Don't Make This CRITICAL Mistake Growing Tomatoes!

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In today's 2 minute garden tip, I share a common mistake new tomato growers often make growing tomatoes. New gardeners sometimes fail to discern between indeterminate tomato varieties and determinate tomato varieties. These two tomato types grow very differently, and treating them the same can have catastrophic consequences. Don't make this critical mistake growing tomatoes!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Determinate VS Indeterminate Tomatoes
0:34 Pruning Indeterminate Tomatoes
1:43 Pruning Determinate Tomatoes
3:45 Dwarf Tomato Project Tomatoes
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@slugnaholowaa7406 Год назад

Been wondering what the hell is wrong with my tomatoe plants. Awesome information.

@grantfahlman1815 Год назад

I had no idea of the difference; and I'm not a new gardener! 😂 Thanks for teaching me a new gardening "trick".

@JohnSmith-fq7hj 11 месяцев назад

Same here I never paid attention to that but it's never been an issue for me, mine always produce more than enough.

@antonette8093 Год назад

Oh my goodness! I learn something new everyday!! Seriously, every day! Thank you.

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You're welcome!

@OleensEmbroidery Год назад

As a new gardener I've been watching dozens of RU-vid channels on a variety of subjects. I must say You are the first one I have subscribed to. Love your short to the point format. Not a word wasted. I wish your channel well.

@JohnSmith-pn1vv Год назад

You are right about not a word wasted, no filler here. I'm glad I found the channel.

@2MinuteGardenTips 10 месяцев назад

Thank you! I'm glad you are enjoying it.

@patriciakeys4873 Год назад

Really good information on the difference between determinate and indeterminate tomatoes. Sometimes the packet of seed does not indicate this but if it says "bush" tomato, it's probably determinate.

@mjcechman Год назад

Wow new information for me! Never heard this. Thank you!

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You're welcome!

@margaretderen2082 Год назад

I only just started growing determinates this year and didn’t know this. Thank you!

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You’re welcome!

@lemoncellimochiblu100 Год назад

Love how you are concise but have all the essential pieces of information other videos don’t! 👍

@donald1841 Год назад

I've grown tomatoes for years and did quite well. Always removed the suckers religiously. I never knew there were determinate and indeterminate plants. I guess I was just lucky. This information is highly appreciated. I wonder why other growing channels have never mentioned this very important info? Thanks a lot.

@andrewvelonis5940 Год назад

Same here!

@somersetflower Год назад

@Andrew Velonis Wow, every day's a school day ! 😊

@rickwilliams967 Год назад

I doubt it. Tomatoes are probably the easiest plant to grow. I've never had any problems other than having way too many. You're fine

@catofthecastle1681 Год назад

There are 100s of channels that talk about this, sometimes too much!

@donald1841 Год назад

@@catofthecastle1681 what ever happened to the good Ole days where you planted seeds or plants and took care of them all the same way? It worked well in the past. Now it's do this, don't do that.

@FontaineDerby Год назад

I can highly recommend a determinate dwarf variety called Balconi Red. The plants get no bigger than your head and are drought and salt resistant and are impervious to wind burn. The variety was developed to grown on balconies. You could get three in a window box. And they taste great.

@bambinaforever5720 Год назад

I actually like enormous tomato wines. So for each its own.

@FontaineDerby Год назад

@@bambinaforever5720 for indeterminate large "beefsteak" tomatoes, I can recommend Black Krim. They give large very dark fruits that taste great.

@MrandMrsBurns Год назад

I didn’t know about the difference in pruning my first year growing. I had a very late and very minimal harvest. Timely advice, thank you. I love your clear and concise teachings.

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

With determinate tomatoes, less is more. It's less work to grow a dozen determinate tomatoes than 1 indeterminate tomato plant. They're really a pleasure.

@MikeFloutier Год назад

Yup, me too! 😂

@mikeetgen8987 Год назад

Yep, me too. As a child, we grew large gardens each year and we had ample space for sprawling tomatoes. As an adult, I have continued the tradition on a smaller scale but somehow a few years ago stumbled into the sucker thing. Here I am, 71 years old, and until about two weeks ago, did not know the distinction, and it if weren't for my recent interest in heirloom tomatoes, I likely still wouldn't. It's good to know there's still a lot we can learn, right? Thanks for driving the lesson home.

