Container Garden pictures May 2nd

[Virtex]

Took some pictures today thought I would share. 90 degrees right now! Amazing hot weather this year, tomatoes are loving it! Most of these tomatoes were planted in early March.

Thanks for looking,

- Scott

Sungella

Snow White Cherry

Dolly Parton

Rio Grande

Tiger-like

Ester Hess

Black Prince

[KarenO]

looking great!
KO

[tlintx]

Your garden looks amazing! I planted mine about the same time but I'm just now getting big flushes of flowers.

What do you fertilize with? How big are those terracotta pots? What kind of dirt mix in the open pots?



Tl

[Al@NC]

I'm so anxious!

Al

[ginger2778]

Beautiful healthy looking tomatoes, and beautiful photography. Thanks for sharing.
Marsha

[GnomeGrown]

Looks Awesome, Virtex.

Happy harvests!

[Dak]

Wow, looking great! Very nice setup.

[z_willus_d]

Impressive. I planted out at the same time here in Roseville, but mine aren't nearly as well developed. You have got the formula. Congrats.

[kath]

Very nice garden, Scott- everything's looking good!

kath

[dpurdy]

Virtex,
Thanks for the pics. I always enjoy looking at members photos of their gardens. Nice job.
dpurdy

[Virtex]

Thanks for all the nice comments, had a few plants that wilted this year. Replanted 4 of them and cut the top off a couple more. What I did was remove the growing tip from both of them. This fixed my wilting problem and now the suckers have grow past the old growing tip. I think my plants out grew their roots and now they are back on track. The black cherry is looking great.

tlintx my terracotta pots are 14 inch (5 Gallon) and 16 inch (10 Gallon).
I planted dwarf's in the 14's, and cherries in the 16's.
I used Lilly Miller All Purpose Planting & Growing Food 10-10-10, I made a 1-2" deep trench around the edge of the pots and put in about 1/4 cup. About once a week I use the blue stuff from MG on the leaves and in the pots. I added some Azomite to all my plants this week as well. On my Smart pots I use shake and feed with Calcium by MG.

For the soil in the pots I used Kellogg's potting soil (Home Depot) and Black Magic Professional Potting Soil (Big Lots) mixed together. I liked the dark rich look of the Kellogg's and the Black magic has bark with peat moss and perlite. I think I got the best of both worlds with them mixed together, the mix drains really well, so far my plants like it.

I have had a few issues with aphids, white fly's and gnats, luckily I have the time to patrol and hand smash the aphids. The Gnats I use a bowl of soapy water and vinegar. The white fly's however I haven't figured out how to take care of them. I tried some organic oils but they are still here.

Having fun and I like my results so far, I am hoping it keeps going this way. I think in 2 weeks I should have a Sungella or Sun Gold to pick.

- Scott

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by Virtex

Thanks for all the nice comments, had a few plants that wilted this year. Replanted 4 of them and cut the top off a couple more. What I did was remove the growing tip from both of them. This fixed my wilting problem and now the suckers have grow past the old growing tip. I think my plants out grew their roots and now they are back on track. The black cherry is looking great.

tlintx my terracotta pots are 14 inch (5 Gallon) and 16 inch (10 Gallon).
I planted dwarf's in the 14's, and cherries in the 16's.
I used Lilly Miller All Purpose Planting & Growing Food 10-10-10, I made a 1-2" deep trench around the edge of the pots and put in about 1/4 cup. About once a week I use the blue stuff from MG on the leaves and in the pots. I added some Azomite to all my plants this week as well. On my Smart pots I use shake and feed with Calcium by MG.

For the soil in the pots I used Kellogg's potting soil (Home Depot) and Black Magic Professional Potting Soil (Big Lots) mixed together. I liked the dark rich look of the Kellogg's and the Black magic has bark with peat moss and perlite. I think I got the best of both worlds with them mixed together, the mix drains really well, so far my plants like it.

I have had a few issues with aphids, white fly's and gnats, luckily I have the time to patrol and hand smash the aphids. The Gnats I use a bowl of soapy water and vinegar. The white fly's however I haven't figured out how to take care of them. I tried some organic oils but they are still here.

Having fun and I like my results so far, I am hoping it keeps going this way. I think in 2 weeks I should have a Sungella or Sun Gold to pick.

- Scott

There are some great threads here about whitefly control. Best thing I have used is yellow sticky traps, which tie onto the cages with a twist tie. Whiteflies are strongly attracted to the yellow color, and an added bonus is so are the flies that lay leaf miner eggs, so I finally had a season with 54 plants and not one caught Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus. First time in about 8 or 9 years.
Here's a link to Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...w+sticky+traps
I buy 2 packages at a time to get the free shipping, and set them out every 4 feet, and goodby whiteflies.
Marsha

[tqn626]

Woah, you actually used the Big Lots soil? I was super paranoid looking at it.

[tlintx]

This is awesome, thank you so much for the information.

It's so good to hear of someone having great results with similar equipment to what I have available. I think I'll use those same pot sizes, the same way - I adore cherries and dwarfs.

Which dwarfs are you growing?


Tl

[BucksCountyGirl]

Wow...looking good!