7 Best Tomatoes to Grow in Containers
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- In this video I'm going to give you my picks for the best tomatoes to grow in containers or pots.
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For the first time last year we tried a slightly different method of growing in buckets. Instead of drilling holes in the bottom we drilled holes on the side about 3 inches from the bottom. Before adding our soil mixture we put in a thick layer of seaweed. When water pooled at the bottom the seaweed became liquid fertilizer. We had the best tomato, eggplant and peppers ever.
That is very interesting what kind of seaweed did you use?
@@NNTorious whatever was on the shore. We live on a harbor in Nova Scotia.
Seaweed could work as we live at the beach. Thank you! Does anyone think the roots are getting too hot-hence the problem?
@@janeekblom1828 we used to get buckets of seaweed, top up with water and use the liquid as fertilizer. We like this better.
I garden in raised bed and buckets. I read recently that beach seaweed had to much salt. We live in South Louisiana near the Gulf. Is there somewhere else I could get seaweed like a nursery? Or is there a way to remove the salt ?
Hi Brian
I downsized from 20 gallon containers to 5 gallon buckets last year and saw no reduction in production. Last year I did celebrity, bush early girl, cherry and Roma in 5 gallon.
Amazing
THANK YOU BRIAN FOR EXPLAINING THE VARIETIES TO US. WE ARE LEARNING SO MUCH. LOVE YALL ❤
We grew sweetheart of the patio last summer in a grow bag. It was sooooo productive! We’re going to be growing it again this year if our nursery has one.
I am mainly a container gardener. I have a buried petroleum pipe under the rear of my backyard, and I dont want to take chances. I grow at least 4 varieties each year, 5 this year. I have found that earthbuckets do the best for bigger tomatoes like beefsteak and brandywines. The nice thing about earthbuckets is they are cheap to make and take a lot of the guesswork out of watering The next best is a 7 gallon grow bag. No matter what container use you, you will likely be using some kind of potting mix. Make sure to add garden lime for calcium as most potting mixes dont have enough to prevent blossom end rot.
This will be my first year growing in containers and am curious to how it will work out. Thank you for the tips and keep up the good work.
You introduced me to a tomato variety called Arkansas Traveler, saying that it was bred in the Ozark Mountains. As I live in the Ozark Mountains, I ordered some straightaway and started them. I planted 4 seeds just 10 days ago, so they're still young but doing very well so far in my greenhouse. I also have 2 Better Boys sprouted and a Beefsteak that I had planted before I watched your video and learned that Beefsteak may not be so happy in my area, but I'm so excited to finally -- for the first time ever -- have a successful tomato harvest by following your tips and tricks. Thank you so much!
We had a horrible season last year here in S Central TX but the one tomato that did well was my Large Red Cherry that I had in a 7 gallon pot. It was over the top of my 10’ trellis and still producing (small amounts) even through the hot weather.
Just planted 23 of the 43 tomatoes I’m doing this year with about 1/3 in pots.
Excellent list Brian! I’m
going to try some of your suggestions this year.
My favorite for big pots are Sungold and Roma’s. They have always done well in my zone.
Yes!!! You made my day! I’m a sucker for tomato videos. With the Texas summer on the horizon I need all the help I can get. Thanks, for yet another awesome video! 😀
Wonderful information. I am growing Roma tomatoes in a 7 gal grow pot. The 7 gal pots were cheaper than the 5 gal, so I figured it wont make a difference. As I've commented before this is my first year growing a garden and I'm in Phoenix AZ where it's warm/hot pretty much all season long.
Thank you. I did grow Garden's Delight a cherry tomato in the house in a pot. That was mad and it was so much fun and we have to tie up to the wall. Another woman who was from Iran, grew her Roma tomato behind the television. The vine spread, the tomatoes were so juicy and according to her daughter she had the tomato for years.
Brian. Hi from England. Just love your shows. So sorry to hear about your health issues but I'm delighted to hear things are looking up for you..
I grew tomatoes for the first time in pots last year and they did really well! Excited to try some different varieties this year! Great video! 🙌🏻🍅
I've grown Glacier (determinate, 55 days) in a raised bed, liked the flavor, will try it in a large pot this year. I grew Bush Early Girl (determinate, 54 days), in a 5 gallon pot, had a large number of medium sized tomatoes, very good tasting. One winter I grew Orange Pixie Hybrid (determinate, 52 days, 18" tall) indoors in my greenhouse window in a one gallon pot, small tomatoes, very delicious; it grew more than the 18" that was advertised, very leggy indoors, perhaps not the best way to grow it, but the small tomatoes were really tasty. I've also grown Moskvich (determinate, 60 days) in 2 gallon bag, though I think larger would be better, good tasting small tomatoes, always the first seedlings to pop up, the easiest to take cuttings from to propagate for plants later in the summer. I had a similar experience to Brian's growing Sungold (indeterminate, 57 days) in 5 gallon pot, very sweet orange cherry; I picked my last tomatoes in December including green ones which I ripened inside; and both the ripe and ripened green tomatoes were still, very, very sweet and delicious.
