In today’s episode we will be answering many questions that have came up over the years about fall tomatoes. As it pertains to variety, type, when to plant, how to plant, why fall, and and so many more questions.
VIDEO: Complete Guide to Growing Fall Tomatoes
In today’s episode we will be answering many questions that have came up over the years about fall tomatoes. As it pertains to variety, type, when to plant, how to plant, why fall, and and so many more questions.
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Thank you for explaining that we add the germination and days to maturity together!! Every time I look at a packet I wonder and then forget about it. When I plant early enough it isn’t really a concern, but I plan to hopefully have a fall harvest this year, God Willing, and this really helps out!
I might try fall romas now. Thanks
All my stuff is basically dead. It's been record heat and humidity levels in SC so I'm trying again later. I do have some cucumbers and I think melons that are kind of growing lol.
I was today years old when I realized I need to add the germination days to the days to maturity to figure out the harvest date. Also, it’s super irritating when days to maturity isn’t on the seed packet.
Is it ever too late to prune a tomato plant? I have some huge plants and worry about trimming the big branches. Could I do too much?
Could this be done in South Dakota?? Zone 4b
I planted some of the large red cherry tomatoes just the other day actually so this was great timing. Im in zone 5b eastern ohio, so i figured i could get a decent harvest on them before the end of the season. My other tomato plants are still doing very well.I planted them in succession so some im harvesting from now and the others ill get a harvest from in about a month then once those are done, ill harvest from the cherry tomatoes. Thanks for all the tips!
Minnesota here and am going to try this but will try try with plants. Fall sounds great, since it will be cooler when I can them. I have some summer compost and great organic potting mix to help amend the area I will plant them in the garden.
I'm still planting volunteer tomatoes that sprang up in the compost pile. I don't know the variety, so the fruit will be a surprise.
My tomatoes usually keep growing until it starts freezing and then I have to pull all the green ones off to keep them from getting Frozen so I don't think all Tomatoes would really help me I live in Kansas
Can you shed some light on the effects of very high temps and low rainfall and what we can do to get the best production? For example tomatoes and peppers. My plants look green because I have been watering them almost daily but they are not producing. I am sure there are a lot of gardeners having the same problem. Thanks Luke.
Based off of some of your previous video's this is what I did this year, in particular with my Romas. I began taking suckers and making clones a couple of weeks ago. The clones are looking healthy and should get me that late summer/early fall harvest.
Great timing! It's too hot in our part of the country but will try to plant some, next month.
I have cuttings going constantly. If I get a good sucker that got away from me it goes into a pot with moist soil in the partial shade and within 2-3 weeks I slide it in somewhere. Literally all summer I have suckers rooting.
Thank you Luke, you are always so energetic. I love that.
Luke!!! I’ve been wondering all week when the time to start fall tomatoes like you did last year! Thanks for the heads up!!!
I love growing tomatoes I am growing a new heirloom variety called strawberry tomato they look like gems
Luke is loving his 80s degree weather.
Can you mention the degree temperature in Celsius not Fahrenheit
Hmm I live in 6b in washington state. I plant tomatoes in the late spring and they are green and healthy until frost they was over 8 feet tall last year loaded with tomatoes the day before frost. I use 12-16 different kinds of endo mycorrhizae. Lots of azomite for minerals. I focus on the soil instead of the plant. flood water so the water gets 3 feet down. and i only water twice a month I plant my rootballs of the tomatoes as deep as i can. Got ahold of a worm farmer got a bunch of wormcasing that is unfiltered so it had the eggs and baby worms. In the fall after frost I put 6 inches of leaves. This year I have so many red wigglers and night crawlers in my garden. I have never seen redwigglers in soil in washington. So i know where they came from. They ate on the leaves all winter. In the spring there was this crazy black soil layer in between the leaves and soil. If worms have lots of food they multiply fast. Wish i could post pictures on here. My plants are already 5-6 feet tall. I also just trim the bottem leaves and mound up compost around the feet of the tomatoes.
Luke, are you not single stemming this year?
I would love to plant a fall garden but I'm not sure if I still have time to grow from seed I've only got about 90-100 days till my first frost date. Do you have any suggestions on Roma tomatoes that I could still grow?
Thank you! I’m going to go look through my seed lol. My frost date is the same
I bought the Wherokowai tomato from MIGardener. I have one about 2ft. Tall. It has SO MANY FLOWERS, but not a single tomato. I've been trying to hand pollinate and my other tomatoes start fruiting but this one. The flowers are different than say crimson sprinter, Roma or chernobyl yellow.
Can you make a quick video about Wherokowai tomato? Or hand pollinating the different flower bud types? Does the wherokowai need something different?
My dear gardening is some things a practical thing it is not class very talkative
Good video! I love your seeds, I may never buy a plant again.