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Have ordered, they serve fine, they aren't extremely durable but you may get a few seasons out of them. Will be impossible to move the bigger ones once full, put them on a rolling stand if you you want to move them around. Plenty fine for a first run, there are more expensive higher quality fabric pots out there, or the plastic air root style pots if you really want to bust the budget. They won't hold water as long as straight plastic, good for the plants, just requires more frequent watering.
Ya, I realized that moving a 45gal container would be pretty much impossible after lifting just a 5gal one. Whoops.
The smaller ones I'm going to set out on a raised 2'x8' plank that gets about 9-10hrs of direct sun each day. Rolling platforms for the 45gal pots is a great idea, but I dont have anywhere with good sun that I'd be able to actually roll them. Might have to acquire a wood pallet or two to put them on.
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cs, you'll be fine growing stuff in CA with a late start. Up north we can't plant until after the last frost which will be 2-3 weeks from now and we get shut down when the frost hits in October. Depending on the variety you're looking at 70-90 days for tomatoes to ripen, so mid-late July.
Do you know what varieties you're going to plant? There are two types of tomato plants, determinant and indeterminant. Determinant set all their fruit at pretty much the same time and then stop producing, so you get a smaller yield per plant and once they're done, they're done.
Indeterminant keep producing new fruit until the frost, which make them better than determinant imo, but they grow huge. My plants get over 6' tall and 4-5' wide. So you may not be able to grow these in containers, but maybe in your 45 gal.
Okay, basically this https://farmtojar.com/growing-heirlo...atoes-in-pots/
Do you know what varieties you're going to plant? There are two types of tomato plants, determinant and indeterminant. Determinant set all their fruit at pretty much the same time and then stop producing, so you get a smaller yield per plant and once they're done, they're done.
Indeterminant keep producing new fruit until the frost, which make them better than determinant imo, but they grow huge. My plants get over 6' tall and 4-5' wide. So you may not be able to grow these in containers, but maybe in your 45 gal.
Okay, basically this https://farmtojar.com/growing-heirlo...atoes-in-pots/
Was hoping I'd be ok starting late here.
Wow that's huge!
The seeds I bought were a variety pack with 1 envelope each of Black Cherry, Black Krim, Black From Tula, Cherokee Purple & Black Sea Man and are all indeterminate. Would pruning make using any of the smaller pots feasible?
(I ordered 3 of the 45gal ones last night and now they're sold out.)
I also bought a few 4" tomato plants in case I suck at getting seedlings to sprout. The Striped Pineapple and Red Zebra are supposed to only grow 24"-36", so determinant?
And a Dixie Golden Giant that is grafted - I have no idea what to expect size wise and the label doesn't mention it.
The pepper plants are jalapeno and Anaheim. No idea how big those get.
This mostly started out as a fun grow project for the kids to do, and watering every day will give them a daily activity.
But man, even buying budget supplies I've already spent enough on containers, plants, soil, cages, etc to buy a lifetime supply of store bought tomatoes lol
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