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In reply to the discussion: Time to get my garden on. [View all]

NRaleighLiberal

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5. Ah - the variety Velour from Johnny's- really looking forward to them!
Sat Jun 2, 2012, 10:13 PM
Jun 2012

Indeterminates in small pots - I tried this last year and it worked great. I use 2 gallon pots, use 4 foot poles - prune away all suckers except 1 (so two main growing stems). Once the first two clusters on each set fruit, top the plants (typically at the top of the pole - 4 feet) - this allows you to get good tomatoes from two trusses on two stems - plenty to save seed from, taste test, evaluate.

I've only fed the tomatoes once with dilute Miracle Gro plant food (1 tbsp/gallon - the blue stuff) - our driveway gets 6 hours of direct sun minimum - and I think the black pots and having them sit on the concrete heats the root area well and supercharges the plants!

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