Grow Cherry Tomatoes in a Container

Cherry tomatoes differ from other tomatoes and those differences have to be taken into account. I had a lot of viewers taking my advice on how I grow regular tomatoes and using it for cherries with disastrous results. Lets clear all that up here and show you how to grow cherry tomatoes in containers as well as in the ground.

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[cindykq]

A cherry tomato plant started growing on its own in my compost bin last year. It was huge and the most productive one I've ever had.

[margaretvanson]

Here in New Zealand we call suckers, laterals. I pinch some of the laterals out and plant them. The grow quickly and bear fruit. Free plants.

[jamessteffens]

I'm 80 years old. I only use is concrete wire, I make a circle out it. After a few years its gets rusty so I paint them with a aluminum paint. I'm still gardening

[shelwhitley]

Back for the refresher versions of these videos. I hope everyone has a great growing season!

[tammya]

Wow! I’ve been plucking off the suckers of my Sungold tomatoe plant. Won’t do that anymore. These tomatoes are some of the sweetest cherry tomatoes I’ve eaten. It’s winter now and they are still growing in Southern California.

[corinnenygren]

How can anyone NOT learning something from your videos-they’re the best. The two tomato cages together is genius, I’ll have to try that this year. Thanks again Brian.

[DeaIudex]

My grandma who’s been growing cherry tomato for years always said to cut the leaf under the suckers once they get big enough, so that the plant will put energy into growing the fruit bearing part. This directly contradicted all the tomato videos I’ve watched. Finally, your video is the first that’s told me to do what my grandma does, but for cherry tomatoes only! I finally feel justified and like I’m not going crazy. Thanks!

[laurasharp]

As a first time gardener of cherry tomatoes, this video has come in handy😊

[JaeOnasi]

We save our eggshells, wash them out, bake them to make sure bad bacteria are killed, and then grind them up for some calcium. We leave some for the birds, too.

[DavidJA]

My first video, I'm not even growing tomatoes, just enjoying the sight of an awesome brother ❤

[alphacentauri]

I learned to garden organically from watching how my grandparents did it. They never bought any amendments or soil conditioners. They only put down heaps of compost and manure in late fall after the last harvest and cleanup and then tilled in spring. Once it was warm to plant they sowed their seeds and planted their tomatoes and peppers and added fresh grass clippings throughout the summer to keep down weeds and enrich the soil. The tomatoes were out of this world with flavor and we could never eat a store bought tomato after the last of these wonderful fruits was eaten and all with simple readily available organics.

[jimsingleton]

I planted two CHERRY 100's last year in Colorado. They both grew to between seven and eight feet and had so many delicious tomatoes!! If you can find them you will be thrilled with the results!

[robinsmith]

Thank you. I've done cherry tomatoes in pots for several years. My neighbors love me. I give sandwich bags full ALL summer long.

[rebekahfrye]

Since you are not a huge cherry tomato fan, I will give you our favorite recipe to use lots of them. Use whatever you like as your favorite crust (unbaked), brush with a bit of olive oil, top with some shreaded herbs, then halved cherry tomatoes, cut side down, salt and pepper. Bake at 375 until bubbly. Magic happens in the oven. You can drizzle some pesto or sour cream if you like, but these never last long.

[D.A.Hanks]

I always plant deep. In fact I grow them long and leggy in the pots just for that reason. I also like to lay them over and plant that deeply as well. I can sometimes get almost two feet of stem under the dirt. When planting sideways, you can leave a side shoot intact, and it will make a second vine from the same rootstock.

[WeArePoleGem]

In my younger days I put a foot of yard dirt n grass clippings in 6 stainless trash cans in fall. They had lids and drain holes 2" up sides not on bottom. Bury to cover drain holes so worms get in. Over Winter we tossed in n mixed up all kitchen scraps from our large family. ... used paper napkins n cardboard too.

In spring lined with cardboard and filled with soil to plant cherry tomato in each.... fed neighborhood all Summer 😊 they grew to 12 feet wired to garage!

[junechamberlin]

I like the way you show us everything step by step. Really easy to understand your directions for a newbie like myself.

[sharontabor]

My mother had a green thumb and could grow anything with minimal effort. She planted cherry tomatoes in a flower bed and just let them grow rampant. Our family of 6 had more tomatoes than we could ever eat.

[elmerbefuddled]

Compact dwarf cherry tomato varieties are great when you need to fit 2-3 plants in one large container. Just make sure there's extra soil, water, nutrients & airflow. Six to eight hours of full sun too. Noticed plants placed to receive the first blast of cooler early morning light grow & produce the best. (Plants placed to receive mostly blazing mid to late afternoon light wilt & struggle with spotting & other diseases much more.)

[growinginbaltimore]

Great advice. I've always wonder why my yield was small. I was discarding the suckers. I didn't realize that this is not to be done with cherry tomatoes. Thank you.