Containers are particularly useful if you don t have in ground garden space.
Growing roma tomatoes in pots.
Five controllable factors are essential for successfully growing tomato plants in containers.
This can help to encourage more growth of the roots.
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.
A pot with at least 14 16inches height and 20 24 inches diameter are best suitable for growing roma tomatoes.
If you have enough space in your garden you can grow roma tomatoes in the soil.
Germinating romaine tomatoes image courtesy.
Whereas if you do not have good space you can keep your tomatoes in the containers which are drained well.
Containers can be placed on a balcony porch patio driveway or deck.
Windowbox roma is one of the few readily available dwarf types and can be grown in a pot as small as 14 inches and.
If you grow the tomatoes through seeds sow two to three seeds to about 1 4 inch deep of the soil of each pot.
Few varieties of roma tomatoes have been developed for container growing.
When growing roma tomatoes you can start them from seeds or buy seedlings from your local nursery.
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.
Place tomato pots in front of a sunny window for 6 12 hours of sun a day.
A great benefit to growing tomatoes in containers is portability.
Plant your sprouts deep really deep so that they can develop a strong root system and grow more vigorously.
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.
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.
They are best started indoors about 6 to 8 weeks before the last frost date.
Once your roma tomato plants are 6 12 inches 15 to 30 5 cm high start staking the roma tomatoes up off the ground.