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Thanks! size of tomato pot
Do you have any idea what cultivar you have. In any event you will need to
transplant your healthiest seedlings to larger pots. How large depends on whether you have a miniature plant, a small plant (The cultivar "Patio" for example), a medium plant like "Celebrity" or a full size plant. The small category are prolific bearers for the size of the plant, so if your current tomatoes don't pan out look to the small type cultivars next, They are very good for containers. |
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Thanks! size of tomato pot
Do you have any idea what cultivar you have. In any event you will need to
transplant your healthiest seedlings to larger pots. How large depends on whether you have a miniature plant, a small plant (The cultivar "Patio" for example), a medium plant like "Celebrity" or a full size plant. The small category are prolific bearers for the size of the plant, so if your current tomatoes don't pan out look to the small type cultivars next, They are very good for containers. |
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Frank wrote:
Yeah, this is my first year of gardening. And poor me, I don't have any ground space, only have a balcony facing northwest. After I pot the tomato to a bigger pot, I have to put it to the balcony. I'd be very happy if I can get 2 tomatoes. :-) Finger crossed! You'll be the envy of your whole apartment. As for the sprouts, I eat them. Andrew |
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Thanks! size of tomato pot
Frank wrote:
Yeah, this is my first year of gardening. And poor me, I don't have any ground space, only have a balcony facing northwest. After I pot the tomato to a bigger pot, I have to put it to the balcony. I'd be very happy if I can get 2 tomatoes. :-) Finger crossed! You'll be the envy of your whole apartment. As for the sprouts, I eat them. Andrew |
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Frank wrote:
Thanks a lot for all your encouragement. Looks like I do have to pot on to a muuuuch bigger pot. The 10 seeds are currently in the 6" diameter pot. I put it by the southeast facing kitchen window and anxiously waiting for its sprouts. oh, sounds like I have to keep only the strongest one in the pot eventually. Do you just discard the other ones or pot them somewhere else? Just a little hesitate to "kill". :-P Yeah, this is my first year of gardening. And poor me, I don't have any ground space, only have a balcony facing northwest. After I pot the tomato to a bigger pot, I have to put it to the balcony. I'd be very happy if I can get 2 tomatoes. :-) Finger crossed! Normally you sow all your tomato seeds into a pot or box or whatever and keep them warm (25°C). As soon as they get their fist 'real pair of leaves you take the healthies ones and plant them into new pots, about 10-15cm diameter. Plant them deeper than they were before. Give them much light. After two or three days you could keep them cooler (about 15-16°C) with much much light, they would flower earlier. If you can only keep them at home between 20-25°C, no problem, they will just flower one or two weeks later. Here where I live, we can plant our tomatoes outdoors mid-may, when there will be no late frost anymore. We plant them deeper again, they will get more roots then. You can plant them in a 10 liter pot or bucket. Did I mention that tomatoes need lots of light...? Don't give them a fertilizer with too much nitrogen, they will grow too vigorously, but won't set more fruits. Use a fertilzer with more potassium than nitrogen. Professionels grow them without soil at all, just fertilizer solution. But they have to take great care about the solution, hobbyists can't afford this kind of analytics. There are several hundred kind of tomatoes: 'normal' red ones, yellow ones, almost black ones, tomatoes with stripes, pearshaped tomatoes, eggshaped tomatoes, one pounders, two pounders, cherry-sized tomatoes... If you have one of the cherry-sized cultivars, 200 tomatoes might be possible, if there's enough sun for the plant. Tomatoes don't like too much moisture, but don't let them dry up completely too often. Use Google, there should be plenty of advice concerning tomatoes. Bye, Robert |
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Frank wrote:
