How to Grow Tomatoes in Containers – Cheap and Easy Method

August 29, 2010 · 17 comments

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1 tomatosanimation August 29, 2010 at 9:25 am

WATCH ME

2 Laura21701 August 29, 2010 at 10:23 am

@picatsoforfma when they say “all at once” it really isn’t like all in 1 week. They will usually produce all their fruit within 4-6 weeks of eachother. You know when the tomato is finished growing “up” when you see flower buds forming at the terminal growing stem. After that it can still grow suckers which will produce buds, which is why you NEVER prune determinate tomatoes.

3 ElShadaiLives August 29, 2010 at 10:48 am

I grind egg shells in my coffee bean grinder and put them in the garden as dust!

4 picatsoforfma August 29, 2010 at 11:45 am

What good is producing all the fruit at once? You can only have home grown tomatos on your burger for a week.

5 hemptime123 August 29, 2010 at 11:47 am

she robly grows a hole bunch fo weed lol

6 ProductiveGardens August 29, 2010 at 12:13 pm

We don’t really have oyster shell available at a retail level in Australia but many people use dolomite at planting to beef up the calcium (and magnesium) in the soil to prevent the blossom end rot.

7 so1ange August 29, 2010 at 12:51 pm

lack of soil humidity causes the cracks in your tomatoes.

8 pauluminous August 29, 2010 at 12:54 pm

Irregular watering?

9 Souls4Freedom August 29, 2010 at 1:24 pm

Thanks that just might be it. How often would you recommend? I was watering every day.

10 sunsidhu August 29, 2010 at 1:51 pm

@Souls4Freedom over-watering cracks them. Try watering less.

11 Souls4Freedom August 29, 2010 at 2:16 pm

Does anyone know what would cause tomato skin to crack. I’m losing many fruits because of this.
Thanks

12 donze52 August 29, 2010 at 2:57 pm

container work, one of my hot pepper plants grew me $30 worth of food, medicine and weapons last summer.

13 ConocimientoEsPoder1 August 29, 2010 at 3:24 pm

Yes a tomatoe plant hates smoke.

14 spyknife August 29, 2010 at 4:07 pm

Depends on how big a tomato plant you want, and how many tomato’s you want from it.
I use 7 gallon (26 litre) pots, but a 5 gallon pot would be a minimum size. The best pots to use for tomato plants are smartpots. Google smartpots, you can buy them very cheaply.

15 BalconyGrow August 29, 2010 at 4:15 pm

I grow tomatoes in containers on my apartment balcony. I have several varieties and decided to try a heirloom (Brandywine) this year. Unfortunately, my neighbor smokes and it comes right up to my balcony. The heirloom was the only plant to get the tobacco virus. Another good reason to grow a variety. ~Jeri

16 ChickenFriedNitemare August 29, 2010 at 4:29 pm

He won’t answer cuz this account is a fake

17 fnasring August 29, 2010 at 5:03 pm

What is the small size container suggested to grow tomatoes?

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