5 Tips for Growing LOTS of Tomatoes in Containers and Tiny Tim Tomato Harvest
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- Nothing like the taste of a homegrown tomato - they are super easy to grow in containers! Follow these 5 tips to grow LOTS of your own fresh, delicious tomatoes in containers. I’ll also harvest the Tiny Tim Tomatoes that you all have been asking about. Happy Gardening!
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0:28 Tip #1 chose the right tomato for the right container
2:04 Tip #3 sunlight
8:38 Tip #2 choose the right soil
9:42 Tip #4 watering
11:29 Tip #5 fertilizing, compost & worm tea
15:57 Tiny Tim Tomato harvest
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How bout you? What’s your favorite variety of tomatoes to grow in a container? Thanks for watching!
CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY Nice tomatoes 🍅
Good tomatoes
Lovely tomatoes
I have all your seed collections
The great photo of Mac in the thumb nail.
Thank you, he is such a chill Border Collie! Kim
I have always had a veggie garden since I was a little girl but due to retirement I now have a dinky balcony with afternoon sun only. I am experimenting. I have an Early Girl tomato in 16 gal, and an eggplant, and a Calif Wonder bell pepper in 10 gal containers. They are getting approx 5-6 hours of sun. In 105 degree heat I am hand watering 2x/day. Tomato blossoms are hanging on without being covered but my pepper plant lost blossoms and scorched leaves. Some of my eggplant blossoms dropped. I am now protecting my eggplant and pepper from sun. I've also managed to squeeze in some rosemary, thyme, and chives. You'll never take the gardener out of this girl! 😃
Take a magnum wine bottle (glass one), place cap/cork on it. 'Drill' the neck into the soil to the fat part of the bottle. Twist a few times, then remove.
Remove the cap/cork from the bottle, then fill the bottle with water or water + fertilizer (liquid type).
Quickly shove the bottle into the hole you 'drilled'. Pull in/out slightly a few times to make sure it doesn't get clogged.
That should give you more even watering. Of course it isn't a lot of water but it can help keep the roots from drying out.
It automatically waters for you, until it runs out of water.
You may still have to water in addition to that but the bottle trick can help save the plant from stress.
Not much you can do about the heat unless you have an A/C blowing cool air on the plant.
A grow bag sitting in a 4" deep container can help too.
Grow bags run cooler for the plant due to evaporation.
Grow bags do use extra water though.
A trade-off of sorts.
I'm in south California too. I dread for when summer rolls out with triple 100 days. I'm buying a large shade cloth to cover my tiny balcony where I grow. My balcony faces the south so it gets lots of sunlight. I barely get into gardening about five months ago. It's a satisfying hobby. :)
What a cute dog
my first tomato in container project ... appreciate all the good info
off topic but i love that ur dog just chilling beside you, so cute XD
I love your gardening videos, but I absolutely love ur dog. Mac is beautiful, a lovely little guy
Hi Zeenath - so glad you like the vids, Mac is such a mellow dog, and I swear he plays it up for the camera. Do you have a furry friend to help you in the garden? Thanks for watching!
Catching up on your videos after 2 years of gardening hiatus after getting a dog. Now that's he's 2 and calm, I'm jumping back into it and because of the socal lockdown.
Hello CaliKim!!! I'm so happy to have discovered you. My name is Courtney, i'm a budding HORTICULTURIST currently studying in CALIFORNIA. I think you ROCK!! You are so BEAUTIFUL inside and out, this is why YOUR GARDEN GROWS!!! MUCH LOVE, SINCERLY ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS. I know my business will grow just like my HEART.
Lol cute pup! Your videos are very therapeutic.
My Tiny Tim tomato plants are starting to take off! I've got two going and they were super small and I noticed last night they've doubled in size! I can't wait until I get some tomatoes off of them.
Exciting, Rosie - aren't they the most adorable plant? Happy harvesting and thanks for watching!
I love your videos. They are so informative. Keep'm coming. Thank you!!
i like tomateo plants too. .tnx for planting tips. From Barretto Olongapo City Phil.
I live in Tasmania, Australia and there are never extreme temperatures. It never gets below 40 degrees, and never higher than 86 unless there is a bush fire nearby. So there's never frost and the season can go for longer than in other places.
I love watching you CaliKim…...you got me started on smart pots. I have added them to my regular cement grow boxes.