@truewerf4413 Год назад

im doing this rn :( i gotta figure out what i have rn cus i was pretty stupid planning stuff. its my second season tho.

@zappy7393 7 месяцев назад

Yep, just saw this after cutting suckers off my 10 determinate tomato plants

@Firedog-ny3cq Год назад

The major difference between determinate and indeterminate tomatoes is that determinates tend to flower at the same time and bear fruit at the same time. In other words, you get your crop all at once. Indeterminates flower all summer long and therefore you get fruit all summer long. If you are a canner, you probably want all your tomatoes to ripen at the same time (determinates) so you only have to do that chore once in the summer. If you like to munch on tomatoes all summer, indeterminates are the way to go. A mixture of both kinds of plants will keep you in tomato heaven well into the winter, depending on how much you canned earlier.

@billyandrew Год назад

One is a bush, the other a vine.

@2MinuteGardenTips 10 месяцев назад

I disagree with that notion. Determinates grow as a bush. Indeterminates grow as a vine. That's really the only difference. Because determinate tomatoes grow as a bush, their vertical growth is fixed, not indeterminate. That allows it to concentrate its energy into the ripening process once fruits reach mature size. Determinate tomatoes do not ripen all their fruit at once. It takes 3-6 weeks or longer depending on the variety. They're just dramatically more efficient at doing so. Indeterminate tomatoes are just terrible at ripening fruit, because they're too busy trying to produce new suckers. While it may seem like an indeterminate tomato produces fruit all summer, what's actually happening is it's dragging out a harvest. Something like a Celebrity determinate will produce more tomatoes than a Brandywine Sudduth, but it will ripen its crop so quickly that you could actually plant a whole new successive crop. In the time it takes for a Brandywine Sudduth to ripen its crop, you could've grown 2 entire Celebrity crops in that same square footage, producing 2-3x more tomatoes in a single season.

@jjj32801 Год назад

As a former tomatoes field worker, excellent discussion and explanation

@tborow Год назад

Thanks for clearing this up. I have been pruning my determinate suckers. However, I will still prune them on occasion for cloning.

@briansimon4363 Год назад

I have always grown indeterminate tomatoes and always ‘pinch out’ the suckers our side shoots, as we call them in the UK. The gorgeous, earthy smell of the plants on your hands is one of the pleasures of gardening and hints at the promised future fruits from the plants. 👍🏻

@brooketeague4985 Год назад

Yes, I love smelling like tomatoes after working in the garden!

@nickcarroll8565 Год назад

I’d have experimented removing and not removing suckers on indeterminates, and things seem to go better when I remove them

@SparkyOne549 Год назад

I’ve always removed the suckers. I learned this when i was a kid.

@michaeltewes7833 Год назад

I replant the suckers in pots, keep them in the shade for a few days or until they take roots and show growth

@SparkyOne549 Год назад

@@michaeltewes7833 Same here.

@susankruger7890 Год назад

This answered all of my questions about why my seed packets (for bush and dwarf tomatoes) said “do not prune.” Especially for the dwarf plant because it is listed as an indeterminate. What I was learning (about pruning) and observing in my plants was NOT aligning with the directions on the seed packets and I wanted to understand what I was missing. I did a LOT of searching before landing here… THANK YOU for clarifying. 🙏

@mj625 Год назад

The most annoying thing is when you go to purchase a tomato plant at the garden store and the tag doesnt say whether its determinate or indeterminate. Then you're forced to look online while you're shopping and sometimes that information is not easily found.

@marjoriemyers5977 Год назад

And when you ask they look at you like a deer in headlights.

@lydiabrindley1944 Год назад

Just Google up the variety n that will tell you

@mj625 Год назад

@lydiabrindley1944 Like I said in my original post, you can look online, and that information is not always easy to find. Sometimes, you need to go to multiple websites to finally find what you are looking for. It should always be included on the tag.

