Frustrated with your tomato plants not producing? 🌱🍅 Discover the top tomato mistakes that are sabotaging your harvest and learn easy fixes for a bountiful summer harvest!
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DIGITAL TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
00:26 1. Planting without knowing tomato types
02:07 2. Pruning incorrectly
03:25 3. Not planting deep enough
05:14 4. Watering incorrectly
07:09 5. Not feeding consistently
10:11 6. Skipping shade cloth
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Which of these tomato mistakes have you made? Thanks for gardening with us! -CaliKim & CameraGuy
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Something that I recently learned about and wanted to share..
The hairs on tomato plants, called trichomes, are not roots and never will become roots.
Trichomes help with..
Pest resistance: Trichomes secrete biological and chemical weapons that can repel pests
Protecting delicate tissue: Trichomes protect tissue from frost and sun
Capturing moisture: Trichomes help plants capture moisture
Reducing transpiration: Trichomes create a microenvironment around leaves and stems that reduces evapotranspiration
Discouraging insects: Trichomes make it difficult for insects like ants and caterpillars to walk on the plant
What are those black spots on the bottom of the tomatoes?
Great video. Thanks for the information.
Great tips. Thanks🎉🎉
Great info Kim
Excellent video. Thanks!
Very helpful! Thank you!
I am in zone 9 in TX, and the heat is already 90°+. I only do container gardening. I make my own potting mix with plenty of amendments, and add bone meal and blood meal in the hole prior to transplanting my tomato plants. I use a moisture meter to monitor moisture consistency. I have a large outdoor pergola with an open slat covering. When the heat is over 85°, I roll my tomato plants under the pergola where it's cooler, and they get diffused sunlight. I've already done that. The plants do much better being out of the direct sunlight. I would definitely use a shade cloth if I didn't have the pergola.
I recently learned about using calcium nitrate for tomato plants. I mixed the calcium nitrate and water to make a water soluble solution. I did that a week ago, and I've already noticed an improvement with more flowering and hoping to avoid BER. Can't use fish fertilizers because of the squirrels and cats. They smell it and dig into the soil. For a water soluble fertilizer, I use Medina HastaGro plant food. It is a 6-12-6 NPK. Works great for tomatoes. It contains high-quality N-P-K plant food plus Medina Soil Activator to stimulate biological activity, and HuMate humic acid to improve the soil structure by improving nutrient uptake, and seaweed extracts to stimulate fruiting and blooming. It is ideal for foliar applications where nutrients are absorbed directly by the plant. Low-salt, low chemical formulation prevents leaf burn. Nitrogen is derived from clean urea sources and is complexed with humic acid. If not available at Lowes or Home Depot in your area, Amazon carries it.
With regard to pruning my indeterminate tomato plants, I only remove the bottom stems. I don't prune the suckers because they can produce a stem that flowers. I have several tomato plants that have sucker stems with flowers. For plants that can grow over 6 feet, I prune them at the top before they get too tall to better manage the height. The plant puts energy into developing lower stems and flowers. I enjoy watching your videos, Kim. Thank you for sharing your gardening tips with us. Happy gardening.
Finally got my small 3" indeterminate tomatoes transplanted yesterday! All from seed
Man this episode is packed with good info. Guilty as charged on too many plants in one pot. One of my 7 gal fabric pots has 3 cherry tomatoes going, I had extra plants so I thought why not? But after CK's caution on overcrowding it looks like I have to move one, maybe two? Do they re-transplant well? Help me Cali-Kim!
That pup!
Oh boy, I have a lot of tomato plants for two people, 32 altogether. I have nine determinant seedlings for fall tomatoes, Black Krim, Martino's Roma, and Ace-55. in my main garden I have twenty-three plants growing for the summer crop. Three of them are indeterminant, two Sun Gold, and one Early Girl Plus. For determinant, I have a Martino's Roma, and Four Grand Marshall. The rest are semi-determinant, Dad's Sunset, Thorburn's Terra-Cotta, Classic Beefsteak. and Celebrity. Most of the tomato plants are shoulder high, setting fruit, and flowering. I may get too many tomatoes to go with my too many cucumbers. I'm also growing too many pepper plants, sixty-eight altogether. I will be covering my tomato plants with fifty percent shade cloth from mid-June until September. Alabama zone 7B. I just posted a bunch of pictures with commentary in my weekly newsletter. https://preview.mailerlite.com/y5b2i8h2g4 It is open to the public.
One of the very best tomato gardening videos ever produced. Following you is a very wise decision!
Kim sounds awesome I well definitely be following your schedule because there Is no time for disappointment because you don't get any fruit
I don’t use much fertilizers except for veggie grow which I sprinkle and add compose from my compose bin and my garden gives me.produce loads. I just gave an entire 1/2 gal zip lock bag of peppers to my neighbor.
AWWWW! Max is so precious… I just love him! Btw, I love your videos too! They are so informative!
Great information Kim.
I'm following your guidance as I watch my tomato plant grow.
Thank you.
I have a Sweet 100 growing in a self-watering container that is approximately 10 gal with straw as mulch. Didn’t realize until today that it’s an indeterminate and needs more space. 😅 Should I just continue & check water often, or is it a lost cause in that container?
Also, I after my plant got about 6” I puned the lowest couple leaves… did I start pruning too soon? 😅😅
1st time gardener on the East Coast and I’m trying to grow 20 various fruits, vegetables and flowers, oh and converted back of yard into garden area 😅😅😅
TLDR: I make mistakes with everything I do, but I’m trying to learn from them and get educated while improving my life. Thank you for everything you do ❤❤❤❤❤