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There’s nothing quite like the intense delicious taste of homegrown tomatoes. But if you try to grow them, you’ll soon notice that tomatoes aren’t a plant you can just leave to grow.
In this video, Ben runs through his top tips for growing amazing tomatoes through to a successful harvest every time.
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usually viri and bacteria are evolved to target specific types of organism. Sterilizing the eggs shells may not be necessary but its always good to be safe
You can also extract salicylic acid from willow or meadowsweet if you don't want to waste aspirins.
Hi I had small plants in doors ,however the leaves have started to go black.
Have I killed them with love, by overwatering? Please
Thank you
BRILLIANT ,,,, THANKS
Thanks for your video
After watching this I have finally succeeded in growing large tomatoes
Mine use to rot and I would hardly have any yo cook with
Thank you
Does growing them in screen porchs work? That's what I use
Wonderful info. I grow in Arkansas, hot and dry. I'm going to try aspirin this year.
Great information as always Ben! I'm growing 2 varieties this year minibel and tiny Tim I have 3 minibel plants in my raised beds in the garden and the others in the polytunnel my 3 plants in the garden are looking fantastic full of flowers big and bushy but I don't seem to be getting any fruit? They're in a sunny spot and seem very healthy is there any reason for the lack of fruit? They have been netted until recently due to lots of pests this year the netting is now only around the base of the planter as I have carrots and onions the other end and don't want flies.
What about milk 🥛 and water 💧 it down like you can with Cucumbers🥒?
Baxter's blush cherry tomato is what I'm growing. I saw my last night and said I have to lol
Good video! You said to spray the aspirin solution just before the flowers set. Does this mean you shouldn't spray after there are tomatoes on the plants? I have flowers and tomatoes, and just bought the aspirin, should I wait til next year or spray now (on the tomatoes too?) Tip from the University of Illinois Ag department: let suckers develop 2 leaves, and snip off there, that will prevent it from growing further, and also prevents more suckers from growing there.
Good sir ji
Thanks for great advice, my first year of growing tomatoes and the birds are eating them 😢
i live in tx, us. and ive never seen those grow bags before lol thats different also ive never heard of anyone adding aspirin to their garden! i guess ive been watching the wrong garden channels! thanks for the info!
Great video, tfs, Laura🍅🍅 🍅
Ben, I subscribed today, after watching several of your videos, I am impressed by the quality. No need to beg for people to like your videos when you do a great job producing them. I love tomatoes, but it is hard to grow them here in Hawaii.
The aspirin tip looks amazing and will try just before the growing season next year. Can I use it on other plants too? My honeysuckles and plum tree all got powdery mildew. Tried every natural remedy without much success.
We always have ours split in the autumn! I think the sudden and prolonged rain makes them swell tok much
booooooooring i only cool stuff
We'll all be starting to sow tomatoes again in a couple of months, so a good time to comment perhaps.
I live on the coast and I gather washed up seaweed on the beach for my allotment in general and put it on as a winter mulch. It doesn't need composting and you don't need to wash it! It's brilliant, but returning to the tomatoes, I usually dig some seaweed into the bottom of the tomato planting hole and they do really well with it. The brown seaweeds break down more slowly than the greens and reds so the release of nutrients is a gradual process. If you're not near the coast, another good tip is to put a banana that's going over at the bottom of the hole. This also seems to work well.
Varieties: before Brexit I bought lots of varieties from a wonderful Polish site called Tomato Eden. They had unusual varieties like Brad's Atomic Grape and Bosque Blue Bumblebee that I'd not seen before in the UK. I'm trying to keep them going for myself as they're rather wonderful.
I think my all time favourite tomato is Striped Roman. Beautiful, delicious and available in the UK.
can you give the asparin spray to capsicums
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Hi Ben, Enjoy your videos. I grow some Tom's in small grow bags, but I cut grow bag in half, stand on end make holes in the then bottom for drainage. I then plant the tom plant beep in the compost. You can retrieve some of the compost from the bag and use later to top up the bag as the plant gets bigger.
Gardening in New Zealand in a large garden, unfortunately my biggest pest are the English birds, sparrows, blackbirds and Thrushes. They either eat my soft fruits, greens (lettuce, brassicas, all beets which all have to be netted either the whole growth season or for 8 weeks plus)and spread the compost everywhere. Due to this have to harvest the tomatoes as soon as colour appears.
I watch a ton of gardening videos on YouTube. I discovered your channel about a month ago, and you have quickly become my favorite.
Thanks growing loads of different kinds looking forward to seeing what ones work
Here in Ontario I start my tomatoes indoors around Earth Day, for planting outside late in May. any sooner and they end up too leggy! I like to grow a colourful variety that look pretty on a platter – Green Zebra, Summerpink, Golden Queen, Old Flame, Black Krim and Glamour are some of my favourites. I have always added crushed eggshells but have never tried the aspirin trick. Looking forward to that!
How often should one spray with the aspirin solution and at what time of day? Thanks
I moved to central TX a few years ago and have been struggling to grow tomatoes, the heat and humidity are tough! This year I started many varieties indoors and am hoping for the best! Atomic, blue cream, crazy berry, black cherry, spoon, purple bumble my fingers are crossed!
Ben..when do I start pinching out the side shoots? Cheers Eddie
Any tips for growing tomatoes in containers? How deep of a container is needed? Can multiple plants fit in one container?
Super clear! Thanks! 😊It may be a bit late now, but hopefully I can get some leeway with the cooler Scottish weather!
I'm growing beef tomatoes
I see you use egg shells for calcium… I saw another video using bone meal applied 3 times 2 weeks apart… are both options very similar?
Crimson Crush works for me. I have had some blight problems previously, but CC does seem resistant. Good I the greenhouse too. Thanks for all your good advice.
All indeterminate cherry or truss tomatoes, trellised up cattle panel arches: Verona, Valentine, Sweet Million, and new this year, Midnight Snack. Extreme northwest Missouri, zone 5a-ish. In addition to eating daily in season, we dehydrate many pounds for use through the rest of the year.
I am putting in (from seed) Cloudy Day. Developed in England which I think is cute as a Brit living and gardening in Breezy Point NY!
Will the Aspirin "hack" only work with tomatoes?
Ben great tips on what you said about tomatoes and I have done all that you have said this yr but I watched a video and they sprayed asprin at the early stage of growing the plant
I have many Tomato plants this year, I have Big Boys, Cherry tomato, Beef Steak, Super Sauce, Heirlooms, Campari and a paste type tomato. I just love going into the garden and picking a cherry tomato and popping it into my mouth. Aw the love of tomato. I can them also for spaghetti sauce and salsa and of course Marinara sauce. Just love your videos keep them coming