@annettebrent 11 месяцев назад

@@mj625Sending an email to corporate or speaking to a Garden Center manager will help address that problem.

@andrewvelonis5940 Год назад

Thank you. I've been growing tomatos for years and have been quite successful. I never knew about determinate and indeterminate designations.

@gregreid673 Год назад

Great vid TY. I use a trellis for my indeterminate and cages for my determinate plants. Easy to distinguish that way.

@SirSkippy87 Год назад

I’ve been growing plants for 26 years since I was 10 years old, went to school for horticulture, agriculture and greenhouse management, on indeterminate varieties of tomatoes always remove the suckers. It focuses the energy to growing a single vine. Keeping suckers on indeterminate varieties causes slower growth the older the plant gets because the energy is being distributed to more and more new areas as suckers form and are left to grow. My growing season is early March through early October, and using the method of removing the suckers throughout the season, I’ve grown indeterminate tomato plants as large as 27 ft long by the end of the season, depending on variety! For determinate varieties, or bush tomatoes, however it is best to let the suckers form into new branches and bush out because the plant is going to reach a certain height, put out its fruit and then die back… regardless of how many branches it has, so with bush determinate varieties, the more branches, the more fruit…

@isador4784 8 месяцев назад

I grow a winter garden inside under lights. I find with my determinates, because I am only going to let them get so tall, that it is best to allow the suckers. All my summer indeterminates get pruned as per the usual advice.

@edemyre8993 Год назад

That's the best video i've seen on determinates vs indeterminates. Very well done and easy to understand.

@BritInvLvr Год назад

So true. I hardly got any tomatoes last year because I pruned my bush tomatoes. This year, I only take off the yellow leaves or stems.

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

That is a good plan. The less, the better.

@johnblunt1834 Год назад

New to growing tomatoes (and peppers). A big help, thanks!!

@kevdimo6459 Год назад

We don’t have this information on our seed packs here in Australia! Now i know why i haven’t had success with certain varieties of tomatoes 🍅. Thanks for this advice. 👍🏻

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You're welcome!

@Molloyjenn Год назад

Thanks for this info. It’s quite helpful.

@patriciao.4442 8 месяцев назад

I just found your channel and love it. Thank you for providing information straight to the point, without waffling and telling your whole life's story lol

@2MinuteGardenTips 8 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for watching!

@nancy5721 Год назад

Thank you for making that clear in a quick tutorial. 😊

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You're welcome!

@tdyed5946 2 месяца назад

Not a tomato fan or veteran of these. But always receive plants. This was quick & easy to understand. Well worth the 4 mins. This will help for my second year with the big beef given me at food pantry. Thank you!

@rickgividen4318 11 месяцев назад

First I’ve ever heard this, and I’ve been watching a lot of YT videos on gardening. Thank-you for sharing this.

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

If you found this video helpful, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 Determinate VS Indeterminate Tomatoes 0:34 Pruning Indeterminate Tomatoes 1:43 Pruning Determinate Tomatoes 3:45 Dwarf Tomato Project Tomatoes

@5fjdksla Год назад

Hi great video. What non-cherry tomatoes would you recommend growing in Houston's (9a) incredibly Hot and HUMID Summer? Last year 100+ degree days was common.

@MrsGator7 Год назад

I’ve planted seeds from tomatoes I’ve bought at store. How can I know which is which?

@tamiholloway6452 Год назад

Thank you! I didn’t know about pruning differently for my determinate and indeterminate tomatoes!

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

It's *very* important! I'm glad it was helpful.

@irislozinsky3960 Год назад

Beefsteak and cherry tomatoes - are they determinate or indeterminate ?

@lilifang1940 Год назад

Very interesting. that's the first time I hear of the 2 types of tomatoes ! But I have tried pruning and no pruning. And the most often I had best results not pruning... Thank you very much for explaining.

@roanne.77 Год назад

You’re right! I bought regular & cherry tomato plants from my local nursery, they told me to pinch out the suckers… I did, now I have a very small cherry Tom plant, that looks like I will only get the 10 that are growing now 😔. On the plus side, I buried a cherry tomato half and now have 5/6 seedlings, so let’s see how they do 🙏 😊

@issigonis975 Год назад

I have been growing them for years and follow these rules but you are the first to ever explain why they are called determinate and indeterminate which shows why they are grown differently, thanks. I wounder if all the other experts know the rules but not the reason.

