Making Tomato Plants 10x more Productive 

Top tip from a gardener of 60 years: NEVER place a stick in the ground without putting something over the top, coke can, yoghurt pot, it really doesn’t matter! If you bend down and the stick goes in your eye you won’t rub it better 🥴

very well explained, despite 72 years old still learning from a smart well explained young man

Thanks so much ! I am 79 years old; I only have 3 plants. Your info was so welcome. I gave each plant a multi-mineral human vitamin pill, crushed and added to soil. Plants are GREEN, healthy, lots of buds and blooms, now waiting for the Toms to form. You explain complex ideas very well!

I learned young when I was about 7 years old I was hoeing in the garden I accidentally broke off a tomato plant . I was afraid my dad would yell at . So I stuck the broken part in the ground to make it look like nothing happened . But low and behold it grew so I watered it and fertilized it and it thrived so it told my dad and he was proud of me

Bro this video should break the internet. You just gave a world class course in simplicity wow! Great job

Your Passion for horticulture is admirable. You just earned my subscription. 🕊️🙏💖💯👍👍

"Nothing beats a FARM FRESH tomato" except a homegrown tomato!

An intelligent farmer is a joy

There's a learning curve for everything. If we're not willing to pay attention what's the purpose? Each year your getting better. I'm gonna remember this one.

I love this guy! The comparisons between raising babies and raising tomatoes is spot on! a good way to teach people! very knowledgeable and very helpful!

Dang, you really spilled all the secrets to growing tomatoes…..please don’t ever stop talking, your doing a great job!

FABULOUS info! I wish I could have stayed with my grandpa for a bit. He was born in Italy and he grew organic produce all his life. He lived to be almost 100. Everytime we would go out there, he would give us a box of veggies that were HUGE, juicy and delicious. He always had plenty. I would have loved to learn from him. You have a wonderful gift! Thank you so much. I'm going to share this video with a couple friends who have mentioned doing gardens this year. Stay blessed and healthy everybody ✨

What a fantastic young farmer. We could use more energetic, smart and work oriented young people in ag. Keep up the good work. You will go a long way and will deserve your reward.

I'm going to try this this year. Love to see young people in Agriculture!

Your talking about how to use phosphorous for bud development 5:27 was very helpful. Then at 6:11 your explanation of the use of potassium for the growth of the fruit made all the sense in the world.

" Nothing beats a farm fresh tomato"...you are so right young man. Enjoyed your video immensely and all the best for your future endeavours.

All the garden producers tell us how to grow but a farmer that is educated like you is more informative to understand the real world!

I’m in Alaska with a very short growing season. The information you are putting out is extremely helpful and what I have been looking for. Thank you so much

This year, I decided to get serious about gardening and spent hours online learning how to fertilize and grow different kinds of plants. You just summed up quite a bit of what it took me weeks to learn in your 18-minute video. I wish I had found you first

Thank you so much from Finland. You saved me a couple of years 🙏😊👍.

Love your enthusiasm.

Thank you for being an excellent farmer! Thank you for feeding us! You're very ambitious......I would definitely buy stock in your farm!

I was allergic to tomatoes when I was younger but outgrown it. Now.....it's tomatoes on everything!!! Thank you for this video because I live in a apartment now and I grow them all year long a little slower in winter . Keep on growing!!

Great video full of important information about tomatoes

Thanks for going into this much detail - really helpful!

Very well done! You’re a good teacher. Thank you.

Great presentation, you have the Love.

I have been gardening for many years but have learned so much from you today! Thank you!

Thanks so much for sharing your experiences and knowledge!

He is a good farmer in that he realizes how much he doesn't know about tomatoes. So, you see how he puts to use what he is learning to improve his quantity and quality.

Tomatoes are a vital seasoning in many recipes. They are part of the flavoring and chemistry of the dish. Really nice to see farming transition will be continued via our youth.

This is good advice for any plants, if you learn your nutrient requirements you'll improve your harvest by magnitudes and the whole process becomes so much more rewarding.

Most informative video on tomatoes you have done so far... Thanks

This is the video I didn’t know I needed!!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS EXPLANATION!! I have been sitting here thinking for 2 weeks ‘I wish I could make more buds show up on my tomato vines’ - seriously! Thank you!!! I’ve been feeding them just high nitrogen stuff for the last 2 years (I went 2 years of not knowing to fertilize at all lol!). Thank you!!!!

