Place a tomato cage or stakes in the garden pot as soon as possible. "Most determinate tomatoes will benefit from tomato cages when they start setting heavy fruit,” says Colburn. Waiting until the ...

Growing tomatoes in containers might seem like a difficult task, but if you choose the correct variety and take proper care ...

Growing tomatoes in containers, actually growing just about anything in a container rather than in the ground, presents the double-edged-sword of horticulture.

The container should be at least 10 to 12 inches deep. Whatever container used will need adequate holes in the bottom. Tomatoes require full sun, at least six to eight hours a day, as well as ...

Container-grown tomatoes benefit from a practice called bottom pruning. “This method removes the lower leaves from the stem of the tomato as it grows upwards,” adds Ohler.

Homegrown tomatoes warm the hearts of folks with land or without. Those of us with limited real estate for cultivating often plant in pots and may believe we are limited in the varieties that take ...

Q. What size container, and potting mix, would you recommend for growing tomatoes? — B. Axson, ChesapeakeA. While there are many benefits to growing in containers, the biggest drawback is water ...

TIM BOYLE/GETTY IMAGESMany hot pepper varieties grow well in large pots.Q. I will like to know where I can purchase different kinds of hot pepper seeds and other plants, and which plants I can ...

Sow tomato seeds in containers now, to plant outdoors in about eight weeks. Any kind of container will do as long as it has drain holes. Sow the seed about 1/8th-inch deep in moistened seed ...