Tomatoes In Containers - The Complete Guide

Tomatoes were just built for container life, let me show you why!

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[brandywvstrong]

Going to be planting this evening. Have 3 new metal raised beds to go with my grow bags. Can’t wait for some fresh tomatoes 🍅 🥰🍅

[arubaguy]

I have grown tomatoes and peppers in fabric bags for many years. For "soil", I've found a mix of 1/3 coconut fiber, 1/3 composted manure, and 1/3 good quality bagged potting mix, with a top-dressing of 1" of composted fish waste and bat guano from a bag. I mulch each plant with 1-2" of pine shavings. This setup allows me to grow ANY tomatoes in 5 gallon bags, and peppers in 1 gallon bags with phenomenal success. It's not the quantity of "soil", it's the quality that counts. I start all my plants from seed and exclusively feed them with 1tsp honey, 1tsp active dry yeast, and 1 cup of whole milk diluted in 1 quart of water until they plants blossom, then switch to a composted manure "tea" throughout their lives. I reuse the same soil year after year with only fresh compost added every year to rejuvenate. This works great in Central Lower Michigan.
One more thing - dig a hole in the soil and plant the seedlings much deeper than they were in the starting cups. I recommend TWICE as deep. Remove the bottom stems and leaves and cover those stalks. The "hairs will grow into roots and the plants will thrive.

[SweetLdyK]

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. 👍

[janicepottie]

Thanks for another great video! Greetings from Cape Breton!

[Maggie-eqcd]

Thank you once again Jeff. I so enjoy your videos. This information is so helpful as I only use fabric containers same as the type you show here. Your expertise is great. Fingers crossed we get some fruit. It's rained so much thus season, but the up side is the rain water. The video you did on rain water was excellent. Take care Maggie UK

[northerngirlhobbies]

I started 17 different varieties from seed. I can’t wait for harvest time to begin.

[jamesrhoades]

Well done!! Really well done—best basic tutorial on tomatoes in containers that I seen

[sandyhayden-bristow]

Awesome video and tons of good information as always! ❤ A trick I use with my fabric grow bags is to make a continuous plastic sheeting 'pan' to catch all the rainwater and those nutrients that were washing out. This allows the soil to grab all the moisture it wants and reduces the amount of fertilizing needed. This way my plants have continual access to any moisture they need. You do have to be careful with big rain storms and clear out excessive water. I like to keep it at the one inch mark after heavy storms. If I do need to water, I simply pour the water into the 'pan' which avoids getting the foliage damp and risking molds and mildews.

[suzannehaag]

Great, informative video🍅I really appreciate the guidance with fertilizer! So many opinions it gets confusing:) Thank you.

[davidthedeaf]

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. 😢

[amybrown]

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

[kenpernak]

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.

[jimgadd]

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

[christinebrooks]

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

[harryhoudini]

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.

[SazzadAli-ug]

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.

[Darrellbythelake]

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...👍

[Mechanicturfgear]

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 .

[stephenhope]

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.

[melindaroth]

Always excellent Teaching here Jeff. Thank you Brother 😊❤