Glad you’re enjoying the vids and the Smart Pots-I get season after season of great joy and harvests from them!! Thanks for watching!
I LOVE the terracing! Such personality for your garden.
And of course love the border collie.
My sister has many, her favorite too
lots of great looking tomato plants.
Thank you for your tips! Gives me more confidence that I can do it 😁
This was a great video last year. You inspired me to grow some extra container tomatoes and experiment. I planted Bradley tomatoes in 4 containers late in August. By November, when the season was ending, they had several green tomatoes close to turning red and being ready. I nearly threw out my back bringing them inside and put them in our sunny sunroom with added grow lights. The tomatoes ripened, and we had fresh ones all through January. And, the plants continued to stay alive thanks to careful attention, heavy feeding, and enough light to match Dodger Stadium at night.
I made my husband put them out just off our patio in March, and they immediately began blooming. We picked some tomatoes in April, and the plants are starting to look more like bushes instead of vines.
Thanks for the tips! You have a beautiful garden and harvest. I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos
Love all the tips, another great video. Fertilizing this weekend after the heat wave. Just started my replacement plants while I wait for my Tiny Tim’s to mature. 🌱
Sounds like a super plan Luz- thanks for watching!!!
I picked off my first tomato while watching this video. YUM 😋 I haven’t grown tomatoes in 7 years and mine is doing wonderful but it is tricky here in Australia with the bushfires.
I cannot help but notice your kale plants😍
your videos are super and you are also blessed with good looks.
Thanks for posting
That is so funny, your old shade cloth. You must have taken my bed sheets to heart. My family and friends think I'm crazy until they realize that my idea really works. It really keeps the hot wind from drying out the plants and soil. I saved my Chinese long beans, green beans, cucumbers, Goji Berry plant, even my sunflowers and Amaranth plants. I already picked my tomatoes. So now I'm just waiting for more flowers to bloom.
Thank you for all the good tips.
Always great info .
Thanks
😂😂😂 As soon as she said worm poop her dog was “ooouuut”. I kid... I will try worm tea or castings with my Tiny Tim plant.
Thank you so much. That's very informative video.
Great tips, thank you!
Southwest gardening is challenging in the arid desert soil! Monsoon season had not really provided much rain yet!
I'm in Arizona and have my second green cherry tomato. I'm amazed. We've had 45 days over 100 degrees. Yesterday was 108 and 116 the two days before that. I can't wait until fall when it gets into the 80s. The plant has tons of flowers just only 2 tiny green tomatoes
Hi Kathryn, wow, that's so brutal - the heat really slows things down. Hopefully you get some cooler days soon. Is fall and winter a good time to garden for you? I usually get big harvests in late summer/fall here in So Cali - my late summer crops are going this weekend! Thanks for watching!
Nice presentation.
Thank you for the tip, you're using some shade.. I think I needed this one to help my tomatoe plant from falling off. I just had a heavy rains last night and when I visited my tomatoe plant with flower blooming, they all have fallen off
Great video
Great indeed. I like this.
Thanks for stopping by!!
Hi Kim,
Thank you for your videos, loving them.
I'm just starting to grow a tomato plant but i do not have the sun for the full day, on my plant. I was wondering if I can move my tomatoe smart pot during the day so I can catch more sun?
Thanks a lot I learn so much from you God bless
Hi Shakina - you are so kind....thank you! Are you growing any container tomatoes?
Really nice tomatoes! I'm loving the Tiny Tims now! By the way Kim, hows your big bush of rosemary now? Did they survive the heat?
Glad your garden is doing well... between the birds and the heat my tomatoes are suffering! I've had about 15 tomatoes out my 4 plants! 😞
I literally clicked subscribe when you said subscribe 😂 I’m on my way to get a shade cloth as Texas is now a constant 90 degrees :( I do have some seeds I started around a month ago so if my bigger ones are too far gone I’ll try for some late summer crops! They’re currently on my back porch getting direct sunlight for part of the day. Thanks for all the tips! 😍💓
Best thumbnail ever! Woof Woof.
I love ❤️ your garden it’s awesome 🌻 please can you tell me where you got those plant saucer/trays underneath your plants on the deck and what size they are for the larger ones 😇 thank you so much! Again your garden is amazing 👍
What about pruning? I've heard a few things about trimming leaves up to the fruit so the nutrients goes to the fruit and not to leaves that you don't eat.
