Tomatoes In Containers – The Complete Guide

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1. @TheRipeTomatoFarms 3 months ago

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2. @user-mq8mr4vg9v 3 months ago

   I'm growing sun sugar and super sweet 100s in 10 gallon containers. They're getting like 8 hours of direct sunlight per day and I love imagining the roots in the container becoming more and more vigorous. I'm going to feed them tomorrow with fish fertilizer. People say it stinks. But I think the smell is awesome. That's the kind of smell that guarantees good results. Great vid.

3. @user-xb7sj2uk4u 3 months ago

   I sow my tomatoes indoors and gradually pot them on into larger pots until they're big enough for their final pots. In my case spare cut flower buckets from my local store. I just drill plenty of holes into them and they are good for planting. As for feeding, i never did this until the first flower stalk appeared and has set. Maybe I should change that to your recommendation. I usually only use Tomorite liquid fertiliser. Is Seeweed fertiliser good before changing to Tomorite?

4. @harryhoudini7058 3 months ago

   I enjoy your channel immensely, I started cherry tomatoes in containers for the first time with aide of various tomato video's on your channel. The only comment I would like to make, is that this concise video for planting container tomatoes would have been super helpful a month earlier.

5. @mamabearthrives7815 3 months ago

   Thank you Jeffe! 😘💓🍅🍅 i appreciate your guidance so much 💋 💋

6. @RA-rf4nz 3 months ago

   Thanks for the information packed videos. Where do you source your straw mulch in those large bulk bags? Internet or local? Brand?

   Thanks again.

7. @southernyankeeprepper 3 months ago

   PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP! MY BEEFSTEAKS I BELIEVE HAVE EITHER PSEUDOMANAS CORRUGATA OR PITH NECROSIS! ..I've lost 5 out of 8 so far! Black rot spots, and when I prune the dead branches the stems are completely hollowed out! Need help how to combat this! It's the only bed having this issue ,my cherry tomatoes are healthy in a different bed. Soil is all same throughout the garden… please make a video on this !

8. @amybrown9360 3 months ago

   This video was very helpful! My first time growing tomatoes (3 are potted), and all this information is perfect. Thank you!

9. @christinebrooks6364 3 months ago

   Hi Jeff, another great video with plenty of hints,& tips,growing the best tomatoes. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

10. @magafam4847 3 months ago

    I get super loam 50/50 organic ND loam always worked great in maine almost 6 feet

11. @kenpernak9944 3 months ago

    Love to hear all your garden lessons. My excitement this year is if my green peppers seeds will harvest here in N.C.. planted in mid April replanted in May. Thankyou for all you do.

12. @blblawhoo4338 3 months ago

    can i take the main stems off also toward the lower level? i mean in know to take suckers out but my plant is growing crazy, i wander if i remove some of the stem that goes horizontal it would help the other tomatoes get red faster. thanks

13. @yoshi04cgn 3 months ago

    Good video. I'm currently over run by cherry tomatoes about over 30 plants with tons of clones. They love to be deep in the pot. Zone 7 here I started indoors in February

14. @Darrellbythelake 3 months ago

    Thanks for the container size recommendations!! I see some people saying 20 gallon grow bags are the way to go but that's a lot of soil. Ended up getting the 10 gallon bags and figured that would be plenty, even for indeterminates…👍

15. @Mechanicturfgear 3 months ago

    I built a small green house and trying squash and tomatoes and peppers In 38 L bags . It’s only late June and they’re doing great so far . 4-5 feet tall . I used a bag garden soil mix cow manure compost bone meal . I also used string runners to for them to climb on .

16. @stephenhope7319 3 months ago

    Soil, the single biggest reason why I grow in above ground planters. My soil is clay, 2 feet thick. Lawn does ok, some trees but not much else. I have been at this house 24 years and have a compost bin and grow organically. Today ( 102F ) I picked 3 pounds of tomatoes from 12 plants. this is a standard yield for me every 2 days in summer. Thanks for the video.

17. @leekent3325 3 months ago

    Great video, thank you!

18. @jimgadd1900 3 months ago

    Thank you for this video. It was to the point without a bunch of unnecessary commentary fluff. Great job.

19. @Sunbeammicrogreens 3 months ago

    Great info!

20. @charleshoward1591 3 months ago

    Excellent tutorial

21. @annettemartensson4523 3 months ago

    Thanks à lot, have you tried to leave the cuts in the top with high tomatoes…. I have heard that is more for commercial growers… while if you just have a couple of plants you can let them be bushier and get more tomatoes..
    The small bushy ones I tried to different this year veranda red and Wilma, and found out that Wilma is god when your space is small. Planted in December I eat tomatoes sins may… appreciate your channel a lot👩‍🌾🐝🪴

22. @chantalcote7867 3 months ago

    Thanks for the info! I'm assuming you're in the do-not-prune camp since you didn't mention pruning? I keep hearing conflicting things about pruning indeterminates 😮

23. @D4ni3773 3 months ago

    Great video!

24. @meenakshimuralidhar6498 3 months ago

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25. @elizabethbosch6352 3 months ago

    Where I live it will get to 100 F pretty soon. Do you recommend to cover the tomato plants all day or only when it gets to 90+ F and uncover in the evening? Also is 70% shade cloth okay or needs to be 50% or less. Thanks!

26. @rjjrrailsgscalesolenske5231 2 months ago

    Excellent video, well laid out

27. @fyrehawkSix 2 months ago

    I noticed that in your greenhouse that the tomato plants have nice open green leaves and look very healthy. I also saw that one or more of the plants outside it full sun have skinny curled leaves and do not look as healthy. I have read that a tomato plant will adjust the amount of UV light it needs for proper photosynthesis by curling it's leaves so my question is: Will a plant inside a greenhouse with huge outspread leaves and a plant in full sun all day with curled leaves produce the same quality and/or quantity of tomato?

28. @dreamtoreality7919 2 months ago

    Learned a lot

29. @davidthedeaf 2 months ago

    For some reason, on my patio a big Rubbermaid storage container I drilled holes in and made compost in from garden scraps that kills plants makes indeterminate grape tomatoes thrive. A tomato plant grown in that huge container grows much faster and taller than those grown in smaller, more expensive self watering containers. My current Sungold tomato plant I bought at a nursery as a very small plant in May, and now I have topped it at over 7 feet tall. I secure its main stem with a gentle rubber ball tie meant for hanging Christmas lights! It is super easy to adjust as more stems need secured too, or moving it as the plant grows. I just use 3. I use a green sturdy pole I bought at the store meant for this purpose, and was inexpensive and reusable for many years, which is about 8 feet tall.

    My only issue:
    Getting the tomatoes to ripen quickly. It is July 22, and the Sungold is still growing the tomatoes and sizing them up, but not ripe yet.

    The currant tomato in a smaller planter is growing well, but has no tomatoes yet at all. 😢

30. @deathnote4242b 2 months ago

    Could i swap the coco fiber for peat moss or would it thow off the ph to much?

31. @SweetLdyK 1 month ago

    This a very thorough video. Not only is the content good, you provide step by step instructions & “ summarize “ at the end. Thank you very much. 👍