How does your Earthbox yield compare

schill93 · June 25, 2015

iron Pete. Those should work. I am sure you will see some tomatoes. It is just that the plant and fruit will probably be smaller. Lots of people use them, even though not ideal. You can't beat free, so whatever tomatoes it yields will be a plus.

I put a couple of plants in some containers that I had that were probably less than 5 gallons, as I had extra plants that I bought and needed to plant them, and that's all I had left. I got some tomatoes off of them, though admittedly not a great deal.

I know that size does matter. But there is no harm in starting out small, and working your way up to bigger. Actually people have said that pepper plants do especially well in SIP 5 gal. pails. So when you eventually get some larger ones made, you can move your tomatoes over to the larger ones and use the 5 gal. for other vegetables like peppers or eggplant, garlic, etc.

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June 25, 2015	#28
schill93 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Nevada Posts: 275	iron Pete. Those should work. I am sure you will see some tomatoes. It is just that the plant and fruit will probably be smaller. Lots of people use them, even though not ideal. You can't beat free, so whatever tomatoes it yields will be a plus. I put a couple of plants in some containers that I had that were probably less than 5 gallons, as I had extra plants that I bought and needed to plant them, and that's all I had left. I got some tomatoes off of them, though admittedly not a great deal. I know that size does matter. But there is no harm in starting out small, and working your way up to bigger. Actually people have said that pepper plants do especially well in SIP 5 gal. pails. So when you eventually get some larger ones made, you can move your tomatoes over to the larger ones and use the 5 gal. for other vegetables like peppers or eggplant, garlic, etc.