Thankyou for this tutorial. You have explained it so well!

I'm from the United Kingdom have been growing tomatoes for many years but your advice is absolutely wonderful. People say my tomatoes are really really nice I don't know his trial and error. But you made it very very clear nitrogen phosphate potassium. I understand that through the video right now many thanks to help me my friend

I REALLY LIKE THE WAY HE TEACHES HE DOES A GREAT JOB HE IS KIND, UNLIKE OTHER RUDE PEOPLE!

Glad you studied horticulture....the back-bone of our country!

Wow 🤩 great video, I just subscribed. I think people are starved for information and everything you explained was at a perfect pace, perfect level of understanding. Thanks for the horticulture lesson...

Thank you, Farmer Dre. It’s lovely to see your enthusiasm and thanks for the very helpful info about phosphate and potassium. I have a small piece of land and it is almost entirely used to intensively grow food. My favourite tomato is “Campari”. It yields medium to almost large fruits that are fleshy and sweet. I’m not sure if you have them in the USA; I grow these in my greenhouse here in New Zealand. I agree with some of your viewers - decide before you record your message, exactly what your main points are for each video , write them on a cardboard perhaps and stick it to your selfie stick so you can use the points as a prompt and you are still looking into your camera. Definitely keep sharing your thoughts and your knowledge but remember the golden rule, less is best - show, not tell. Show what you want us to see and know and discard the unnecessary words as well as repetitions. I teach communication at post-grad university courses so these are just some little tips for you which I hope you will find helpful. I really enjoyed your video and look forward to more from you.

Thank you for this! I admire your enthusiasm and wish you luck in your studies. 😎

A very bright young man who has studied his subject to extreme, it was a pleasure to listen to him.

Thanks for the good information from Arkansas and someone who has turned 60 and started gardening. Keep up the good work. You help people to help themselves and that is a very commendable thing.

I was taught to soak a banana peal in a quart of water. I let it set for a day and then pour the water around the tomato plant. It's suppose to increase the buds and in my experience, it does seem to make a very good difference. I also put a small handful of crushed egg shells in the hole before I plant the seedling. I sprinkle Epson Salt around on the top of the ground and once in a while I'll spread cow manure around and till it in. Last year was my best crop yet. This is a good video you presented...lots of good tips.

Dude, you are fantastic. Thank you for the awesome information. I am just finishing up the build on my greenhouse (nothing too big) - 8' x 16', and we are big on tomatoes. Can't wait to incorporate your advice!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge of how to grow tomatoes

From Jamaica . i thank you farmer Dre

Wonderful information only experience can give, thank you!

Very informative Farmer Dre! I believe this is your best video yet! Good luck with your tomatoes this year, they really look like they are growing good.

We havent done good with tomatoes in the past but your videos will help!

Giving this guy a thumbs up - finally somebody truly sharing the secret to lots of 'maters! (Between minute 9-13)

1) inspect them daily 2) add nutrients, esp phosphorus (for flowering) then potassium (fruit production)

I'm always impressed with your knowledge and your willingness to share everything you know. Warts and all! I found myself taking notes and backtracking to get the information you were giving exactly right. Thank you for your transparency!!!

Such a humble guy! God Bless! 🙌🏽

Thank you. I have such bad luck growing anything in my yard. I tried following my dads style of gardening, but my neighborhood plot is laden with trees. Apparently I’m not feeding nearly enough. Great job young man. You are very passionate about your studies and your job

I always used to inspect and talk to my tomatoes every day. Always had way more than I could eat.

I see your passion and vision to farm. What an incredible gift. Sending blessings for prosperity and horticultural adventure. I learned so much!

Thanks for sharing the details, may The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob keep His blessings upon you and yours! Greetings from 🇧🇿

Fish emulsion and borage plants will give you amazing yields . I was the Director of the NYC Citywide Organic nursery . I’m retired now and my kids did a farm this summer and we had amazing tomatoes. 200 plants.

thank you for all your info and learning keep on goin!! thanks again!!

Very educational! Thanks so much!