I'm growing an indeterminate cherry tomato in a large container on my balcony, I've had to prune off the suckers so it doesn't get too tall. It seems to be doing well, I just don't know if I am pruning it correctly or if I should be pruning it at all.
My boyfriend and I have a Tiny Tim tomato grow off going on. I have one Outdoors on my balcony in a container, he has one indoors on some grow lamps and a timer he put together from thrift store finds. So far mine is winning! His is a bit leggy, but mine is bushy and already has some fruit.
Good Info.
Thanks, Ezra, glad you found it helpful. Are you growing any tomatoes in containers in your garden this summer? Appreciate you watching!
I Love your videos. I just started planting in my 2 Tower Gardens this past June when I got them. The Summer was so hot I barely got tomatoes. So many days it was over 100. I live in southern California. So many of the plants did not grow...like peppers....they turned to leather....The tomatoes finally started growingt in November. How do you shade them? What is that material that you put on your plants? I am replanting them again this week. It was so frustrating last year. I had to keep pushing them under my gazebo where my furniture was and then bring them out to spay and then back in again. Everytime I would put them where they belong everything was wilting.
Thank You ❤
I'm in North County San Diego/ Oceanside. I fish fertilized and did magnesium Epsom salts in my ninevah heirloom tomatoes in container soil... I'm wondering why they're not growing'.... btw You are the most informative, entertaining, beautiful gardener on TH-cam and beyond
I was drinking lime water when I watched your video. I decided to follow your advise and so I added basil leaves to my lime water and they were very good together! Give it a try 😁
Sounds delicious!!!!
Hi Kim! I have a question off topic! I have some picking cucumber plants TAKING OVER my garden can I snip the growing tips to stop it from encroaching further or should I just leave them run their course? Thank you!
(next year they grow UP a trellis in a pot) LOL!
chaste plant is another good one to attract bees and they are low maintenance; lots of purple flowers and they grow like crazy.
Awesome informative vidoes
Glad you're enjoying the videos, Rajish. Any container tomatoes growing in your garden? Thanks for watching!
CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY hi. Not as yet. On my next trip to the plant shop i will be picking up some.. mainly peppers n flowers n some,kale, lettuce atm...
My garden is awesome I’m grow cherry tomatoes and I’m in Austrailia
Kim and Mac, i'm in so CA, too. Is it ok for the tomatoes to get afternoon shade?
And question 2... im going to try, for fun, the 1 lb Belgian Pink tomato. How big of a support will i need? I have a large pot, hopefully big enough.
(I think you answered as i wrote, about the sun)
Hi Kim. Great video. Did you single stem those Tiny Tims?
What do you have under the bags on your deck?
I'm growing Tiny Tim indoors.
16:59 Mac's like nope!!😄
I am learning that some determinate tomatoes last much longer than I thought! It is almost August and you can still harvest from a determinate tomato. I thought they died off much earlier. Clearly I shall plant some to see if I can get a small harvest before fall. Very informative video!
Hi Angela - very true - some have a very long period of growth. My Tiny Tim has been growing for several months, ripe tomatoes here and there, but most of them ripened in the past few weeks. It is a perfect variety to plant for a fall harvest, seed to harvest in about 60 days, which is why it is in my Late Summer Garden Seed Collection along with cucumbers, squash, beans and the cute Thumbelina Zinnias! Let me know how your second wave of veggies grows - thanks for watching!
I am thinking that one can stagger planting determinate tomatoes in the spring, and then be able to harvest up to fall. Next time, I think I shall plant more. Besides Tiny Tims, what are other determinate tomato varieties?
osem video. kim I started another tomatoe plant back in june I am hoping to get a late harvest. right now I am harvesting off of two tomatoe plants that i planted back in may
Great job Jackie!! Thanks for watching!
Jackie Horsley was
Hi Kim..We just purchased a 20 gallon fabric container and will start to grow our own vegetables this summer. Is it advisable to plant 2 indeterminate tomato plants ( in my case beefstake) in same container?
I'm curious to see if tomato plants can blossom in tiny starter pots.
I’m so glad you mentioned starting another round of tomatoes! I just put some seeds in the soil and was going to try for a second round since it gets so hot here in Texas in summer... so.., should these go in a part shade area so they don’t burn up when they come up in Summer or do they still require full sun?
No I mostly put it in the ground I live in Jamaica am a Jamaican but I will try the container
I need those cages! Where did you get them?
