Heirlooms I would grow again in a container

platys · August 18, 2010

I know I'm not done with my tomato season, but I definately have some tomatoes I'd grow again in containers. These aren't anything fancy, and I'll note the size of the container. I used MG potting soil, with tomato tone every two weeks.

1. Japanese Black Triefle (5 gallon bucket) - This plant is just cranking out the tomatoes. I've had no problem with blossom end rot, and they taste great.
2. Hawaiian Pineapple. (5 gallon bucket) - This is one happy plant, and its growing absolutely huge tomatoes. No problems with blossom end rot, taste great. Not producing as heavily as JBT, but its going along well.
3. Amish Paste (5 gallon pot) - This plant is loaded with tomatoes, and again, no blossom end rot. The taste is milder, but I expected that.
4. Stupice (5 gallon pot) - I started out with a little BER problem, but it soon resolved itself. It heavily produces, and tastes very good.
5. German Queen (5 gallon bucket) - No blossom end rot, and while its only produced 4 ripe tomatoes so far, they were all huge and super tasty.
6. Berkeley Tie Dye (10 gallon pot). I've had very little BER with this plant, and while its not yielding as well as some, they've all tasted great. I have a lot more on my plant to harvest.
7. Sun Gold (5 gallon) - a big big producer, and everyone loved them.

Mixed Results:

1. Black from Tula. In one 10 gallon pot, it did great - a very big producer. In the other pot, which perhaps got a little less sun, it did less well. The plant itself looks fine, so I'm not sure what's up.
2. Great White. (10 gallon pot) This plant produced 3, huge, perfect tomatoes that everyone has raved about. However, all the rest of the tomatoes got severe BER.
3. Blue. (5 gallon bucket) Its producing well, with little blossom end rot. However, the plant itself seems unhappy - lots of wilting leaves.
4. Zapotec (5 gallon bucket) - this plant stayed pretty small, and I've only picked one tomato off it. It does have another 5 on the plant. No BER, however.

Would not grow in a container again:

1. Opalka (10 gallon pot) - for obvious reasons. I've picked one so far with no blossom end rot. All the rest have it to various degrees. I never planned to put this in a pot, but someone gave me an extra plant.

The rest, I can't make a judgement on, because I've been fighting off a foliage disease on them. Zogola is producing tomatoes, but the foliage is very unhappy. But I'm not sure if that's the pot, or the disease.

August 18, 2010	#1
platys Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 176	Heirlooms I would grow again in a container I know I'm not done with my tomato season, but I definately have some tomatoes I'd grow again in containers. These aren't anything fancy, and I'll note the size of the container. I used MG potting soil, with tomato tone every two weeks. 1. Japanese Black Triefle (5 gallon bucket) - This plant is just cranking out the tomatoes. I've had no problem with blossom end rot, and they taste great. 2. Hawaiian Pineapple. (5 gallon bucket) - This is one happy plant, and its growing absolutely huge tomatoes. No problems with blossom end rot, taste great. Not producing as heavily as JBT, but its going along well. 3. Amish Paste (5 gallon pot) - This plant is loaded with tomatoes, and again, no blossom end rot. The taste is milder, but I expected that. 4. Stupice (5 gallon pot) - I started out with a little BER problem, but it soon resolved itself. It heavily produces, and tastes very good. 5. German Queen (5 gallon bucket) - No blossom end rot, and while its only produced 4 ripe tomatoes so far, they were all huge and super tasty. 6. Berkeley Tie Dye (10 gallon pot). I've had very little BER with this plant, and while its not yielding as well as some, they've all tasted great. I have a lot more on my plant to harvest. 7. Sun Gold (5 gallon) - a big big producer, and everyone loved them. Mixed Results: 1. Black from Tula. In one 10 gallon pot, it did great - a very big producer. In the other pot, which perhaps got a little less sun, it did less well. The plant itself looks fine, so I'm not sure what's up. 2. Great White. (10 gallon pot) This plant produced 3, huge, perfect tomatoes that everyone has raved about. However, all the rest of the tomatoes got severe BER. 3. Blue. (5 gallon bucket) Its producing well, with little blossom end rot. However, the plant itself seems unhappy - lots of wilting leaves. 4. Zapotec (5 gallon bucket) - this plant stayed pretty small, and I've only picked one tomato off it. It does have another 5 on the plant. No BER, however. Would not grow in a container again: 1. Opalka (10 gallon pot) - for obvious reasons. I've picked one so far with no blossom end rot. All the rest have it to various degrees. I never planned to put this in a pot, but someone gave me an extra plant. The rest, I can't make a judgement on, because I've been fighting off a foliage disease on them. Zogola is producing tomatoes, but the foliage is very unhappy. But I'm not sure if that's the pot, or the disease.