Pot is about 1 gallon, I’ve read that these types should be in a 5gal or even 10gal pot. I also haven’t seen any issues with the plant so far; growing and fruiting like crazy. Should I transplant to a big pot or just leave it be for now?
1 gal is nowhere near enough - it will be a problem as the plant grows and grow it will since it’s indeterminate. I use 40L (10.5 gal) pots for tomato plants.
If you go bigger, the plant should also grow taller. You’ll need stakes or a frame to help hold up the branches especially one it starts throwing tomatoes. I have 2 in 5 gal pots in a screened patio. They are about 1.5 meters tall and growing.
It all comes down to what you want at the end of the day. Not trying to plant-shame in the slightest, but under optimal conditions, your plant would be well over the 6’ mark at this point in the season.
If you’re just looking to have some plants around, learn a bit, and maybe get something tasty - do whatever makes you happy.
If you want to start getting decent produce, you should use a bigger container or go in-ground. A 5-gal bucket with some drainage holes is good bang for the buck, but basically the absolute bare minimum for large indeterminates. If you don’t want to make life hard for yourself, switch to a patio-friendly cultivar or aim for a ~20 gal container next year.
Not trying to plant-shame in the slightest, but under optimal conditions, your plant would be well over the 6’ mark at this point in the season.
This really depends on where you live. I’m in Zone 6a and a 1’ tall tomato plant is doing pretty well right now. We have some posters who are up in Canada and I don’t think they’re even passed their last frost date.
Yup. I’m in zone 6 and my tomatoes are just barely a foot tall.
Edit: actually I looked this morning and they’re more like 8"
6b near 6a chiming in. Our last frost date is around Mother’s Day, but it’s been so cool recently that we only put out toms in the ground this week. Probably a little over 1’ tall since we buried a little stalk.
Shout out to Gardening in Canada for pointing out that tomatoes pause growing when the temp drops below 50 F.
50 F
The same is true and to an ever greater extent for peppers. If temperature drops below 10C / 50F you can expect zero plant growth for up to a week. This effectively limits plant growth season to 10-12 weeks in 6B - it will still flower and fruit after that, but the plant will hardly grow.
Yeah… We had to bring our peppers back inside for hopefully the last time because it dropped down to 40 over the weekend. The tomatoes were in the ground already but a couple cool nights shouldn’t be a big deal in the long run.
I got it as a start at the beginning of the month. I also don’t have any yard so can’t plant it in-ground. Thanks for the advice though
I’ve had good luck in fabric / cloth pots. They are prone to drying out BUT if you water them with a drip pan under them you’ll be fine.
They work really really well for my plants I grow on my deck.
I had decently sized plants hanging off my deck in 3 gallon grow bags.
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