That's funny but I totally agree! All Hail the words of our Self Sufficient Leader

lmfao

🤣 Well, if you must imitate someone it might as well be Mark, one of the best. 🤣

LMAO! Me too. And I just started watching him a few days ago. He's addicting and a Hell of a Gardener. I've been gardening for forty-five years and have learned already from this gentleman.

As an Aussie who shares his accent, I wish I could do this 😂

Thanks Kevin! :)

The crossover of the century

@@flawdajit5845 lol so true

My two dads showing love, bloody legends

@@lucasbennett7717 hahaha true

Exactly what I was thinking would happen with heavily pruned👍

Thanks for this. I have always pruned moderately and gotten great results and have always wondered if I should prune more or not at all. Great vlog 👍

Your experiment had a flaw in that you didn't support the unpruned plant. Had the other two plants been in contact with the soil, they too would have similar disease and insect damage.

For indeterminate tomatoes, I prune to ensure airflow, remove unnecessary leaves (takes away from fuller, robust fruit), and avoid excessive sprawl. I keep the plants off the ground. My early girls grow 8-10 feet tall but produce buckets. The plants are 2 feet apart. So...this year, for example, one plant has 22 tomatoes developing in the first foot and a half of growth. I control suckers to prevent sprawl but suckers are very productive. I get 3-4 large harvests each year in California. If you do the math that is 66-100 tomatoes per plant. Single stem planting does not ring true for me since I focus on quantity and quality. The idea of planting other veggies between tomatoes doesn't work for my way of growing except in the first month and a half of growth as the plants are small. For determinate plants i prune to ensure airflow focusing on the energy-sapping leaves. Some suckers need to be removed but seldom. Given California's weather I'm able to get a second surge of growth from some of the determinate plants like ace. As always fertilize, keep the calcium and phosphorous feeding on schedule and periodic deep watering is critical. Stressing the tomatoes is not part of my philosophy of growing tomatoes since I moderate watering diligently. Oh, the airflow requirement also ensure access by beneficial insects -- the bumblebees and carpenter bees are my best tomato pollinators. Tomatoes take a lot of work but the end result for canners, salsa makers, and salad lovers is exceptionally satisfying and delicious. Thanks for this video.

I think the real secret is just prune anything that touches the ground. If it really gets too thick prune off some leaves for airflow since you're likely artificially preventing it from spreading out. It's not too difficult to get great results. Hardly pruned anything but diseased leaves off 4 plants last summer just to see. They got primo sun and it was ridiculous how much they produced.

Wow. How do you fertilise them?

@@Cam-qx2bq mm

Have you ever got horn worms

Is that indeterminate and determinate?

Hi, when you say "every leaf below the flowers" do you mean for the entire plant or just that stem? Are you in Australia? If so what do you do for fruit fly, they damaged most of my tomatoes here in queensland last summer.

I dont know man. Ground cherries are pretty ultimate.

Dennis McFall I also love yellow pear tomatoes.

I NEED THEM! I love my "Chocolate Sprinkles" variety, such a beautiful red-watermelon color.

Thank you :)

You are, after all, the Russell Crowe of your garden rows!

Ricky Gervais of gardening?

The Garden Gladiator. Yes I am entertained.

RTORC78 lol

Hi Nancy. Did you put those pruned branches in water or soil? Thanks for your help.

@@markpang8847 hi Mark.i put them in reg potting soil.they root very fast!

Mahalo Nancy. Wish me luck. 🤙

@@markpang8847 just be sure to keep them moist till they root. You'll be amazed!! Blessings!!

Mark Pang tip. Put small amount of water soluble fertiliser in a container with water. Place the potted cutting in the water leaving an inch or two clearance for root growth. If it gets cold use clear plastic wrap and a container large enough to support leaf growth under the plastic

G'day Tony and thank you for your service! I'm glad you've been able to get some ideas from my vids and adapt them to your own property. Best of luck with your tomato tunnel - it's a great way to grow them! Thanks for taking the time to say hello mate, cheers :)

Cherry tomatoes are my favs!!

Lucky! The ground was too wet to do anything with until late May, so my first ones are still maturing. ♥ Cherry tomatoes!

Did you prune or not?

Interesting. Very good info, I actually have to speed his videos up sometimes 1.25x-1.5x

Hello Vista profile pic, that's a throwback :)

Thank you for subscribing to my channel Colleen! :)

Self Sufficient Me the pleasure is all mine...am learning a ton of valuable information. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience 🙏🏻

From Canada too. Love this channel as well. Never gardener before but starting a container garden this year.

Belynda Young great idea, think it behooves everyone to start their victory gardens too. Started last year and we are doubling our gardens next weekend. Can’t wait to get planting, so exciting to get growing! Good luck in your gardening efforts.

