Tomatoes are the proper crop for small areas: rewarding, productive and scrumptious. Few individuals know extra about rising tomatoes in containers than Nick Chenhall, tomato fanatic and the person behind the superb Tomato Rising web site.
Within the video under, Nick shares his six prime tricks to get a giant crop of tasty tomatoes. Watch the video until the very finish to find that tomato rising isn’t Nick’s solely expertise! In a nutshell Nick’s six prime ideas are:
1. Select the suitable dimension container for the variability
- At the least a six litre (1.5 gallon) for dwarf, bush varieties or vining cherry tomatoes.
- At the least a ten litre (2 gallon) for a bigger beefsteak tomato.
2. Develop cherry tomatoes quite than huge beefsteak tomatoes.
Cherry tomatoes develop and ripen extra simply, and can normally offer you a greater crop. Dwarf, bush cherry tomatoes (excellent for small pots and hanging baskets) beneficial by Nick embrace
- Minibel
- Microtom
- Tom Thumb
- Balconi Pink
- Balconi Yellow
And vine cherry tomatoes varieties Nick recommends embrace
- Black cherry
- Gardeners delight
- Sungold (F1)
- Solar Cherry Premium (F1)
Selected a non F1 selection if you wish to save your individual seeds – it is simple to do with tomatoes (here is how).
3. Make sure the roots of your tomatoes obtain provide of air.
- Add 10 – 20% perlite to your rising combine
- Use an Airpot or drill a number of small holes within the facet of your pot for the roots to breathe.
- Or, insert a tube with holes drilled in it, into the rising combine.
4. Assist your tomatoes with stakes or strings.
- Bush tomatoes additionally profit from help.
5. When watering, it is essential the entire soil space is saturated with water.
- Add a cup of used washing up water to your watering can as soon as each couple of weeks. This acts as a wetting agent, and helps re-wet areas which have dried out.
6. Feed little and infrequently
- Nick recommends utilizing a tomato feed, diluted greater than on the directions and used extra typically.
- For instance, you would possibly feed half the beneficial dose twice as typically.
Your flip
What’s your favorite tomato selection or tomato rising tip? I might love to listen to within the feedback under. Extra tomato rising ideas from Nick for Vertical Veg Neighborhood subscribers – together with the perfect natural feeds, how one can prepare tomatoes, and the advantages of transplanting child tomato vegetation into clear plastic beer mugs!