How to Grow a Perfect Tomato in Small Gardens and Patios | From Seed to Harvest (BushSteak Tomato) 

Love to hear it. Really appreciate your inspiring feedback💚. The sowing method is just my preference and showing what has been working best for me. By sowing in a trays, I can choose the strongest/healthiest seedlings to prick out, and also pricking out gives me the opportunity to add fertile soil to the seed mix to make it rich for the seedling growth. If you choose to start in plugs, which you sure can, I suggest to start feeding seedlings with diluted liquid fertilizer when they are 3-4 inch tall so they grow stronger. This is because seed starting mixes usually don't contain any nutrients. And I almost never start in rich soil to minimize the chances of "damping off" which is a fungal disease. I hope this helps and thank you very much for your comment! And please say hi to your Nepalese neighbors!👋

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Yes indeed. very beautiful and full of flavor. One of the best tomatoes I've grown. Give it a try. Thank you so much for your comment!😊

So delighted you enjoyed the videos and found them helpful. Thank you so much for your inspiring comment😊

That is a great variety too. Wishing you a fruitful harvest (better than mine). Happy growing and thank you so much for your comment! 💚😊

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Fantastic! You won't be disappointed with this variety, one of the best tomatoes I've grown. Yes, you can start now, they will do great by the time they are ready for their new home in SoCal. These are early maturing and will have fruits before the heat season in end of July-August. Happy growing and blessings to you and Sophie🤗

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So glad to hear it. Thank you so much for watching from Indonesia 🙏😊

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So glad you loved it. Depending on the climate you live in, you can start seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before your last frost date, or in early to mid spring. This variety is an early maturing variety and you can start planting outdoors when night temperature is constantly above 50F (10C) Hope this helps and thank you so much for your comment!😊

Wishing the same for your. Thank you so much!

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So glad you love the channel. The number of fruits will defer from season to season and plant to plant. But in average you can get 20-25 per plant in a span of 3-4 weeks. Welcome to the channel and thank you so much for your comment!😊

The only pollination I do is the one I showed in the video, just shaking the flowers. If the flowers drop, it can be for other reasons, mainly for drought stress (under-watering) or feeding too much nitrogen. Try to keep plants well-watered and use low nitrogen fertilizer (for example 2-5-3). hope this helps and thank you for getting in touch.

So glad you love the channel😊 you can use the same method for indeterminate variety however you will need to add cages or stakes to support the vines. I 'd guess that 25 gallon bags would be very heavy and not sure how they would hold in a sloped area. Yes the clips would help to keep them in place, but since the bags don't have firm walls, you may see bags slightly lean downward . Good thing is that 25 gallon is large enough to grow few plants in one bag. Wishing you a great harvest and thank you so much for your comment!

Hi, Caribbean soil is usually sandy that provides great drainage and can be used for container gardening. However, you will need to add some sort of organic matter to make it fertile. Composted banana or any kitchen scraps are great addition. If available, aged wood chips or forest products would help too. With adding fertilizers, I think you will be able to grow decent vegetables. Happy gardening and thank you so much for your comment!

Thank you so much for your help and your advice. I will follow your instructions and hopefully give you a feedback of how the planting goes.

Hi, It would be a bit cheaper if you make your own soil mix. I do that and you can follow the mix shown in video. Bur if you want to use bagged soil and if you are in US, for potting soils I recommend using Kellogg Garden "All Natural Raised Bed & Potting Mix Premium Mix". For compost you can use Kellogg Garden "Amend" or "Garden Soil". Hope this helps and thank you for visiting.

So glad that you love the videos. Thank you so much!😊 I think you already know that blossom end rot is due to lack of sufficient calcium in the soil. If the fertilizer you are using doesn't provide needed calcium, you can add Oyster shell flour, or for a quicker effect add Garden lime to the soil (both links in my amazon page www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-3dd9a3b6/list/3OOR0YYL58Y0Z?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d . Make sure you water plants after adding them. Also, there is nothing wrong with the effected tomatoes, just discard the bottom part. Nice job on growing both types of tomatoes and keep up the great work. 👏Happy growing.💚

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@@dhwaniparikh03 Glad to be of any help. It is always pleasure to get in touch with my viewers. Thank you so much for your support!😊

The grow bags are 7 gallon @4:09 and I used 3-4-6 Tomato-tone fertilizer @4:17. ( amzn.to/4c2Vhac ). And I usually use my own mixed soil. Hope this helps and thank you very much for your comment!😊

Yes, I think you can fit all 3 there. I would plant celery in between tomato and pepper. Happy growing and thank you for visiting!

Soldering, yes. The cages are 2 ft.

