Where do I grow my tomatoes?

[HauntedLittleLunatic]

Have a tray of tomatoes grown from seed that desperately need to be moved to pots/whatever

Have 3 varieties - 'normal' yellow and cherry.

How many plants should I grow on to get a good harvest for day to day use?

Where should I put them? Pots or growbag? How many plants per pot/growbag?

I assume they will need stakes?

where should I put them? I have seeded them in my far to sunny conservatory. I also have a very sunny garden. Would they be alright in the garden? Will they be better in conservatory?

(i also have some peppers growing from seed...bit behind the tomatoes...same questions apply...)

Ty...from a clueless gardener...

Great. Wyevale have some 45cm planters on offer so going to get some of those. Will 5 plants in each be too much?

I grow my tomatoes in hanging baskets. slugs can't get to them and strangely no blight!

I put them in the garden. They are far less sensitive to over/under watering or feeding, and will grow their roots as far as they consider necessary.

If you have garden compost, dig in well before you plant out. You can mulch heavily with grass cuttings or compost round the stem, six inches deep is not too much. It will suppress weeds and prevent fruit touching the ground and rotting. The worms will dig it in for you.

You are only supposed to do it with "outdoor bush" varieties, but I do it with everything. They love plenty of sun, especially against a sunny wall. If you are going to use a stake, but a strong one and bang it well in before you plant out the tomatoes, to avoid root damage.

You will have to spray early on, especially for whitefly, but if they support a good population of ladybirds and lacewings, they will eat a lot of pests. Be sure to use vegetable sprays, not flower sprays which are not intended for eating.

I am in the sunny south which makes it easier.

Even better if they are in containers, put them outside in the sunshine, and bring them into the conservatory at the end of the season to keep them going.

I'd have some indoors too, just in case of blight. You can never, ever have too many tomatoes! (Actually, that's not true - but you'd need more toms than I imagine you have space for.) I'd aim for at least 10 to a dozen plants to have plenty to eat plus some for cooking with.

We have crap soil so I grow mine in growbags BUT I upend them so they are tall and then cut them in half so they have lots of depth. Just remember to slash a few holes in the bottom of each for drainage.

Ok.

I have large round pots.

I have fruit and veg growbags. Was going to use the compost from these in the pots. If I have any left I may put some in the growbags too.

I will put 1-2 pots in the conservatory.

I just need to wait for it to stop raining so I can do all of the above now...

Mine are currently in containers outside, so I can take them into the conservatory if necessary. Last year I grew them in the ground and they came down with a hideous attack of blight and I lost them all. Is blight still a risk with containers outside, and if so can I do anything to avoid it?

I've never had actual tomato blight, but IIRC the spores are carried down the plant by rain, so if the are under cover and you only water the roots, probably won't get it. IIRC my tomatoes have only ever had insects, which I spray for.

As for growpags and pots, I mix my exhausted growbags with garden soil and a handful of granulated fertiliser for bubs and things, it improves the texture, and the soil has lots of minerals in it so needs little feeding.

I do what Taffeta does with the growbags. It worked really well last year.

Don't forget to pinch them out. There are video tutorials on youtube to show you how.