Self Sufficient Me tackles cracked tomatoes with a wicking container
Mark's only new upload follows the growing setup from staking and training to a five-month check-in.
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STOP Tomatoes SPLITTING! Grow Them This Way
Split tomatoes are an irritating reward for growing your own, and Mark's new upload puts a practical fix at the center: a wicking container. In "STOP Tomatoes SPLITTING! Grow Them This Way", he presents the setup as a way to prevent cracking, then works through plant selection, a DIY stake, training and harvesting before returning for a five-month follow-up.
The channel's sole new video this week has reached about 67,000 views. Beneath it, the conversation gets pleasingly hands-on: one viewer suggests washers and a different support arrangement, while another remembers growing so many tomatoes that harvesting and soup-making became a daily assignment. Preventing splits is one problem; keeping up with a successful crop is another.
An older household problem is drawing the most daily viewing right now. "They Had Solar… But a Blackout Still Stopped Their Water" follows a battery installation intended to keep Mark's sister's tank-water pump running during outages. It is a sponsored video: Anker supplied the system and installation in exchange for the coverage. The tomato upload comes next in daily views, followed by the older tour "This Garden Was Saved By Woodchips (No Compost Needed)", about a community garden finding an alternative to unaffordable compost.
Subscribers held steady over the week, while daily channel viewing is a little above its usual level. Among nearby outdoors and homesteading channels, Bowmar Bowhunting had a much larger viewing week, while Mav and Exploring Alternatives are currently running below their usual daily pace. For Mark, the fresh addition is firmly back in the vegetable patch, with a tomato lesson that leaves room for what happens months after planting.
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I got sick of tomatoes a couple of years back. I grew too many out of fish bins and they went nuts. Each day desperately harvesting and slaving away making soup. Was great in the end though. Awesome tips and little set up! Thank you :)
@kev1734See it on YouTubeYou don't need (expensive) coupler nuts, just use cheaper normal nuts. Also, use washers as the pressure can pull the nut through the hole.
An alternate method is to use 4 poles and run each from corner to all meet at the top (teepee style). This adds much more lateral strength, no leaning.@sdspiveySee it on YouTubeOrganic lawn mower on the move at 1:09 😂
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Tomatos grow really well in an aquaponics system too
@KearnesySee it on YouTubeGreat tips there Mark. Thanks!
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The videos drawing views on Self Sufficient Me right now
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- Self Sufficient Me
- Subscribers
- 2,510,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 305,832
- Videos published this week
- 1
- Video published
- October 15, 2026
- Video views so far
- 66,593
- Views on its first day
- 43,685
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What material features in Mark's community-garden tour as an alternative to purchased compost?
"This Garden Was Saved By Woodchips (No Compost Needed)" explores a community garden growing food in woodchips.