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Question by jennnnn: Can a person grow tomato plants indoors?
I am moving to a new house that I bought in a few weeks, but I would like to start growing some tomato plants now. Any suggestions on how I can grow them indoors, have a certain size of potting plant, certain type of window for sunlight and having support for the plant? Any advice would be great.
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Answer by p11king123
Yes, go to a hydroponics store and they can set you up with the equipment and give you advice to get you started….
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i suppose you can, but it is no good. Tomatoes need a lot of sun. They are also a vine so they need room to stretch, above and below ground.
yes u just hav to get the right sort
You betcha, but you’ll need some special grow lights.
I say no, they need full day of sun light, at least 8 hours and no fake light can replace the full sun.
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Start them in seed trays, and put near sunny window. If you don’t have a sunny window, use grow lights. You can find them at stores specializing in plants, or an all-purpose home and garden store.
You can grow one plant in a 6-inch pot or two plants in larger pots.
Tomatoes prefer well-drained, highly organic soil as well as a soil PH between 6 and 7.
Water slowly and deeply to promote root growth.
Check out this site on container gardening:
http://www.stretcher.com/stories/03/03mar17a.cfm
Try getting a 5 gallon bucket and planting a tomato plant in there. It’s large enought that you can still get one of the cages around it and it is still portable enough to set wherever. Try placing it near a sunny window or leave it on a porch to get some sun.
If you are moving in a few weeks, you could wait and buy a small tomato plant from a local nursery and still use the 5 gallon bucket if your new garden isn’t prepped for planting yet.
Tomato plants are pretty hardy little creatures and with a decent amount of light and water I am sure it will be fine!
I grew up on a homestead in Alaska. We had huge tomato plants every year in greenhouses. They will do fine inside with sunlight. If you get determinate plants they will only grow to a certain size something like 3 feet. If you get indeterminates they will grow to the ceiling if you let them. They have to be pruned alot, or they will try to take over your house!!!