base stem is easily 1.5 inches across

I planted a sunburst cherry tomato by my patio this year thinking it would be small and a good patio plant. It ended up being taller than the overhang of the roof of my house (9 ft.). It is massive and has been producing mixing bowls full of tomatoes the past couple weeks. I had no idea they got that big. I will have to plant it somewhere else next year and use your furring strip staking method. I'm glad I watched this. Thank you for the information.

what fertilizer do u think is best, or mixture.. amd what plants do u grow to keep them growing?

Hey Luke thank you for all this great info. I am a first year gardener and I have a question. First I want to say all my seeds were purchase from you and I'm very pleased. At first I didn't think they were gonna be ok because I guess I had zero faith that I did it right. But anyway the plants are doing great but I'm just learning about what I should have been doing from the beginning. So now that I have a jungle of plants can I go in and prune they way you describe in your videos? Will I shock them? What should I do? I know I have too many plants in one box so how do I save them? Any help is appreciated here in Pa. Thanks Luke

AWESOME

Awesome video. How far apart do you plant the tomatoes and how do you secure the stakes?

Excellent advise. I have heard that tomatoes will keep growing and producing given the right conditions. Autumn and Winter are usually what ends the life of a healthy tomato plant. Could you do a youtube video on how to preserve the harvest for later use - sun dried tomatoes, sauce, passata and jam. Many thanks.

Nice!

I like the reminder

I enjoy your channel! I used this method of growing my tomatoes in the spring. While I DID get a lot of tomatoes on my indeterminate type, the stalks were skinny. How do I get a stronger stalk? Upon planting I used an organic fertilizer and bone meal. I regularly feed with fish emulsion and alternate with Miracle Grow.

I have picked red tomatos on Christmas day: East Contra Costa Co., California. :)

okay so i just planted my tomatoe plants maybe 3 weeks ago, what kind of fertilizers should i be using right now? to get massive growth like this.

Thanks for the info! Going to give a giant tree tomato a try.

Handsome Gardener

Started my tomatoes from seed this year and got them outside the week before Memorial Day (also in SE MI). My black cherry tomato plants are 12 ft tall! I one cluster that will have over 50 cherry tomatoes on it. When are you going to have Trifecta + back in stock?

I watered my weed plant today and it thanked me. ;)

I can attest to tall tomato plants. I use the string method from under an 8" high pergola. I'm expecting these plants to be at least 12 to 16' high by the time the growing season is over. By mid July they are already 8' high. I will be letting the plant lay down across the top of the pergola. They are hungarian heart tomatoes, yummy.

What is a balanced fertiliser Luke if you can't use trifecta plus?

in hydroponic tomatoes the fertilization schedule usually starts with low N and medium K, then as flowers appear the N is boosted and K reaches peak supply. K is always more important than N and P is supplied at a relatively low (50ppm) constant rate throughout the growth of the plants. I've fertilized my tomato plants (and all other vegetables) with fertigation (I know it's not organic..., but very effective) kind of following this fertigation plan and my tomato stems are about 13 feet long on my lower and lean trellis. I try to keep all the new growth (except flowers) at the end of the vine and remove old leaves so I have maximum sun penetration to the fruits and healthy leaves adapted to the current sun intensity and quality which is especially important towards the end of the growing season.

I’m going to try to do that

nice

Can you give some more information on the part where you want to create a bushy top of the tomatoe? How is that best done? Thanx

Luke, if I've let my plant get a little too full at the bottom (i.e. not single stem) - can/should I prune it? These are cherry tomatoes.

I got an early girl at 14 feet this season

Haha, you and Jack and the beanstalk! Can't believe this - now I have tomato plant envy... :P Actually, I think my Brandywines are going for a record (for height but not for production).

If we have a short cold growing season, should we put more focus into flowering earlier (with phorphorus) rather than letting it run later to start flowering when you will likely end up with heaps of green unripe tomatoes at the end of the season?

The tomato you where harvesting from has curled and crunchy sounding leaves. I had a potted tomato last summer with the same thing. Is that leaf curl or different disease and how do you combat that? Thank you!

We have 5-foot tall, homemade tomato cages, yet my tomatoes are usually around 7 to 8 feet tall by July!