Principles for Growing Container Tomatoes: Soil, Planting, Fertilizer, Watering, Side-Dressing
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- This video will provide you a nice overview for growing tomatoes in containers. I cover a lot: 1) Soil Set Up 2) Fertilizer Set Up 3) Watering 4) Feeding Schedule and 5) Side Dressing with Lime and Fertilizers. You don't need to following the ideas exactly as I do as I vary it myself. But I believe following the general principles will lead to healthy container tomatoes you will enjoy.
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Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) First time watching thanks for the info very helpful. I had a couple of question can I use lime on my pepper plants last year all my pepper plants had end rot. Does liquid fertilizer affect tomato plants that are blooming or already have tomatoes? Thank you for your time.
Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) I'm confused. Do I use Epsom Salts, Fish Bone Meal, calcium nitrate? Or fertilizer?
Hey gary!!! Im sure you know now but you can get tons of free 2-5 gallon buckets from store bakeries. They are food grade because they are usually full of frosting. The bakeries throw them out daily and i just ask (jewel bakery usually) and they are happy to get rid of them. Saves tons of money. Thanks for all you do to help us learn. Take care 🌿
Thanks for the tip. Always good to put that out there for people
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As a brand new gardener... I know NOTHING! Your videos are SO very clear, concise and very well explained. *You don't go on and on with a story and you don't gloss over important parts. I live in an Apt & will be container gardening... and I have a disability so I will be creating raised platforms for my containers. Have you done a video on the merits (or down-sides) to top watering vs. bottom watering... should I create snorkels or just put water in the lower container and let it leach upward, etc.? Do you have videos on air pruning (slotted pots with retaining cloth or grow bags) vs. closed pots? Since I am just getting started now is the time I have to make some rather long-term decisions. (I've already found the affordable options for both containers and plenty of free 5 gallon buckets. I'm also doing plenty of worm farming to create lots of castings. Do you have any videos to explain what my soil mixture should be - or why I shouldn't use 100% casting, etc.?
I wish he would have answered me these questions.😓
Thanks for the tips and information, greatly appreciate the work you do. Keep it up man. 💯
Amazing how you always upload great videos as well as great information Gary,and try to answer everyone's questions.You contribute a wealth of info to the gardening community.
DesertDigger1 Thanks man. I try and make them useful as respect for your time watching them.
I just had to comment and tell you that I've learned so much from your videos. After past attempts I just thought I was bad at gardening but I decided to give it another try after watching many of your videos over the winter. I still have a lot to learn but I'm actually growing and harvesting about 8 different vegetables this year for the first time. I'm so grateful for the time and effort you put into explaining everything. I'm really excited to grow more of our own fruits and vegetables.
mistiblue9865 Thanks. And good for you for sticking with it. Once you know you know LOL. So I think youll see you production really grow. Please pass my channel if you have a chance.
Fantastic video! Made too many mistakes last year and hope to mend them this year!
Thanks!
Don't use Mirecle Grow, it's NOT organic, and made by Monsanto. (the GMO PPL) You really want to support them? They who splice scorpion venom genes into your food and Glyphosate? A KNOWN CARCINOGEN (required to label carcinogen in Calif) DO NOT USE IT!
Another great video, I have learned a lot this year from my first year growing in containers and thanks to your videos I have avoided many mistakes. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience with the world.
SonicRising I am so glad they helped!
Goodness! Your instructional gardening videos are so easy to follow and very helpful.
Thank you so much for your information on growing tomatoes in pots. I followed your directions carefully and this year I finally grew some great tomatoes Thanks again 👍🙂
SO good to hear!
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Thank you so much for sharing this information really appreciated.
julliana2ify Youre very welcome.
8:29 that bug that buzzed by the mic, watching with my headphones on scared the ** out of me. Love your videos, I've been container gardening for years, but you always teach me something new, or give me a new trick for greater success.
Thanks so much for watching. I get buzzed a lot during video.
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Great Video, Gary! Loving the House Finch in the background.
Love the spring sounds.