My Sun gold did well in a pot, but I noticed the fruit on my in ground plant was significantly larger and sweeter. Thanks for the info and some new variety ideas!
This year I'm adding several.dwarf and micro dwarfs to my planting. Under my viprasoectra grow light ( Thank you for getting me hooked on that light 😊) I'm growing orange hat and geranium kiss. Both are doing quite well. They have set some blooms and now I can't wait for the little tomatoes.
So little time wasted watching your videos! I love the pace and content! Thank you!!
My fave tomatoes for 5 gal pots (outdoors): Sun Gold (or Sun Sugar), and Supersweet 100. Both are fairly disease resistant and heavy yeilders, and taste great, and ive been growing them for years.
This year im trying a few alternates, all selected for fusillium resistance:
Edox
Toronjina
mountain magic
galahad
Thanks for the great information!
I grow Orange Hat in relatively small pots about 10 inches wide at the top. So cute and very productive open pollinated.
I’m in Zone 5B and as such have a very short term growing season. I use a self watering 5 gal system and have had wonderful success with Early Girl’s. By FAR my favorite tomato of choice.
I'm gonna use bags this year I used to last year and they worked really well
Thank you ❤ I always learn something new from watching you 😊
I grow everything in self-watering pots of all sizes and have had great success with tomatoes -- some more than others, I'll admit. Grateful for the advice on feeding and staking, which I've struggled with at times. I've upended tomato cages, for more than just tomatoes (thought I'd invented that, lol!), but never thought to use two at once. Thanks!
Hi Brian from down under Melbourne Australia, I grow Amish Paste in a big container and use a tomato cage. It was fantastic got kilos off that tomato. Thanks for all your advice
Liked and sharing! Good tips on other types of container tomatoes!
Built a trellis for my tomatoes this year after watching your videos for first time… awesome and my plants are taking off…
Been waching on TH-cam Tv for a few years, but you can't comment on it so logged in on my computer. Watching you plant your tomatoes video. Just wanted to say you have been a great help to me. When you are ready to plant if you water you plants in the cups 20 minutes before you start. Then when you are ready you just turn the cup upside down a give a slight pull on the stem, and out they come. Water them from the top just a little to moisten the soil. Don't water heavy it will make a mess.
Wow, thank you!
Great video Brian thanks 🤗
Thank you for your videos
I have Ronas, black prince and brandywine pink tomatoes in containers. Thank you for all the great information!
Orange Hat! They can be grown in a 6 in pot and are wonderful little pops of tomato flavor. They are quite productive as well. I am growing one in my IDOO right now as well along with a MicroTom.
I grew them and loved them 🥰
This is exactly the video I was looking for! Woot!
I have a very small back yard, so I use grow bags for my tomato plants. This year I am growing only dwarf tomatoes, 6 varieties. I don't like growing vine tomatoes, because they get too tall. I recently learned that indeterminate vine tomato plants can be topped off to keep it at a selected height, and new shoots will form to make the plant bushier and produce more tomatoes. My sister said her husband tops off indeterminate vine tomatoes, and they do very well. Going to try this next year.
Tumbler sounds wonderful, really like the hanging basket idea so slugs couldn't get to them.
We’ve got mortgage lifters, beefsteaks, jubilees, Brandywines, and yellow maters in 5 gallon buckets on our porch, and they’re all doin great.
I grow almost all my tomatoes in earth boxes. they do really well in them, much more productive than in the ground. supporting them is the hard part but i have some wire frames that fit in the boxes and it mostly works...
I use grow boxes as well and they are awesome. Once I started using them I was sold.
I use earth-boxes too. I use Brian’s hooks by placing my boxes below my second story decks. Hang the hooks from the deck and easy peazy.
I also grow mine in Eatheboxes. I support them on chicken wire strung between T posts.
@@debrajones7349 ooh that's a clever one, well done! I have a deck but the spece below it doesn't get as much sun as up top due to shady trees. Still might try this is very tempting.
Never tried growing tomatoes in buckets before but I am trying to maximize my growing space so I am going to consider it!
