I would only put a dwarf in a five gallon container. 15-20 gallons for one tomato is my norm. But my tomato can live up to 10 months and it will still have roots going out of the pot holes into the ground. But they don't wilt and only need to be watered at most once or twice a day in the heat of summer. Statistics: Posted by imafan26 — Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:53 pm ..read more

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In my experience with bucket grown tomatoes, one plant is plenty. Ten gallon container is better per plant. As with all containers it is necessary to add nutrients every week or ten days since watering will flush out fertilizer. I always used water soluble blue stuff with low nitrogen content for better blooms and fruit. Compared to in ground plants container grown tomatoes were always smaller plants with less production and small fruit size. There are several Florida growers who can give better local advice. Statistics: Posted by PaulF — Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:07 pm ..read more

I’m going to leave most of the informative responses to others with more experience, but my first thought is 2 plants would be too many even for Roma which I believe is a smaller determinate variety? (I actually haven’t grown Roma in years). 5 gal isn’t enough for most typical indeterminates. In both cases, the container size issue can be alleviated by sub irrigated set up like Global Bucket System or Rain Gutter System. You might be able to retrofit by using multiple stranded rope or fabric wicks poked through holes from the outside, especially if you tie to a stick that you push through a ..read more

This is my first time growing tomatoes in a 5 gallon bucket. I usually plant in the ground. They are growing really good and have blossoms almost ready to open. But, yesterday I noticed the leaves don't look right. Some of them are drooping and curling under and some have a yellowish tint to them. I watered them with banana water a few days ago. Is this normal for them in a container or is there something wrong with them? I have two plants in the container. Is that too many? Thanks for any suggestions and help you can give me. I live in North East Florida. The tomatoes are Roma Statistics ..read more

Save seeds from your tomatoes if they are open pollinated. Plant at the right time. If you have good hybrid tomatoes they may not breed true, but I have had luck by basically replanting the best from the next generations Valentine is now a F5 generation and it has been mostly stable. Some of the plants were not as sweet so I only kept the seeds from the sweet and larger fruited ones. Tomatoes, eggplant, and some peppers here are technically perennial. They are usually killed by disease, since I don't have to worry about frost. The average life span of a tomato is 10 months, but most will not p ..read more

true. the suckers did well from nov to jan. then, they started wilting. I also tried suckers off the suckers but no dice. also created a lot of mess. so, trying to see if I can get them to grow from seeds. otherwise, give in and buy plants Statistics: Posted by abhaykale — Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:46 am ..read more

I grew 1 plant one summer and I thought it would never stop giving. However, fruit was hollow and dry and I'll never grow it again as long as I live. Statistics: Posted by TomatoNut95 — Tue Feb 20, 2024 1:15 am ..read more

If anyone wants to grow indeterminate paste tomatos San Marizano is it. 3½" long pear shape paste tomatoes. I am going to plant these this year if the Amish garden store sells plants. I am tried of paste tomato plants that produce 25 tomatoes then die it leaves an empty place in my garden Statistics: Posted by Gary350 — Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:17 am ..read more

Tomatoes are hard to keep over winter. In the tropics they are perennials but they are usually killed by disease. Unless you have small varieties they will take up too much space and they will have high light requirements if you want to get any fruit. Pests love them especially when they are in distress. There is no point to keeping determinate tomatoes. It would be better to just start seeds early indoors and select early varieties that are appropriate for your climate. It would be more worthwhile to try to over winter longer lived plants that can go dormant over winter. Statistics: Posted by ..read more