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In the Chuck - looks good and so tidy. What's going in the white buckets? What tomatoes are you growing?
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Wow, ImTheChuck... love your set up!!! So neat.
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There is a lady in Oakland FL which has posted quite a lot of photos on Garden Web. She used compost, probably significantly improved in 15 gallon containers. She cleaned her pots every year and put in completely new mix. She grew some beautiful tomatoes. I don't have that kind of time or ambition. Anyway I think I'd use SWCs before I'd go to that effort. Thanks for the link. Larry |
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Larry - I was just thinking if you wanted a really economical way to try container growing, either the home made grow buckets would work if you can get some used buckets for free from a grocery store or hotel. My friend is the Director of Purchasing for a large hotel in Orlando and they had more 5 gallon pickle buckets than they knew what to do with. I used to get them all the time for free and we used them on my family's horse farm but at the time I wasn't growing in containers.
Or use the Walmart bags... I think they are 50 cents each and set them in a kiddie pool ($10). You can go on youtube and see how other people have been successful doing that with the Walmart bags in a kiddie pool. I would do it where I am except the owner of the RV Park would have a fit. Ginny |
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On the downside, I have 2 kiddie pools, and they worked fine initially last spring, when it was drought-like and no rain. But when it rains in Florida, IT RAINS, the plants stayed too. I use an empty Tollhouse Cookie dough container, and drill lots of holes in it, then put it upside down in the WMT bag so not all of the bag bottom is exposed to water (wicking). |
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Ginny
Thanks for your suggestions. In time I hope to look at SWCs. For now I've got about all the tomato plants I can handle. I have 16 plants in raised beds, 19 in 10 gallon grow bags, 11 in 6 gallon pots, 12 in 3 gallon pots and 12 in 1 gallon pots for a total of 70. Not counting all the rest of the stuff I have in raised beds and native soil or heading for raised beds or native soil. Ultimately I hope to grow less tomato plants as a result of more consistently growing varieties that work well. I am hoping this season will help me reach that goal. Looking at the 10 day weather forecast it looks like tomato loving weather is about to arrive. Starting Oct 2nd I see a string of days with forecasts of daily highs between 83 and 87, and daily lows from 66 to 69. Looks like tomatoes blossoming and setting fruit is about to happen. Larry |
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Larry - what tomatoes are you growing in 3 gallon pots? and 1 gallon pots? Did you ever see AKMARK's tomatoes - he had a couple of plants in a 1/2 gallon pot, and maybe a pint pot with big tomatoes on it. |
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I have 1 Extreme Bush plant in a 1 gal pot. So far it doesn't look crowded. I have 1 Terenzo plant in a 1 gal pot. It looks a bit leggy but is blossoming and has set 1 tomato. I have 6 Extreme Bush plants in 3 gallon containers and 6 Terenzos in 3 gallons. The Extreme Bush plants truly look like a dwarf and have a few blossoms. The Terenzo look more like a small bush tomato and are blossoming more than any other variety I have planted and have set a few tomatoes. I definitely will check out some of AKmark's posts, which sound interesting. I don't know why I planted so many Tiny Tims. With the 1 gallons it just takes a second to fill them with compost and I direct sewed the seeds. I had 10 pots done before I knew what I was doing. Larry |
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"Barb 100 plants two vines, 100 first trusses for me, I get a truss before a fork in the stems. 200 plants, single vines, 200 first trusses, gain of 100. I also drop my plants now and coil the vine after fruit is harvested, it is tuff with two vines. My friends already do what I am talking about, I have resisted, but the light bulb went off, and I realized my lost potential. The single stem plants will be grown in 6-7 gallon plastic bags, or old smart pots filled halfway. I do not try to avoid watering, I want to water, with continuous feed they grow like chickweed if you have to water multiple times per day." Also from AKman "Zipcode, it used to be around 20- 30lbs for an average plant from a good yielding variety, but this year I am doing something completely different that I learned about a few years back, but never tried it. When I harvest a truss of fruit, I trim the leaves off to that point, and I lower the plant by coiling the stripped stalks around the container. This is an awesome technique for long season growers to keep their plants producing at full potential, or close. Now, I don't know my yields, but I can say, my plants started in January are still looking good and are pumping out fruit." I don't quite understand exactly what he is saying, probably because I am not that knowledgeable of a tomato plant's physiology. However, I think his statement is probably quite profound and I want to refer back to it as I learn more. If you have a good handle on what it is he is saying, please explain to me. Larry Last edited by Zone9b; September 29, 2015 at 03:30 PM. |
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In 2014, AKMARK had amazing tomato pictures; I will try to find the tomato pics in the tiny pot and post later. Off to transplanting. |
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