I lucked out today my neighbors was throwing away 3 perfectly good tomato frames so I am rip roarin ready to go thank you to garden answer for this video.. And my neighbor for setting those out😍 🌿🍅🍅🍅🌿

Please make this a series. How to grow different kinds of fruits and veggies

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm so glad I found this channel!!! Every video has so much information.

I live in a one room apartment in Sweden. I only have windows on the north side and I´m growing my first tomato plant in my kitchen window. I only use natural light and yesterday I saw that I´m having my first tomato ❤️ I´m super happy about this because most people told me that it was impossible because tomatoes need a lot of sunlight. I also have some herbs in the same window.

Great info... Love the container tomato / basil combo. When I’m out in the garden, I like to grab a cherry tomato, a little basil leaf, and wrap it around the tomato. Tasty little gardener treat. 💁🏼‍♀️ 🇺🇸

I don’t know how you keep a straight face while filming with Russell stealing the show!!! 😂🐱

before the nice Feldco people came along, people would pinch back tomatoes and other plants with thumb and fingers. this would produce a green stain, resulting in the expression that good farmers had "green thumbs".

This was honestly the absolute most informative video I’ve ever watched on tomato starting. Thank you so much… I am looking forward to more tomato videos ...as we grow lol

It just makes my day when Russell steals the show. I may try tomatoes this year. As I have said I retired to the beach and not much yard but I can do containers. We have deer, rabbits, squirrels and many representatives from nature so I have to protect my plants. Hope to have two or three varieties this year, thanks for the video. As usual step by step instructions are an inspiration!!!! Good luck with your tomatoes!

Your channel is keeping me sane these days. Thank you for just talking about plants and no politics, virus, etc. ♥️

Great info Laura! I 💚💚💚 🍅. I’ve grown tomatoes for 45+ years, since I was a little girl. I live in East Tennessee and our climate is completely opposite of yours. We have always planted in rows in a big garden. We stake them and tie them up as they grow taller. Usually have 125-150 tomato plants of only a few different varieties. We do a lot of canning in the summer to have great tomatoes for soups, chili’s, spaghetti sauce, or to just open and eat, etc. The last several years, I have planted a few tomatoes in a small area at my house. 🐛🐛🐛 Every single year, I get hornworms at the house. Never ever do I see them in the garden area. I plant marigolds with these to ward off insects the last couple of years. I did get some of the spray you recommended last year after seeing a few on my tomatoes. I really liked it. I plant them at several different areas at the house and those little pests found every one of my plants!!! ☹️🐛 Nothing worse than a hornworm devouring a beautiful plant. That’s one thing I would like you to discuss more for new gardeners. Don’t know why they are at the house and never in the big garden. Any ideas? I also cut the bottom leaves off and plant them deep. I’ve found that the deeper the better! You can lay the plant on its side and the roots establish better and support the plant a little better. I also cut the suckers off as soon as I see them. So healthy for the plant and does allow better air flow! I will be adding some straw around mine at home this year. Thank you for sharing all your wisdom and your love of gardening. Stay Safe & Happy! Blessings. 😇

One day can we please have a Russell and cheddar blooper video I do love your cats and am always looking out for them every video.

I would love some education on how to start vegetable seeds indoor! Just so you know, your videos have fostered my love of gardening and have inspired me to add an additional garden to our yard. So excited! Thank you!!

I come for the garden advice and stay for the editing. “Clear. Plastic. Domes” y’all kill me 🤣

I clicked so fast! You helped me prune my tomato for the first time last year and so many flushed out afterwards!

I’ve been sending your ‘beginning gardener’ videos to my daughter-in-law, who is starting her first real garden this year. Thank you, Laura.

There comes Russell....it's so funny he's always somewhere close by. But we all love him. Mary

Love how you are focusing on the gardening basics of some of these foods. Keep them coming!

I love when Russell makes an appearance. Heading to the nursery today for tomato starts. I wish I would have started seeds earlier.

