Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Can I re pot my tomato plants while flowering?

I have large pots(20Ltrs) with four tomato plants in each one and now I think that thay are too crowded, my problem is that thay are flowering and some even bear fruit, I don`t think I should repot them, but my husband thinks I should. Please help as this is my first time growing tomatos and i don`t want to ruin them.

Can I re pot my tomato plants while flowering?
Last year was my first with tomatoes in pots. Same as you.


I had 5gal. pot and 4 tomato plants... By the middle of summer with around 100 degrees, I'd have to flood ( I mean


Flood) twice a day at least, and sometimes that wasn't


even enough! If the plants have been in for a while their


roots grow like wildfire and should be completely intact


for easy transplanting. Their heavy-have hubby help.


Next year buy determinate tomatoes...Very best for pots.
Reply:yes you can put them in bigger pot
Reply:You can and should repot the plants. They may or may not be briefly stunted (tomatoes are pretty easy to transplant). However, even if they are briefly stunted, it will be far less worse than allowing to remain starved and rootbound. Repot them individually into containers and plant them deeper than you had them before. Then water them with miracle gro or another water soluble fertilizer.


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