Can someone give me some tips for keeping my tomato plants alive?

So far they are doing very well but I have 5 stems in each pot and I don't think they will have enough room eventually. I cannot plant them in a garden because we live upstairs in a condo. Should I get more pots?How many per pot? How deep should they be (the pots)? How often should I water? All help/tips are greatly appreciated especially for those of you with experience in growing tomatoes. Thanks!

Can someone give me some tips for keeping my tomato plants alive?
I have my own "deck garden" ....each tomato plant is in it's own 12 inch pot with a little trellace and small stones/rocks at the bottom of the pot to prevent root rot and provides drainage. They like sun, fertilize once every month and water every other day morning or early evening, unless it rains.
Reply:Coffee grounds that have been used.
Reply:You have too many stems in a pot. Get more pots and transplant them. You need to give the roots space to grow. I would put 1 or no more than 2 plants to a pot (depending on the size of your pots). Set them on a window sill to get some sunlight. Water when you see they are dry (about once a week should be fine). I would add a little liquid plant food to your water when you water your plants.
Reply:one plant per pot


pot should be at least 8" deep


make or buy a small wire cage to hold it together


when growing or use bamboo sticks and lightly


tie the stem to the stick with pieces of nylons.


lay news paper at the base and cover with grass


clippings. water enough to saturate the paper and grass


only 2 - 3 times per week.





The paper lets the ink drip into the soil witch kills any


tomato breeding insects, the grass keeps the paper


down and holds in the moisture longer.





Good luck
Reply:You only want one tomato plant per pot. You should water them everyday in the early morning. Good luck!


Christina
Reply:I'm and not clear on what coffee grounds have to do with watering but they are good for keeping certain bugs away..


Other than that, Christina is correct.. Unless you already have big pots, they will overgrow each other and not produce effectively.. Tomatoes will SUCK UP the water so fewer plants per pot is better.. The catch is if you pot them into super size post when they are very small, you have to be extremely sensitive to how much you water them because if they stay wet, they will rot off and die. So either step the pots up gradually or water them conservatively and wait until they are dry before hitting them again.. That also helps keep away fungus.


If you follow these directions and you still have problems with them starting to look like they are going to rot at the base, it is a fungus.. You will need to lightly sprinkle some lime on the top of the soil around the plant and that will usually take care of the fungus and the rotting.

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