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jcmorse33 · September 12, 2007

I had fairly good luck with Super Bush and Husky Gold in the 5 gallon self watering Misco pots found at Walmart... of course the water reservoir was nowhere near large enough and they really needed to be watered 3x per day at the height of summer / fruit production which I couldn't do so I lost *alot* of fruit to blossom end rot. Enough that I don't plan on using them for tomatoes next year.

I think its more about the water supply than the amount of growing medium though. A 5 gallon container with a sufficiently large water reservoir to go all day could probably grow any sort of tomato you wanted.

September 12, 2007	#6
jcmorse33 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Central Virginia Posts: 242	I had fairly good luck with Super Bush and Husky Gold in the 5 gallon self watering Misco pots found at Walmart... of course the water reservoir was nowhere near large enough and they really needed to be watered 3x per day at the height of summer / fruit production which I couldn't do so I lost alot of fruit to blossom end rot. Enough that I don't plan on using them for tomatoes next year. I think its more about the water supply than the amount of growing medium though. A 5 gallon container with a sufficiently large water reservoir to go all day could probably grow any sort of tomato you wanted.