In this video I will show you how to grow more tomatoes in less space. You can triple your tomato harvest by using this method and one simple tool. A tomato hook can help you grow more tomatoes with no extra work!
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25 Comments
ah, in the Q&A you said you would tell how to use the hooks on a 1-row-trellis, but you didn't cover that. In a next video?
Thank you for all the information you give us!!!
I loved seeing all the photos of everyone's trellis. I want to build one this year and I need to get some of your tomato hangers. Nice to see you having a sunny day.
I use tomatoehooks since several years. They are great! My first ones I made out of stainless steel spokes myself until I found a distributer of the real ones here in germany. And I although use them not only for tomatoes, they work on cucumber, melons and on some varieties of zucchini/courgette.
I grew by this method last year and it worked great. Adding another this year.
I noticed you didn't pull up the root stalk of the old plants. No risk of disease or pest larvae transfer to new crop?
Another informative video. Thanks .
QUESTION: Instead of starting tomatoes from seeds, couldn't you have taken suckers from your old tomato plants and root it?
Brian, have you seen or tried this?
In a commercial hydroponic setup I saw, they had pruned each plant to a single vine, stripped the vines of leaves (from the bottom, as each section finished producing) and then wound the bare vines like you would the cord on an upright vacuum, leaving the active part of the vine growing between the bottom and top of the trellis. Might this work as well as using the hooks?🤷♀️
There’s another way…. I use the same type of trellis. Mine is 8ft tall. On top of the contact points for the strings I drilled 1/2” holes in which I place a dowel when the plant reaches the top. I then just let the plant grow above the trellis to a max height of 12’! It’s fun….if you own a ladder! 😊
Did this last year with great success, thanks.
I use the hook and string method. It has been a garden changer for me and I will never go back. I have limited space and use this method as it allows me to grow more plants – and experiment with more varieties. I don't always prune to a single vine either. If a variety I like also wants to outshine another – I will let it keep a 2nd or 3rd vine and just add the additional hook/string and let it grow up. Totally fun. I don't feel I have lower production levels either.
Thanks Brian. I’m having to grow my tomato plants in five gallon buckets again, which isn’t great. I’d love to have the space to grow like you’re doing.
I will be starting my third year with your hooks. I will be ordering more as I have increased the tomato area this year. The last two years were in a 2×8’ horse trough. This year we have moved the trellis to the center of a carport frame. The new hooks will be for the outside two rails of the frame. I also grew malabar spinach, squash and cukes on the hooks.
Perhaps you have mentioned this before, but what is the problem if we leave multiple tomato plants together and then transplant?
Where do you live that you can make it through November dec and Jan with tomatoes!!??? The daylight alone makes them die off😮
Do you not wind the tomato vines around the trelis anymore?
You are just trying to sell products, get back to what we like you for & give us info on growing.
I used your hooks for the first time last year for my tomatoes. They worked perfectly! This year I’ll use them for my cucumbers. 😊
Why didn't you just trim up a couple of your older tomato plants so you had some tomatoes far earlier in the new season, while also planting new ones?
I didn't see you pull out the roots of the old tomato plants. Do you just leave them? I thought you always had to pull those to keep them from molding in the ground.
This is so much easier than to move it to the right or left….
I really hope I will be ready to plant a crop this spring. 🤗❤️
Did you compost the old plants with the twine still in it?
You forgot to show how you can move the hooks over and around the trellis as the plants continue to grow.
I’m on the coast of San Diego. My Kelloggs breakfast tomatoes are still producing. I’ve been cutting them back but can I keep them? Also, I’m trying to propagate cuttings as well.
Are you not a crop rotate fan?