Indeterminate dwarf container size

Gardenboy · 5 Days Ago

Been growing indeterminate tomatoes for 50 yrs now and decided to try indeterminate dwarf varieties this season. I grow in 20 gallon containers and wondered if I needed a smaller container for the dwarf varieties? I do have 7 gallon, maybe to small? Please advise. Thanks as always.

Labradors2 · 5 Days Ago

It is suggested that dwarfs from The Dwarf Project can be grown in 5 gallon containers, so your 7 gall ones should be fine

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PaulF · 4 Days Ago

Of the several dwarfs from the project I grew the method was to grow each variety in a 5 gallon bucket and in ground with all the other tomatoes. The buckets produced about half the in ground grown and the average size was maybe 60%.

Not a definitave experiment but an indicator that the larger the container the better. And that in ground is even better. As for flavor difference there was nothing that jumped out in the years of being part of the dwarf project one way or the other.

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Gardenboy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 784	Indeterminate dwarf container size Been growing indeterminate tomatoes for 50 yrs now and decided to try indeterminate dwarf varieties this season. I grow in 20 gallon containers and wondered if I needed a smaller container for the dwarf varieties? I do have 7 gallon, maybe to small? Please advise. Thanks as always.

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PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,295	Of the several dwarfs from the project I grew the method was to grow each variety in a 5 gallon bucket and in ground with all the other tomatoes. The buckets produced about half the in ground grown and the average size was maybe 60%. Not a definitave experiment but an indicator that the larger the container the better. And that in ground is even better. As for flavor difference there was nothing that jumped out in the years of being part of the dwarf project one way or the other. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

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Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,895	It is suggested that dwarfs from The Dwarf Project can be grown in 5 gallon containers, so your 7 gall ones should be fine .