General discussion regarding the techniques and methods used to successfully grow tomato plants in containers.
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April 18, 2006 | #1 |
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What variety produced best in containers?
I am not talking about taste here I am talking about what produced the most, weight wise, in tomatoes for you in containers? I have planted my tomatoes for this year but want ideas for next year. I have not had a lot of luck planting tomatoes in the ground here so the ones in containers really have to produce!
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April 19, 2006 | #2 |
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Since you said taste was not an issue...
For a medium tom, Early Girl in a 10-gallon pot. Produced over 100 toms. Most were in the 4 - 6 oz range. For a cherry, Sweet Million. Great crack resistance too. Also, Tumbler Hybrid produced hundreds off grape size toms in a 2-gallon self watering hanging basket. Chris |
April 19, 2006 | #3 |
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Thanks. I have both the Tumbler hybrids but I am really not impressed with how slow they are growing. All my other plants are way larger than the Tumblers. My Tumblers are only a few inches and have been growing for a while now. Maybe I should give them some fertilizer.
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April 19, 2006 | #4 |
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I remember it took my Tumbler awhile to get going too. It took way longer than the advertised DTM before I got the first ripe one. Then it exploded once the weather warmed up. It seemed as if every blossom set fruit. I hit it with M-Gro every week until the fruit kicked in.
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April 20, 2006 | #5 |
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Thanks will give them some Miracle Grow too and see if they perk up some. It has been fairly warm here in the 80's and a couple days at 90 only yesterday was cooler in the 70's.
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April 28, 2006 | #6 |
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The varieties that produced the most for me were Stupice and Grushkova.
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July 1, 2006 | #7 |
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Eva Purple Ball did extremely well in containers for me.
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July 2, 2006 | #8 |
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Glacier
Have 3 Glacier plants in a 20 gallon container. Just picked my first one, great taste for an early mater. Plants are covered with blossoms.
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November 5, 2006 | #9 |
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Czech's Bush did the best for me. I experimented last winter/spring, growing under shoplights. I used 2 4-ft. shoplights with cool white T-12's. And I had a couple 42-watt spiral bulbs hitting the plants from the side. So it wasn't the most effective lighting 'system'. That having been said, Czech's Bush put out 14, 12 of which I harvested. The other two were just starting out when I needed the space for something else. The next closest plant put out 4 tomatoes, 2 had BER.
Someone on GW mentioned they had great success with Czech's Bush on the gulf coast, so it even does well in warmer climates. This year I'm using 300-watt PS-type bulbs in the Brooder lamps to hit the plants from the sides. It'll make a huge difference I think. Jeff |
November 5, 2006 | #10 |
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