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Another way to find hornworms is to go out at night with a black light. The hornworms glow bright in the black light and are easy to pick off.

About a year 1/2 ago you inspired me to grow a veggie garden with your pallet planter. We now have tomatoes, cucumber, zucchini, and bell pepper on our 8x10 apt patio this year. Thank you!🎉

Never ceases to amaze me how much Tuck loves vegetables. ❤❤🐕🐕

Thanks for the tip on leaving suckers on for hot climates. I live in Florida and they do get scorched. Also want to compliment your videographer. Whoever helps you with the channel does a great job. ❤❤❤❤❤ for tuck

Expanded my garden by 50% this year and James and Tuck are the reason. I keep learning more each year and I have been gardening for 42 years.

Brand new gardener here, your videos are so helpful and easy to understand!! Thank you!

Great video! Another thing I do for hornworms is go out in the garden at night with a black light flashlight. The hornworms glow like you wouldn't believe then you can pick them off and do away with them. And it's fun too :)

I left a couple of suckers to grow big since I had heard if you cut the suckers off , put them in a jar of water, they will start to take root and you can then plant it and start another plant.

This is the first year I’m truly excited about putting in a garden…. Actually this is the first time I’m doing tons of research… I’ve probably watched 8-10 different channels explaining their methods… I now have that narrowed down to you as my go to guy… Have a great Memorial Day everyone… Thank you.. Steve from Pennsylvania.. A stones throw from Phillipsburg NJ.

The way you pop out of random places in the garden, dropping knowledge like a master M.C, is pure gold brotha. Need this energy in my garden.

Eggshells can take a long time to break down, depending on your soil pH. Around here they take about a year in my compost, but I've heard that in some places they can last for decades. This is why I grind them up in my coffee grinder and sprinkle the dust on the beds early in the season, before I even plant the tomatoes.

Ran out and pruned my tomatoes plants. Thank you so much for all your insight

I'm pretty sure when I watch your videos I gain a few extra days on my life each time. That's just how good your videos are. Positive, informative, motivating, happy, bright, meaningful, timeless. You've got it all man. Keep up the great work as always. The gardening world is a better place with people like you in it and here to help! Never stop being you, James! 🤘👍👌🍅🍎🍒🍓🫐🌶

This is our (wife and I) second year gardening and we have had very good success and it is because everything we learned about gardening came from you. Thank you immensely!

Tuck must be one healthy little dog! Nothing wrong with his digestive system! 😊

Thanks as always, James! Good to start another summer with you. PS I like the subtle-ness of your filmer. I almost forgot you had one. They flow well with the shots.

❤❤❤for tucker

Tuck is such a legend. Love this channel so much. Last year I had a gigantic Brandywine Pink heirloom plant that had multiple tomato hornworms, but they were attacked by parasitic wasps and were dead long before they could wreak their havoc.

I finally have a way that works for me on growing tomatoes. I start them indoors under plant lights, harden them off properly then plant them in my covered raised beds. I used to have such a blight issue etc. because of the rain during the summer, by growing under the cover of plastic I can control that. I usually leave one or both ends open during the day for good air flow and to let pollinators access to the flowers.

I truly learned a lot from this video. That was good to see all the pertinent points to growing healthy strong tomato plants, and how to deal (& prevent) with pests and disease issues, and watering, fertilizing, companion plants, etc. Great how-to and troubleshooting information. Thanks James and Tuck, always appreciate your informative videos and garden walk throughs!!

❤ A Heart for Tuck and a ❤ for you, James! Thank you for the always-relevant gardening tips and advice! 🌱🍅

I never prune my tomato plants although I do agree with you on removing the lower leaves. I have been growing tomatoes for decades and have conducted tests with plants that were pruned and unpruned the results were that I got 38% more tomatoes with the unpruned plants. Also the tomatoes were no bigger on the pruned plants compared to the unpruned plants .However tomato plants can grow crazy big and you need to keep supporting the suckers, so I occasionally remove some to keep it tidy.