@AliRadicali 8 месяцев назад

In my experience, it is unfortunately very common for practical experts to only know the rule, not the explanation for the rule, and not just when it comes to gardening/botany. For example, your doctor might know the correct procedures and checklists, but not necessarily the science behind these things. Which is fine so long as they are dealing with common scenarios they encounter daily, but it becomes an issue when they are confronted with an unusual case where their rules of thumb don't apply, because the way these experts are trained leads to rigid black and white thinking and an inability to apply the theory to the specific case in question. Unfortunately, there is a far greater divide between academics and researchers who need to know the theoretical background of their subject, and the people working in a given field who apply that knowledge and research without necessarily knowing what is behind it.

@jimmyboy2165 Год назад

Did anyone notice what he had growing inbetween and all around his tomoato plants?? Well if you didn't it was onions and if you do not do this then start doing it. If you are wondering why ask me and I will tell you, but he does have videos about this very topic. So instead of me telling you how about giving this very knowledgeable garder some love and go watch more of his video's and learn stuff that will absolutely help your garden. He has helped me for years and I have been gardening for...... well lets just say I'm 60 years old so it's been a while. Lol This fella is polite, shows and tells you with amazing knowledge, so if you really want a bigger and better garden and make it easier on yourself, then watch his video's.

@thurgoodstubbs9670 Год назад

I added a product called “Rev” to my watering jugs instead of Miracle Grow for my 2 Primo Tomato and 1 Bush Goliath Tomato. I trimmed everything half way down before watching some of these pointers on RU-vid. There are too many flowers now on all 3 plants to count and I had to redesign my system from homemade single poultry netting cages to a complete patio enclosure which I’m building myself. I have to enclose all of the plants on my tiny balcony because I have strawberry x 2 and a blueberry. The blueberry plant is incredible. And with the Rev mix it’s gone nuts! I brought it inside over the winter and it just kept going. Just a berry now and then but it produced flowers continuously. After just a month on the balcony it’s probably got 30 berries ready to eat and 50 to 70 flowers for more…..this really fun!

@cris_miko Год назад

Great info and Im glad you included some from the dwarf tomato project. I've got several going now. I also have an indeterminate Prairie Fire and I've been tempted to prune the suckers as they are so feathery to start. I'll resist. Thanks for all the great videos! I'm also trying some figs now ❤ Iowa 5b🤞

@myurbangarden7695 Год назад

I like Al Kuffa. It's hot and dry here in Texas those Iraqi varieties like ZONE 9 heat.

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

Dwarf Tomatoes are gaining a lot of well-deserved popularity. Glad to hear you're giving figs a try. Try Ronde de Bordeaux. It will probably be able to ripen in your shorter season. It will thrive on your hot, dry(ish) summers. It's superior in flavor to extremely common figs like Chicago Hardy, which I find to be sort of unimpressive.

@michaelscott356 Год назад

Don't resist pruning your indeterminate Prairie Fire, Chris! Those are the ones you're SUPPOSED to prune! Watch the first minute of the video again!

@DonnelleGriffin Год назад

This video was extremely helpful. I'm new to gardening. This year I'm doing cucumbers. I live in a townhouse so I only have a small space outside. I want to do tomatoes and cucumbers both next year. Do you have any cucumber videos for beginners perhaps growing in pots? Thank you!

@TnT_F0X Год назад

I have my first tiny green tomatoes... Haven't even pruned them yet! They're only just starting to grow tall. I'm growing a blend of tomatoes from a 'rainbow' seed mix so I only plan to prune excess leaves for air flow until I can see clearly which ones are turning into vines. Container planting ~30 plants :D

@priscillafox5189 Год назад

What a great video. I have never been taught this before. Thank you.

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You're welcome! This is critically important.

@twinoaksfarmpoultry Год назад

Thanks so much for the clear explanation & visual examples! This is very helpful!

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

Glad to help!

