Enjoy great tomatoes grown in containers.

A real success story about growing tomatoes in big buckets. This brilliant idea was brought about by necessity. As they say necessity is the mother of invention.

The buckets can be bought quite cheaply or a neighbor may have a few spare ones. Drill a few holes for drainage and fill with a compost soil mix. The mix must be free draining as tomatoes do not like to sit in water.

Plan a watering regime and stick to it. over watering can cause them to crack and under watering can cause losses. you will need to stake or build a cage as shown. Pruning the tomato plant will give a good even sized fruit and eliminate too many small ones.

Plants in containers produce large quantities of produce and use a lot less water. Water in a lot of areas is becoming to scarce or too expensive, so any way to reduce that is a bonus.

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Image source; RiverCliff Cottage.

Planting Tomatoes In Five-Gallon Buckets

Tomatoes like to grow deep, and they like to be dry. They are a berry. I can control how much water they get in these buckets, plus the amazing compost is very loamy and drains. I’m expecting great things from these Five-Gallon Bucket Tomatoes. I hope I’m not disappointed. Another thing about buckets is that they are cheaper than pots. At Lowe’s (my True Love), you can buy a bucket for $2.50.

This story comes from Mendota, Virginia and explains how this experiment led to a very productive method of growing tomatoes. Click here to see images and read more about growing tomatoes in big buckets.

The other fantastic thing about this method is that you are able to move them around to suit the weather conditions at the time and protect them if a bad storm is o the way