Depending on where you live, you can start seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost, or simply start in early to mid spring. This variety is an early maturing variety and you can start planting outdoors when night temperature is above 50F. Hope this helps and thank you for visiting.

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It depends on the weather and the light source after seedlings pop up. For the start, sow and keep seed tray in room temperature. Once the seedlings emerge, then you need to decide where to keep them. Is the weather outside below 50F (10C) in the mornings? If yes, keep them inside, and if not, take them outside for morning sunlight. Bring them inside at nights only if it drops below 40-50F. In very cold weathers, you can either keep them in a greenhouse, or keep them indoors. If you decide to keep them inside, then you will need to provide strong light source - a grow light with high output will do the job amzn.to/4ayeG12 . I strongly recommend to expose them to sunlight. The easiest choice is to keep seedlings outdoor in a clear storage tote and clear lid with 3-4 holes on the side walls. They will stay warm, get the sunlight and grow stronger and healthier. Hope this helps. happy growing and thank you for getting in touch!

@@TowardGarden thank you so much. I love your channel I can’t wait to start all my planting. So much I want to do!!

@@TowardGarden also should I water seeds daily until they germinate?

@@aimeewaite925 The key is to keep soil moist until they germinate. If top soil is wet, you can skip watering. Check my video here on how I water my seedlings ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AIeiB31yEJw.html . Happy growing!

@@aimeewaite925 Sounds wonderful! Happy growing and thank you so much for your comment!🌱😊

I am just re-using an old pallet. Any old wood pallet would work too. Thank you for visiting!

try spray spinosad mix or neem oil mix on both side of the leaves (1oz of 100% cold pressed neem oil + 1 tsp of dish soap in 1 gallon of room temp.) Hope this helps and thank you for visiting!

@@TowardGarden 1 fl. oz = 6 tsp = 2 Tbsp cold press neem oil + 1 tsp dish soap + 1 gallon water?

Right on! 👌 Thank you so much for the comment!

Yes, in general tomatoes grow in full sun. Thank you for visiting!

As shown in video @0:59 this variety is called BushSteak Hybrid. You can get the seeds from Burpee www.burpee.com/tomato-bushsteak-hybrid-prod000982.html?queryID=15c4c6aaf1bf4d9039ad62fbe816e362&objectID=5198&indexName=burpee_production_default_products . Happy growing!

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You can order them from Burpee.com . The variety is called BushSteak hybrid. Thanks for visiting.

As shown in video @0:59 this variety is called BushSteak Hybrid. You can get the seeds from Burpee www.burpee.com/tomato-bushsteak-hybrid-prod000982.html?queryID=15c4c6aaf1bf4d9039ad62fbe816e362&objectID=5198&indexName=burpee_production_default_products . Happy growing!

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Check video @ 4:17 min for the potting mix I make. (Compost 50%, perlite 25%, peat moss or coco coir 25%, plus 1 cup of organic tomato fertilizer). Thanks for visiting.

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Check video @ 4:17 min for the potting mix I make. )Compost 50%, perlite 25%, peat moss or coco coir 25%, plus 1 cup of organic tomato fertilizer). Thanks for visiting.

I depends on where you are and what is your garden zone. But spring is a good time to start tomatoes, so give it a try. Happy growing and thank you for your comment!

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Right on. I grew Early Girl too, very good option! Thank you so much for your comment!

I have posted few videos on tomatoes and one is for growing yellow tomato which is similar to gold tomato. Thanks.

So glad that you love the videos. Welcome aboard😊 Determinate tomato varieties such as this one will produce tomatoes for few weeks and then stop production after that. So there is no point keeping the plants in soil. Hope this answers your question. Happy growing and thank you so much for your comment!

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Check video @ 4:17 min for the potting mix I make. )Compost 50%, perlite 25%, peat moss or coco coir 25%, plus 1 cup of organic tomato fertilizer). Thanks for visiting.

Yes, most probably the flowers are not being pollinated. Plants grown outdoor have a better chance of pollination due to wind and any pollinators out there. But plants grown indoor (greenhouse or covered patio) need had pollination for a better fruit production. As you can see, it is very easy and don't take much time. Wishing you a great harvest and thank you so much for your comment!

Never heard of or experienced the seed issue. Will try to research it.

Usually you will notice them and it is easy to pick them. But if picking them is not enough, two of most effective and organic pesticides for worms and catrrpullars you can use are B.T. or (Bacillus Thuringiensis) and Spinosad. B.T. is a naturally occurring bacteria can be applied as a liquid or powder. Check my amazon page for few brands I use: www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-3dd9a3b6/list/XLDNRZO26ESK?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d . Hope this helps and thank you for visiting.

@@TowardGarden Thank you so much