@tonyclarke9269 Год назад

Probably the best explanation I have found up to yet , thanks from the uk

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You're welcome!

@artsmith7254 Год назад

What if you dont know which type a plant is? Is there a way to distinguish?

@nickcarroll8565 Год назад

Have to look up the cultivar you are planting. But if you buy seeds it will say on the package. And seedling usually have a tab that tell about the plants. Most of the seedlings you can buy around where I’m at are indeterminates.

@juliel6254 Год назад

This was very helpful! Thank you!

@RichardLewisCaldwell Год назад

Hi. A suggestion: Leave the first two leaves when pruning suckers. A bit more work because three nodes are involved instead of one, but those extra leaves really help capture sunlight.

@Hakimascabanaboy Год назад

thank you for teaching me stuff i did not know back to my weeding

@crackerbarrel6965 Год назад

Wow. Never knew. Especially important now that I’ve switched to square foot gardening! Thanks!

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You’re welcome!

@davidgraham2673 Год назад

Great information. Well explained. Kudos

@shekharmoona544 Год назад

Wow! One year I grew some romas from one of those expensive farm grown tomatoes sold at Publix. This Roma was just unmanageable, it was like 10 feet long. I did grow Roma from a seed packet a few years before that and that was manageable.

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

Roma types come in both indeterminate and determinate. I usually grow determinate Roma-types, because the idea behind growing Roma-types is to process them into tomato puree. Determinate tomatoes are much more efficient at ripening their fruits, so if canning and storage is your goal, the determinate tomatoes perform a lot better.

@TexRobNC Год назад

Oops. I am trying to get my determinate plants to grow after moving them to more soil and caging them, so I trimmed a lot, mostly near the bottom so no big deal. Also, was trying to keep them from getting unruly and drive them up. Husky Cherry and Better Bush. Been a few years, but I'm in NC as well, so your content seems applicable

@Yahlove578 3 месяца назад

Great tips thank you for your time uploading

@michaelpagel9255 Год назад

That was really cool. thanks for the tips

@abcxyz1797 Год назад

Thank you, you are a very good instructor.

@charlaemery1811 Год назад

Some of my determinate tomatoes grow very long leaf stems, to prevent disease transfer from soil or water splash back to leaves I prune all leaves at least 6” above soil surface.

@mcconn746 Год назад

Great video. Thanks. I have had blight problems in the past. I was told that dirt splashing on the leaves starts the problem so I remove the lowest limbs before planting. Limbs in which there are suckers tend to droop making them more susceptible to dirt splash. Why not remove limbs and leave the suckers??? Thanks.

@tanana2070 Год назад

Had no idea about this. Thankyou!

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You’re welcome!

@TheChefmike66 Год назад

Loved the tone and content of this video, I'm a new subscriber!

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

Thanks for subscribing! I appreciate it.

@blake9574 Год назад

Thanks for getting straight the point. No need for a 15 minute deep dive!

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You’re welcome!

@etiennevanonselen7949 Год назад

Excellent succinct information, thank you, respect

@weareinflames Год назад

Im so new with tomatoes and this info was phenomenal. thanks

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You’re welcome! Happy to help.

@dollycaldwell4938 Год назад

We have had a very warm spring here in Ohio. My indeterminate plants grew quickly. I now find myself with indeterminate plants, approximately 12" high, that have "v" off with 2 stems. Will I damage the plant if I literally cut off the smaller vine? Excellent presentation of the two versions of tomatoes

@excitationofstereocilia2103 Год назад

That's awesome 5 min later and still no idea which is which 👏👍🏾

@annetteg1174 Год назад

Thank you soooo much for posting this video. Its my first time growing tomatoes. Like a total newbie, I paid no attention to the type of tomato. Well, i was starting to worry as to why my tomato plant wasnt growing past 2ft despite it looking very healthy. It must be a determinate variety! 😅

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

Knowing the type is key. When growing from seed, the seeds are *always* labeled on the packets, but if you buy transplants, it will be hit or miss. If you go to a garden center and they're homemade labels, you'll have to Google the variety and figure it out manually.

