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Cole_Robbie · July 24, 2016

I like 5-gallon buckets for dwarfs. I have grown regular indeterminates in them, but the yield is low, and the plant inevitably gets root-bound.

Part of the answer has to do with the length of one's growing season. The longer it is, the more time the plant has to become root-bound in the container.

July 24, 2016	#16
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I like 5-gallon buckets for dwarfs. I have grown regular indeterminates in them, but the yield is low, and the plant inevitably gets root-bound. Part of the answer has to do with the length of one's growing season. The longer it is, the more time the plant has to become root-bound in the container.