Another AWESOME video. Thank you James. Give Tuck lots of love for me. He is soooo CUTE! ❤️

What's interesting is the "keeping them off the ground" part. Tomatoes are naturally vining plants. If their stems are in contact with the dirt, they'll just root themselves. I think it's all a matter of preference and what works for your garden. Mine is bursting with beautiful plants and fruits and there's absolutely zero way to keep up with all their suckers....nor do I want to. I'll just worry about keeping up with harvesting all the tomatoes 😆

Tuck is the CUTEST mascot. I just adore him. 😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤❤🧡🧡💛💛💚💙💜🤎🖤❤‍🩹❤💘💕💞 WE LOVE YOU TUCK!

Little man Tuck is so chill. I have never once heard him bark which is RARE for a Yorkie! We love you Tuck!!💓You too James!

I love the point about not being impatient to plant tomatoes, that waiting a couple/few weeks later is fine and often better. This is helpful too for people starting tomato seeds; they grow fast so starting them inside too long before last frost probably just makes more work with up-potting, tending, just to plant them in cool soil that they sit in / don't grow for a while.

James, you are back-to-back dropping every video I need to see. My friend suggested you to me after I told them I've been getting into gardening the last year. I'm forever grateful she turned me on to you dude you're videos and advice and personality are a treasure. Lets gooooo

Better yet, just make sure you have mustiple bushy Basil plants near your tomato plants and the hornworms won't bother them at all.

Great video. I'm late getting my tomatoes planted (containers) due to vacation and other things going on but being in MS we have a long growing season. Thanks for the tip about leaving a few suckers on the plant for us that have such hot summers. Never thought about doing that. I don't get many tomato hornworms but it doesn't take many to do damage. Thinking about doing what a friend did. She saw a Mockingbird with a hornworm and got the idea of moving some of her bird feeders and baths over to her small garden. It wasn't long until she started seeing fewer pests like hornworms, cabbage worms, squash bugs and vine borers, bean leaf beetles etc. Some of the birds like Mockingbirds, Robins, Brown Thrashers, and Catbirds didn't eat at the feeders but they loved the bird baths and that attracted them to the garden. She had some mealworm and Oriole feeders and those attracted Bluebirds, Orchard Orioles, different Wrens and Sparrows to the garden along with the baths. The birds didn't get rid of all of the pests but they helped a lot.

I've been removing the lower stems and suckers since last year and all my tomato plants were still producing in September....love Tuck, keep that cutie in the videos.

It's a newbie mistake to only consider the air temps and not also the soil temps. I've made the mistake of transplanting my tomatoes out early, when the temperatures were warm enough to not kill them, thinking that it would result in having a head-start on the season. The result was that they did not grow and just looked sickly because although the air temperatures are fine, the soil temperatures are still cold and the roots don't like being in cold soil.

Tuck, you do an awesome job buddy!

Alway's Love ❤️ ❤❤❤ seeing Tuck in his garden mode. He bring"s himself right to the source. 🥕🥕T.U.for all your hints & Imformation on planting.🌱🌱🌱🍅🍅🍅🔆

This is a super informative gardening channel for New Jerseyans. So many gardening channels are about growing vegetables in the south were conditions are much easier.

My great uncle told me that is where the term "green thumb" came from. If you pinch off enough tomato suckers your thumb gets a green tint to it, although today we just wash our hands, lol.

Thanks for the info on the tomatoes! I’m still learning! Tucker is so darned cute! He reminds me of my Max that I lost about a year ago. He was 17 years old! I still miss him!

Tuck 😍 gets noticeably excited when you are picking.

This guy has so much energy. I guess it's due to all those tomatoes. I must get some planted.

It depends on if it is indeterminate. The trimmings is more suited to those. I trimmed determinate and did not get much tomatoes.

That happened with my Mizuna as well. I got my seeds from Baker's Creek. Apparently the purple thin Mizuna will occasionally have seeds that will produce those wider green leaves. They look totally different but they're both Mizuna. I was confused, too.