Thanks a lot for all your encouragement. Looks like I do have to pot on to a muuuuch bigger pot. The 10 seeds are currently in the 6" diameter pot. I put it by the southeast facing kitchen window and anxiously waiting for its sprouts. oh, sounds like I have to keep only the strongest one in the pot eventually. Do you just discard the other ones or pot them somewhere else? Just a little hesitate to "kill". :-P Yeah, this is my first year of gardening. And poor me, I don't have any ground space, only have a balcony facing northwest. After I pot the tomato to a bigger pot, I have to put it to the balcony. I'd be very happy if I can get 2 tomatoes. :-) Finger crossed! Normally you sow all your tomato seeds into a pot or box or whatever and keep them warm (25°C). As soon as they get their fist 'real pair of leaves you take the healthies ones and plant them into new pots, about 10-15cm diameter. Plant them deeper than they were before. Give them much light. After two or three days you could keep them cooler (about 15-16°C) with much much light, they would flower earlier. If you can only keep them at home between 20-25°C, no problem, they will just flower one or two weeks later. Here where I live, we can plant our tomatoes outdoors mid-may, when there will be no late frost anymore. We plant them deeper again, they will get more roots then. You can plant them in a 10 liter pot or bucket. Did I mention that tomatoes need lots of light...? Don't give them a fertilizer with too much nitrogen, they will grow too vigorously, but won't set more fruits. Use a fertilzer with more potassium than nitrogen. Professionels grow them without soil at all, just fertilizer solution. But they have to take great care about the solution, hobbyists can't afford this kind of analytics. There are several hundred kind of tomatoes: 'normal' red ones, yellow ones, almost black ones, tomatoes with stripes, pearshaped tomatoes, eggshaped tomatoes, one pounders, two pounders, cherry-sized tomatoes... If you have one of the cherry-sized cultivars, 200 tomatoes might be possible, if there's enough sun for the plant. Tomatoes don't like too much moisture, but don't let them dry up completely too often. Use Google, there should be plenty of advice concerning tomatoes. Bye, Robert |
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Thanks! size of tomato pot
Frank wrote:
Thanks a lot for all your encouragement. Looks like I do have to pot on to a muuuuch bigger pot. The 10 seeds are currently in the 6" diameter pot. I put it by the southeast facing kitchen window and anxiously waiting for its sprouts. oh, sounds like I have to keep only the strongest one in the pot eventually. Do you just discard the other ones or pot them somewhere else? Just a little hesitate to "kill". :-P Yeah, this is my first year of gardening. And poor me, I don't have any ground space, only have a balcony facing northwest. After I pot the tomato to a bigger pot, I have to put it to the balcony. I'd be very happy if I can get 2 tomatoes. :-) Finger crossed! Normally you sow all your tomato seeds into a pot or box or whatever and keep them warm (25°C). As soon as they get their fist 'real pair of leaves you take the healthies ones and plant them into new pots, about 10-15cm diameter. Plant them deeper than they were before. Give them much light. After two or three days you could keep them cooler (about 15-16°C) with much much light, they would flower earlier. If you can only keep them at home between 20-25°C, no problem, they will just flower one or two weeks later. Here where I live, we can plant our tomatoes outdoors mid-may, when there will be no late frost anymore. We plant them deeper again, they will get more roots then. You can plant them in a 10 liter pot or bucket. Did I mention that tomatoes need lots of light...? Don't give them a fertilizer with too much nitrogen, they will grow too vigorously, but won't set more fruits. Use a fertilzer with more potassium than nitrogen. Professionels grow them without soil at all, just fertilizer solution. But they have to take great care about the solution, hobbyists can't afford this kind of analytics. There are several hundred kind of tomatoes: 'normal' red ones, yellow ones, almost black ones, tomatoes with stripes, pearshaped tomatoes, eggshaped tomatoes, one pounders, two pounders, cherry-sized tomatoes... If you have one of the cherry-sized cultivars, 200 tomatoes might be possible, if there's enough sun for the plant. Tomatoes don't like too much moisture, but don't let them dry up completely too often. Use Google, there should be plenty of advice concerning tomatoes. Bye, Robert |
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Andrew McMichael wrote: Frank wrote: Yeah, this is my first year of gardening. And poor me, I don't have any ground space, only have a balcony facing northwest. After I pot the tomato to a bigger pot, I have to put it to the balcony. I'd be very happy if I can get 2 tomatoes. :-) Finger crossed! You'll be the envy of your whole apartment. As for the sprouts, I eat them. Andrew Ew!!! :-P -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katra at centurytel dot net,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
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