What r your top 5 tom 4 containers - Page 2

Redbaron · January 25, 2013

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Originally Posted by ContainerTed

, but they still beat those "card board fakes" from the grocery stores.

amideutch · January 25, 2013

Here are some pictures of my container grow outs including a KBX in a 3 gal container. Reason was I had an extra seedling and rather throw it away I planted in the 3 gal. pot to see what it would do. In these small pots I was feeding it every other day with organic ferts.

The two pictures of the small wood framed green house are 26 quart styrofoam coolers taken a month apart. The next picture is Kellogs West Virginia in a 5 gal container loading up with fruit and I call it the "Tomato Machine".

And the last picture with the 3 small pots between the 5 gal white containers on each end, the small light brown pot on the right side is the KBX.

Ami

Father'sDaughter · January 26, 2013

Thanks for posting the pictures, Ami! It's amazing to see plants in containers so loaded with fruit. In looking at my grow list, I think I have enough large eating tomatoes for this year, so even though I now know it is possible in a five gallon pot, I'm putting KBX on the 2014 list.

However, I just received some Heidi seeds in a trade, and the more sauce tomatoes the better! Anyone ever grow it either in the ground or in a container and have any opinions on how it might fare in a five gallon pot?

hardwaterbob · January 26, 2013

Thanks everyone for you input.

I start about 200 plants to sell to raise a little money to help pay for the lights , soil, fertilizer and such.

I guess the message here is that most varieties will grow if given a good enriched base in a large container and then plenty of organic food and plenty of water.

Good to know and good to grow. BEST WISHES FOR 2013

amideutch · January 27, 2013

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However, I just received some Heidi seeds in a trade, and the more sauce tomatoes the better! Anyone ever grow it either in the ground or in a container and have any opinions on how it might fare in a five gallon pot?

The first 2 pictures are Ludmilla's Red Plum grown in 5 gal containers which is similar to Heidi except Ludmilla's has larger fruit. The 3rd and 4th pictures are closer shots of the KBX in 3 gal container that I posted previously and the plant to the left of it Is
Ed's Millenium which is a variant of Pink Brandywine. Ami

b54red · January 27, 2013

Ami, that is amazing the size and health of the KBX in that small of a container. Down here I would have to stand over the pot and water it every hour or two once it got that large or it would dry up during the summer heat.

augiedog55 · February 11, 2013

my best container plants last yr were franks large red, carbon,neves azorian, evas purple ball red brandywine, and daniels.. all were grown in 15 gall smart pots

zeroma · February 26, 2013

augiedog55, do you put anything in the bottom of your smart pots to help stabelize them? Like a few inches of rock? I'd guess that 15 gal would'd need that, but I'm wondering about the smaller sizes.

augiedog55 · February 26, 2013

zeroma, i put two 2x8' 10ft longs under my smartpots to keep them off my deck . then i have 5 ft conrete reinformance wire i use as cages round the pots and zip them or wire the cages to the 2x8's. they aren't going anywhere.

LloydF · February 26, 2013

amerideutch, how are you managing to water and fertilize in such small pots? They don't appear to have any saucers under them to hold water etc.

Worth1 · February 26, 2013

The bed of an old pickup truck would work great.

Worth

JamesL · February 26, 2013

Is that a "Worthtainer"?

Mashman · February 26, 2013

Best Mobil App I've seen Worth.

amideutch · February 27, 2013

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amerideutch, how are you managing to water and fertilize in such small pots? They don't appear to have any saucers under them to hold water etc.

In the small pots I was watering twice a day and fertilizing every other day. For fertilizing I always used 2 10 liter watering cans for all my plants (normally I could water 4 plants with the 2 cans) and normal watering I used a hose with a water breaker.

But as I said before it was an experiment with left over seedlings. Normally 5 gallon was the minimum size I used for my maters. But then again to it depends on your location and climate. You could probably do the same as far north as you are.

Ami

LloydF · February 28, 2013

Ami, how tall is that little covered area where you have the buckets? I was thinking that it would be just perfect sized to wrap a sheet of plastic around it and have a mini greenhouse for a coldsnap. I hate when we get the frost here and then another gorgeous month of Indian Summer. All the blankets in the house are out covering tomato plants!

January 26, 2013	#19
hardwaterbob Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Elgin, Illinois Posts: 108	THANKS Thanks everyone for you input. I start about 200 plants to sell to raise a little money to help pay for the lights , soil, fertilizer and such. I guess the message here is that most varieties will grow if given a good enriched base in a large container and then plenty of organic food and plenty of water. Good to know and good to grow. BEST WISHES FOR 2013

February 11, 2013	#22
augiedog55 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: oak grove mo Posts: 406	my best container plants last yr were franks large red, carbon,neves azorian, evas purple ball red brandywine, and daniels.. all were grown in 15 gall smart pots Last edited by augiedog55; February 11, 2013 at 09:32 AM.

January 26, 2013	#18
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,917	Thanks for posting the pictures, Ami! It's amazing to see plants in containers so loaded with fruit. In looking at my grow list, I think I have enough large eating tomatoes for this year, so even though I now know it is possible in a five gallon pot, I'm putting KBX on the 2014 list. However, I just received some Heidi seeds in a trade, and the more sauce tomatoes the better! Anyone ever grow it either in the ground or in a container and have any opinions on how it might fare in a five gallon pot?

January 27, 2013	#21
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Ami, that is amazing the size and health of the KBX in that small of a container. Down here I would have to stand over the pot and water it every hour or two once it got that large or it would dry up during the summer heat.

February 26, 2013	#23
zeroma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 637	augiedog55, do you put anything in the bottom of your smart pots to help stabelize them? Like a few inches of rock? I'd guess that 15 gal would'd need that, but I'm wondering about the smaller sizes.

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LloydF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Minnesota Posts: 5	amerideutch, how are you managing to water and fertilize in such small pots? They don't appear to have any saucers under them to hold water etc.

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	The bed of an old pickup truck would work great. Worth

February 26, 2013	#27
JamesL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 1,992	Is that a "Worthtainer"?

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Mashman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: MA Posts: 158	Best Mobil App I've seen Worth.

February 28, 2013	#30
LloydF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Minnesota Posts: 5	Ami, how tall is that little covered area where you have the buckets? I was thinking that it would be just perfect sized to wrap a sheet of plastic around it and have a mini greenhouse for a coldsnap. I hate when we get the frost here and then another gorgeous month of Indian Summer. All the blankets in the house are out covering tomato plants!