SUPERSWEET 100
 

Has anyone has success growing SS 100s in pots? if so, what size? I have had them get loaded with fruit and then die suddenly. They were in 5 gallon buckets.
This is a early and sweet fruit with which I would like to have success .

Grew SS100 in the ground for several years, then then moved onto Sweet Millions in pots two years ago, but very similar in my mind. I'm convinced either will grow in five gallon pots, and while yield would be diminished as the container gets smaller, a five gallon pot would be sufficient to maintain a healthy plant if supplied with sufficient nutrients and the plant doesn't die from hundreds of other reasons.

A five might be on the smaller size for this large and hungry hybrid, but I grew the Millions to great success in ten and fifteen gallon pots.

I grew a couple of them last year in pretty small pots. Not by plan really, just never got around to putting them in something bigger. Plants size was diminished but I got decent fruit set.

I agree with Ricky. A properly prepped 5-gallon bucket, with good potting mix (not soil), good drainage, sufficient watering and feeding, will produce a rather nice Super Sweet 100 crop. The potential points of failure that I see are:

1 - Wrong mix / soil usage. Putting a dense garden soil into a 5-gal bucket will result in poor drainage and promote bad stuff.. such as bacteria, etc..

2 - While good drainage is good, it can also result in the plant not getting enough water, and thus subjecting the plant to possible wilting, stunting, BER, etc.. and likely eventual death. In a warmer climate, such as what I get here in Phoenix, this will quickly result in a dry, baked dead plant.

3 - Insufficient nutrient supply. Keep in mind, the plant will really only be getting what is initially mixed in with the potting mix. If you don't provide enough to begin with, including stuff like garden lime for sufficient calcium, slow-release fertilizer, etc.. then you'll have to provide it as a top dressing or liquid feed every so often.

4 - Too MUCH good stuff. Conversely to #3, if you give the plant too much fertilizer, water, etc.. you risk burning the roots, shocking it, drowning it, etc.. For example, not providing proper drainage in the bottom of the bucket could lead to too much water sitting in the bucket/mix, and thus lead to damping off, drowning the roots, etc.. Putting too much Nitrogen could lead to a huge green plant that never flowers or fruits, etc..

.. and so on.

I have grown SS 100 in 5 gallon buckets. The plant size was smaller than those grown in ground. I did not know it at the time, but the soil I used was diseased with RKN and Fusarium. That is most likely why the SS 100 in the pots didn't do well.