Do Tomatoes Love Cinder Blocks?

GrowSeeds · February 16, 2007

Message to moderator.
Don't know which forum this should be posted in.

I went to one of the local feed and seed stores looking for ways (materials) to stake and items to plant tomato plants in. When leaving a person said to me that they plant tomato plants in the holes of cinder blocks. Said to sit the block onto the earth ground hole facing ground and up fill with compose and soil etc then plant the plant in the center of the hole.

Has anyone done this - if it works I have a lot off fence area I could use them to grow a lot more tomatoes.

Here are some images with demensions of cinder blocks which one would best be used if this is a usable ideal?
http://www.newhollandconcrete.com/de...id=ss%2012inch

February 16, 2007	#1
GrowSeeds Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Somewhere in the Universe on planet Earth in the USA in Alabama - zone 8 Posts: 113	Do Tomatoes Love Cinder Blocks? Message to moderator. Don't know which forum this should be posted in. I went to one of the local feed and seed stores looking for ways (materials) to stake and items to plant tomato plants in. When leaving a person said to me that they plant tomato plants in the holes of cinder blocks. Said to sit the block onto the earth ground hole facing ground and up fill with compose and soil etc then plant the plant in the center of the hole. Has anyone done this - if it works I have a lot off fence area I could use them to grow a lot more tomatoes. Here are some images with demensions of cinder blocks which one would best be used if this is a usable ideal? http://www.newhollandconcrete.com/de...id=ss%2012inch