I grow tomatoes both in pots and in the ground. I find the best flavour in my in ground garden tomatoes but I grow my cherries in big pots on the deck where they are handy for picking. I think they taste great too. I think choice of fertilizer has an effect as well. My in ground tomatoes are grown organically in natural clay-loam soil with added compost, manure and blood and bone meal. The for my pots I use compost and a slow release granular organic product. I do still use the blue stuff for my seedlings due to the 100% reliability but once they are planted out, I no longer use that type of soluble fertilizer. I used to use it, all the time for my potted tomatoes, but for the last few years I find my potted tomatoes taste better to me using the natural ferts. Certainly water has a lot to do with it as well and I also water my pots daily in summer
KarenO
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