Discover the Three Distinct Advantages of Growing Tomatoes in Containers
If you haven't grown tomatoes in containers before I would urge you to give it a try.
I'm going to show 3 advantages of growing container tomatoes compared to planting them in a vegetable garden.
Feeling the joy seeing your own plants grow and picking your own tomatoes is something everyone should experience.
All you need to get started is a small outdoor area that receives a reasonable amount of sunlight per day.
Advantage #1 - Container Tomatoes Can Make Your Patio More Attractive You can really make your patio area look very attractive with the addition of some well-maintained tomato plants.
There are a huge array of decorative containers that you can grow tomatoes from.
These include the traditional red clay or plastic pots, hanging baskets, painted pots in different colors, upside down tomato planters and many more.
You just need to ensure that the container provides at least 7 inches of soil depth and you are good to go.
Advantage #2 - Container Tomatoes Are Less Work To get setup all you need to do is get your potting mix and tomato plant along with some fertilizer and you are ready to plant.
If you have a smaller pot you should pick one of the shorter tomato plants like "Patio Princess" or "Red Cherry" - these only grow to 2-3 feet in height.
With larger pots you can look at varieties like "Better Boy" or "Early Girl".
You certainly don't need to mess around with large stakes or trellises like you might in the garden.
Whenever you attend to your plant you have a shorter distance to walk and if you have your container suspended or raised you don't need to bend down to water it.
Since you planted a smaller variety you have less pruning to do and you are not constantly tying your plant to a stake or cage as it grows ever larger.
Once your plant starts producing fruit your harvest will consist of simply walking out onto your patio, plucking a couple of tomatoes and then walking back to the kitchen.
Less than 2 minutes effort for fresh juicy homegrown tomatoes! Advantage #3 - You Avoid the Risk of Most Tomato Diseases By using a sterilized potting mix at the start and with your plants roots being isolated from other plants you dramatically reduce the risk of tomato diseases.
This is because many tomato diseases are caused by fungi that lurk in the soil.
Just try to ensure that you keep your leaves dry as this reduces the chances of disease even further.
I'm going to show 3 advantages of growing container tomatoes compared to planting them in a vegetable garden.
Feeling the joy seeing your own plants grow and picking your own tomatoes is something everyone should experience.
All you need to get started is a small outdoor area that receives a reasonable amount of sunlight per day.
Advantage #1 - Container Tomatoes Can Make Your Patio More Attractive You can really make your patio area look very attractive with the addition of some well-maintained tomato plants.
There are a huge array of decorative containers that you can grow tomatoes from.
These include the traditional red clay or plastic pots, hanging baskets, painted pots in different colors, upside down tomato planters and many more.
You just need to ensure that the container provides at least 7 inches of soil depth and you are good to go.
Advantage #2 - Container Tomatoes Are Less Work To get setup all you need to do is get your potting mix and tomato plant along with some fertilizer and you are ready to plant.
If you have a smaller pot you should pick one of the shorter tomato plants like "Patio Princess" or "Red Cherry" - these only grow to 2-3 feet in height.
With larger pots you can look at varieties like "Better Boy" or "Early Girl".
You certainly don't need to mess around with large stakes or trellises like you might in the garden.
Whenever you attend to your plant you have a shorter distance to walk and if you have your container suspended or raised you don't need to bend down to water it.
Since you planted a smaller variety you have less pruning to do and you are not constantly tying your plant to a stake or cage as it grows ever larger.
Once your plant starts producing fruit your harvest will consist of simply walking out onto your patio, plucking a couple of tomatoes and then walking back to the kitchen.
Less than 2 minutes effort for fresh juicy homegrown tomatoes! Advantage #3 - You Avoid the Risk of Most Tomato Diseases By using a sterilized potting mix at the start and with your plants roots being isolated from other plants you dramatically reduce the risk of tomato diseases.
This is because many tomato diseases are caused by fungi that lurk in the soil.
Just try to ensure that you keep your leaves dry as this reduces the chances of disease even further.