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Tomato is very popular.
There are a lot of videos on YouTube teaching how to grow tomatoes.
Some of them are very professional.
In this video, I am sharing with you how I grow my tomatoes
on two bars trellis which is more suitable for home growing.
Generally speaking the best temperature for tomatoes to grow is 60 ~ 86 F.
Different varieties may vary a little.
Temperature higher than 95F, there will be fruiting problem.
Tomato will not grow well under hot and humid weather
so in Florida I usually grow it from Autumn to Spring.
Starting from seeds, tomato is very easy going.
With some water and fertilizer, the plants will grow into a foot tall in a month.
Transplant the seedlings when your garden is ready.
Tomato needs a lot of nutrients to grow well.
So add a lot of organic fertilizer and bury it deep.
Plant Tomato plants 2~4 ft apart.
You can adjust the distance according to the varieties and your pruning method.
Fully water your tomato after transplanting.
To utilize my two bars trellis, I like to grow vine type tomatoes
which grow tall and produce more for longer time.
Tomato plants grow very fast after transplanting.
You will see a lot of new branches growing.
Now it is time to direct the vine onto trellis and prune them.
There are many ways to prune tomatoes, single vine or multiple vines.
My two bars trellis is only 6 ft tall
so I won’t have much space for them to go up higher than that.
I keep multiple vines from each plant so I can maximize the produce from a single plant.
Tie the strings about ¾” to one and half ft apart.
If your tomato vine is skinny, set the strings closer,
if strong and thick, then wider.
According to the number of the strings, keep the same number of strong vines from tomato plants.
Tie a loose single knot onto the stem and twine them together.
One vine for each string. Remove extra side branches and sprouts.
With tomato plants growing taller, every few days, you will have to check the plants.
Readily remove any side shoots or suckers from the main stem or roots
and twine the new grown stems on to the strings so they will not fall over.
At the same time you will notice tomato plants are blooming and fruiting from the bottom.
When the fruits grow bigger to almost full size,
the leaves at the bottom become too crowded, and may turn yellow or suffer disease problem.
Carefully trim of these old leaves. This will help to prevent further disease and worm problem.
Better ventilation and sunlight condition will also help tomato fruits ripe better.
If you notice your tomato plants grow slower and weaker,
supplement some fertilizer rich with Potassium and Phosphorous.
This will help tomatoes grow better fruits.
Continue to prune tomato plants and remove old leaves.
More and more fruits will hang up along the stems.
Pick your tomatoes whenever they are ready.
Repeat these steps every several days.
Since tomatoes vines are very heavy, when the vines reach the middle bar and top bar,
I use extra string to secure the vines onto the bars so the bars will hold the weight up.
When the vines reach the top, if the tomato plants are still vivid and strong,
I will hang them over the top bar and secure them with strings
so they can continue to grow upside down.
If the plants are not very well or reach the end of season,
I will just remove the tips and stop the vines growing longer
so the nutrients will focus on the rest of flowers and fruits.
Hot, humid and stormy weather is the killer for tomatoes.
Once storms hit us in late spring, tomatoes season will be gone.
Even the plants are still growing, the fruits will crack and fall in every storm.
The lesson I have learned is before any big storm,
harvest all the ripe or almost ripe tomatoes…
No doubt fresh tomatoes have much more flavor and texture.
They produce for long time. Picking tomatoes with my girls is a lot of fun.
They have been seeing the tomatoes grow and turn ripe.
From the very beginning they refused to eat tomatoes,
slowly they try them and like them more and more.
I often hear people complain their kids do not like vegetables.
A lot of time kids or even adults need to learn to eat vegetables.
Try different recipes, eat them at different time and get used to the flavor and texture.
Slowly we will find out we like much more vegetables than we thought.
A good eating habit does take time to cultivate.
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