Our “little bit average” Ozzie presenter, the same guy who took us through the basics of tomato growing in a previous video — without telling us a whole lot — now takes us to the suburban garden of a friend to show us — a distant tomato plant in a pot. This is a cunning way of showing us that we can grow tomato plants in a pot at home. Just in case we didn’t get it, he told the audience: “You can grow a tomato plant in a pot at home.” An interesting little bit of wisdom did come out of the video though. You don’t do anything to plants except water them until they start flowering. Just stake it as it grows. That’s it.

This video called “Gardening – Tomato Plants” is actually pretty neat. It’s always great to learn about strange tips of any kind that really work. That’s what you will find in this video. The narrator is very energetic, knowledgeable, and seems to be right at home in front of the camera.

The narrator begins the video by comparing tomato plants to children. This is definitely a strange analogy. However, he elaborates by talking about how fussy and hungry tomato plants and children both are. This is an interesting thought for sure.

He then goes on to explain that tomato plants require trace elements – potassium, manganese, boron, calcium, and sulfur. Of course, you can spend lots of money on this at the gardening store. Or, you can use his suggestion.

His suggestion seems very strange at first. According to the narrator, the best food for tomato plants is vacuum cleaner fluff. Apparently, when dead skin, dust mites, and pet hair break down, they release nutrients into the soil. So, if you have tomato plants you should recycle your vacuum cleaner fluff. Sound gross but it seems to work.

Here’s how you do it. Dampen the fluff. Place one handful around the base of the plant. Mulch it in to make sure it stays in the pot. One handful per plant per week is all that is needed for a supplement to the normal tomato feed.

It is also a good idea to use bottomless pots to plant tomatoes in. This increases the potential for better growth and more tomatoes. When you first plant the tomatoes, the roots aren’t in competition with other plants if they are in pots.

Here is the other tip. The ant is a very big annoyance to tomatoes. This is no surprise. However, he instructs the viewer to kill the queen with sugar. Lace sugar with borax using one part borax to one part sugar. Sprinkle this mixture where there are ant problems. The worker ants will take the sugar/borax mixture back to the queen and it will kill her. The ants will then disperse when the queen is dead.

This video is well done and worth your time. It is highly recommended. You truly cannot fully understand the whole idea until you watch the video.