Planting location Question

[flyfiishn]

I built some new planter boxes this year and have filled them with about 50-50 potting soil and organic matter (grass clippings mulched leaves and compost). I have room for about 10 plants in the new boxes.

I also have my usual in ground planter area (capacity 14 plants) which I have used successfully for many years by adding compost and organic matter every year.

Wondering how I should divide up my tomatoes between the 2 areas. All cherries in the planters? All beefsteaks and canners in the ground? Equal parts in each? Sunlight is roughly the same in all.

Grow list is below if that helps.

Cherry: (9 total)
Black Cherry (2)
Coyote (2)
Isis Candy (2)
Sun Sugar (1)
Green Dr. (1)
Purple Bumblebee (1)

Slicers: (11 total)
Ana Russian (1)
Black from Tula (1)
Brandywine Sudduth (1)
Paul Robeson (1)
Super Snow white (1)
Juan Flamme (1)
Black Krim (1)
Beefmaster (1)
Earls Faux (1)
Northern lights (1)
Va Sweets (1)

Canner: (1 total)
Cream Sausage (1)




thanks in advance!!!!!!!

[Gardeneer]

Check the growth habit of the varieties. I will plant dets and less vigorous, short ones in the planter. For example I won't plant Sun Gold or Black Cherry in planter box. But I will plant Black from Tula in there. Just examples.

[flyfiishn]

Good call, my sungolds were super tall last year, good one to avoid in planter for height requirements.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by flyfiishn

Good call, my sungolds were super tall last year, good one to avoid in planter for height requirements.

Mine get ridiculous I have to get almost the top a a 6 foot ladder to reach them and the cucumbers that sometimes make it there.

[Ed of Somis]

Last year I grew exclusively in containers. My results were "good". This year I have 6 tomato plants in my new raised bed. I am hoping I need my 20' extension ladder to harvest those.