Want to grow big, healthy, juicy tomatoes without wasting time chasing gimmicks and hacks? In this video, I walk you through everything I know from years of experience growing tomatoes in the Southeast—no fluff, just practical advice that actually works in a real garden.
Whether you’re planting in raised beds, pots, or straight in the dirt, these tips will help you get beautiful tomatoes without the nonsense. 🍅
🧑🌾 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS VIDEO:
*My favorite tomato varieties
*The requirements of sunlight and soil pH for tomatoes
*How to prevent blossom end rot and blossom drop
*The difference between determinate and indeterminate types
*What “heirloom” and “hybrid” really mean
*Watering tips, disease prevention, and more
*And why you don’t need to follow every trendy gardening “hack” out there
📌 Comment below and tell me: What tomato varieties are YOU planting this year?
I’d love to hear what’s growing in your garden and why you chose it.
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CHAPTERS (So you can skip around): 00:00 Introduction
00:25 San Marzano Tomatoes
00:42 Brad’s Atomic Grape Tomatoes
00:58 Big Beef & Beefsteak Tomatoes
01:19 Solar Flare Tomatoes
01:31 Large 1-lb. Beefsteak Tomatoes
01:45 St. Pierre’ Tomatoes
02:06 Celebrity Tomatoes
02:48 Pdf Download Created
03:01 Sunlight
03:16 Blossom Drop & Heat Stress
03:50 Soil pH
04:29 NPK
04:58 Germination
05:47 Watering
06:32 Insects & Disease
06:55 Determinates
08:03 Indeterminates
09:01 Harvesting
09:19 Hybrid
10:01 Heirloom
10:20 Blossom End Rot
13:03 No Hack Needed
13:17 GMO Purple Tomato
13:55 Conclusion
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5 Comments
Thank you, Donna, for putting all this information together and sharing. 👏👏👏👏 Well done.
Great tomato tutorial 😊
I really liked listening to this video while I was washing my dishes. I really learned a lot!!!! Thank you for posting this video. 5 Stars!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Very Cool!
How many varieties of tomato seeds do "you" have in your stash for choices each year? I have maybe 20 but keep going back to just a few fav's. I'll never garden without Beefmaster/Big Beef and at least one paste variety.😊 What is your must haves? Check out my "Affordable Resources" in the description below for some garden docs to add to your garden journals.