A terra-cotta pot paired with these supports is ideal for determinate tomatoes, which don't grow as tall as indeterminate varieties. Drive five 1-by-1-inch stakes into soil, to bottom of pot; stakes should be long enough to stand 4 feet above the soil. Plant a seedling in center of the pot. Wind nylon twine star shapes around stakes at 6-inch intervals.
Ilive in apt, on the third floor, facing west, i do need a container grown tomatoe, i really do not like cherry type tomaoes, what else could i grow??
are determinet tomatoes a cherry tomatoe?
Sorry, I meant determinate! They stay shorter and don't turn into vines.
The seed packet tells you if it's indeterminate, i.e., the type that stays smaller. Also, look for varieties in seed catalogs made for growing in pots.
Where do you get the kind of tomatoe plants that don't grow tall?Which book tells more on this?
A very cute addition to the garden, I have some in the lettuce patches.