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Your videos are extremely helpful. Thank you so much. It also helps that I'm in the same zone as you. I live in Dundalk.
Oh yeah just a bit away. Getting close to pea planting time.
I have learned so much from you and I absolutely respect your fertilizer choices. I do chemical on annual potted plants and this growing season all my veg I'm doing organic. I'm experimenting. I stand by my right to do so. Same for you. Poo poo on the haters. You provide really great content. Thanks for that
Perfect blend. I love 90% organic and 10% chemical and compost when I can.
Yours is the best gardening channel on TH-cam, no lie. There are others that I love too, but you are SO informative and so perfectly concise... thank you so much for inspiring me to get out and grow food! I was so overwhelmed before I found your channel - truly, thank you.
Letters from a Psychopath Ill take that as truth. Very appreciated! Let me know if you have questions.
Great info learning all I can. So far my garden looks good. Thanks
Hope it stays successful for you.
Thank you so much Gary. We have 70% shaded porch at the apt, but lots of ambient heat in Riverside CA. I am aiming this year for a mix of bush and int tomatoes as well as lot of lettuce (because I eat so much). At my parent's place, I make a larger garden but I am thinking of making a big raised bed so I will apply some of your principles. I have not used liquid or regular fertilizers before but I am thinking because the clay based soil is so...icky, I will definitely be more proactive. Thanks again.
very helpful I just started more tomatoe seeds incase my other plants don't make it, thanks Gary very helpful
Glad to help.
Great video. Straight to the point
Thanks Gary. After summer and now some really heavy rain my pots are too big. I will downsize for autumn.
Good luck.
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Thank you very much. very informative video I am learning a lot.
+sabasultan1 Very glad to help.
Very helpful videos. The choices you present make it a lot easier :)
Glad to help
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excellent guide for tomatoes. Thanks again.
Glad to help.
Ok thanks for the the advice :)
The sound of the AC or pool filter turning on is so comforting and such a sign of summer :)
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Good video man. Growers love!
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Good information always . Thanks
another great video Gary! I'm doing most all of that, although I think I'll head to big lots and grab some of those larger trugs like you have there. Also, I hadn't been doing any side dressing so I think I'll add that in this year too. I'm learning so much each year now, this fall will be my second half of my second year growing in containers completely by myself, and enduring the "interesting challenges" of doing my gardening and most everything from sitting on a medical scooter, lol. My goodness, such lessons in patience, :) But I thank you for this video, I don't know why, but you always come out with exactly what I need to learn from or "bone up on" at exactly the exact time I'm needing it! It's nice seeing your face too, besides noticing your really nice tan it's also nice to be able to look you in the face when you're talking to us. (old grandmother's lessons on manners when I was a kid, showing up here, lol) All in all Gary, YOU ROCK!
Teri Ruiz oh forgot to ask...would you use the same amount as you did with the pelleted lime as with powdered lime? I have about a 20lbs bag left...but never knew properly how to use it. It was a leftover from when my SIL had planted a in soil garden years ago. It's still good and nice and powdery, no clump-age.
Teri Ruiz Thanks for watching! Yeah that video I needed to be in the picture. I think I would use the powdered lime the same way or a tad less. You will have more going into the soil or on top of the soil as a powder. But I dont think it will matter in the long run.
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Great information thanks for sharing
Thanks for this, I just repotted my tomatoes into big containers now, I had them in the small pots they come in from the shop and didn't really consider they needed something bigger, whoops
Good luck
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thank you for the excellent video.
Yep
I've used 2 C.F. self watering boxes I gess the water keeps it moist from the button. like you said potting mix drys up fast if you have holes at the bottom and the water runs out .....👍
Gary you are a legend, so helpful to a newbie grower like me. Your videos are informative paced out perfectly, and you are generally a pleasure to listen to! Thanks a bunch
One question: would grinded egg shells be just as good for calcium??
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I'm back again to review, so glad all your videos stay up year after year!
