BEST TIPS FOR PLANTING TOMATOES! Whispering Willow Farm 

I believe the cucuzzi squash is the one Jess grew a couple years ago and one plant took down a sunflower and grew into their gazebo 😂

I have no problems pinching tomato blossoms and cucumber blossoms off, but can’t find it in my heart to pinch the flowers off my tomatillos. They’re so beautiful! 🥲

Jill, you squat down and plant, bounce up then do it again and again! Enjoy these days! We take it for granted while we are able and then suddenly we cannot anymore. Great video, lovely smile and a boost to everyone’s day. 💕💕🌻🥰

Always great information thank you for discussing suckers I have been kicking myself because I don't feel I started enough red slicers . Thank you for always sharing great Information.

Very informative

Granny Cantrell is my favorite slicer!

I don't feel so bad now about all my overgrown tomatoes ☺️

I've done tomatoes on arched panel trellises for many years and LOVE IT.

When you mention cutting off the suckers is it just indeterminate varieties I was always told determinate tomatoes don’t need to be pruned unless it becomes very dense to increase airflow.

I have learned so much from you this year (since I subscribed). Thanks for sharing your lil world with us. I love watching your passion for the garden. 🌼

I have watched so many tomatoes videos and learned a lot of different things about them, but this video has a true wealth of knowledge especially towards the pruning. I am dying to garden. I just got a couple flowers and a pineapple mint and a rosemary plant for containers this year but am hoping for in ground beds next year. Also I just saw another video yesterday about someone trellising tomatoes on an arch trellis and am dying to try it so I can’t wait to see your experiment.

I planted a few tomato plants I got at a farmers market and they are growing very very slow. I'm being super patient though. I can't wait until we have home grown maters! 🌟🍅

Thanks again Jill for some very helpful tips on tomatoes 🍅

I put in 2 arched treillises for tomatoes this year to!

Thank you for this excellent planting demo. I need to actually see the planting. Thank you for your help so I can grow a successful harvest. 🌱🍅🌱🍅🌱🍅🌱

Thanks so much; great video! I’m planting my tomatoes soon!!

I’m trying a few tomatoes on my arched trellis this year. I’m doing the blueberry and crazy cherry that way.

I did my cherry tomatoes on an arch panel last year !!!! It does , it was perfect !!!!

I know your swamped so when you get a chance could you please do a video of good bugs vrs pest & your way of controlling the pest. I think i found a cucumber beetle but not positive. Your videos have been very helpful & much appreciated

Remember when u were discouraged a couple weeks back....today I no longer have plants in my house I got ride of all my plants one way or the other.

We successfully grew independent cherry tomatos on a cattle pannel arch! It did take a little extra training, but it was worth it! :)

I thank you for the tip about the blossoms. I have so many already started before they got settled. But in the case with the suckered I just let get nice and long then snip and put it in a 5 gallon bucket or straight in the ground. I had a good harvest last year. Thanks Jill!💜🤗

Thanks for addressing what to do with somewhat neglected plant starts! I’m 11 weeks pregnant, so the planting season through my first trimester was a bit rough 😂 I still have plants sitting in their pots out on the ground of my garden area. Poor things need someone with energy to come help them, lol.

My cattle panels for tomatoes are in the middle of my 4ft beds and I plant on both sides. My husband is skeptical but I’m planning to prune a lot so we will see lol

I grow all of my tomatoes on arched cow panels. This year I have 31 plants. That’s how I’ve been growing them for several years now. It’s very easy. I snip all the lower limbs to promote growth and pick off all of the suckers so that they don’t get super bushy. It’s a lot easier to take care of pests that way too.

You done did it know. Wait til Jess hears you called her "Old Generation"

Good job! Very informative video. Thank you.

Gurrrrl I haven’t sat cross cross apple sauce since I was 40

I grew indeterminate cherry and sliced varieties on an arched trellis last year, AND it was in a tall raised bed! My tall husband had to pick the uppermost fruit. I did the same with pole beans and cukes. And peas too.

Great information

Do you guys deal with squash bugs and borers on Tromboncino?

Hey Jill 😃 Just in time 🤗 I have some of my tomatoes 🍅 that did get tall and Legge…. 🤪 I already have some planted And more going in the beds Thank you soooo much Great job Jill 🤗 Blessing 👩‍🌾

Can you do a video on your irrigation system please

I have 7 arch trellises that I leave in the same place every year so that I can rotate where I am planting specific crops from year to year. I grow tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, beans, and small melons on them. It works great!

