Topic: Growing Tomatoes

[caseylee]

I was very lucky this year to be given 12 tomato plants by a friend that had grown to many.  But it was short notice so I did not have time to get grow bags.  What I have done is stuck them in a raised bed I have free with quite a bit of space between them.  I am planning to add canes aswell so support them, has anyone else tried this before.
Also I had a few cherry tomotoe plants so I have put them into my hanging basket, will this be alright?

[saddad]

Will be fine in a raised bed if the blight stays away...  :-\

[tim]

Cherries in a basket?? Only if they are dwarfs/tumblers.

Caveat - raised beds dry out badly.

[SPUDLY]

Hi caseylee,

I have always grown mine outside on the plot and they have been fine.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Depends how long they take to fruit. Early varieties which fruit in 70 days or less can usually be counted on for a crop if the blight keeps off.

[lewic]

I put some of my Cuare de Bue in a raised bed and these are doing much better than the ones I have in pots. They are shorter, bushier, with thick stems and flowers, whereas the ones in pots are very straggly and arent flowering yet.

Also have a cherry tomato plant in the raised bed and it is enormous! There may well be other cherry toms more suited to hanging baskets though..