growing a tomato plant

[harpsichordcarrier]

a question from a dumb non gardener to you clever gardeny type people.
I have been given a tomato plant, which I have planted in a pot.

1. should I replant it in a growbag
2. should I stake it?? it seems a bit flopped over
3. do I need to buy special feed or will miraclegro do the job TIA

You could do what we do, which is leave it in the pot, put it in bright sunshine and then spray it with water when it looks a bit dry. This will ensure it is stone dead with blackened leaves within the week.

We are getting 2 more this year, I will get full instructions from my allotmenty friend later.

From my extensive experience of growing tomatoes (first time last summer). This is my dodgy advice to you:

1. A pot will be fine so long as it has room to grow.
2. Some varieties don't need staking, having said that mine has needed some support as it has become very floppy and overheavy.
3. There is a tomato feed you can buy but I'm sure other feeds won't harm it. Hope it all goes well!

I know this is a bit late, but water it every morning and every night if you can. Tomatoes need loads of water, but if you let them dry out and then give them a load of water this will make the fruits split.
I have grown in pots before but they do need to be big ones, and I would say to stake it for sure. You really need a specialist tomato food as miracle grow is formulated to provide nourishment for leaves and flowers (I think??) and you need one to make the fruits all plumptious (does that make me sound like Ken Dodd??)

Lots of sun, water and feed - can make your own with nettles or comfrey leaves left in water.

If it is a cordon variety it will need staking and tying in as it grows. Also nip out any little side shoots that start to grow at an angle from where the big shoots come off the main stem.

Once you have friut ripening you can prune off a few leaves to let the sunshine get to the toms and ripen them.

Yum - homegrown toms are delicious, so tasty compared to supermarket horrors.