My little kids love Tucker and watching him eat things from the garden! Makes watching you so much fun ❤😂

Tuck, hes such a good helper ❤❤❤❤

I stopped removing suckers and discovered that the fruit yield is much higher when i dont remove them, I usually allow the plant to make 3 or 4 main branches and then i consider removing them, the yield at the end of the season will be immense.

I love, love seeing Tuck in your videos. Your gardening suggestions on watering tomatoes are very help. Thanks!!

I am now 68 with osteoporsis I so miss growing different lettuces. I am growing beans and corn this year, mainly. I like. Your channel. Your dog and my dog must come from the same family.

James, you sir are a blessing. You go into great detail to help people to grow their best garden. Thank you. You and Tuck❤❤❤ are fantastic.

A natural tomato plant grows in a sprawling mound and roots from every node that touches the ground, making a large bush, taking in nutrients from every rooted node and getting covered in fruit. Commercial growers grow their plants up wires to many metres high and they strip off a lot of leaves. This makes them grow tall and they have higher walkways to pick the fruit. As home growers we are not going to do that, yet the received wisdom that has filtered down from commercial growers is to grow tomatoes vertically and clean stemmed.

My new strategy is to leave two stems for each tomatoes, this way try to double the fruits, but still stay on the minimum side. At the same time try to prune more sunleaves to get the proper airflow and sunlight.

This is everything I do for my tomatoes, so I'm glad to know I'm on the right track, since this is only my 3rd season growing tomatoes. A little tip for the suckers especially if you find one that gets pretty big before you notice it. Cut it off at the base with sharp, clean scissors and plant it into a small 4" pot and let it grow as if it is a seedling, keep soil moist until it roots, then water regularly, then once it is big enough plant it into your garden or into a 14"+ pot or grow bag and you have a new tomato plant that will give you a later harvest. If you live in a cold weather climate you want to make sure you are starting the suckers mid-spring or at the very beginning of summer, so basically right now, go find a sucker and plant it! ❤

Homegrown tomatoes are seriously the best! Thanks for the tips James! 🙏🍅

I've been a long time follower of your videos. Your production quality has improved SO much over the years. I love that Tuck enjoys the garden as much as you. And WOW - 1.15M subscribers!! This video was so info dense! Keep up the good work.

I bought those plastic clips after seeing your previous video. I love them! I’m using them on so many. Peas, bean stalks and training some of my shrubs. Thank you! Love from Canada

Bro, your dog is a Gardening superstar. You, are a Fountain of information, and A very natural cultivator of fine foods... I am sure. Thanks I needed this video. Subbed and thumbs up for the dog... lol.

His enthusiasm is infectious. Oh my I am excited this year.

I'm a new subscriber. You explain everything very simple and thorough. Loving your channel. Tuck rules!!! Never seen a dog love greens like that! Cool 😎

Your enthusiasm makes me want to run out and plant everything lol. I’m controlling myself so I don’t go hog wild without all the knowledge. I have a few plants out and I’m excited to try the single stalk on my cukes and maters. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and letting us see the boss eat veggies fresh from the garden. ❤❤❤❤ for Tuck!!

I've been watching this channel forever! didnt know it was about gardening I just watch tuck roam around his kingdom 💓💓💓💓💓💓

Your content is educational, entertaining and very knowledgeable.

Thanks for the growing tips! I use my tomato plant suckers as clones to grow more plants which tripled my harvest!

Just found your channel and love your videos, paisan! My paternal grandparents were farmers in the foothills of the Madonie mountains of Sicily and when they came to America they had an amazing garden growing all their own vegetables; apricot and citrus trees; and sweet pea flowers. They actually practiced dry-farming their tomatoes and they were delicious. P. S. Tuck is the sweetest dog!

I sure love to watch Tuck following you around the garden and always looking for something to nibble on lol.

