I’m definitely a granny rooter. I just cannot get anything to root another way. I’ve tried! Those little rooter pots, regular soil, vermiculite, etc - with and without powder/liquid rooting hormone - and they ALWAYS rot. But water? Psh. That’s like 90% success rate. Granny knows her stuff!
I’m cackling because my poor hubby, who’s a city guy is going to freak out at the amount of freezer ziplock bags with plants that will be in our sunroom this winter.🤣🤣🤣👩🏾🌾🪴🪴🌱🌱
Rooted 6 or so tomato cuttings directly in beds this spring since we had compost in raised beds and plenty of rain for weeks. They are doing great and starting to make flowers and fruit.
Layering is pretty neat. Seems like there's lots of fun to be had there. Ya know, I've never had a single success with putting suckers in water, but this year I've been sticking them in with my patio container plants, and they've just about all taken off. Looks like I'm running a tomato farm behind my camper.
The best method is #2 which I learned by accident. One year I let my tomato plants spraul (no support) and wherever they touched the ground roots began to grow. I buried that part deeper and kept it watered real good. Sometimes I would cut it off the main plant and bury deep and a kept the soil watered.
Oy - grew Brandywines last two seasons and they wanted to take over the world, but they sure were scrumptious! Wish I could get my fig trees to be so productive. .. I know what! I'll ask David the Good - you maybe has a video (or 5) on that?
I am propagating my fig trees... stripe all leaves from cutting, bury the cutting deep to increase chances of roots, water water water! Rooting fig trees takes months so just be patient 🙏 🌱 🌻
@@notmyfault6835 A more reliable method for propagating fig trees is to air root a branch or sucker while it's still on the tree. In 4-6 weeks, their will be sufficient roots to remove the branch/sucker and pot. And if you use a clear plastic bag, you'll be able to see the roots and know when it is time to remove it thus guaranteeing success.
I liked when you took a slice of tomato and buried it, I think, in your freezer garden : ) but I do either- right into the ground or the mini greenhouse x/ for my sweet basil, that roots in a few days in fresh water : ) thanks for the demo's, I am a visual learner : )
Awesome! I'll give all three of these methods a side-by-side just because, why not. LOL. I've got a heirloom Homestead variety and an heirloom Bradley variety that I can test on. Also looking forward to germinating some Everglade seeds I purchased from your daughter's store! My plants never grew back after hurricane Irma, so I'm excited to grow them. 🐝🐝🐝✌️
Thank you. I literally just put in a cutting of my tomato last night into the soil. It looked really sad and droopy today and I wonder if I killed it. I'm keeping the soil moist and I hope it'll perk up and look better in a day or two.
Yes, it does exactly the same job as rooting hormone, it's just the diy equivalent. You've just reminded me I need to make some now we're getting some good new willow summer growth where I am in the UK 👍👊
Thanks for a well thought-out presentation. Very informative. Often I will find a good-sized sucker I snap off and I immediately stick it in the ground. Roots quick and easy. Anything for more tomatoes!
I love the mini greenhouse method. I accidentally severed a small branch with flowers on it while pruning back a sun sugar tomato plant today. I'm going to see if I can rescue it. It's in a cup of water now and will put it in soil in the morning. Thanks!
I’m trying for the first time to grow a tomato plant from a Sucker cutting. It didn’t grow any roots in the water after five days so I put it on into dirt. It’s a little floppy, I hope it makes it through.
I’ve had a lot more luck putting them straight into their own little pot of soil, then I put the pot on a saucer and keep the saucer full of water. Takes much faster in my case-maybe a few days.
Place a glob of damp potting soil in that hand and wrap it around a branch of the tomato plant. when it has roots cut it off and transplant it blossoms and all. instant producing tomato plant.
I’ve been thinking about doing this since it gets so hot mid summer nothing sets, and then when the come back to life they don’t have time to ripen before a frost. We will be trying it this year!
