General discussion regarding the techniques and methods used to successfully grow tomato plants in containers.
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Being a relative newbie here, I'll go ahead and ask a stupid question: What's a "tumbler"?
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a small tomato that hangs or tumbles from a hanging basket. more of a novelty than much production.
I grew Sweet Valentine this year... not impressed yet. it had a great write up...
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They're determinate tomatoes with extremely short internodes (sets of leaves are close together). Rather than a main stem, they look like they have lots of floppy stems coming out of a central hub. The earliest mention I've found of one is "Tumbler" in the 1991 edition of "The Bedding Plant Expert" by D. G. Hessayon. |
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Thank you relative newbie!! Before that pic, I thought maybe they were talking a flipping basket like that topsy turvy 'as seen on tv' thing!
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Many are very productive. For example, if you look closely at my photo you will Be able to see a LOT of cherry tomatoes already set and the plant continues to bloom. They also tend to be quite early as a rule and hanging tomato baskets are a hot seller at least in western Canada you will find them at every garden Center and they sell for about 35-50 $ for a nice one. K |
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Karen... Yours may be very productive and it obviously appears to be very productive.... Most all of the ones commercially available just are disappointing for production.
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Always a mistake to purchase a 'patio' variety at BigBox. I did a test.
As I did 5-ish years ago. Never produced a fruit but filled out. That led to thinking I should/or could not grow deck tomatoes....I now have, loose count, 36? dwarfs, two dozen micros...and another later batch seeded micros, another 36-ish. I've been here a dozen years and only grew some kitchen herbs having 5-7 hours of sun depending on the sun position...and did succeed in the lower driveway for some cherry snackers like SunGold. I just start some early trays, under lights, then Spring sunny window....been picking nice tasty cherries since mid June. I seeded a tray of 6 varieties a couple weeks ago including MagliaRosa for Fall. I can bring them just inside the deck sunny slider window if cold hits early. Then cull if no room. (seeds are cheap) |
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