I love it when the kitties make their appearance.

I love how your cat always shows up in any video! Nice added bonus to very helpful videos!

Laura you did an amazing job at informing everyone about the types of tomatoes and how to grow them. Thank you. I’d love to see more videos on different types of garden plants.

I love when Russell pops out in your videos!

Thank you! Explaining the blossom end rot happens to me and I never understood why! You are such a wonderful source of information.❤️

Hello! You’re a Godsend! How can one be so knowledgeable, nice, experienced??? Just perfect!!! Thank you for what you do and share! ❤️

My Uncle was the head Ag agent for his County and would have loved this video!! Well done!! 🌿🍅🌿

P. S. Just thought I’d share that one of my favourite things is to ruffle the tomato plant with my hand, like you would to a child’s hair and inhale that tomato plant smell. It’s amazing 🍅🌱🙌😉

I love that your cat is always wandering around you as you film. We're cat people, too.

Great coffee with Laura and Russell and the beginnings of tomato planting! Now I see some mistakes that I made last year in our garden at work and I will be keeping a journal of what to do for next year since we are not going to have a garden at our center since we are still closed. I think it's great that you are doing these basic videos because there are so many people that are new to gardening this year in particular due to the issues we are having.Thank you for thinking of how to help everyone become better gardeners and also be able to enjoy the fruits of their labors!!!!!

Everytime I get a new veggie plant to start out with this year, you've posted a video a week after or so 🤦🏼‍♀️😂 I need to learn to wait for Laura! Thank you for sharing your tips! Super helpful for this beginner. 🙌❤️

Sounds like you agree with Jess from Roots and Refuge "Store bought tomatoes taste like disappointment." 🤣😂 it's so true.

I almost bypassed this video as I wasn't planning on planting tomatoes. But I gave it go bc I'm an information junkie lol. I love learning. Now I want to plant a pot of tomatoes on my porch! Thanks for the inspiration!

Love your channel, just “found” you a week ago. Good tips and too cute to boot! Imma gonna simmer right here.

The best explanation for Determinate, and Indeterminate I have heard! Thank you for that. Also about planting the tomato deeper for better roots stability. I’m like..🤦🏻that’s what happened for the last two years. Third time’s a charm🌻

I have been growing tomatoes for years and still found this full of valuable information and very interesting- I do get split tomatoes and end rot every year on a couple of tomatoes, you said due to overwatering and low calcium. You gave me some good watering tips-THANK YOU! Never miss a video!!

Two years ago I found a packet of tomato seeds in an old gardening magazine dated 1986, they were in aluminium foil. Well I planted them and they grew much to my dismay, they were called Santorini a small bushy variety and they bore fruit. The fruit was a bit sour don't know if it was the variety or the age of the seed. Anywho I am going to have another crack at growing tomatoes when our season allows. Thanks again for a really informative video Laura. Cheers Tammy.

You covered everything!! I love having the reminder of the types and many varieties. It's hard to pick and choose which ones to grow. 🍅🌻💗🍅🌻💗

I LOVE seeing Russel in all of your videos! Hahaha

In your follow-up video, can you go over “topping off” tomato plants? I thought about doing this last year when my tomatoes grew well over their cages, but I was afraid I would kill them. Thank you!!

I have really upped my 🍅 tomato game this year. I have planted 12 tomato plants with 8 different varieties, indeterminate, determinate, hybrid and heirloom. I also have early producing to late producing. I'm super excited to see what I get and how well I do. 🌱🍅💚

I am going to try and grow my first tomato plant in a container. I'm so excited. Thank you for the information 👍😊

What perfect timing! Every morning as I get ready for work I put one of your videos on and you're my company in the early hours lol. Just the other day I was telling my friend I wanted to grow tomatoes(currently growing habanero peppers!) So this has to be a sign!❤

This is perfect timing! Getting ready to plant my Cherokee tomato sometime this week. Thanks Laura! ♥️

I’ve been growing tomatoes for a few years. I knew to prune out side shoots but didn’t know that I could set my plant much deeper than the soil level in the pot. Game changer!! Thank you Laura 👍🏻

Love tomatoes! One year my Aunt and I had a fun contest to who would get the first ripe tomato. I planted my plants early, in my area, Louisville Kentucky, they say not to plant the tomatoes before the Kentucky Derby. I planted early because I didn't know, but I kept vigil and covered my plants when temps dropped low. I got the first tomato before July 1. I gave it to my Aunt.

