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Tumbling toms and pot size

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ivfgottostaypositive · 17/05/2020 15:35

So I have some tumbling Tom plants that are growing nicely and am starting to think about where they'll ultimately get planted......limited on options but I saw some of those multi coloured single pots that can hang on your fence - around 10 Cm diameter by 10cm tall.....is this realistically too small to plant one plant in each??

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WellTidy · 17/05/2020 16:29

A 10cm diameter pot is very small indeed. Could you buy a bigger pot, put it on the ground but elevate it so that the tomatoes hang down?

ivfgottostaypositive · 17/05/2020 16:34

@WellTidy

Thanks for your reply! I just wasn't sure how high a pot would be best since all I've seen is these plants in hanging baskets and thought they might need quite a large drop?

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ivfgottostaypositive · 17/05/2020 16:34

Or my other thought was the troughs you hang off the wooden fence?

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MereDintofPandiculation · 18/05/2020 13:03

I wouldn't go below 20cm.

LooksLikeImStuckHere · 18/05/2020 13:05

I put mine in a pot last year and then put that on another pot to make sure they had enough space. I’d say you need a 50cm drop.

LooksLikeImStuckHere · 18/05/2020 13:12

They were in a pot that was probably 30cm diameter, 30 cm deep. That was three plants but I think you’d struggle with a 10x10 to get anything in the way of tomatoes?

ivfgottostaypositive · 18/05/2020 14:10

Thanks all!

I've seen some single pots that hang on the fence and these are 200mm diameter by 280mm high ones (the cheap multi coloured ones at b&q) so think I'll give those a try - one plant per pot 🤞🤞

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