I've tried growing Kelloggs 3 yrs in a row in 5gal buckets
And had very unhealthy plants. This will be my last time trying and i am going to try a 7gal bucket this year.
Thanks for this video!
Going to plant cream sausage tomatoes for the first time. Thanks again!
Thank you for ALL your contents. They are superb! Love your communication style, delivery and thoroughness. I'm a Master Teacher who teach other teachers how to teach and you are a Master Teacher of gardening! 👍👏
You’d mentioned Sungold tomatoes being a great variety for pots. I live in North County in San Diego. My climate is similar to yours. I've been growing my Sungold indoors under a grow light. My question is whether it is warm enough to move it outside. I've read online that night temperature should be in the 50s but you'd mentioned you had yours outside all year until the last rain killed it. Would appreciate your advice. Thank you. BTW, so grateful you are feeling healthy and well.
Keep up the good work I love the gardening videos
Built trellises in my raised beds after watching your videos… they are doing well..
Great ideas for Tomatoes
I never thought of turning tomatoe cage upside down. Thanks Brian.
QUESTIONS:
1- Could you have taken suckers from your old tomato plants and rooted them instead of staring from seeds?
2- last year my neighbor grew yellow cherry tomatoes but they had worms inside. Why? I never grew yellow tomatoes as I am not a big fan.
I do about 40 20gal plastic pots all San Marzano... on my deck I grow a bunch of cherry style tomatoes and a ton of peppers.
Thank you for all the info! I grow most of my veggies in containers except for tomatoes. I may try a container for a couple this year. My favorite cherry tomato is Midnight Snack which needs to be inground because it gets huge!
I grow black cherry & gets huge in a 20 gallon & lots of toms.
Hi! I grow ALL my veggies and flowers in pots and I have a ton - 4 driveways full.
It’s taken me a lot of experimenting but I have it cased - for the most part. I use the large recycling blue bins - with lots of drainage holes. I grow Primo Red Tomatoes and my crop is Huge. They will give me two crops on each tomato - and weather dependent - three. And yes - fertilizer and watering is done differently in a pot. But if all you have is a driveway - then you can case the pot growing. I have lots of other tips - too many to type here. I live in Southern Saskatchewan - Canada - so our season is relatively short.
I've grown a couple of tomatoes the past several years in containers, but always have blight issues. I hope watching your videos that I can solve that problem and enjoy them instead of losing them. I got fruits but constantly fought disease, even with new pots and soil. thanks for great content.
One thing I learned about blight if you have one plant that starts with it, it can spread to the others from that one plant so if again if it starts with one move the others at least 8 feet or more away from that plant! One other thing are these store bought plants or frome seeds?
Thanks Brian. 🌷💚🙃
Bought my first kellogg breakfast plant and it’s in a 5 gallon container, like most of my plants. I’ll let you know how it goes.
My best 5 gallon container tomato has been big beef. I plan to re-view the video on container planting as it has great information. I tried a ‘great 100’ cherry tomato in a container with mediocre result. I’m considering trying a few romas this summer. Great show as always. I put feeding half strength every week instead of full strength the every other week this summer, in my garden notes. Good to know. Thank you.
Was your cherry variety that vine im assuming. Ive been growing in pots for 10 yrs. Ive grown yellow pear, black cherry & another one i cant remember they did well. Kept growing & growing & gave me alot. I did tempee somewhat & grew in 15-20 gal. The bigger the container the better.
Thank you. I'm new.
This last year was the first time I've had success with tomatoes, after watching your videos. I grew a pair of Sun Gold plants, and (because I wanted something red and tomato-looking) I planted one "sandwich slicer hybrid" that I found at the grocery store. The hybrid was very disappointing, flavor wise. So this year I'm doing twice as many Sun Gold and I'm doing three "Cherokee Purple" plants.
The 2 cage system is awesome .
Last year I grew an Early Girl Tomato in a 30 gallon fabric pot. It was a monster, and produced many tomatoes. It over grew the pot, and had to be removed. This year, I am growing Arkansas Traveler in 20 gallon grow bags, and Sun Gold, Super Sweet 100, Black Cherry, and Sunset Bumble Bee in 10 gallon fabric pots.
Love, love, love this video!❤❤❤❤
Great info, as nice as that shirt🥰👍 suits you very well! Thank you for all that valuable info.🌻🦋💜
Thank you ❤️
Good list. You should look into the dwarf tomato project. They have a ton of varieties that grow smaller with large fruit.
A cool thing about the dwarf tomato project project is that they are all open pollinated and it's an open source seed saving initiative, so it's community driven
Totally agree 😊
Yes! I've been growing their stuff for a few years now. They're developing really interesting varieties!
