In this video, I show how I prune and train young tomato plants including several tomato growing tips to prevent disease and get the best crop of tomatoes possible!
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Trichoderma is a fungi which kills other fungus, can be mixed with soil or spayed
PLEASE do you not pull off the middle growth between each row of leaves. I have been watching many youtube on tomato and most say to pull these off.
Since tomato plants are toxic, does that mean they shouldn’t be composted or dug back under after the season?
Hi, what is that grub looking thing in the Mycorrhizal video in this vid, I see tom roots, works and a grub looking thing, found one in the garden this morning, is it good or bad?
No your not crazy. photosynthesis is a real thing. Go ahead talk to your plants. I watched a program once where people talked to and screamed at plants as part of an experiment. It was interesting. Yes the people felt foolish but the plants that were talked to and screamed at grew better than the ones that weren't. The same experiment explored the possibility that plants feel pain. They don't because they do not have a brain to register pain. They do not have a nervous system, nor to they have pain receptors. So pruning won't cause pain. Here is your own experiment, you can feel your own hair. Your hair doesn't feel pain. The root which grows from the skin is the only part of your hair that is alive, and they only part of the hair that feels sensation. Plants are much like the ends of the hair shaft, they do not feel pain. If they did they would have pulled up roots and scurried away to avoid being pruned. Plants do sweat, or seep. They expel water through pours in the leaves to cool themselves , Plants that weep in the sun do not have enough water to cool themselves and will die. That's why you should water in the morning so your plants have a healthy supply of water through out the day. I suffer from a skin condition , I have sweat glands and closed pours on certain portions of the body, Mostly the torso, legs and feet. As a result I sweat but it's trapped under they skin, I would die of heat stroke because my body can't properly cool it's self. When plants do not have enough water they wilt or dehydrate and die because they will still continue to expel water through the leaves. To prove my point, take three of the same type of plants, One is your control plant keep it watered or the soil moist, Two you let wilt but water it after it has wilted, and the third do not water at all. One: will stay the same through out the day, two: wilted but will spring back, three: will die due to dehydration and evaporation of water from the soil. You can actually get drinking water from a plant, If lost in the bush with no water in sight. If you have these things it will work. You will need a small rock or pebble, plastic bag , a plant. Place the rock in the bottom of your bag, and Now close the bag around a leafy limb of a bush / plant / tree being careful not to break it. Tie the mouth of the bag tightly around the stem/limb careful not to crush bend or break it. Leave it there for a few hours. You will have some water in the bag as a result of the plant expelling water even in dry conditions.
First video of yours that I came along and really just wanted to take the time to so thank you for you knowledge and especially you humour in delivering it. Keep up the grate work and I will be watching more of you vids as my wife and I continue to get into home growing.
Where can I get Self Sufficient me gear… love to have a shirt and mugs… don't see them on your site.
G'morning and G'day to you as well as I'm enjoying my 1st cup of coffee too…looking out of the window and smiling at my tomato plants.
Mark, Because of your 'expert' advice, and when I am walking through my garden, I feel as though I just landed in OZ after talking to my plants because all of my little Munchkins seem to be talking to me at the same time in their squeaky little voices. Of courses the voices aren't real…but they do have some good ideas!
Another great video mate and always entertaining… I'm still laughing at the "grrrr I'm such a risky gardener" hahaha
Hey Mark, one for always breaking the rules. I see you directly sow the seeds, rather than in seedling trays. I figure I can experiment, but the stuff I've read recommends trays. Can you elaborate from me please? I'm in the Hunter Valley – yeah tough gig. 🙂
I have a strange white spot spreading to all my plant’s! Containers! I started starts! Patio garden in containers in SoCal! I work full time ! I can’t find out what it is here!
Don't forget planting companion plants around and near!
Like marigolds, beans, dill, so many others…
YOU ARE THE MAN OF MY DREAMS WHERE DO YOU LIVE
We grow tomatoes in UK and one thing is for sure, your winter is warmer than our summer, and we have no problem growing tomatoes lol.
In another video you said not to put mulch up against the plant. It looks like you've done that here. Are there certain plants it's okay to do that. I want to make sure.
Hey Mark! Just in time education as I have planted out my first grown from seed indeterminate mini tomatoes (6 varieties and 24 in all). I am curious about your brew though, should you be drinking that early in the morning 😉 Cheers!
What do you do with all your harvest? Looks like quite a big garden Mark. Love to hear about cooking, preserving or how you’re using the fruits of your labor.
I wonder where you learn all you know about growing thing ?
But commercial stuff are all chemicals
i Fing love u guy
It’s brew coffee or tea in Australia?
There is so much wisdom in this video! Thanks, Mark.