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Entertaining as usual. You know, a lot of aquarium hobbyists use Miracle grow for the plants in their fish tanks. Doesn't hurt the fish so it can't be that bad. Thanks for the upload. Cheers
Yeah it is not poison but over use of the chemical salt fertilizers can be issue on mass scale. But we dont typically do that iin our gardens.
Tropical fish are especially sensitive to any pollutants in the water, anything that is safe for them I feel safe with in my own food. But there can be a build up of "salts" over time, which are basically the byproducts and unused portions of the fertilizers that you use which is why you need to have soil that drains well (flush it out of the system) or, in a hydroponic system, flush out the old water periodically. I use an EC meter on my hydro plants and compare used water to fresh tap water to determine when the nutrients have been used up and the salts are starting to build up in the water. That goes down the drain for the next organism to consume and process and I refill with fresh water and nutrients. People spend too much time on social media getting freaked out by false information and buy into hype and buzz words and not enough time researching what they're actually talking about.
In the US they always seem to recommend 5 gallons or bigger but where I live you always here that 10l (3,3 gallons) is fine for tomatoes. I tried it last season and yes it works and is a great method if you are interested in trying as many varieties as possible rather than having a very high yield from each plant.
+MissMerediana We have 2.5 and 5. The 2.5 is too small. If you can keep up the watering, smaller buckets work as you know.
Yes, watering on hot days can be a problem. I think smaller pots are an option when your space is very limeted, so you'll most likely have not as many plants and be able to water them daily or even twice a day...
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Another great informative video Gary.
If you could only give us some decent weather over here in Northern Ireland to grow outdoor tomatoes. haha
Thanks again for posting.
Sam Williamson Thanks. We finally got warm sunny weather. Rain and more rain forever. Im glad the video helps. Often when I talk about using chemical fertilizers, I see an increase in thumbs down. But information is information.
Love your videos!
Thanks so much
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I can't thank u enough for your videos. This video really taught me everything I need to know now that I'm ready to put my tomatoes into a container!!! Very informative! One question I keep seeing earwigs in my trays for bottom watering. Maybe one or two a day... Should I still plant these plants or should I start all over? And can I spray something around the area so that I can get rid of them? They are on a rack right now but once I put them in a container I will have to put them on the ground somewhere or on a table. Thank you so uh again for your help!!
Wow very if rest tips, thank u and may God bless u :)
Thanks
Can you grow tomatoes in the fall
Thanks. Atleast I got a formula for damping off prevention. Step 1: Use
garden soil with compost and sand after microwaving for 4 min until
steam comes. Add sand as top layer (1/4 inch). Water very rarely until
wilting. Put a fan in night. Daytime outside breeze and light worked.
Thats a good formula.
Omg....lol I thought I had a fly past my ear which I am using earbuds LOL nice video I will be doing this tomorrow
Good Luck!
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Your videos are great. I struggle each year but I feel more confident this year that I will do well with my tomatoes, peppers and herbs. I asked about drip systems for containers on a timer. Do you think it is worth the expense? I like your straight forward approach about "natural" and chemical fertilizers. Refreshing look at a confusing subject.
I think the drip system would be worth it. Helps in the hot hot days of summer. Yep any fertilizer works and if you use compost and other things in your beds, the chemical ferts will do no harm. On mass scale farming of just dumping chemical ferts,, that is what they really are talking about in how chemical ferts can harm the soil. We dont do that.
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I use sea weed and my plants loveeeeee it
That works
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Thank you for the great video and excellent info. Just a little FYI. The reason for people screaming about organics is... The chelating agents in the chem fertilizer known as HEEDTA or EDTA will cause the plant to uptake heavy metals if present in the soil and those metal end up in the fruit. It truly is fine for the plant even if questionable for human consumption. Again, great video.
+Endorfen2011 Thanks for the info. One of the main reasons is many people say the are SALT verses understanding they fall in a group called chemical salts. Over use is a problem. Any idea how HEEDTA or EDTA causes the plant to pull in heavy metals. That is interesting.
