How to PRUNE + POLLINATE Any Tomato Plant | The Most Effective Strategies
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Published 2023-06-19
We'll identify the different types of tomatoes (and why that matters), how to locate and remove suckers, a special strategy for cherry tomatoes, and even how to easily pollinate your tomato plants for nearly 100% fruit set.
Join us as we give this tomato plant a perfect haircut!
Tools You Might Need
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Pruners: www.amazon.com/Edward-Tools-Classic-Bypass-Pruners…
Electric Toothbrush: www.amazon.com/Colgate-Optic-Powered-Vibrating-Too…
Pruning Research & Further Learning
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Cherry tomato pruning field trial: rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_677.pdf
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All Comments (21)
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Ya, this guy’s video was top notch. He got another subscriber
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We have been growing tomatoes for years already and I can confirm that this man is 100% correct on any subject he explained in this video! We grow for our own needs but we have knowledge on how they grow professionally in large scale greenhouses in The Netherlands. Apart from the fact that professionally they grow based on hydroponics, but this is actually how you need to prune and maintain your plants to get the most out of your plant with limited space. Good info!
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Holy Moley, thanks for taking me to school...this is hands-down the most informative and easiest to understand video on tomato maintenance I've ever seen...now, I GET IT!!! Thank you so much!!!
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My mom use to take suckers and replant them for a late crop. They always rooted good.
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Thanks for acknowledging the emotional aspect of pruning. Even after having many gardens over the years, I dislike cutting plants back. I also struggle to pull out the weakest of the seedlings. ❤
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Finally, an informative video! So tired of trying to get information from gardeners who want to show you their house, sports, cars, boats, and RVs before they take it to the garden and give little to no information. We all appreciate you, and I have subscribed! You are the new go to.
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Years ago, when I first started growing tomatoes, my father -- who had never in my knowledge even stepped foot in a vegetable garden -- told me about suckering. Now that he's been gone the last few years, every time I'm in my garden, and especially when I'm tending to my tomato plants, I think of him and grin. What's an odd duck he was!
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The electric toothbrush hack is awesome. My neighbor might think I'm nuts but I'll still give them some tomatoes. If they laugh at me, they get ZERO. :)
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What’s funny is we grow in bags but we do not remove suckers we barely prune at all. We have no disease, in zone 10b (hot), and we have more tomatoes on each plant than we did when we would previously prune them. Sometimes it’s fun to experiment.
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Besides learning a lot from you, another awesome thing is listening the birds in the background
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I have been a teacher for nearly 20 years. So appreciate when I can learn from others. You are a stellar teacher!
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Well explained, well recorded and straight to the point...thank you for going into detail
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First time seeing this guy and he is great!!! Neen gardening for 40 yrs!!!
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The best tomato video I have ever seen. Thank you!
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I like how he gets to the main discussion! 🎉 thanks
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I'm gardening for the first time this year, and my tomatoes definitely look out of control. Thanks for such a well explained video as it's helped me a lot to understand how to take care of the plant with pruning.
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Totally true. When i starten growing tomatoes years ago, they went crazy. Huge bushes. I didn't know you have to remove the suckers. Now i do.
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I learned something new with Missouri pruning. Thank you!
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Easily the best, most comprehensive and practical guide to pruning and overall care of all kinds of tomatoes. Thanks for sharing! I'm now going to go back and look at more of Nestdoor Homestead's videos!
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Best video I've seen on Pruning. I watched, then started pruning my tomatoes. I have around 40 tomato plants growing. I caught your video at the perfect time. Your explanation was very through. I also took a few of the larger suckers and put them in the ground. I'll check out your video on cucumbers. I'm growing them as well as melons. Hit me up if you ever need some sewing done. Thank you so much for your tomato tutorial. I learned a lot. I still have a bunch to plants to prune.
