General discussion regarding the techniques and methods used to successfully grow tomato plants in containers.
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August 11, 2017 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: NewYork 5a
Posts: 2,303
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Container newbie observation...
Interesting being somewhat new at containers.
A few years ago I stuffed in some toms in 7 gal tree pots in the driveway... (too many starts without a home) They did great. Nice snaking and good harvest even in the forest. But a bacon strip of all day sun was observed so I went for it. Still at it. I do have to observe the suns postion and slide them every once in a while, every one/two weeks, but no biggie.... Then I started lots of herbs on the deck just outside the kitchen. 6-7 hours sun so not perfect... Fast forward, I have about 36 dwarf/micros on the deck doing great. (tested a couple last year by bring a couple in late August on the deck bench) They get lot s of attention daily, early morning with coffee, late at night with deck lights. Some of the 'winter-grown' have exhausted themselves going on 9/10 months now, so I thought to 'let them go' and re-use the bags. Massive roots. probably way too small pots but they gave a great harvest. The plastic nursery pot, same variety, same sow date, has a much smaller root mass. Pretty impressive for a newbie. I'm sure most already know this. but for others with a deck/smaller growing situation, it works better than I would have thought. |
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