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Old 13-06-2003, 04:20 PM
Thomas Curmudgeon
 
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Default Tomato plants in pots

Mceezee wrote:
I bought tomato plants this year (Big Boy) and with all the rain we had every
weekend never put them into the ground. I just planted them in a large pot
instead for the time being.

Will tomato plants grow like this (I like in NJ) or do they need to go into the
ground to establish their full growth? Every year I want to get "patio"
tomatoes but by the time I get around to it they are gone or I can't find them.
Can I make the regular tomato plants "patio" tomatoes instead?


I have a plant in a huge plastic pot. Once tomatoes set last year the
plant turned brown. I know I was over watering it then. I was watering
it almost a gallon a day. But the same thing happened this year when I
was more careful.

I wonder if the plastic pot has anything to do with it. The common red
clay pots breath, albeit very little. I can't figure out what else the
problem is.

Each year the thing grew like a monster weed until maturity.