Today I share how to easily prune and stake tomatoes for earlier harvests, bigger yields, and healthier plants.
Tying Tomatoes With String Video: https://youtu.be/GBDqskBk3lQ
Intro- 00:00
One Method of Tying Tomatoes I Use- 00:15
The Simple Stake and Prune Method- 00:53
Indeterminate Vs. Determinate- 01:03
How to Prune a Tomato- 01:56
Staking the Tomato- 03:46
Tying the Tomato- 04:21
Benefits to Prune Staked Method and Harvests- 06:08
Outro- 08:27
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Started watching your channel after doing some research about aquaponics. I know you don't particularly use that style of farming but there's so much useful info from your vids! Super hyped to get my own food forest going!
How do you water your plants ? I dont see any birds eating your tomatoes.
Hi. Any possibility to visit your food forest? We learned many things. We are from WI. Coming to see our last capital. Any chance of seeing the food forest Friday Aug 13 2021?
Hi James! I live on Coastal New Jersey. I have a question for you. I just got turned onto the string trellis method. I have several tomatoes that have overgrown the cages they are in. I now have a string trellis constructed above that, a little late. The plants were large Big Boy starts and have been planted for almost 5 weeks and are about 4 feet tall. Do you recommend heavy pruning at this point to narrow down to 3 leads or so? The plants are wonderfully healthy, but very bushy and not much airflow in the middle anymore. I will need to cut off many blossoms and much foliage. The plant already has a lot of unripened fruit. Not sure if I should leave it go at this point, and string trellis next year or prune it back? I appreciate and value your response! Thank you so much!
James and Tuck! I love your videos. You've inspired me to grow my own little garden here in the Bronx and my tomato plants are thriving. Thank you for your tips!!
How are able to water your garden?
Dude, you have the most cringeworthy intros out of any garden channel I've come across. It's not as bad as John Kohler yelling for the entire video like he's shooting a furniture store commercial, but it's what's kept me from hitting that subscribe button despite being aware of your channel for years. You do share some good info, but I'm well aware of the sources you've used. Maybe someday you'll drop the cringe intros like you're some 20 something fortnite streamer, and pick up subscribers like me.
James I let the suckers grow bigger when I had tomatoes. Then when I did prune, had a new tomato to plant. Most of the time preferred not to prune. They shaded.
I’m totaling picking up some of those clips! I’m also subscribing, I love your food forest!
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What part of N.J you are south or north.Thanks
What would you recommend for determinates? Any pruning or staking them?
Hi James & Tuck. Could you please do a video on planting & care of peppers?
Love it! Your positive attitude is infectious!!
I have a question what fertilizer do you use on your tomatoes?
WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT ANY SORT OF LIVING ORGANISM COULD THRIVE SO MUCH IN JERSEY!!!! AND NOT GET SHAKEN DOWN BY THE MOB!!!!
Wow, it took Tuck almost 8 minutes to make his appearance… on a carrot hunt, no doubt!
Can we visit your garden? If not, you should consider giving tours.
Also, can we cook with these leaves? They have a strong scent that would lend well to a pasta sauce.
Little slowly makes
Thanks!
What tomato variety was this
Never plant bamboo! Never! Ask me how I know, LOL!