@markb8954 Год назад

One more point regarding determinate plants. The advantage is the plant grows to a certain height and most all the fruit will ripen at the same time. So, if you have San Marzano type of tomato you will have a bunch that all ripen together and you can make sauce! Indeterminate like Big Boy Beef Steak are indeterminate, ripen every few days or so throughout Summer, and are great to pick individually for same day slicing in salads or on burgers.

@frunomaol5069 Год назад

"You say to-May-to, I say to-Ma-to, but let's not call the whole thing off." And you include metric lengths, which helps the rest of us. A good short video. Go raibh maith agat.

@cindysargent8522 Год назад

Learned something new! 🍅 Thank you! New Gardner here. 😊

@jhorsch94 Год назад

Growing Sun Gold cherry tomatoes for the first time this year and they are the largest transplants I’ve ever had after 6 weeks of growing indoors. Can’t wait to try them. I also got my first ever fig tree, a Chicago hardy, and I’m probably going to grow it in a container but was wondering if I should leave it bushy or prune it to 1 stem in the winter?

@cfaz6763 Год назад

Hey, so I'm not sure where I read this or heard this, might even be from the MG himself but my figs in FL do better as a tree and my figs in NY do better as a bush. Not sure where you are but sounds like you're in the north to me since you started toms indoors. :)

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

I personally prefer to grow all my container fig trees as a single trunk. Concentrating the energy into a single trunk and not allowing the tree to "sucker" at the bottom accelerates the fruiting cycle in my experience. If you allow a tree to grow numerous stems, it takes longer to reach the fruiting phase, because there is so much more energy required to support all those different trunks. A neat, orderly, uniform fig tree is the most efficient.

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

From what I've seen, the reason why fig trees seem to perform better as a bush in the Northeast is because they die back annually. The additional "bulk" of the bush insulates the tree somewhat, whereas a single trunk that far north is essentially going to die completely every single year. If I were growing figs up north, personally, what I would do is train my tree to a single trunk, wait for the first couple frosts to send it into dormancy, but before the hard freezes start, cut the entire tree back to a single trunk at 24 inches in height. Then, build a cage around it using four posts and 36 inch chicken wire and stuff it full of straw to insulate the trunk completely. Then, uncover it in April. That way, I could maintain that single trunk and keep a neat, orderly tree. It would be some work to do, but that's how I'd handle it personally. Most won't want to put in that level of effort.

@dizzysdoings Год назад

Just took a bunch of notes. Good info.

@Bryan-cs9to Год назад

I learned something new today, thanks!

@Lalrinmawii7 Год назад

Thank you! Very good..leaning more everytime you put out a video..😊

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You’re welcome! Glad the videos are helping.

@whathahk Год назад

Wow lots of info here!......... The thing is I took seeds from a store bought half eaten tomato, and threw them in a pot of dirt! 😬

@armandoenriquez2564 Год назад

This is great information! Thank you very much!

@SundaiLove Год назад

Omggg I didn’t know that 😭😭 saving the day once again ❤

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

Glad I could help!

@kylias7971 Год назад

Pro tip for your videos. When showing what NOT to do in video image. Put a big X or red circle with a line across. The 45 degree cut picture is what NOT to do. Great info thanks for video.

@paulbradshaw4511 Год назад

Very well done! Informative and easy to comprehend.

@jeffcauhape6880 Год назад

Thanks! As it turns out, all of the tomatoes I'm growing this year are indeterminate, but this is good to know for future use.

@drummerlovesbookworm9738 Год назад

Let’s say last year someone bought tomato plants of both types. The harvest was excellent! Then they excitedly saved seeds, but didn’t think to label which were Determinate or Indeterminate. Now the seeds are happily growing in little pots! Their own saved seeds for the first time!!! 💥🥰 Is there any other way to tell which is which? Asking for a friend. Thanks.

@PlantObsessed Год назад

I'm so glad you mentioned dwarf tomatoes.

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

They’re gaining popularity, and rightfully so!

@JulieCatFace Год назад

Thank you for this video!

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You’re welcome!

