Easy tip for better tomato plants and more tomatoes.
February 15, 2010 by admin
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This idea is just so simple and really works. Give it a try.
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……again the energy thing…you make a lot of sense…..leave the suckers in the crotches lol
Never thought of it that way….we force it against it’s nature…man I just might try that…maybe not all of them but a few
@bailey1950 duh you will know when there r flowers then the tomatoe forms
yea nice indian language
I did not laugh until u told me not to !!
give it time and feed that baby compost tea every day! FULL SUN, but insulate the pot with a polystyrene box if you can to keep the heat off the root system.
I’m growing tomato plant in a pot… It’s getting taller but there is no TOMATOS!
1: If the plant wilts but perks up after watering, it’s a watering issue.
2: If the damage was caused by whiteflies, the problem should stop now that you got rid of them.
3: If the problem wasn’t whiteflies or watering, it’s probably Fusarium wilt. There’s no cure/treatment for that. Sorry. This is difficult to diagnose beacuse dozens of problems have the exact same symptoms. If the plant dies, throw it and soil away.
ps: Too late in season for phosphorous to help if that were the problem.
Yellow leaves brown…what I ment was yellow flowers now brown not really doing anything.
Factors….6- 5gal buckets with total of 15 tomato plants. Holes in buckets…water about 1/4 a gal a day each. took care of white fly prob somewhat. plants get 6 hours sunlight front porch morning. leaves dying lower plant leave vains purple underside. Weather 85 day night 60s. leaves curling up. Only about 2 tomatos per plant. Yellow leaves brown, tomatos in them not really doing anything. Do I need more water? HOw do I add phosphorus? PLEASE help these are my babies. Thank you
1: If you see itty bitty bugs on the stems or underside of the leaves, it’s aphids.
2: Early in the season, if there are cool temperatures and no insects present, it could be a phosphorus deficiency. Leaves will have purple veins and overall purplish tint.
Without knowing all the factors, this is the best I can do. Let me know how it goes, ok?
My tomato plant leaves are green but on the underside the leaves vaines are getting dark? What is this???
A 6″ sucker can be planted in a wet pot and a new plant started every few weeks.
I have dozens of new plants and it only takes 2 weeks to form the new roots.
Amazing intro with chicken .I love it.:) nice
Don’t kill the messenger but nope. That wasn’t a good idea & whomever told you this should be taken out back and beaten with a live chicken.
My advice is leave it alone. You can pinch off suckers, but I wouldn’t prune off many leaves. The leaves give more to the plant than they take. They are the engine that drives the plant. No worries though. The plant will put out more stems due to replace what you’ve pruned. Allow it to grow a couple to replace all that you’ve clipped. It’ll be fine. 
Hey prax I have a question. I am growing one tomato plant, and before i watched your video i was told it was a good idea to cut off the branches beneath the first flower cluster. I have now cut all branches and leaves that came off the main stem that were beneath the first flowers, was this a good idea?
good for you prax! u go! minneola24 is just jealous pfftt!!!!! lmao
I can’t really say one way or the other on the amount since I only have 2 varieties, one of which I can tell does not like being potted. O well, live and learn!
The celebrity DOES have a lot of fruit on it though. The plant itself is roughly 4 feet in all directions (LxWxH) and currently has about 20 tomatoes, maybe more (some parts are so overgrown I can barely see some fruit in the back). Grew fast…
PM me with an email addy and i’ll send photos if you like. Glad to see your well!
Hiya stranger!
Haven’t heard from you in awhile. Good to hear you’re having fun with your garden. I heard celebrity is very prolific. Do you notice more tomatoes on that plant compared to others? Towards the middle or end of the season I want to toss up a video and have everyone vote on their favorite variety. I really have no solid favorite yet. Basically anything that’ll grow and produce is good enough for me so far. lol
Wanted to say thank you prax, took your advice for a celebrity variety and it is just monstrous…looks funny too, I have to keep proping it up as it grows both upward and outward.
However, I envy you for the space you have to play with…lol, sunny days most of the year and watering twice daily (yes, they need it here) and limited space make for an odd looking patio/yard area for sure. The lizards and mantis adore it though.
Rant over, thanks again!!
Well, personally I think they’re ridiculous as heck. The company implies that you’ll get more and better tomatoes faster due to the plant being upside down and gravity helping out the fruit. That is just not how nature works. Also, the plant is literally hanging by it’s roots. That’s pretty tenuous. Also, if you overwater those things, I am assuming the runoff will travel out of the bottom hole and drip all over the plant and tomatoes.
I’m not a fan of them, but they seem to sell. (shrug)
Thanks! Great video btw!
What do you think of those upside-down tomatoes that are being sold in stores now? Some of my neighbors got ‘em growing but that’s it -no fruit or at least yet. Looks gimmicky if you ask me.
Imat001, Yep go with a phosphorous/potasium fertilizer. As for pinching back, I wouldn’t pinch back until the plant is at least a foot tall. Then I’d pinch it back about halfway and make sure it has about 3 leaf junctions on it. This will give it three avenues to branch (fork). I personally prefer to favor the lowest branching suckers because it gives the plant a lower center of gravity and makes it sturdier (pot or tomato). You can mound up soil to the low suckers & they’ll set roots (tomato)
When holding back on nitrogen can plant feed high in phosphorous be beneficial to the growing fruits similar to flowering cannabis?(It’s the only plant I know how to grow) How tall should the plants be before pinching them back? Right now I got some Juliet and Roma seedlings that are about 7″ tall.
LMAO Well neither actually. I retired early, I’m way too young to retire the regular way, so I worked alot and saved and saved, so now I have my own money and can spend my time gardening, playing videos and raising the birds in the videos. The 80 acres I live on is just for living on, not farming. It’s basically my own private forest.
btw, you’re better at calculations than me. That always was my weak point.