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let's give you an update on our tomato
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plants yes all these tomato plants we've
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not given you an update on them recently
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so let's see how well they're growing
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and how well they're producing so sit
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back relax and let's enjoy today's
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so yes it's been a while since I've last
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updated you on our tomato plants it's
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been a hot week it's been a heat wave at
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the moment no rain obviously in the poly
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tunnel or outside but we've been keeping
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them well watered wellfed so let's see
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how well they're actually producing
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so these ones are my beef steak tomatoes
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and as you can see they look absolutely
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healthy nice and green well watered no
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droopiness and we've got some tomatoes
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growing like I said these are the beef
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steak tomatoes they're looking
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absolutely fantastic i'm growing them
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indoors this year as I'm managing to
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keep up with watering them this year and
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they're growing absolutely fantastic
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loads and loads of flowers on them so
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we're going to get a good crop of beef
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steak tomatoes we're keeping them tied
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up regularly we still we need to do it
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this week we need to do this week's
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little chores on them each week we tie
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them up we take out the suckers from
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them which are these ones which grow in
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between the leaf and the plant because
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they take all the strength away from it
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but yeah we take off the bottom leaves
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as well so that it concentrates on
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growing the tomatoes because we don't
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need them bottom leaves growing on them
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so we just pull them off just like that
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nice and easy and it helps with air flow
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as well we give them a good water every
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single day and we feed them once a week
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now that they're getting the tomatoes on
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them to give them the nutrition that
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they need to get some decent size
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tomatoes on them so let's have a look at
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our cherry tomatoes so these are our
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cherry tomatoes obviously as you can see
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the flowers on them are a lot smaller
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than the beef steak ones so they're the
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beef steak ones and they're the cherry
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ones and these tend to get a load of
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tomatoes on a vine like that as you can
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see we're getting lots on it again we
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take off the bottom leaves and we take
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out the suckers what are growing in
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between the leaf and the plant to keep
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the plant feeding the tomatoes rather
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than the actual side shoots so yeah the
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tomatoes are coming along really really
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well so we just need to wait for them to
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start ripening which will be pretty soon
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I imagine they're getting to a decent
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size tomato now so we should be
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expecting them ripening let me know if
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yours are ripening and if you've
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harvested any tomatoes yet so thanks for
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watching today's episode make sure you
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stay up to date by following us and
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keeping up to date with how well all our
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produce is doing down at the aotment
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until next time everyone remember keep
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smiling keep shining and keep gardening
