Grow Lots of Tomatoes... Not Leaves // Complete Growing Guide

Spray the Aspirin every two weeks!

In my 20’s (I’m 70 now) I worked on a 17 acre tomato farm that had a packing shed. I learned a lot about endurance and became a tomato snob. We drove a stake after 2 plants. As the plants grew we looped twine around the stakes and took out the slack. This process was repeated as the plants grew. Each morning a 16’ flatbed truck made the 45 mile trip to the Sacramento produce market destined for grocery stores. Those were the most memorable years of my life and paid my college expenses.

What a pleasure viewing a video with good audio in plain English, no distrating music or graphics and the presenter knows what he's talking about. Thank you Brian!

Great video! I grew up hearing a few tricks and tips, but the wackiest one my grannie did was hitting her tomato plants with a old grapevine broom. She did that when she didn't think the plants were doing their pollination properly and she said it kickstarted that process. She also would use egg shells in a large glass jar covered with water and when her plants needed a boost she would water them with that concoction. She grew some amazing, huge, beautiful, TASTY tomatoes! So she must have had something working. One comment about the plants growing. I had a cherry tomatoes plant self-start at the ends of my porch and that plant grew to about 7' long growing along the ground. My son was about 3-4 yrs old then and he had a little tunnel in that plant and when he was missing you could find him there laying on his back, picking tomatoes and eating them one by one! (he ate more of those tomatoes than my wife and I put together!!)

When you pinch out your plant's put those into a pot to shoot and you will have an exact match of the tomato your growing and It also staggers your planting to avoid gluts of produce.

Thank you for not putting music on your video. It makes it much easier to focus on what you're saying.

Brooooooooooooooo...... Where the hell were you last year when I destroyed my tomatoe plants!?!?! Now, it's me and you buddy... We're gonna DOMINATE this year!! Thank you.

The photos of blossom end rot, rust, blight, etc. are very helpful, as is the entire video. Thanks!

These videos are terrific. I never had much luck gardening which is an embarrassment since my mother was an experienced successful gardener having worked in agriculture and being a farmer’s daughter and my uncle farmed cotton in the San Joaquin Valley. After watching video decided to try again. I bought 10 tomato plants of 5 different varieties thinking if I get one plant to produce at least 1 tomato I would finally be a success and break the continuous bad luck. I followed the instructions in this video. My goodness all 10 plants are producing and we’ve already harvested a few ripe tomatoes that really have a good flavor. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! Wishing you all the best!

I always cut off all the leaves 1 foot from the ground so when I water tomatoes using garden hose, they don't get splash back (water on leaves that grow higher up). Furthermore, instead of the stuff you put underneath the plant (when planting them), simply bury a nettle which contains a lot of potassium so the plant will feed on it as roots grow. Also, if I plant/grow tomatoes too late and they don't turn red by rainy season (autumn), I collect them while they're green and keep them in dark place at home (cupboard) and they mature (turn red throughout) in about 3-4 weeks. Kris from Ireland

If you want to keep worms off your tomato plants and add nutrient that the plants want, try a 9" circle around the base of the plant using Epson Salt. Crawling bugs are detoured away and the Magnesium is a healthy thing for tomatoes and also roses. Cheers!

I just learned more about gardening tomatoes than I’ve ever known. What a great video thank you so much!

I plant 200 plants minimum every year in Iowa. 4 foot high hog fence 18 inches apart. I take straw, too, support plant after it's about 2/ 2.5 feet. It's insane how many tomatoes I get. I plant them deep as well. I also learned that over the years,they don't like to be touched.

Strings tend to damage and cut the fragile tomatoes stems, specially in very windy areas like mine. So I cut old used bed cotton sheets into strips and use it to bow tie the stem to the stakes, and it is a very safe method to adjust/undoo and to take it off at the end of the season 😬✌️

Thank you son. I'm an old guy now and that was the easiest, most succinct tutorial on growing tomatoes that I've ever seen. Well done. And I am now a subscriber. You get so much convoluted content these days, it is refreshing to skip the nonsense, and see how easy it can really be.

I love watching your Chs you make me feel calm and confident rather than overwhelmed to deal with gardening. You are a great teacher. Thank you and God bless you.

Brian, I’ve been watching videos for several years on growing tomatoes, and this one is THE BEST one I’ve seen. Thank you for the way you present the information. And thank you for sharing your knowledge and your experience. I will be following you from now on and I’ll be reviewing any other video you have shared. Thank you again.

I’m 70 years old and I have had plenty of experience growing a garden mostly in the NW. I learned more from your video than watching a bunch of others. You are one smart feller. Thanks

I’ve been growing tomatoes most of my life and I learned more about growing and caring for tomatoes in the last 21 mins than I ever knew! Can’t wait for this years crop! Thanks for the great tips!

I first watched this about three years ago and it transformed my tomato life!!! A great video of fully applicable ideas.