I got a total of 5 tomatoes out of two plants. I'm not sure if the soil I used is right. I put rocks in the bottom of the pot for drainage. My space is limited(12x6 balcony), so I don't know what other tomato variety I can plant. I want to plant zucchini, but I know those get huge.Is there a dwarf variety? I dont use any pesticides, all organic.
2006-08-14 12:07:26 · 5 answers · asked by hazeleyedbeauty1967 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Sorry, forgot to add I cant hang anything here!
2006-08-14 12:23:41 · update #1
Tomatoes grown in containers have different requirements than those grown in the ground. Containers dry out much more quickly and they need to be fertilized more heavily and more often. You also need to promote good root development. Do this by using a much larger container. Ive grown tomato's successfully in containers 12 inches around and larger. In fact Ive found the larger the container the better off you are.
2006-08-14 14:21:54 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plant it in the most important pot you've room for to enable it max out. lots of the tomatoes will ripen mutually - no longer spread out over the season, so be prepared to procedure them into have a good time with, salsa, and so on. maximum patio tomatoes are somewhat hardy. A squirt of a well-known veggie fertilizer might want to be sufficient for now, and back in about a month. be constructive to placed it in a sunny area. tremendous luck!
2016-11-25 01:17:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patio tomatoes need space! A 5-gallon pot or bucket is about the right size.
Forget zukes, but you can plant peppers and cukes in 5-gal. containers too, as long as you have lots of sun. I put 3-5 pepper plants in one pot with good results. Make a trellis for your cukes out of laths and train them to grow up. Fertilize weekly with a general-purpose fertilizer like Miracle-Gro. Good luck!
2006-08-14 12:19:24 · answer #3 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should try hanging tomatoes, you need a much bigger pot and a cage for them to grow up if you do it the traditional way.
You can make your own hanging tomatoes, use the link below for instructions or just perform your own search :-) Good luck!
http://www.weeno.com/art/0799/117.html
2006-08-14 12:17:50 · answer #4 · answered by Mrs. Mad Maddy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-08-14 12:14:55 · answer #5 · answered by ssgtusmc3013 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