I always enjoyed your videos on gardening. It has been helpful in many ways. I have a eggplant planted in the grown in the grown it gets afternoon sun.It keeps dropping the flowers where it is to form eggplant. I only have one The temp have been in the 90 degrees in Louisiana..I keep it watered and fertilize as needed.Is there anything I can do so it will produce the Eggplants? Any idea would be helpful.
A plant cannot tell the difference between organic and chemical fertilizers. However the soil biology can. The soil biology is key to nutrient breakdown, ph, and keeping the plant free of diseases.
True but soil biology can based on the quantity of use. Chemical over use is a problem. And diseases are still present no matter what. Soil biology fully fix problems they would have gone extinct. Lots of compost limited or no use of chemical types. A garden will be fine.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Chemical fertilizers are like steroids. The have their purpose. They are also easier to produce and are cheap. That is why they jave not gone extinct. For example a nursery will not use organic fertilizers because of how long it takes to produce them and the costs associated with that. Throwing chemical fertilizers in the ground can and will eventually permanently damage soil biology unless proper drainage is present to wasj away salinity ect.
Gary Pilarchik thanks for this video I really needed to know this...my tomato plant is about two months old and I have fruit on it but my stem is going from green to brownish my leaves are dying out from bottom to top they started with leaf miners and now they are browning drying out and crumbled I'm wondering if I should cut a piece off the that has not been affected and start over...I'm having the hardest time with tomatoes. ..i get full sun 6+ hours of the day here in Louisiana and I water twice a day...I'm just not sure what's wrong..
Gary you can Cover the Container Side Hole with Duct Tape or Epoxy then go on with the Bottom Holes.
I think that would hold
great videos. Chock full of info. Can I plant indeterminate tomatoes in a large container? 5 or 10 gallon etc?
I Love Rustic Garden Very Helpful..Recently 1month ago I had 2 banana pepper plants and had fruit growing and before I knew it ..My pepper's was vine rotting had brown spots on outside and black on inside well after watch Gary's videos I found out I had calcium and magnesium deficiencies it my fault because I am a beginner growing indoors in short I didn't put anything in my soil but potting soil and composted manure lesson learned
John Gee No fault. Fault is repeating the same mistake over and over.
Thanks for answering ,:)
should lplant them inside the house ??
+razan Khayat You can start them indoors. I like doing that. But is not 100% needed. If you have a long warm season you can start them as seeds outdoors.
Good video Gary! I have a husky cherry red plant that looks healthy, but is not getting any taller. Just sprouting a few new leaves. My bush steak is three times as tall. Any idea as what is stunting its growth.
How often do you do the side dressing once the plants are a few feet tall? Thanks!
Thank you concerning chemical fertilizers I was confused at first🤦🏽♀️
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Great video as always! Any tips on what to do for your tomatoes (or peppers or ____) when you get too much rain? Here in Central Texas I've gotten 19" over the past 3 weeks with very little sun (plenty of heat!) and I'm worried that my plants are not only getting too much water but that all of the soil nutrients are washing away. In addition to growing in raised beds this year, I've got a few plants in Wal-Mart bags as an experiment and figured I'd have to fertilize or side dress with compost more often but all this rain has me thinking I need to be more aggressive. Any suggestions?
+aix2379 We are getting rain like 15 days now. Not that much. Wow. But I would give them a shot of liquid soluble. Organic or chemical, whatever you prefer. Just for a boost. The foliar feed is best. Right bags and container need ongoing feedings.
Awesome video Gary..... Lots of great info....
I have 20 tomato plants 5 containers are 3 gallon all the rest are 5 gallon I really see the difference in the growth of the 5 gal verses the 3 gal. All my plants are at least 5 feet tall which is a problem. When they get that high some of the branches will start to sag and eventually break. So I got some fence from Lowes and cut them into sections rolled them up to fit the diameter of the pail to make my own tomato cage.
Im using a rain gutter system fed by a 500 gal rain water container.
Have you had any luck with cucumbers or melons in containers? Do you have a video ?
