General discussion regarding the techniques and methods used to successfully grow tomato plants in containers.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Indianapolis
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What do you think is the best OP variety of tomato for container growth?
I've successfully used Craig's intensive planting method to sell tomato seedlings at Farmer's market and this year I'd like to make "salsa pots"and "pasta pots", placing a tomato, pepper, and herbs all in one pot. My children have done this at home and loved it. We've tried Silvery Fir tree but its just never been productive for us in or out of containers. I still grow it every year because its so pretty. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E
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You can grow about any type of OP in a container. If you are talking about tomato, pepper and herb in one pot then you might want to check out the Dwarf tomatoes varieties that are out there. Ami
http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...Dwarf_Tomatoes
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Montana
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I always plant 10-20 containers as insurance if my garden has troubles...Ones i love in containers are:
Aurora Japanese Dward Demidov Lime Green Salad Jaune Flamee Yantarnyi Ditmarsher Pelican Yellow Perfection Dina Jeanne |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Alberta, Canada Z3a
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Here a few suggestions that I make:
Guide to the Best Tomatoes To Grow in Pots: Japanese Dwarf Native Sun Lucky Leprechaun Orange-1 Red Robin Dwarf Stone Sweet Tumbler Kimberley Yellow Canary Lyana Dwarf Champion Improved Mano New Big Dwarf Mountain Princess Lime Green Salad Silvery Fir Tree Citron Compact Sophie’s Choice Golden Dwarf Champion Elberta Girl Jeff Last edited by dokutaaguriin; January 15, 2011 at 11:32 AM. Reason: spacing concers |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 14
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I believe you can grow any tomato variety you want to in a container. It just depends on the size of container you grow it in. I'm going to grow a some indeterminates in larger containers in the 20-30 gallon range.
In the 5 to 15 gallon range, I will grow semi-dets, dets, and dwarfs. A couple of really small dwarfs, like Hahms Gelbe Topftomate can go in a gallon container. These are the ones I will grow that are dets: Hahms Gelbe Topftomate Black Sea Man Mountain Princess Santiam Bush Goliath Sophie's Choice Semi-dets: Polish Pastel Purple Hillbilly Boloto Early Rouge Siletz Orange-1 Dwarf: Sophie's Choice New Big Dwarf Rosa Vetrov Extreme Dwarf Bush Polish Dwarf Utyonok Indeterminates: Hawaiian Currant Porter Japanese Black Trifele Sungold Indian Stripe Little Lucky Manyel Oregon Spring Sioux Black Cherry Top Sirloin (Gleckler's) Most of my containers will be grow bags. Susan |
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