Large fruited Container suitable varieties - Page 3

KarenO · July 31, 2017

I'm pretty happy with EM Champion too. Small plant, big tomatoes, picked
one at 1 lb 4.7 oz today in a 4 gallon pot.
KarenO

BlackBear · August 1, 2017

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Originally Posted by KarenO

I'm pretty happy with EM Champion too. Small plant, big tomatoes, picked
one at 1 lb 4.7 oz today in a 4 gallon pot.
KarenO

that's sort of what happened to me a couple years ago with EM Champion

in a 5 gallon pot (or smaller?)..it got "lost and forgotten " by it self ...untended

until I found it lost at the back of the dome ....Huge fruits ..lots of them

"how did it do that ?!" This year so far in my 7 gallon trials

I got lots of fruit early ...but only medium ...but some large greenies coming on

Maybe I should go back to 5 gallons for EM champion ..LOL

Hey Karen how are your Signature projects ...coming along ?

BlackBear · August 10, 2017

Velmozha and EM Champion early (since June 28) and Lots of them this year ..

still ripening and other fruits growing to follow ... Who could ask for much more

in 7 gallon containers !

GrowingCoastal · August 10, 2017

Bear, I see that your toms have those yellow shoulders too. Why is that?

BlackBear · August 10, 2017

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Originally Posted by GrowingCoastal

Bear, I see that your toms have those yellow shoulders too. Why is that?

they disapear/lessen as fruit matures more ...

sjamesNorway · August 12, 2017

Sakharnyi Pudovichok has compact indeterminate plants and great taste, and has done well outside in containers for me. The fruits have been medium, but Tatiana says they can be up to a pound: http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Sakharnyi_Pudovichok My dtm is 75 days. Strangely, it didn't like the heat in my greenhouse, and produced mini-versions there.

Steve

BlackBear · August 12, 2017

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Originally Posted by sjamesNorway

Sakharnyi Pudovichok has compact indeterminate plants and great taste, and has done well outside in containers for me. The fruits have been medium, but Tatiana says they can be up to a pound: http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Sakharnyi_Pudovichok My dtm is 75 days. Strangely, it didn't like the heat in my greenhouse, and produced mini-versions there.

Steve

ah ha ...never thought of that .....extra heat ...from record breaking Temps could

restrict fruit development and result in smaller expression ..(medium) than the absolute optimum ..(large) ... hmmmm

Togo77 · April 19, 2018

Last fall I grew some great big beef tomatoes in 7 gallon containers. When it got cold at night I’d get my dolly and move them into the garage till it warmed up. I picked my last tomatoes in mid January.

July 31, 2017	#31
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	I'm pretty happy with EM Champion too. Small plant, big tomatoes, picked one at 1 lb 4.7 oz today in a 4 gallon pot. KarenO

August 10, 2017	#34
GrowingCoastal Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Vancouver Island Canada BC Posts: 1,253	Bear, I see that your toms have those yellow shoulders too. Why is that?

August 12, 2017	#36
sjamesNorway Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Norway Posts: 1,049	Sakharnyi Pudovichok has compact indeterminate plants and great taste, and has done well outside in containers for me. The fruits have been medium, but Tatiana says they can be up to a pound: http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Sakharnyi_Pudovichok My dtm is 75 days. Strangely, it didn't like the heat in my greenhouse, and produced mini-versions there. Steve

April 19, 2018	#38
Togo77 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: SE Louisiana Posts: 27	Last fall I grew some great big beef tomatoes in 7 gallon containers. When it got cold at night I’d get my dolly and move them into the garage till it warmed up. I picked my last tomatoes in mid January.