Loving the “for beginners” series, very helpful. I might try tomatoes again!

I just love Russell it makes me so happy hen he joins you!

i live in an apartment and after watching your video I felt confident enough to start my own container garden. Thank you for the helpful beginners tips! i've probably watched this 4x now along with the strawberry video !

OMG I love this video, I'm a bigginner and this is so helpful. I just prepared my raised beds for tomatoes, thank you so much Laura.😁😁

I just found this channel and subscribed. I’m doing my “Happy Dance” ! Thank you soooo much for the excellent teachings. My garden is going to thrive. Happy Dance, Happy Dance! 💃🕺💃🕺🕺💃

Thanks Laura I especially liked your description of the types of tomatoes, one that I understand and and will remember because it now makes sense to me. 😊

I love Russell! 😆 Thank you for clarifying! I never knew the difference between determinate and indeterminate.

Thank you! We just grew our first tomatoes from seed this year and this will definitely help us into the growing season and once they get a little bigger! -DT

After WW2, here in Europe was hard time after all devastation in human and economic resorces and then in 1946 to 1948 aid started to come from USA, all people here named it Truman Aid, from mushed potatoes and scrambled eggs in powder to vegetable seeds, one of seeds was tamatoes, who know what variety it was but it was open polinator variety foe sure because my late grandmother all her life colected seeds from that tomatoes, we still plant them because my aunt still colect seeds from that tomato, it is great variety with large fruits, flashy with not a lot of seeds, great for slicing for salads but also great for cooking saouces, not only in my family that seeds are still growing, other people do, nobody know variety but everybody call it "americano". Offtopic but thought this little story about tomato could be interestinf to some viewers :)

I do love to see the kitty (or a dog) photo bomb the video. There is absolutely no time that this is not appropriate! Love it!

You never cease to amaze me! Your garden, your flowers, your knowledge is so expiring! You can’t possibly do all your own pruning/maintenance do you?? Thankyou for all you do for us who love being in the garden! Back yard Gardner, Marlyn from Jamestown, Calif.

This was terrific! I've grown tomatoes before but I took a break after having my last child... watching this I realize I was making a ton of mistakes before. I'm super excited to start again and feel like I'm getting an amazing education from you!

Thank you for this. I so appreciate the beginner tips; I just planted a tomato in a container and am so excited to watch it grow.

This video is so helpful! Exactly what I needed before planting my tomatoes this weekend! Thank you!!

Thank you!!! I'm going to try tomatoes in a container next year. I've had so many issues with them in the past because I didn't realize there was so much to know. This helps a lot!

Love ❤️ the beginners video! Thank you Laura and Russell!

Hi, I recently found your channel and I've been binge watching your videos. I'm enjoying them very much. I just planted my very first tomato, cucumber, and pepper plants. I also planted some basil, mint, dill, cilantro, and thyme. I know nothing about gardening. I've always enjoyed watching other people garden, but always afraid to try it myself. Watching your videos inspired me to just go for it and start planting. Now that I have more time on my hands, I'm at my local garden shop almost every day. My patio garden is starting to look very nice. I planted trees, shrubs, vines, all sorts of flowers, and succulent arrangements. Thank you for inspiring me. I'm really enjoying the process of planting and watching things grow. Wish me luck.

I've learned so much! I've had poor luck with tomatoes in the past, so I've identified several things that would improve my results!! Thank you!!

This was so informative! Thank you! I'm excited to use these tips this season! I haven't had the best luck with my tomatoes these past couple years so this is exactly what I needed.

