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I want to grow some sort of tomato bush variety. I want to grow them out of a hanging basket.
Please give me your ideas...
Please give me your ideas...
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Hanging baskets are normally used for trailing toms, cherry toms etc. If you want to try growing a bush tom, maybe consider an upside down planter.sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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This may help you decide on a variety Best tomatoes for hanging baskets - Telegraph
The bush tomatoes that I grow are much too big for a hanging basket. As BM said, you need a trailing tom that is recommended for growing in a basket, which excludes a lot of "bush" tomatoes.Comment
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Hundreds and Thousands is a fantastic tasting cherry tomato, really rich flavour, I dont know why it isnt more popular, I grow Sungold last year aswell and for me the Hundreds and thousands was the better tasting.Comment
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I love 100s&1000s too. They can be a bit thick skinned at the start but they lose that as they go on. They are VERY prolifichttp://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbiaComment
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I'm growing maskotka this year and tumbling tomLast edited by Scarlet; 30-03-2015, 02:25 AM.Comment
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I grow Maskota for a bush tomato too. I've never tried growing them in a hanging basket though....
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I grow Maskotka too, really good but find Tumbling Tom tasteless by comparison. There is quite a bit of personal taste here too so try a few and see what you like. As already said, most bush types are too big for baskets.Originally posted by Scarlet View Post
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Maksota: baskets, buckets, bed, grow bags, grow bags folded over crop bars. It's tough as anything and will give you a crop even while it's dying at the end of the season. The only proviso is some people find it a bit sharp. Latah is all right, I don't think I gave it the best chance a couple of years ago, it is very sprawly so it's going straight into a hanging position high up in the tunnel. I've just noticed Real Seeds have one that's a bit blight tolerant - one for me for next year maybe but too big for a basket.Last edited by marchogaeth; 30-03-2015, 07:01 AM."A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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I grow Garden Pearl and Peardrops is a good yellow one as well.
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I'd agree that Peardrops is nice too.Originally posted by Thelma Sanders View Post
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
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I'm trying both as early sown toms...Maskotka on your recommendation! I know taste is personal...kids love quite bland toms, I love something with a bit of bite. Hoping I can get them both to fruit well before my later sown toms, I'm already doing the walk to and fro the GH morning and nightOriginally posted by Alison View PostLast edited by Scarlet; 30-03-2015, 12:05 PM.Comment
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Gah! I wasn't meant to be buying any more seeds this year, now I've gone and ordered these. I couldn't resist a yellow tom to compliment my red, orange and 'black' ones.Originally posted by Thelma Sanders View PostHe-Pep!Comment
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I'm going to have several sowings of Maksota this year to see if I can send my two students of to uni in September with something that will crop for a reasonable length of time. The plants I put in in "late" last year weren't worth taking. (Other crops do make the journey.)"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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