@@colleenmcintosh6974 Thanks. I am excited to get started too

Thanks Melody and blessings to you also! :)

Would you recommend pruning Sungold tomatoes? Ours have gotten massive and taken over our garden box.

I'm impressed

I just transplanted my tomato plant to get it away from a cactus but now all the leaves are looking sad... what should I do?!

@@Randemoller Awww,nobody answered you! I hope it survived! I'm no gardener of the world but I do have plants that somehow are okay,and I would say go over everyday and get close,then speak reassuringly and ever so lovingly tell it you will do all you can to make sure it has everything it ever needs to thrive beauitfully! Hey it can't hurt!

Stacee Payne thanks I trimmed it a bit fed it and cut some parts off crossing my fingers!!

LOL...

Snap! I only have a balcony and I'm trying tomatoes this year. How did you get on?

@@tonystephengrayson hey! They ended up getting blossom end rot but a few were viable and they tasted very good. I would do a sweeter variety than San Marzano next time though. The other plants (peppers, strawberries, herbs) did great! I recommend some kind of mulch if you're in a dry climate. In Colorado, mine just CHUGGED water twice a day. Edit: definitely get a tomato cage cone thing!

@@musa2775 thanks for replying. I'm trying sun gold, and rubylicious. Also tumbling tom. Throwing myself in the deep end i know🤣 I'll be caging 2 and growing 2 as single cordons to see the difference. I live in London, so the weather is hit and miss. I will definitely use mulch👍

Good move! Hope they grow fruitful! Cheers :)

When I was a kid there was a Pizzeria near my Grandmother's house, they tossed veggies out the back door and tomatoes were popping up. With our hands we siblings dug some up and transplanted them in her back yard, the were very prodigious.

@@timan2039 that sounds like an awesome idea.

maby a bit late but tomatoes are toxic for dogs

@@bassy-xh1rk Nonsense.

Thanks! I appreciate your support and enthusiasm - it encourages and inspires me to create more vids. Cheers :)

Nothing better than right off the plant into the mouth! YUM :)

Yes please, what to plant when would be awesome 👌

I just pulled an old dresser out of the trash. I'm going to convert it into a raised bed. Even if it only lasts 2-3 season, that's ok with me. Besides, it was FREE!!

Thank you and all the best with your garden! :)

Thanks Eric for your input and experience! Cheers mate :)

I'm a keen stand-up gardener, thank you :)

Do you plant tomatoes in the same beds every year? What about soil diseases?

Thank you! Imagine if the real Crowe did a few KZfaq gardening vids - I'd say they'd be pretty epic lol... Cheers :)

Thank you Beverly! :)

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I think he called it a rootstock tomato.

I been pruning all my tomatoes plants and this morning i did it again now after watching the video i wish i didnt prune my cherries tomatoes

Excellent stuff! Good on you and thank you :)

Great stuff Helen all the best for a top harvest then! Cheers :)

It's pretty uncommon hearing the word chutney from an American,have you visited India by any chance lol

@@Eulogy1613 No. LOL! I would *love* to visit India. I'm just a n amateur gourmet cook with very eclectic tastes.

@@brucetidwell7715 oh alr haha,you have been on yt for a pretty long time. +1 sub

@@Eulogy1613 Yeah, I spend too much time on YT. Thanks for the follow! I hope I can actually start posting videos in the next year or so.

@@brucetidwell7715 I see,good luck with your yt channel :)

Oh, I bet your hens love them! Cheers :)

my red currant tomato is the most disease-prone plant I've ever grown. Never had early blight before it. But the production is impressive.

Same.

Thank you! I don't use the dusts but there may be organic types that work ok and are pretty safe. I do use an eco-organic fungicide (bicarbonate based) to help prevent disease. Cheers :)

I noticed too. Lol

LOL yes I did...

Thought i was on the wrong channel

LOL - oh no... my secret is out! :)

That's my question too

If the plant gets over 5 feet tall, then it's probably indeterminate, and you need to prune, if you haven't. With determinate plants, just prune the lower branches off, and you're practically done. If you're growing Romas, then those are determinate. Their growing season will be shorter than indeterminate, so you don't want to prune much at all, except for the branches near the ground.

I was wondering where I can get the seed for this big, sprawling tomatoes?

They usually go under the name of "red currant tomatoes" or wild tomatoes.. But red or yellow currant is the most common name of this variety.

Nomis S Thanks! 🍅

@@nomiss1015 Thanks for the info

Nomis S I have one growing now...extremely sprawly but not much fruit. It’s called Celebrity. My hunch is the soil needs nourishment. Thanks again.