I was just about to post the same comment 😊. I've been growing them for a few years now on the back patio and had excellent results with just 2 or 3 plants but usingb7 gallon grow bags.
I grow most of my tomatoes in containers because I don't have a big yard so thank you for showing this video.
Latah is a super tasty early bush tomato that does great in pots.
We’ve got a bunch of undetermined in an outdoor garden, and are trying a hybrid determinate called Jolene from johnnies seeds. It’s growing pretty well. I’ll let you know.
Question for you - I’ve tried starting seeds in Burpee cells, and have been playing with soil blocking. I was wondering if you’d ever tried soil blocking and, if so, what your thoughts were.
I grow in 16'' planters or 5 gal. containers. I find you can grow almost anything. I go for flavor vs yield. My favorites are a mid sized black tomato I picked up at the grocery store and saved the seeds. And the multicolor cherry/grape tomatoes I've picked up at the farmer's market. ''Sweet 100's'' do well for high yields. Rather than Roma, I go for an Amish or New Jersey paste tomatoes.
Red Robin dwarf is a cool one. Almost a potato leaf. Crazy small plant and a lot of cherry tomatoes.
I had good luck with Sun Sugar yellow cherry tomatoes in a 7 gallon fabric pot. Sweetest cherry I've ever grown. I'm thinking it may be similar to your Sun Gold. Sweet as fruit.
hi im a first time tomato grower my question is what container is the best to plant cherry tomatoes thanks keep up the great work
Hey Brian
I have watched many of your videos and they are super helpful! I have had great success growing indeterminant tomatos in large pots on a string ( trellis ) like you. My question is last year i let my big beef and better boys grow 2 stems and got lot of fruit. Do you think i might get more production if i do 2 plants single stem instead of letting it grow 2 stems? Lots of room in pots for 2 plants but no sure if it is going to get me more then 1 plant with 2 stems.
y'all gota check out tumbling toms for hanging baskets. they're bred to cascade out of the basket and put off a ton of fruit, super pretty plants with good (wouldn't say great though) tasting fruit.
I would have to grow from seed for some of these. We have very limited tomato types where I live.
Hi Brian,
I have a big flower bed. However, half of it is in the shade. Therefore I have to plan everything in the pot.
In one of your videos, I remember you had mentioned that when we buy plastic pot, you have to check the number on the bottom of the pot.
The smaller number, the better.
I haven't able to anything with #2 grades .
Do you have any recommendations where I can find them?
I am in Southern California/orange County.
By the way, I love your channel
I am pretty new to your channel and new to gardening, I have learned so much, so thank you so much for sharing.
Been growing for over 10 yrs in containers..In my opinion the bigger toms need at least 15-20 gallons. I use fabric pots mostly. Cheaper than other containers. Cherry & anything that will get more than 4 ft need that. Ive grown yellow pear, black cherry & a orange cherry type. They grow & grow & used mostly the teepee trellis. I also used a metal sheet used for concreate. But it rusts. Purple reign did well. Gets about 4-5 ft & has beef steaks. Taste great. Tiny tim is a small cherry that produces alot & only gets 1-2 ft. Could be grown in 5 gal or less. Even grown inside under grow lights. The self watering planters are a good option too as containers dry out quickly.
Brian what is the best potting mix you use in pots
I grew these yellow pear tomatoes in a 20 gallon pot... It was a very happy plant and put out LOADS of tomatoes.
I grew Kellogg’s Breakfast in a 25 gallon Smart Pot last year. It did well. Watered and fertilized frequently. I live on a postage-stamp size lot which is mostly concrete, so pots are all I have to grow in. Beefsteak type tomatoes grow well in 25gallon or bigger pots. I grew Big Max tomato the same way and it did well.
I agree with your choices and suggestions. My Sungold was great. However my daughter grew it in ground and it grew over 30’ !!! It overwintered for two years. The amount of fruit was ridiculous! I have a picture of this monstrosity to prove it, Brian.
What are your thoughts on dwarf tomato plants they're supposed to be great for pots
Due to age, we only grow in containers or a raised bed. I do determinate tomatoes in 5 gal buckets, but indeterminate tomatoes in 10 gal bags. I use a moisture sensing meter for watering which I have not heard you mention.
He has mention them severl times about moisture meters before he just dont use them in his videos. I am 65 and stay off the ground myself!
How do you know the gallon size of a container? Are there markings on the bottom of the containers?
Black Krim and Bella Rosa are my best producers for me in San Diego
Was kind of hoping you'd get into grow bags here, I have my Sun Golds already planted and doing well in them next to a trellis.