A great way to not have tomato hornworms is BASIL. I plant one basil plant in the middle of 4 tomatoes, and do the same per each 4 tomato plants. I have never had any more hornworms since I have planted basil. They stay away completely as apparently they hate basil. Plus a benefit, is that tomatoes like basil, so it enhances your tomatoes. If you have trouble growing basil, the secret is regular watering. They like regular watering.

Another tip .. Cut off the younger plants lower leaves before planting. Bury the tomato plant deeper to the first set of cut off leaves. This will provide a thicker stem, and where you had cut of leaves will produce roots . Making your plant steadier and produce more fruit

I just love seeing Tuck! I can’t believe all the veggies he loves to snack on! ❤❤❤

Your enthusiasm is so contagious! I’m so excited to try tomatoes now 😅So grateful I found your channel…super informative & helpful, and Tuck is such an adorable assistant ❤

It's a wonder I've ever gotten a single tomato off my plants 🌵, just shows how forgiving nature is.

Can u do a quick video on transplanting tomatoes? The deep hole method, the lay down method, how tall ur plants should be, how much to take off, how much to leave. Both indeterminate and determinate? I hope u see this

Tomatoes are also my favourite to grow! Great video, thank you!

Love the tuck re runs, watch them over and over. I learn something new every time. Your you tubers are as smart as tuck, I learn tons from the comments section. They are worth a re read.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Such a cute yorkie I have a rescue from a hoarding situation the shelter neutered him he’s 6 years old & we’re trying to to house break him. He is real menace to anything edible r not & since he had to have 15 teeth removed hasn’t slowed him down. Enjoy your video on tomato’s thanks

Love this video! Second time watching. I love your enthusiasm as well. I’m going to try pruning better at the bottom. Last year I planted so much and got little harvest. I do the string method but it was also extremely hot. Hoping for better harvest this year. 😊

Super advice. I planted lots of tomato plants this year which is exciting. Beautiful garden !

Just finished limbing up my tomatoes. They look naked! I’m planting companion plants under them. Mostly basil.😊

Using the suckers to start new plants gives you the advantage of being able to start more hybrid plants if you get like beefsteak or Big Boy tomatoes because it is part of a hybrid. Now seeds from the hybrid will more than likely be a throwback to one of the other of the plants used to create the hybrid

I always learn so much from your videos. My weather here in S. California has been tumultuous. I have whiplash going from drought to almost normal. My biggest problem right now is the rodent surge from the abundance of edibles! We have rats & mice that have become connoisseurs of my precious Milkweeds & succulents. But these suckers are wicked smart and avoid traps & baits. Trying baking soda & chocolate cake mix right now hoping it only works on rats & mice. I guess I am jealous of your sweet Tucker because a little curious dog would convince the rodents to skedaddle! Thanks for clear understandable information. You guys' rock!

love the dog helping around the video!!! so cute

One year was late getting tomatoes for my garden. They were three feet tall, so pulled all the lower leaves off, dug very deep holes, watered the hole, planted, backfilled with the soil mixed with potting soil and Miracle Grow. Best crop of tomatoes ever. How did they ever get so tall?

