Thought bush or determinate type of tomato plant suppose to keep the sockers for max production.
@galactickim
2 жыл бұрын
Super helpful, thank you! We moved to a house with a bit more space so I'm trying my hand at more veggie gardening for the first time. Videos like these help so much!
@amberglenn009
3 жыл бұрын
Great instruction and demonstration. We're pruning our Amelias today, a bit late too
@C3Voyage
9 ай бұрын
Do you have the follow up video showing pruned vs unpruned as you mentioned?
@Lilacleaf49065
4 жыл бұрын
I always heard that suckers should be left on bush varieties!
@AnimusZen
4 жыл бұрын
The bottom ones are more prone to rot/disease, so it's acceptable as she stated.
@aannggiieess
4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful instructions. Thank u!
@ARfruitveg
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@marydiscuillo142
3 жыл бұрын
Doesnt the black plastic make it very hot for the plant soil underneath? I assume you do that for weeds control and less evaporation.? Just curious.
@GinasFamilyKitchen
3 жыл бұрын
I was told to remove all the suckers and think I messed up my romas. They have leaf curl. I thought it was from the 2 week downpour we had. They still have fruit and look ok. I removed the dead looking leaves. Should I just leave them be for a few weeks? I've never had determinate tomatoes. Oh gosh I hope they're ok.
@jimjr4432
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info, but I got the sense of a number of apologies; not staking, sucker removal too late, etc.
@papayaman78
3 жыл бұрын
is that a green bean right next to the tomatoe?
@ryleylamarsh
5 жыл бұрын
Do you continue pruning the plant through the season or just those suckers suggested below the first flower cluster?
@ARfruitveg
4 жыл бұрын
Just the first suckers at the base on the plant the reminder will be left on determinate type tomatoes.
@NomadMechanic
3 жыл бұрын
As my plant grows I continue to carefully remove what I call interrupting suckers and leaves because if the Bush gets too matted it can't breathe. Your plant's require air circulation and sunlight. Allowing it to sprawl will lead to problems. Also remove extra tomatoes. Too many will lead to problems like whole clusters breaking the stem, spots between them and small tomatoes. Those problem suckers grow in undesirable locations that cause matting conditions. Thinning leaf structure allows for sunlight and airflow to touch new suckers thus allowing a more balanced and healthy plant. Your determinate plant will sucker itself to death and will require more nutrients. Think about those bad, rotted, damaged tomatoes that you can't see until you harvest. I get them removed as soon as I see the problem and you can see if you have any horned tomato worms. I get a healthy robust plant full of big juicy tomatoes from thinning as it grows. I use wire mesh cages to keep my plant's growing to the sky. 8 to 10 feet high easy with pounds of tomatoes.
@michaelsabados3829
Жыл бұрын
Suckers can be rooted for a second crop which flowers quickly.
@in-tp4fx
5 жыл бұрын
Why leave the higher up suckers? The criteria would be useful
@katharina...
4 жыл бұрын
Each sucker will turn into a fruit producing branch, so you leave some of them to increase your harvest. With the bush (determinate) varieties there's less pruning involved than with the vine (indeterminate) varieties. For the indeterminate varieties it's best to leave 2-3 suckers to develop into fruit producing branches, and then keep removing all the other suckers as the plant continues to grow.
@kimberlysmith697
2 жыл бұрын
She said in the video
@dgal1391
Жыл бұрын
Very poor camera work. After the first sucker was removed you can't tell what's going on
@suzi_in_zone6B
3 жыл бұрын
How many lower stems should you remove on determinate tomatoes BEFORE planting in ground? Is it the same as indeterminates, or less?? There are so many pruning videos at this stage but no videos on removing lower stems on determine tomatoes before planting. 🥺
@ARfruitveg
3 жыл бұрын
No need to remove stems prior to planting on either type of tomatoes. Just best to plant the tomato plants very deep, so that most of the stem up to the first true leaves is buried.
@TeoSarp
2 жыл бұрын
i am curious about how you water the plants underneath that nylon sheet? drip?
@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb
Жыл бұрын
But WHY leave two suckers below first flower set? What's the reasoning behind two vs three vs none?
@booksarticles2239
2 жыл бұрын
What is the use of the black cover.?
@mcconn746
4 ай бұрын
Many suggest removing limbs that are closer than 6" from the ground to reduce diseases. Does the black cloth protect the plants enough so that is not necessary? Thanks.
@ARfruitveg
3 ай бұрын
The plastic will provide some protection but there can still be some splashing from the row middles.
@mcconn746
3 ай бұрын
@@ARfruitveg Thanks.
@chompers11
3 ай бұрын
@@ARfruitveg is there a follow up video
@jamessteffens8337
2 жыл бұрын
What type of tomato is a grape tomato ? Do I prune or not ?
@oliverfootball1
4 жыл бұрын
What about the suckers above the flowers???
@grape1829
4 жыл бұрын
Suckers are actually the production stems. If you take them all out, you will have lots of leaves and no tomatoes, lol.
@ramsesntibu
4 жыл бұрын
I accidentaly cut the first flowers of my determinate tomato, do you think I killed thé potentiel to have tomatoes ?
@ARfruitveg
4 жыл бұрын
You should still get a few more blooms above the first ones. Removing some blooms can make the other tomatoes that are set later bigger.
@Jeff_Jacobs
4 жыл бұрын
What is the purpose of leaving the 2 suckers below the flower cluster?
@ARfruitveg
4 жыл бұрын
Those suckers will produce flowers and fruit so they are left. The number of suckers that are allowed to stay on the plant depends on the cultivar, but it all goes back to trying to balance the number of flowers to maintain good fruit size by removing some of the suckers.
@Jeff_Jacobs
4 жыл бұрын
@@ARfruitveg Thank you
@রুবিনাতাবাচ্ছুম
4 жыл бұрын
hi
@DorrisDiaz
4 жыл бұрын
Great video, lovely and friendly voice, but so shrill!
@berghauss
Жыл бұрын
Nice demonstration, but......damn, soil to cry over. Tons of erosion, this soil doesn't even have 0.5% organic matter in it, let alone life. Even the weeds are barely "thriving".
@charabotte1
4 жыл бұрын
dead soil
@barbie4679
3 жыл бұрын
Terrible...Way to hard to tell what your pointing to because your working with one hand and holding phone with the other...??
@thetimeisnear369
4 жыл бұрын
Your a commercial business and your tomato plants look like THAT!? Shame on you.
@Beckelbay
Жыл бұрын
She's not a commercial business. She's a research horticulturalist for a university. 0:04.
@thetimeisnear369
Жыл бұрын
@@Beckelbay Her research is to mimic a commercial grow. There for, her commercial grow looks like S%$T. Don't hurt yourself trying to figure this out.
@TSPhotoAtlanta
4 жыл бұрын
Spent more time telling us about herself than summing up the important points at the end or the beginning. That’s not how to teach. I don’t have a firm basis to understand and I’ve wasted more time explaining this. Hope you find my honest criticism constructive....
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