I do on the linked video
Grow bags are really the best to grow in for pots.
I wish I knew which of my tomato plants were which. My seedling green house went took a trip across the yard in high winds.. the plants I saved no longer had labels so.. I have about 20 mystery plants. I had planned to put the indeterminates in the ground and the others in pots.. now I'm going all in pots... or grow bags, the biggest of them is 15 gallons.
Container tomato: Fantastico Grape Tomato (transplant 50 days / seed 90 days. F1 hybrid. Purchased a start from a nursery last year. The plant only grew about 10" tall, but produced abundant grape tomatoes from July until an early frost in late September. Description: "2014 AAS Winner. Long cluster of bright red, super-sweet fruits with a Brix of 12 grow in clusters toward the outside of plants make then very easy to harvest. In trial, fruits resisted cracking much better than similar varieties when left of the vine past maturity. High yielding plants produce up to 12 lbs of 1/2 oz fruits. Bred for growing in small gardens - perfect in large patio containers or hanging baskets. Determinate."
I tried growing Roma in a 5 gallon grow bag, and had so much blossom end rot due to the bags drying out too quickly (despite me watering daily). Found out too late that paste-type tomatoes are especially susceptible to BER ☹️
Roma tomatoes DID grow nicely in pots- must keep up on the watering!😊
Hi Brian, if I have pots where I grew tomatoes I imagine I need to use new soil for new tomatoes right? Can I reuse the old soil for other vegetables like zucchini or peppers? I would think I’d have to use something like 420 Recharge. ?
I'm going to try some Bush steak tomatoes this year. Not in container in a raised bed.
Hello!!! I was wondering so you use both Aspirin every 2 weeks and Epson salt too. Or should you use one or the other, or rotate use everybody other week. Thank you.
Where can I buy these plants? Thank you for your work.
My very 1st attempt at growing tomatoes. I was ridiculously successful! I had an INSANE amount of fruits.
I had so many I to give most away. I was hooked. The following season, same amount of plants. NO luck, just a handful
of fruit. I've been a sub here to find what went wrong. Learning a few things here!
Just curious was it the same variety as you had grown the year before and did you plant about the same time?
Welcome to gardening
@@carolynsteele5116 yea that too!
@@dirtdigger949 Good Question. The 2nd attempt I think were heirlooms (Black Krim, Cheorkee Purple ect...)
When should one pot up their seedling tomatoes from their seedling trays?
I liked growing cherry tomatoes in a 20 inch size container. My biggest issue is that it has been windy for the last couple of years & it tends to fall to the ground. I have 7 big containers in the middle of my yard on concrete. Any advice to avoid falling onto the ground? I don't like cherry tomatoes in the ground. It grew wild. Can't keep up with pruning
Hi Brian, I noticed in the last couple of tomato videos that you recommend just letting some more string out and going straight up with the tomato vine. In your older videos, you actually rotated from one hook to the next and kept going around rotating them around the whole bed. Do you no longer do this? do you just let the vine collect at the bottom? I use your hooks but last year I rotated them from left to right and went all the way around. Do I just let the string out and keep them on the same hook that I started them on right above the plant or should I rotate them like I did before?
Thanks in advance.
I don't think I'll grow oblong paste tomatoes in pots again. They seem to be particularly vulnerable to blossom end rot and it's very hard to keep a potted tomato from drying out. Inconsistent soil moisture leads to poor calcium movement from the soil to the tomato and thus to blossom end rot. I've got 2 Sungolds in pots this year and am really looking forward to them!
What about the Dwarf varieties from The Dwarf Tomato Project?
When you put the tomato cage upside down how do you get it to stay in the dirt/pot? Especially when the wind blows?
I planted in a tray my Costco dahlias and put on a heat mate inside my garage. I do not have a grow light so I am putting outside in the sunshine during the day. Please advise?
That should work
How big a pot do you need for a SunGold tomato? Thx :)
How do you grow tomatoes in a grow tent inside and what variety
I had excellent luck with Big Beef F1 and Arkansas Travelers in 25 gallon pots
Tomoato plants got frost bite brown leaves but stalk is green and hearty. Will they produce? 1:57
I accidentally found "Cloudy Day" last year that I grew from seed and gave one to my parents that grew it in a 5 gallon pot and did really well. It is and inderminant and a medium size tomato and harvest in 50 days and makes late until first frost, which is a plus! And does need as much sun, hence cloudy day, lol. Big fan and have more growing inside now. BTW, I am using your half full cup seedling approach and it is working well!
What size pot should you grow a Tiny Tim in? I'm thinking one gallon would be ok.
Yup 1 gal