Love your tomato videos bro. Thanks.

my tomato plants have not been doing great for the last 2 or 3 years. going to give what u said a try. thanks for the help.!!

I followed this advice and I worked. I currently have 2 Moskvitch tomatoes growing in San Francisco that are producing many more flowers than in the past. I'm mixing 1 part potassium sulfate into 4 parts of Miracle Grow Flower Food. I also use other nutrients from my hydroponic system.

Thank you for sharing. Learned olot.

Thank you for this very informative video on growing tomatoes.

I love tomatoes. 2 years I had great tomatoes but last year was awful. So I'm going back like the way that I did 2 years ago. Love your 🍅.

Thank you so much for this valuable information! I can now better able to give my tomato plant the right nutrients at the different development stages of the plant, so that I will get a higher yield of tomatoes per plant.

Great information from a person who knows what their talking about

Hit the mark once again. Tomato Professor! Thanks

Also in Mo with high tunnel. Thanks so much for info. Can never learn enough and hearing from someone doing so great at it is helpful

Excellent! Thank you!

Thanks for the info! Makes a lot of sense to me!

Thank you young man I am very appreciated you explain it loud and clear

You are definitely on the FARMER spectrum! Wow! Thank you so much!

Like the way you are not afraid to give the science behind your methods. Good video.

Thank you for sharing your great information!!!

I suspect a well made compost tea might replace the chemicals, especially if the compost had seaweed added. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

A fussy activity I picked up from another YT channel is to flick the tomato bloom branches back and forth to help with polination and fruiting. It seems to work well for me at least.

Thank you, Farmer Dre!

Wonderful explanations. I really needed this information. Thank you so much. I just subscribed. I’m so happy I found you. Franci

great info bro and I appreciate your technical knowledge. Don't downplay it.

Great video Dre! Thank you so much!

Thanks for a wonderful video. I’ve had a problem with my tomatoes but not now. Thanks again for the help

Farmer Dre is my new spirit animal. Please guide my plow this season and let my crops grow true.

Life comes at you hard. I'm a millennial in a bathtub, in the UK, at 1am, drinking wine, 16 videos deep into greenhouse tomato growing RU-vid videos. And I am low-key relating emotionally to someone who has a farmer market style production system for their tommy tats. I feel you man. Those tomatoes I've grown from seedling on my window sill are my babies. I check em everyday and we're 2 weeks away from the greenhouse phase. I think I have a crumb in my arsehole. I am for sure tub drunk.

Soy una principiante que quiere aprender y después de ver tu video he aprendido mucho. Todo lo que dices tiene sentido. Gracias y espero tus próximos videos.

Thanks for the great info! I appreciate your teaching style.

Another great video, Dre!

I grew tomatoes for my whole neighborhood when I had horses. I used a mixture of yard waste (leaves and grass) and horse manure that I dug in in the fall and then planted the tomatoes in the spring. I had only 12 plants and they supplied loads and loads of tomatoes. The only other thing they got was water during growing season. I used cages that were 6 feet tall. The plants would grow out the top and droop to the ground.

Awesome explanation of tomato growing. Learned alot. thx! Gotta go & feed my plants

Thanks for sharing!! GOD Bless You for all Your hard Work!!!

Thanks for the info.

Good information about maximizing fruit. Organic/ permaculture farmers do it differently. They focus on maximizing the health of the soil so that production can continue to increase year after year. Plus their practices help all the other animal and plant life around the crop. I got an Ag Ed degree at SIU-Carbondale in '85 and tried to convince the other students and profs that organic was the way to go. Some went that way, others never did.

This is still the most educational and useful video on this topic. Please make more of this content! I adjusted my compost process to reduce nitrogen and added more discarded bones to increase P. This allowed me to plant more and yield a higher quality product last year. This has been the most helpful and educational video I’ve seen as an amateur, suburban, hobbiest. Would love to see some content on genetics from a legit farmer.

Thank You Dre! 🍅🍅🍅

Yes! Small plants, more fruit

Never too scientific 😁 You are an impressive young farmer!

Farmer D, Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. I am going to do things a bit different this season. Live and learn Buddy , Live and Learn!!!!

Great job Farmer Dre very informative your passion for agriculture shows keep up the good work awesome info have a good day and stay safe bud