I chopped some cuttings off last year’s tomato plants and I plan to reuse them this year.
Question by A: How do I stake multiple tomato plants growing in one pot?
I have 2 tomato plants sharing a container and I am trying to figure out the best way to stake them. All of the instructions I am finding show how to stake just one plant. Any suggestions?
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Answer by Oreo
I would just separate them into their own pot so they will grow better. Add a dash of Epsom Salt after doing it. For bigger tomatoes once the plant is growing good look for new stems trying to grow between the bigger ones. They will look like a leaf. Pinch them off every couple days since they are just suckers taking a toll on the plant.
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@1godthor A few cans of Yoders beef chunks might do it. I bought a few
cases just in case.. (-:
>and keeping that instead of the starts. Nope. It was in a 5 gallon bucket
and I was living in the condo back then so I just cut some starts and put
them on the kitchen table. I was able to nurse them through the winter even
though they came down with some kind of fungus, and used them to grow two
new tomato plants the following year.
@1godthor I used to sub him a year or so ago but I recall he started saying
some things that irritated me, so I unsubdued. Every once in a while I see
one of his vids as a response to a vid I’m watching but I haven’t
re-subscribed at this point.
@Thingamujigger Ya they’re full spectrum. The reason they’re spindly is
that they’re trying to get more light. Once I move them outside that
problem should go away.
The Tomato DOCTOR!!! Nice work-
Great project! Can’t wait to see how long you can keep doing this.
have you thought about pruning back the main plant, and keeping that
instead of the starts.
@evcrawfish Saving seed would be cool but in my case many of the seeds
would likely be a cross between the vine and bush type. The next generation
might not be the most useful plant out there. If however I can continue
using the same exact plants and just clone them using the cutting method
then I won’t have to worry about seeds. This is an experiment of course.
@slobomotion In parts of the world where it doesn’t freeze, peppers are
perennials. In the north they’re annuals. Supposedly they grow into a
pretty stout bush when they get to be 3 or 4 years old.
@1godthor I never subbed your channel, sorry. That’s taken care of now
though. Yes, if you need to conserve other methods of fire starting, the
flashlight method is a good way to start a fire.
That is interesting. Keep us informed in the future if you would. Thank
you…
hey vention, awesome brother, looking forward to seeing if the tomato
plants can continue to fight off the fungus. good trait to save seed for
and share with your friends
@1godthor I just had to unsub him, also.
have you used any non- hybrid , non gmo seeds? you should be able to gather
seeds from the plants, and plant them again indefinitely. I havent tried
this, my living situation is like yours.
Cool experiment. Americangamefowl’s channel also has good gardening advice
and he addresses good fungus and bad fungus. He recommended Rodale’s Garden
Problem Solver. I got it used on Amazon for SIX bucks! Great simple guide.
I saved a bunch of seeds from last year and have already started some with
success. I planted tomato seed from last year today.
@vention4wh Since tomatoes are fussy about water on their leaves, you
probably did the right thing to pluck the leaves off. The nicotine thing
works well. You can use nasty old discarded cigarette butts you find! It
works! It’s an old fashioned treatment which works great. Usually one dose
of that and the perpetrators buy the farm. Ha ha ha ha!! xo
are you using a full spectrum bulb? reason i ask is because the plants look
a little “spindly” and that can come from a flourescent tube that is not
full spectrum.
I took a few pepper plants indoors for the winter, plucked off any dead or
wilted leaves, and kept them hydrated, but not too much. They seem to have
survived and be renewing. I will put them back on the windowsills asap. I
left others outside and the intense cold did eventually seem to kill them
off. Saw my first early spring flowers in Paris on Saturday. March in Paris
is the best, not April. That’s just a song and everyone falls for it!
@superjet2771 That’s not a bad idea. I’ll look for a very small fan next
year.
A light oil might help with the fungus problems in the future. Not sure
about plants immune systems, sounds like something Monsanto knows a bit
about. LOL Fungus problems are a side effect of damp weather or lack of air
flow. It is a good idea to run a fan on your plants when growing in doors
to keep the air moving reducing the chance for fungal start ups and also
strengthens the cell walls of the plant through the movement it causes.
@vention4wh That makes sense. One of them is already developing a stout
stalk. You can soak tobacco in distilled water and spray it on plants with
any mold or bug issues, but do NOT touch the water and never use that
sprayer for anything else! It is SO toxic! But it does wash away. You can
definitely eat the food later.
@TodaySurvive Me too. I almost threw them away when that fungus started
attacking them. Then I just picked off the leaves that were the most
infected. Eventually the plants seemed to figure out how to defeat the
fungus. Now the fungus is still there but it’s just barely hanging on, just
a shadow of it’s former self. I think my plants kicked it’s ass.
@2Girls1Zebra That’s the plan. How did you know?!!
Tomatoes need lots of room and can not be grown together in the same container. Even when grown in individual container you need a large – 18″ – 24″ pot and daily watering.
Sorry
Good luck
We jam two post/poles into the pot, when we first plant them, so they don’t rip through the roots. And then tie them up to the poles, using pipe-cleaners (loosely), until they shoot past the poles. Then we just pray they don’t get tangled up in everything else or a large storm doesn’t knock them over.
So far? Only got tangled up in something else once. Only got knocked over once. Grew them for over 12 years in containers. 😉
Added after reading the other answers:
A. Epsom salt is an old wives tale.
B. You don’t have to pinch off suckers. That’s an old wives tale too.
C. Assuming you’re container is 3 gallons or larger, you could have actually grown three in it. Two is better, if it’s only 3-5 gallons. We had three in a 25-gallon container for many years. (This is the first year we’re not growing tomatoes and the only reasons we’re not is hubby is a little allergic to tomatoes and squirrels ate too many.) Our record was five grape tomatoes in a 3-gallon pot, but that produced less tomatoes. You can actually grow a tomato in 1 quart pot. It just won’t grow big. (If you don’t believe me, do some googling for “deck gardens” or “urban container gardens” on YouTube. Plenty of evidence you can grow tomatoes in anything.)
D. People put too much effort into growing tomatoes. They make for one of the easiest plants to grow in containers.