Five controllable factors are essential for successfully growing tomato plants in containers.
Growing roma tomatoes in pots.
Plant your sprouts deep really deep so that they can develop a strong root system and grow more vigorously.
Containers are particularly useful if you don t have in ground garden space.
Windowbox roma is one of the few readily available dwarf types and can be grown in a pot as small as 14 inches and.
Whereas if you do not have good space you can keep your tomatoes in the containers which are drained well.
You can move the containers to take advantage of the best growing conditions.
Containers can be placed on a balcony porch patio driveway or deck.
Place tomato pots in front of a sunny window for 6 12 hours of sun a day.
A pot with at least 14 16inches height and 20 24 inches diameter are best suitable for growing roma tomatoes.
Once your roma tomato plants are 6 12 inches 15 to 30 5 cm high start staking the roma tomatoes up off the ground.
Romas do tend to be a little easier to grow than other tomatoes due to the fact than many are fusarium and verticillium wilt resistant.
When growing roma tomatoes you can start them from seeds or buy seedlings from your local nursery.
Roma tomato plants require a long growing season.
They are best started indoors about 6 to 8 weeks before the last frost date.
Dig a hole that s deep enough to cover about two thirds of the tomato stem.
When growing roma tomatoes in pots make sure to plant them about 14 to 20 inches apart from each other.
Roma tomato sprout transplanted to 5 inch pot.
If you grow the tomatoes through seeds sow two to three seeds to about 1 4 inch deep of the soil of each pot.
Also provide extra depth so the plants can easily absorb and transport water it also helps them to get nutrients from the soil helping them to achieve the optimum height.
Growing roma tomatoes in pots if you planned to grow the roma tomatoes prior to 3 months of the last frost date then you can grow seedlings.
Germinating romaine tomatoes image courtesy.
This can help to encourage more growth of the roots.