Please make videos on eggplant because it is heat climate now....
Hi Kim, I'm a super new Gardner and I have a question for you. How can I tell if my plant is a indeterminate or a determinate if it doesn't have the info with the plant itself??
I have 3 indeterminate tomatoes and 1 determined. The determined one is HUGE !!! Out of control 😂😭😂. Can I prune, remove some leafs on this type of tomato?
Are you using your worm tea with hose water?
Not a fun question, but what rat traps do you find useful? Do you have to deal with them after being trapped? We have them a lot here around Dallas, too.
What are the tray things you have the bags in? I love them!!
320 Homestead they are Christmas Wreath holders/protectors
Kim we love watching your shows, we are very similar in weather conditions here in southern utah. I was wondering if the reason my tomatoes have been slow to grow and flower is because they have been "protected" from the towering sunflower leaves that shade them? I have have religiously used worm tea, and used compost mixed with potting soil, and my plants are on a regular watering schedule. Any advice would help I am missing fresh tomatoes this year.
Hi Chad! It can absolutely have an impact on the tomatoes growth. They need 6-8 hours of full sun. I would just trim the leaves that are shading. and you should see a big difference! Keep me posted- thanks for watching!
Hey Kim quick question
Hi there. What are and where did you get the rolling plant bases? Do they drain through or do they hold water?
The rolling bases you can get at any big box store and they have both kinds! Thanks for watching!
where i live in md we've had 15 inches of rain in the past 7 days. some of my larger tomatoes like the lemon boys are splitting. does this mean their gonna rot before they ripen?
Hey Jack! Eeesh, that's lot of rain. They might possibly rot on the vine. If they're at all starting to turn color, you may want to harvest and ripen them indoors. A paper sack works well, as in this video, bit.ly/calikimripentomatoespapersack. Acardboard box in between layers of newspaper does the trick too. Good luck, hope the rain lets up!
I am wondering what is used for pest control.
Hi Kim, what video is the composting in a container video located? Thank you
Small space gardening- you’ll love it so easy! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for those tips. Quick question...where would I be able to find those plastic containers holding the fabric pots?
Wish,Amazon or Ebay😚
Do I need to remove the suckers from the Tiny Tim Plants ir do I just leave them to grow naturally ppese?
Excellent tips. My tomato plants recently just started falling over, how can I get them upright without damaging the roots?
Hello Amir - glad you enjoyed the tips! It's best to install a cage or some kind of support for your tomatoes at time of planting, but if you haven't done this, no worries, it can be done. Here's a video to show you how, bit.ly/calikimtomatosupport. If a few roots get damaged in the process, it should be OK. Tomatoes are pretty resilient and it will be much healthier, more productive off the ground. Good luck, keep me posted!
Do you only put one tiny Tim plant in each pot ? Thank you .
i am thinking were to find tiny tim tomato :D
Do you have a video on shading plants when it is hot?
Hi Cooking Lessons for Dad - Yes, I posted it a few weeks ago during our 115 heat wave. Here's link, bit.ly/calikimheatwave. This link the hot weather gardening playlist might be helpful too, bit.ly/calikimhotweathergardeningplaylist. For future reference, you can search my channel for a topic that you have a question on, most likely I have a video to help you out! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much!
I have lots of green tomatoes on my first ever tomato plant-i think the worm tea really helped-i am using a 10 gallon smart pot, and an indeterminate plant. I see now you're recommending fish fertilizer?
Congratulations on your first tomato!! Fish fertilizer is simply an additional nitrogen source to give tomatoes a boost when they start- but my routine go to’s are compost or organic matter, Vermisterra worm castings and tea. Keep me posted!
CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY thank u 4 replying! Love your videos. I have 4 little eggplant on a plant that was infested with earwigs. I put vaseline-i know it's not organic-on the stem and it seems to be keeping most away. Well, I guess I'll be getting more worm tea!!😻🤗
High 90s, low 100s here in Idaho. Fruit that had set is ripening, but very few new flowers on the veggies, and most of the flowers have fried in the heat. :/ I have a tendency to put too many tomato plants in my containers. Must give them more room next year.
Oh yes the heat has been brutal- shade cloth is a has been a huge help for me! Thanks for watching!
