Harvest tomatoes earlier by tricking them! Today me and Tuck show you how we trick our tomatoes into producing earlier bigger tomatoes that ripen quicker and are richer in Vitamin C.
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Thank you for this video. I live where it gets super hot sometimes and then cools back down. The tomatoes get really stressed so I have to actually shade them from the afternoon sun.
Take that bottom leaf that is a little yellow off. We always do it.
Great Video again James! Your videos have helped me a lot to grow veggies at home. Can you please provide link to those thread rollers?
James, I love your videos! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge and passion! But seriously, what the heck do you do with all of the food you grow? Do you have a huge family or something? Or do you get to sell some of your crops?
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It's amazing how fast your tomatoes are growing. i'm here in zone 9b and my tomatoes are about two feet tall, with just a few flowers. Thanks for sharing all those tips. I'm definately going to stay on top of removing all those suckers. In order to get tomatoes earlier, in addition to sucker removal, will topping the plant at 4 or 5 ft, make it produce tomatoes earlier?
I'm assuming you could use diatomaceous earth as a sun barrier in hotter climates. White reflects more sun than green.
Im in Pennsylvania so your garden and mine grow in much the same conditions. Thanks for your treasure trove of info.
I garden with my cat.
Tuck is a cutie! Well taken cared off too!♥️
I’ve been doing your tips with our tomatoes! They growing but somehow the some flowers dry up! Why is that?
Absolutely LOVE learning from you and Tucker James! xx
Love your channel man. Best one on here for growing
Thanks for this video
James why no corn. ?
Suckers also make shade for the fruit. Tomatoes can get sunburned
Hi James your garden is so nice
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I have a ? First year grower. I bought a compost soil that said it would keep plants feed for up to 5 months. Does that mean I don't need to fertilize the soil with organic fertilizer every week or two this year?
I used this method last year and I literally had multiple walls of tomato 'trees', thanks James!
Thank you. This is the way I’m doing it this year. So far I don’t have early blight. Jersey tomatoes are delicious and famous for being the best. I’m hoping mine will finally do well this year. I’ve learn so much.
Hello James. More videos please..
Love you, Tuck!
I do the same trick with my tomato plants and they are producing fruit like crazy!
I wholeheartedly disagree with staking young! Strong stems grow from points of stress. When I start my tomatoes, I run my hand over them, them they get a light fan, when I put them in the ground I don't water the ground, I hit them right in them stem, gently at first, but over time, I get strong, thick stems. I usually don't have to stake until the plant is about 4 foot tall. Also, be careful when you pick your suckers that you don't accidentally top your tomato. (I learned that the hard way)
I have a question regarding southern areas which get very warm during summer and are mostly sunny. You said that we can let a sucker grow that will shade the fruit in order not to get sun scald. If we let more suckers grow but pinching them on top after forming a flower set in order to grow more leaves for making more food (photosynthesis), but not loosing that energy in growth, would that work? I mean, doesn't more leaves mean more food for the plant? If we have enough space for air flow, more leaves and 2 or 3 tops growing vertically, but letting a lot of leaves here and there, would that work fine? Thank you
Isn't this what everyone does to indeterminate tomatoes?