@vBDKv Год назад

All I know is that my cherry tomato plant is growing like absolute crazy. Tomatoes everywhere, but currently only 2 is ripening. I did cut off 2 suckers at the bottom when it was fairly young, not sure if that was a mistake or not. It's in a pot that isn't too large, but enough to support a good 1-1½ meter plant.

@sylvia10101 Год назад

Great info! Thank you MG!! 😊👍

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@Maggdusa Год назад

Super clear camera in this video!

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

Thanks!

@elizabethsmith38 Год назад

Thank you for sharing ☺️

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You’re welcome!

@gabepostma6353 Год назад

Thank you for info

@0274281173 Год назад

Thank you so much learning heaps of you lots of love New Zealand

@Hendrix4evah Год назад

good information. Had no idea. Thanks!!!

@Tupunaforever 9 месяцев назад

what great tips, thankyou

@Steveductions Год назад

Great video! So much info packed inside 4 minutes

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@stayathomecichlidmom3579 Год назад

I went to prune my tomatoes yesterday and I'm so glad I stopped when I realized I had a determinet tomato plant. I'm in the Northeast and it already has tomatoes turning red which I've never seen so early before.

@PlainJane144 Год назад

I'm the newb that didn't know this. Thank you so much 👍🏼😀

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You’re welcome! Happy to help!

@summerbeemeadow Год назад

Excellent. Thank you!

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You're welcome!

@AhJodie Год назад

Wow, very interesting, thank you!

@alanwoodcock3284 Год назад

Many thanks😊

@arisaunters2915 Год назад

I'm so glad I clicked on this vid, I just checked my labels and I have both, wouldn't have checked otherwise!

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

Glad I could help!

@markbenge7288 Год назад

Thanks for your great help and advice. I’ve definitely made these mistakes. 🇳🇿NZ

@ptrain9020 Год назад

You mentioned on the determinate tomatoes that you should remove or could remove the lower branches. Does that also include the suckers that are coming off at these lower branches below the first flower cluster?

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

If the suckers are growing out of the base of the tomato from underground, I would consider removing them. If the suckers are under the first flower cluster, but the leaves are not touching the ground, it isn't harmful to leave them. If they risk touching the ground and spreading disease, it may be worth it to you. That will be your call. If the determinate tomato is something like a Celebrity, which is a vigorous determinate that can grow 4 feet tall, I'd be more inclined to remove low suckers. If it's a short determinate like a Siletz or Margherita that may only ever reach 2 feet tall, I'd be less inclined to remove anything, since you may need them for fruiting.

@Twobarpsi Год назад

Great advice!!

@lindag9975 Год назад

Great advice. I haven't known that in the past and now have a huge indeterminate tomato plant that I have had to prune 3 times this year. It went into the ground too late last summer to produce. So I just kept it shaded all summer and covered on freezing winter nights to keep it alive. Now it's huge. I keep pruning all the extra branches and suckers to get most of the nutrients going to the little tomatoes that are growing now. Your videos are much appreciated!

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

Indeterminate tomatoes require constant maintenance, or they can become unmanageable. If you find them irritating, I recommend giving determinate tomatoes a try. Celebrity, Bella Rosa and Siletz are all excellent. Siletz is early and thrives in cooler weather. Celebrity and Bella Rosa are disease resistant beefsteaks.

@ritaholcombe9905 Год назад

@@2MinuteGardenTips Thank you! I didn't know that Celebrity and Bella Rosa were determinant.

@doraray9964 Год назад

Thank you for the information 🙏 ❤😊

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

You're welcome!

@thomasbrooks8112 Год назад

I've definitely been doing it wrong! Are most of the bush tomatoes determinate? I've been growing Early Girl Bush variety, and it looks like I've been killing off a major portion of my potential harvest by removing those suckers. With the Early Girl Bush variety, will my tomato harvest come all at once, like most determinate tomatoes, or will I continually be able to harvest tomatoes until freezing temperatures kill off the plants?

@randydeshane9991 Год назад

I did exactly that last year. I didn’t have tags in some of my seedlings so I treated some of them as indeterminate plants and did not get one bloom. 😢

@2MinuteGardenTips Год назад

It is a hard lesson to learn, but as long as you don’t repeat the mistake, it is just a learning experience.