Gardening With My Sweetheart - Tomatoes & Peppers 🍅 💜

To plant tomatoes and peppers, you'll need compost or mushroom compost, topsoil, grow bags, cattle panels and T-posts for supporting tomatoes, Epsom salt, garden tools for digging and weeding, and of course the tomato and pepper plants themselves.

The subtitles reference the practice of adding Epsom salt to the planting holes for tomatoes as a tip that supposedly helps the tomatoes grow better. It's mentioned that the practice has resulted in a good, prolific crop of tomatoes for the gardener's parents in the past.

Yes, tomatoes can be planted later than usual, as mentioned in the subtitles. However, this can be a result of starting the plants earlier and/or because of other delays, like weather conditions or personal circumstances.

The preferred method described for supporting tomato plants involves using cattle panels and T-posts to create a trellis, rather than using cages. As the tomato plants grow, they are pinned up along the trellis, which is considered easier to harvest from.

The subtitles mention that cucumbers and squash are traditionally planted in hills, though it's acknowledged that the reason for this is not fully understood by the gardeners. Planting in hills may help with drainage and can warm the soil.

When it comes to watering newly planted gardens, tomatoes and potatoes require a lot of water, especially as they grow larger. Additionally, it's important to ensure that all plants, including newly planted cabbage and other seedlings, receive sufficient watering.

Alongside sage, rosemary, and dill, the subtitles mention planting calendula in the garden bed. Calendula was already in the bed and was considered when planning the placement of the herbs.