A Complete Video Guide for Growing Heirloom Tomatoes: Start to Finish

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This is the growth of the same tomato plant 'Black Krim' from start to finish. I spliced together my 6 videos to create A Complete Guide for Growing Heirloom Tomatoes. You will learn how to plant the transplant tomato and prepare the soil. You will learn how to tend, prune and stake your tomato. You will learn how to build a hot-house tomato cage if you want to start your tomatoes early. You will learn about blossom-end rot and other disease prevention techniques. You will see a mature 6 foot 'Black Krim' and what the tomatoes look like. This video shows you the development of one tomato plant. New to Gardening? Check out my 2nd Gardening YouTube Channel dedicated to New Gardeners. The videos are longer and more detailed. Each video presents as if you are new to gardening. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAPRtyacJ69AUdb7o-TZLSw

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I don't think this video is helpful for me and my project

Great video! With a tomato plant such as Black Krim, how many tomatoes would you estimate you'd get in a good growing season?

GO DAD!!

pruning always makes me so sad even though it's beneficial

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Gary, hi and thank you for sharing. I did not understand what do you mix together before 10-10-10, could you please clarify? Thank you.

guys do not remove your sucker they only make more fruit

The truck commercial. with these guys jumping around, is at the top of my dumbest ever list.

Those look really, really good! You know I'm listening to you and think I should be constantly adding calcium to the plants that we are having a heat wave here in Texas. My heirlooms put on 13-tomato's before I had to cut them all the way back. Though they are fast rejuvenating themselves and I am hoping by Fall or early Winter I can harvest some more than the thirteen. Thanks for posting your videos they help, but I don't know if I want to keep placing down paper and more sand as you prune them, that gets to being a lot of work. You know when we garden as kids, we planted in a huge space my parents would rent, left them alone for about a couple of weeks, went back and weed, water and left them again. We didn't do any of the special things that you are doing and still we got lots of fruit. I am wondering if it was because the temperatures in the North during spring are not too hot usually? Right now back home they are having anywhere from 75-89 degree temperature, beats what we have been getting in Texas with humidity factor 100-110 temp. and without rain!

the leaves will usually curle when is too hot to avoid loosing too much water via transpiration

nice work excellent pruning tips Thank you!

thanks mayyyyyne

hi Gary is there a reason why you grow a marigold flower with the tomato plant?

Gary, can you tell me how I can tell the difference between a black brandywine and a cherokee purple?

Brilliant !

My heirlooms are starting to bud, they are only a foot tall. Does it matter if I let it bloom or should I snip them off to give more energy?

hey gary just wanna say thanks for all your videos. they helped me learn so much and they are my fav garden videos for a newbie!!

I just planted 7 baby tomato plants yesterday. First go at growing anything. I'm glad people like you took the time to share their knowledge with us! I'm sure It'll be a disaster, but I'm hoping for the best.

Excellent info Gary, question though - should I do the newspaper/sand deal with my container tomatoes? Thanks in advance, and I'll be using lots of your info this year to improve my container garden. Best of luck in 2016!