Most of my plants are doing well but a few (5) tomatos the leaves started turning yellow and then went to brown mostly at the bottom of the plants but are still producing tomatos. I don't understand what happened... its possible that like you mentioned in the video that the container dried out... Any suggestions???
I'll keep an eye out for you next videos..... Please respond if you have time
thank you
Just watched your post about growing tomatoe's in containers or Tubs but I have been growing tomatoes' for quite a while and the thing is to keep it simple and not to worry about the container size the compost or the.feed that you use we are not growing on commercial size here so so the thing to do is use a normal size container tub or even a bucket or a thick plastic bag and fill with a multipurpose compost and you can put your plant in that and when you get your first fruit use a liquid feed and it will carry on do it's own thing(that is providing you with fruit for your table)very happily as long as you water it regularly.
Paul yates Simple does work. Liquid feed is effective. Watering is the key.
do you use the epsom salt every time you water or only when you feed the liquid fert. every 2 weeks?
Do i need to spray or pour it direct to the soil if i use water soluble fertilizer?
As always, you provide superb information Gary! Have a question on applying mulch to container tomatoes. Presently, I have a couple inches of mulch in my container tomatoes. Should I pull the mulch back from the tomato stems so that there is a 2-inch space between the mulch and plant stems? I read that mulch resting against the stem can cause rot or disease problems due to trapped moisture in the mulching material. Thanks for responding!
Thanks. Nope. If anything, the stem will root into the mulch.
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Thank you for your video! Do you mix the peat moss and soil, or do you have 50% peat moss at the bottom portion of the pot and 50% soil on the top portion of the pot?
50 50 mixed together
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I flinched around 8:33 when that bug flew by the camera mic.
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Are the 5 gallon smart pots large enough for growing tomatoes as well?
Gary, I put a hole about 1 inch from the bottom of my 5 gallon containers. Should I also put holes on the bottom of the containers as well or I'll be fine with that one hole? I'm just worried that with one hole one inch above might not have sufficient drainage? Perhaps you can help. Thanks
Great vid can you do one like this on hot peppers or would it be the same advice , thanks
YVRSURF Same advice but 1 5 gallon container is the perfect size for 1 pepper plant. It does really well in that.
Hi Gary, around 9.40 when you mention adding the 1TBS Epsom salts to the 2 gallons of water with the liquid feed , can you please clarify if you add the salts every liquid feed please?
No like 1x a month at most. You don't need a lot of ES
Do you keep the cocopeat separately as first layer or mix with potting soil n then add all together? Thanks
Thank you for your videos, well done! I have a few questions, can you give me some tomato varietys that will work really well in a container? Can you do both determinite and indeterminent? Also I have a full spectrum LED and want to do them indoors also, what types work well indoors? TY
Any determinate variety will do well in a containers. I would not do cherry varieties as they just get to large. Indoor, I dont know, I just never tried it but determinates are what you want.
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I only subscribed because someone unsubscribed due to you using "non-organic" fertilizer, which is a misnomer anyway. Great video, love that you made a couple snowflakes lose their minds, please keep up the good work
Thanks. And you are right about the misnomer. Very appreciated.
I've been watching a ton of these videos lately and have found them very useful, informative, and easy to follow/understand. These boogeyman chemicals have all the same nutrients as the "organic" stuff without the expensive buzz word labels on it. If you need calcium, phosphorous, etc. it is all of the same--check the periodic table if you don't believe me ;) New sub here as well.
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Hey Gary ; I’ve watched both your videos on container tomatoes & peppers & am curious as to why you add lime to tomatoes but not peppers, since they can both get BER??
You can but I have found watering to be the issue and peppers tend to be less demanding. Tomatoes often get BER because roots get damage from lack of consistent watering.
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Thank you so much for such educational videos! This is probably the best informational source I could find so far.
I am growing my first ever container cherry tomatoes, and I have a question regarding fertilizing.
Right now I have my seedlings in three stages: ones that I just put in the soil three days ago which just broke a surface; 2-inch seedlings that have their first true leaves; and one 4 inch seedling of indeterminate dwarf cherry variety called Husky Cherry Red. As far as I understand from your videos, I should start fertilizing the two latter seedlings.
