How to Grow Tomatoes: Trellis

Tips, Tricks

1. Do tomato plants require Sun on the base of the plant to grow? Thinking of something to grow in a window well of a deck, to climb up a full sun brick wall. I can see there will be Sun and heat on the main plant, but the base of the plant will be shaded and much cooler, down in the window well. If this doesn't work, I may do them in containers on the deck top. Any advice, thanks,
2. What do you attach the string to at the bottom?
3. Thanks for taking the time to show us and answer questions here. Very helpful
4. Thank you! This is the first time I've seen my yearly problem addressed, namely plants that sprawl out on multiple branches until they overwhelm the cages or trellises I've put in, and the tomato section of the garden looks like a tangled jungle. Now I know what to do as far as pruning. I'm in Maine, so I have the same short growing season issues, and now I also have the answer why it takes so long for the plants to bear fruit, exposing them to the very real risk of frost before ripening.
5. I Only remove Suckers on indeterminate Varieties, They serve no purpose but to make a bushy plant with very little fruit. Determinate types actually need the suckers and more growth to increase your chances for more tomatoes.
6. I don't get why everybody insist on taking off the suckers, they grow tomatoes too and you get a bushier plant.
7. THANKS FOR THE TIPS!!
8. Awesome!
9. What type of ground cover are you using in this video and how do you water the plants? 
10. I'm wondering how much angle iron is above the ground. I heard you say 2 ft go into the ground but not sure how long the angle iron is overall. Also, what size angle iron did you use? Would 1 1/2" X 1/8" work in 8ft lengths? Thanks!
11. Great question! If trellising a single stem by winding the stem around a string, the process is started once the plant is 6-8" tall. Every couple of days, or even daily depending on the plant growth rate, the stem can be wound around the string. Basket weaving of tomatoes begins when the plants are about 12" tall. New strings are added at about 8-12" intervals. 
12. Can you please tell me when should we start trellishing the plant? Maybe when it reaches at a certain height? Thanks
13. Nice video I will sure use this information on my tomatoe plant back home!
14. When trellising tomatoes up a string, the string is loosely tied around the base of the plant. This is simply a method to attach the string to the plant.
15. Tomato suckers are branches that come off the main stem of the plant. Removal of suckers can lead to earlier production of high quality fruit but do not need to be pruned off the plant, and will eventually produce fruit. Un-pruned plants have the potential to produce greater overall yields both in numbers and weight of fruit, though the trade off is loss of early ripening and fruit size. Therefore, pruning of smaller fruited varieties is often not done.
16. Sucker growth doesn't 'take away' from the 'main plant.' A sucker is a natural part of the plant growth pattern, not a mistake or a parasite. And the photosynthesis that goes on in the leaves of the sucker shoot generate much of what's needed to produce fruit. Many experiments have shown that there's little difference between de-suckered plants and free growing plants. Single stem plants might produce fruit a little earlier, and multi stem plants may produce a little more fruit. 
17. how do you anchor the string to the ground? is it just hanging there?
18. You should probably fix the title's spelling, so it can be searched better. Great video!