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Old July 2, 2017   #20
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Originally Posted by Dangit View Post
Crop rotation is the reason that I went to containers in the first place.

I have a very small plot for the garden and I ran out of places to rotate to. I figured that it is easier to 'rotate' to different containers and even replace the soil as needed to keep everything fresh.

The first year (2 years ago) it was all new and this year the tomatoes are in new soil mix. The big beef are very healthy looking and producing a lot of fruit. They just don't do much of anything above 3 feet or so. Everything else in the garden is doing great.

I have some big beef in the ground just to see how they would do, and they are about 6 feet tall now and loaded with tomatoes. They are setting new tomatoes clear up to the top.

dangit

One of your problems is the containers are getting hotter than the ones in the ground.
This will slow down growth tremendously.
This seems to be playing out with the summer heat setting in and stronger sun light.
The other is they are in containers and require a ton of extra care water and nutrients.
Much of which I dont know anything about or dont claim to anyway.

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