I’m in central Georgia, our typical growing season is early March through late September/early October. James is definitely correct in saying always prune off the suckers and lower leaves and grow on a single stem on indeterminate vining tomato varieties. Every year my tomato plants reach between 18 - 30 feet in length, because of this I grow them vertically up to about 7 ft and then grow them along a string horizontally, they produce throughout the season. I sell them for pretty cheap all through the season, but also give them away to my neighbors and family. I don’t use any synthetic fertilizers or harsh pest control methods. I use compost and vermicompost of my own making, rock dust, manures (cow and chicken), and blood/bone meals when I feel it’s necessary. I don’t till the ground, only about a square foot right where I intend on placing the plant will I amend and mix. In my experience tilling messes with the good bacteria, fungi, and needed microbes for healthy plant growth. Only disturbing the soil where you plant allows the small area to quickly get back in order. Also, if you have pests(insects), your plants aren’t truly healthy. Healthy plants produce optimum amounts of natural sugars and insects and other bugs like caterpillars digestive tracts can’t tolerate processing these sugars. Pests are there to break down, weak, stressed, and dying tissue. Healthy tissue doesn’t need broken down. This has been proven unequivocally at universities through studies, tests, and experiments. There’s a great video on YT about this that explains it and shows the data as well as the results of the studies done at the university level. It’s a game changer! One thing that was found is that synthetic fertilizers help a plant to look very healthy, but the sugar level is very low which makes the plant send out a plant pheromone signals to insects that it’s stressed, weak, and not healthy. When I discovered this 6 years ago I went organic and haven’t had a pest issue since. When using manures, compost, vermicompost, etc, the plant is able to just take up what it needs when it needs it, using synthetic fertilizers is force feeding the plant based on what the grower wants the plant to do and this is very stressful to the plant… I could go forever but I hope you get the point. Synthetic fertilizers also don’t produce as sweet or tasty of a fruit or veggie in my experience. I’ve also done many experiments myself in order to learn from them, not just for the 6 years since finding out the truth about plant health, but for 26 years of gardening and growing plants! Hope this helps someone!!!

Hey Tuck! ❤️

Lol I love watching your videos. Tuck is always snacking and you get straight to the point!

Love Tuck! How much? Watching you and Tuck inspired me to get a dog 2 years ago. Turns out, Xena my hound dog is not much of a gardener (but does love veggies. However, the 2nd dog I adopted last year, Xander (a bullie-boxer- terrier-hound mix) loves to garden. Thanks for all your inspiration!

It's so awesome to see Tuck eat so many vegetables and fruits! He should stay healthy and spry for a long time. ❤

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Thanks. This is my 3rd year with tomatoes. My first year I stuck them in the ground and watered them and they went crazy, couldn't give away enough tomatoes. I did everything wrong but those plants rewarded me for it. Last year i did everything wrong, again, and from 4 plants got just a handful of blah tomatoes total. Trying to learn how to do things right this year and i appreciate your advice.

Wow. that's what you call enthusiasm. Great content. Thank you. 👍

Love the energy in your videos, James. Question: Do clones made from suckers on indeterminates produce just as much as the original plant? Essentially never having to buy starter plants ever again?

Tuck follows your every move, so adorable. I think he understands what you’re teaching. Or maybe he’s waiting for some veggie treats.

I love watching TUCK while I learn from you. Have a great season!

Thank you so much❤❤❤❤❤I am a Jersey girl transplanted to VA. For the first time I am trying Rutgers tomatoes. Even with the milder weather this Spring they are doing very well. Thank you and Tucker for all of the tips. I can only plant on containers but last years yield was amazing. Happy growing and best to you all for a wonderful harvest

Tuck cracks me up!! Thank you for the tomato pruning info!

My mizuna did that last year. I looked it up on Baker creeks site and in the description for this variety it mentioned "Please note, you will occasionally see a few plants with smooth off-type leaves" I'm doing the red streaks mizuna this year. Really pretty

Hey James! Tuck is your best student! He never stops turning up to James' Grow School!! I'm here too on the other side of the world refreshing my knowledge after 6 successful growing seasons. I grow large slicing tomatoes in my Winter, when the pest pressure is the lowest, and I grow smaller cherry size tomatoes in my Summer! Never ending tomato story here in the subtropics. Let's Grow!

I laugh every video. Love Tucker!!😊 your knowledge is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

I love your ground. Did you just put wood chips down over the whole yard or did you have grass before?

Hi James love your videos, always such good info. Q? Do you use the neem oil spraying as a preventative or just when you see the bad bugs?

Thank you for all the great tips, James! Kisses to the hardworking little gardener Tucker! 🥰

Just found your channel recently, i am very excited to be able to to start growing my own garden with your tips! 😄

I guess you learned a lot about garden with Tuck over the years. The way Tuck supervises your work is an important part for success of your gardening.