General discussion regarding the techniques and methods used to successfully grow tomato plants in containers.
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Here's how things look today. We have had generally cold weather with a fair amount of rain, so the plants aren't growing so well. I had to replace two plants in the middle. They were doing poorly and showing signs of disease. They were from a usually reliable source that has gotten worse in recent years.
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Location: Hampton, Virginia
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What a year this has been for growing! After replacing 2 plants that were diseased, we had high winds and hail that destroyed all of my tomatoes on this side of my "garden" except those on each end and the right half of the plant that was second from the end on the right side. Plants on the opposite side of my garden were OK, so I lucked out there.
This was in the middle of June, so I was in a panic to find replacement plants. The garden center where I get my good plants had some leftover tomato plants they had not thrown out yet. But, they were a mess. There was like a hundred plants all clumped together, very stringy and scraggly looking and had not been watered in weeks. I dug through the mess and found about a dozen plants that looked like they were still half alive and paid $2.00 for the lot of them and took them home. After looking them over and cleaning them up and pruning them, I found 6 that looked like they might survive and actually produce fruit. I stuck them all in the space I had in the left and middle container. I figured I'd see which ones do the best and toss the others. Well, I got busy with other projects and didn't get a chance to play with the tomato plants again. So, here it is now... |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3
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Nice! It looks like your reject plants have taken off! Still a lot of growing time left, so I do hope that you don't get any more stormy weather set backs. I see some near ripe cherries?
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: N. California
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They look great! You fixed them up good!
It occurs to me that except for my first picture, my plants and fruit include some from previous years. I have none ripe yet this year, but here they are, July 2022. Some yellow leaves, Witty bits, and frass that I haven't been able to track back. Sigh. Oh well. It's all part of the journey. Carry on! Last edited by Shrinkrap; July 21, 2022 at 04:03 PM. |
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I've been picking several kinds of cherries for two weeks already. Very early. Quite odd.
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Love seeing everyone's earth box set up pics! Also fun too to see what others do to contain the plants. My system is a little different. I always put two larger tomatoes in each box. I have the staking systems on my earthboxes, but have found the trellising net to be pretty useless. Instead I insert a 6' stake beside each plant that is tied to the top of the staking system. I clip and "tidy" the tomatoes up vertically keeping 2-3 growth stems. So far this has worked well. Here are some pics from earlier in the season. I think I have about 20 or so boxes going in 2 separate areas.
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Nice setup. You put a lot more effort into it than I do. I'm pretty sure I'm going to stick to 2 plants per EarthBox next year and spread them out more.
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indialantic, Florida
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Bair14 - I can't believe how well those plants recooperated. You have the magic touch for sure.
Hi2601 - My season is done (last plants pulled end of June), but I will post pictures of some of my EB. |
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indialantic, Florida
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My setup - I have 40EB but this past season only used 10 for growing tomatoes, and grew broccoli, cauliflower, onions, and lettuce in the others. I also have 7 EB Jrs that are strictly for lettuce growing.
My season goes from Sept 1 - June 30 with Sept 1 just starting seeds. I typically use a lot more EB for tomatoes, but this past year I didn't - it gets really cold some January nights and I found the tomato plants growing in Root Pouches can really handle the cold / heat better. For ALL my tomato plants, I have to attach the cage to a T-Post to keep them from blowing over. I have tons of wind; it's not unusual to have days of 30-35 MPH sustained over several days. For most of the growing season, I cover the outside of the EBs so the intense sun does not make the mix and reservoir too warm. This makes everything look really crappy but it really does work. I use the empty bags of Promix which really looks bad and also cut green indoor / outdoor carpet with the underneath part exposed to the sun. When the season is over, I empty all my EB and Rootpouch (Fabric grow bags), and solarize all the mix and pressure wash everything. My main season (winter) is during the least # of daylight hours. |
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Join Date: Apr 2014
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Having trouble uploading - I will try one at a time.
Last edited by Barb_FL; July 30, 2022 at 11:02 AM. Reason: adding pictures |
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Location: Hampton, Virginia
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O K I might try Boxes next year in the Summertime. But I am still aging to try again in my Greenhouse in the Winter Times.
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Growing season is about done and I have cut down most of my tomato plants. I still have about 50 large tomatoes hanging on the plants to ripen. I also have one white cherry tomato plant that refuses to stop producing. On the whole, it was a very good year. Despite wind and weather damage, I actually ended up with more tomatoes than I had the last several years.
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