I was so excited to see cherry tomatoes growing after just squirting them on the ground after watching one of your videos where you mentioned that. Unfortunately, something came and ate the first two baby tomatoes while they were small and green, and has since been (it seems) nipping off all the flowers before they produce. Any idea what that might be? Thanks for the videos, God has used you as a great source of gardening inspiration :)
I'm in NW WA, and I use method #2 for tomatoes, even peppers & most herbs. I actually just snapped off some low suckers from my San Marzano plants & stuck them in the dirt a week ago. They looked pathetic at first, but they're standing back up now, and I'm sure they'll produce fruit. Method #3 is a must for blueberries.
That brick or somesuch placed to keep the re-planted tomato vine down in the dirt - it could also serve as a good place to step when you are moving around the thick garden among the tomato vines. You'd just want to pick something more or less flat and level to do it.
I'm cracking up laughing at myself. I have a rouge tomato from a compost pile and it's growing like crap. I've got the tomato cage, great dirt, great everything. Just realized it's gotta be an everglade. I'll tip the pot on it's side and it will do great.
Excellent video. Thank you. Question: it is almost October in Raleigh NC. I want take cuttings for the next season. Do I do this, and repeat the cycle with the new plants in the Spring? What is the best timing to do this. We have some excellent tomato plants that we had growing this year.
Great info. I was so entertained that I almost forgot I was learning. Very good job. Your like a teacher that tricks his students into learning. Made learning fun.
My Florida soil is very sandy and nutrient-poor. However, these are everglades tomatoes and supposed to like that sort of bad soil. How much and what kind of amendment will I need. Zone 10a (subtropical) near a brackish water harbor close to the Gulf of Mexico. Thanks. My favorite channel.
@@davidthegood Thanks for the replies guys. I'm going to give it a try, too. Thanks for the inspiration also - I love the fact that there's always something new to try in the garden. Best wishes.
@@davidthegood Well, a year has passed and I have an update on my tests. Yes, it did work. They grew to be normal fruiting plants. Just as interesting is the fact that I could prune exiting plants back and they reflowered within the same season (although a bit late for ripening). If they were in pots, I could have brought them indoors and had a full second harvest.
Ordered the free plants for everyone and I am really hoping you cover blueberries in it. I have a serious addiction to blueberries and apparently so do the local deer....... I NEED MORE and those babies are expensive at the nursery
Great Vid... I do the Just plant them routine and if they grow they grow. So far I'm at 90% success this year. I usually do this with suckers I missed when pinching them off. Only trouble is we have such a short growing season. As I have mentioned in the past I'm in Northern PA Zone 4-5 ??? Over the years I have noticed the sun getting stronger. It fried things about a month ago except the tomatoes and other plant which were getting dappled shade from young trees. I have heard that Tomatoes like warm weather but not direct scorching sun. My best tomato last year was in partial shade. Peace, W
I just planted my seedlings in the ground . I’ve read they will take the heat and humidity, but do they tolerate full sun in zone 8b in South Georgia? I ask you because I know your in my geographical area and you have experience with them . I’ve read full sun is ok but they would rather have part shade . I planted 10 plants with some in full sun and some in 4-5 hours of sun . Love your videos and information in them !
Hey just from what I've heard from multiple experienced gardeners in 8b you do NOT want full sun for most plants that say "full sun" on the packaging. The people selling most seeds or seedlings have no idea how furious the sun can get in your area. You can try full sun for tomatoes as an experiment but I would not count on having a full season, definitely I would expect direct sunlight to kill the tomatoes in August. Again, I am not speaking from personal experience but this is the impression I got from multiple very experienced 8b locals.
@@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim tomatoes are generally wiped out here by early July due to our humidity and heat for sure . The Everglades tomato actually kept producing from May into November when a frost got them . Very impressive and had a few dozen seedlings sprouted this spring which is great
Can I indefinitely propogate tomato plants? So like take a cutting in the fall, keep them alive with a grow light in the winter, then plant them in the garden in the summer, than in the fall take a cutting etc etc so that I have a tomato plant propagating without seeds for 20 yrs?
Wondering if cuttings of micro-tomatoes and determinants would still produce tomatoes? I've done this with indeterminate, and Rutgers, but not other types.
I tried straight into soil method and left them in the sun. They were sad for a few days but I kept the soul moist and now they’re beautiful. Not sure what to do with 5 tomato plants now in my tiny apartment patio. 🥴