Thank you so much. Perfect timing. My local garden centre reopened this morning after weeks and so I went and bought my first ever tomato seeds to plant. As I won't be able to travel down to my garden for another month, I'm hoping to start them here in Milan and then bring my very own seedlings with me to my garden in Tuscany. Thanks for a super informative video. Wish me luck :-)

Thank you for this. I am really a beginner gardener, and you explain so well, even I can understand. :)). And this year is the first time I have started from seed, and you have inspired me.

I'm brand new to this, SO wish I would've watched this before buying my plants!! Learned SO SO much, thank you, best beginner gardening video I've seen!

Thanks for the beginner tips!! We have been liveaboards for 20 years, but have finally become landlubbers! Starting a garden this year and having fun!!

DID YOU READ MY MIND? This is exactly what I am doing this morning! As always, THANK YOU!

I have learnt so much from your tomato plant video , though I’m sure I’ll need to keep referring back. Thank you Laura

Great info! Glad to know I can use Tomato Tone when planting.

That was a lot of great information!! I've planted tomatoes for years and did not know some of this information!! Thank you for teaching even us older people new things!! I love to learn!! Would you please, please consider doing this sort of video on pumpkins?!!! I've always wanted to try planting just a small pumpkin patch and have watched videos on it before but no one I have found explains things the way you do!! Other videos I've watched just make you want to give up! Your videos inspire!!! They make you feel like even beginners can do that!! You have a gift for teaching!! Thank you!!!

Thanks for such a in-depth session in tomato care!

Yes! Thank you! I have so many growing in the window sills, this was so helpful!

thanks so much for all the tomato planting details, I learned a lot I didn't know after planting tomatoes in containers for years

It’s a rainy day in Zone 6B South Central PA and I’m catching up on my Garden Answer videos. It’s winter in May and the 🍅s and annuals are undercover for at least the next 7 days. Keep showing us blooms while we are waiting to plant. 😀

Great Info! I am growing tomatoes for the first time in year's. Always love your videos 😍 Have a great day ❣️

Love Russel, and this location, oh, and all the tomato planting info!!! Thanks again!

Your garden is so beautiful and a source of inspiration

I love Russell. 😂 he sees a camera and knows its his time to shine.

I love these in-depth videos. So much information! Please do one for pumpkins, both information and planting from seeds.

I am planting my first veggie garden this summer, so these veggie planting videos are very helpful. Thank you.

Excellent video! I have grown tomatoes for years and yet learned so much today! Thank you

I've been crying tomatoes for years but it was nice to get a refresher course. I had forgotten some things thanks🌱

Such a helpful video! Thank you Laura! I’m a beginner gardener and am learning so much from your channel!

Russell is such a ham😄😸

Thank you for this video! I learned so much. I had no idea there was such a thing as determinate and non-determinate! The lack of success in years past make a lot more sense now 🙂

Great info! Nothing beats the flavor of a homegrown tomato!

Thanks, you reminded me of a few things about 🍅 planting I may have forgotten. Never to old to learn or reminding...😂

Excellent advice and could listen to you all day!!

Really good info. Thank you so much. We plant a lot of tomatoes and never have a great harvest. Now we know! 👏🏻💕👏🏻

So much knowledge! Thanks Laura!

Going to plant some tomatoes and basil now!Very helpful video thank you!

So happy you made this video.

New gardener here, Thank you for this info! Absolutely love those pots!

Just learning about growing container tomatoes. Appreciate your generous information.

Perfectly explained, Laura. Cheers, Ardith

AWESOME. VIDEO. Thank you for all the work you both put into them! I am a better and more inspired gardener because of you!

I ordered 3 of those tall titan tomato cages from Gardener's Supply and love them already! Can't wait to see you use them in your vegetable garden :)

Thank you so much! I’m terrible at gardening but LOOOOOVE fresh tomatoes. I’m gonna give this a go!