Hi Kim! I’m in the valley here in Cali. Do you think it’s too late to plant any flower seeds? Zone 9. Thank you!!!😘💜
I'm zone 9 as well and just started sunflowers, zinnias and cosmos from seed about 1-2 weeks ago. Waiting to transition them into their permanent containers. I will plant the sunflowers in the ground. Everything seems to be doing well. They've all grown their second set of leaves so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I water them twice a day because of this heat. I checked the 90 day forecast two days ago and we won't have anything less than 80's during that time so I think we'll be okay.
Yes Dezidoll we do have time to plant more flowers being zone 9 and since our first frost date usually isn’t until Nov/Dec. Have fun with it!!
Mac is awesome So cute!!!! 🐶 have a question good dirt soil is expensive, can you please recommend an inexpensive potting mix for the container gardening?
Thank you!!
Hello Nisha, he is such great garden dog, even if he won't eat veggies! Yes, Good Dirt is more expensive, but it's well worth the money. It lasts for several plantings and stays loose and fluffy in the process, eliminating the need to replace the potting mix each time I plant and saving me $ in the long run. I've have some containers on my 3rd or 4th planting with the same soil. I just add some compost or worm castings, and put in the new plants, good to go. If you are not able to purchase it, just pick up any brand at your local garden center, or if you have time, make your own, bit.ly/calikimDIYpottingmix. Thanks for watching!
CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY thanks Kim you do have a very solid point there, I will definitely try it out. Aww Mac is same as my dog too Sonu a 3yr old golden retriever always wants to sit with me when doing some gardening and inspect everything what’s going on! It’s so much fun though I enjoy the time!!!
CaliKim I have a question all my tomatoes leaves curled up and all flowers drying out
I covered the plants with curtains like yours what to do?
Thanks
many of the varieties of those cherry tomatoes have much more flavor than the big tomatoes. i use them for sauce and making chilli.
Kim a couple of questions. First do you ever get the larvae of the soldier fly in your compost? I have a tumbler type composter, small yard, and this is the second year I have gotten the larvae in my compost. Hundreds of them. My worms have disappeared and now just larvae. They look disgusting and I am not sure I want it on my food garden. I know they die or escape somehow but eww. Secondly you always say "inexpensive" in doing gardening tips for us. However I have purchased the worm tea and it is quite spendy. I don't know how you can seriously use it thru out your big garden. Any answers?
Is that a cherry tomato plant which you harvested?
Early squad! First comment wohhoooo
Way to be on it, Yovita! Are you growing any tommies in containers? Thanks for watching!
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I live in Ma. I still have not pick a tomato yet there are a few but they are still small and green. The weather is so lousy this year
Hi Karen, so sorry hear that! I hope it cools off soon so the tomatoes start ripening and growing. When is your first frost date? Maybe you can plant that second wave of veggies I mentioned in the video. The 7 varieties in my Late Summer Garden Seed Collection grow from seed to harvest in 6-8 weeks, perfect timing for fall harvests. Good luck!
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11:40 what is he staring at 😂
This is first year I planted tomatoes. I had 25 in smart pots size 5 to 10 gal. Hoping to get some tomatoes. Looked at lots of videos used fish emulsion Epsom salt lime worm casting ect. Trimmed suckered and watered well. However we got high 90 so and then no rain for 4 weeks just when plants were going gang buster and setting blossoms. The plants either had end rot or were size of cherries and tasted terrible. Only 2 types had decedent tomatoes, purple Cherokee and black Krim. Starting to compost plants. Will use larger smart pots next year. Two plants I tossed in flower bed and never watered or fertilized are going tall and green and blossoming. Lol. Til mid June I thought I might have green thumb.
Karen Fiori - Hi! Definitely try larger pots 15 to 20 gallon minimum for most tomato varieties, and make sure they have adequate water. In those temps a drip system is almost necessary to keep the soil adequately moist for the tomatoes continuously increasing water needs. If you dont have a drip systerm, see if a gallon size plastic jug will fit on the soil, in the container by the plant. Even a half gallon container will work if thats all that will fit. Use a safty pin to make a hole in the bottom of the jug. Place the drip for best water distribution, and fill with water and or, a safe daily feed ration. Every time you water your plants, just fill up the jug too, and the slow drip will help keep your plants hydrated and moist longer. Hope that helps!
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My tomatoes are taking forever to turn red, litterly weeks!
How do i order seeds?
Great video! :-) and your knees not scraped from kneeling? :-(