However, I find it a little bit confusing: in the other video (KIS, I believe) you are stressing that it is important to keep fertilizer digits in 5-5-5 range. But in this video you are talking about 10-10-10 numbers. Could you please clarify that? Does it mean that I should use 5-5-5 numbers for younger seedlings (which is quarter strength chemical fertilizer) and 10-10-10 for tomatoes that are just placed in the large 5-gallon container? Or should I continuously use 5-5-5, but more frequently?
Thank you in advance,
Ala
Ala Mahilianskaya the numbers are just a ratio. So a 10-10-10 fertilizer is exactly the same as a 5-5-5 fertilizer.
This is a great video. How many gallons of the half strength Miracle gro are you putting on the tomatoes when you fertilize them every two weeks?
dbmolen Good question and I dont really know LOL. Not more than a half gallon. I sort of soak the leaves and then give them like a salad bowl full of fertilizer around the base.
Hi Gary - Should I be concerned about non-food grade 5 gallon buckets leeching BPA into the soil / vegetables? I have used the 5 gallon buckets from Home Depot and Lowes for years but saw some comments from others advising that only food grade plastic should be used. Thank you again for all the great videos and information!
I dont worry but I did a lot of research on leaching and I feel its over blown. But You can find food grade buckets.
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Hi Gary. Is it possible to grow tomatoes, peppers or any other vegetables in strictly composted manure? I have access to a lot of aged composted manure. Thanks for everything you do. You are very much appreciated by all of us.
Thanks. It is when the stuff if fully composted and broken down. If it is all aged and done breaking down, you should be able to grow in it.
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I'm going to use containers this year, so, along with the regular set up should a person also put a banana and an egg towards the bottom of the buckets?
I wouldn't do it in a container as there isn't the same soil life. You really want the worms and life in earth beds to breakdown the egg and banana.
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Quick question, what is the best place to get super cheap 10-15 gallon pots. I've tried the dollars store but they're always sold out! Thanks for the video super informative!
I just look around. Have to get lucky and catch a sale. Garage sales are really good sources.
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Hi Gray do you add the slow release fertilizer and lime also every two weeks as the liquid fertilizer.
Lime is only needed really 1x a year. You can top dress some a 2nd time but keep it very low.
I noticed Gary didn’t use tomato cages with the determinate tomatoes. Are tomato cages used only for indeterminate tomatoes?
I notice Gary didn’t use a tomato cage with the determinate tomatoes in this video. Are tomato cages used only for indeterminate tomato plants?
Little confused. should the holes be in the bottom or on the side. I have those rubber pots with the handles and have to make dranage holes and not sure where to put them. Also do I need a tray under the container. pls help. ty for all your videos, love them.
+gingasnapz Either. The bottom is full drainage. The inch up on side keeps a little reservoir. Your choice.I put a tray under mine so I can fill it on hot Julys and let the bucket suck up water from the bottom.
ok great, that certianly answers my question. I really didn't understand the difference. this sounds dumb but can i do both, if one already has holes on bottom. can i put one or to on the side? :) ty so much for answering my questions. Very valuable. :)
I have some 10-10-10 but thought I was supposed to use 5-5-5 Did I get my squash and tomatoes mixed up??love your videos much help.😎
You can use any really. I used to say 10-10-10 but now say 5-5-5. You just dont need as much.
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Would smaller 2-3 litres containers be enough for a determinate variety? The height of a tomato plant is supposed to be only 50cm long( 20 inches).
What do you do with the container soil from the year before, do you reuse it or start over with new soil, or just get of the roots from the year before?
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Hi Gary, I'm wondering your thoughts on planting two cherry tomato plants per 15 gallon container. I am limited in terms of space and number of containers available. If I stay on top of the watering do you think this will be an issue?
It can be done. I just did a video (rendering now) and put a Black Cherry in a 22 gallon pot. The cherries get huge. You just cant miss watering and they may need it 2x a day in high summer. Good luck.
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