Did you add anything under plant like worm castings/bone meal/egg or dried egg shells?

You could plant the tomatoes on the inside of the archway, and weave them through to the back? I have never done them on an archway, only on a straight cattle panel. It will be interesting to see how far up they grow! :)

I did my Cherokee purple and beefsteak on an arched trellis last year. It did really well. But they didn’t “hang” and it got tough to watch them on top of the trellis. The sweet 100 did hang down though.

If I didn’t live in New York I would run you over some of my heirloom tomatoes that I heard you mention that you didn’t get chance to get to this year. I planted way too many seeds of all different kinds of tomatoes this year. I don’t know if it was because i was so excited about spring coming or possibly because I was using Bootstrap Farmers seeding equipment (of course I have your special beautiful colored line). So I have at least 15 plants each for the 24 different kinds I seeded.😳 Everything from Beefsteak, cherry sizes, paste and sauce tomatoes, Dr. Wyche’s, Golden Jubilee, Kellogg Breakfast and the list goes on. My husband is the best… he walks by and asks, “Do I need to start making more raised beds? Are we going to have a vegetable stand this year?” 🤣. I will be giving my sister some as all of her starts died on her, but that will still give me well over 200 plants 😳. I have come to the conclusion that I am going to go around to neighbors that I have and give them away. I have also heard of so many people in the area that are either making their gardens bigger this year or others just starting out gardening because of the food expense’s. Not to mention how much healthier and fun it is to walk out your back door and pick your meal or snack. I think maybe in the back of my mind while doing my seeding this year I thought I would need more for some reason. I am not going to let them go to waste, I will go around to all of my neighbors and people I know that may need that tomato plant, squash or cucumbers etc., and give them some. Then I will go on to church and see if anyone would like/need something or if they have heard of anyone that does need some plants. I will find a home for every plant, as all of them came out just beautifully. Not to mention the great feeling I get when I know that I am able to help out others in anyway I can, and if that is giving someone some plants to be able to put food on their plates then that is what I will do. Thank you for all your teaching and inspiration you share with us. You have a lovely family and I am always looking for your new vlog’s every chance I can get.👍 Well, with that being said, I have to go and continue the up potting of my seedlings! Have a lovely day everyone! ❤️

Do you remove suckers on the determinate and the indeterminate tomatoes? Any suggestions are helpful.

I’ve already taken off the first seed leaves. Now what do I do to make 2 stem tomato plants?

Do you prune the blueberry cherry tomatoes?

You should have a Facebook group. It would be easy to set up and awesome to be able to talk to you directly. I have some ideas to share with you.

Word of caution using an egg where there are raccoons or foxes. The animal will dig up the egg to eat it, and in the process dig up your plants. It is SO heartbreaking to beautifully plant your tomatoes or peppers only to find them dug up and crushed the next morning!

I planted 8 tomatoes out the week of 4/25 and I don’t think I planted them deep enough. They aren’t dead or anything like that but they also haven’t changed much since planting. I have put Epsom salt around them and watered that in. Is it too late to put more soil around them? I’ve grown tomatoes for years but they were always hybrid determinant types and I’m struggling with the heirloom indeterminate types. Your thoughts are most welcome!

Jess does the egg thing.

I’m not sure why you mentioned the egg thing …..

Careful with the egg drop. I had a raccoon dig up the ones with eggs to get to the egg.

I need your help. While I was busy planting seeds and hubby was busy potting up and selling tomatoes, a group of heirlooms, 15 in total, got neglected and not pruned, so they now have two leaders. Should I put them to compost or will they still develop and produce a crop?

So if you accidentally topped it are you just screwed? 😅

What way of trellising do you think is best for smaller spaces (like a 15x15 ft space for example)?

I’m in central Arkansas and have some beautiful tomatoes I’m going to be throwing away. I have ananas noir, Abe Lincoln, Cherokee purple, black from Tula and the list goes on. It’s really hard to do that.

My tomatoes have been in their container beds for 3 weeks now, and are beginning to have blossoms. Should I pinch those off? Or are they good to go (to grow)?

What soil works best for tomatoes?

Can you plant tomatoes on both sides of a trellis ?

The music they use makes me sad. 😢