If you only had 3 growing pots...

oakley · March 21, 2016

... for snackers. I know, that ye olde question.

But it is true. A couple years ago i planted 3 garden center pots that trees came in. Must be 8-10 gallons since they are much larger than the standard 5gal paint type buckets.
At the time i was not familiar with container growing at all. I just wanted some 'snackers' near the garage door where we pull up sometimes late at night...we work in NYC long hours. This is my city home that is close to the city at the base of the Ramapo Mnts. My garden is in the Catskills 150miles away and tended weekends...

They get good sun but i do have to slide them a few times since we are pretty much in the forest here. (and why i had never thought tomatoes would do well.)

First year SunGold, YellowPear, And some healthy starts with lost labels. SG did great, YP had a split year with all the rain late August...
Last year only SunGold gave me anything. I stopped in a BigBox for light bulbs and closet hooks and the 'garden center magnet' forced me to buy a 'patio'. Looked great all summer, filled out like a bush...and that was it, no tomatoes. Big mistake.

so...SunGold, CubanYellow, and i have two more spots adding another pot this year.

Need your favorite snacker recommendations.

habitat_gardener · March 21, 2016

Zluta Kytice, small yellow cherries
Green Tiger, green when ripe, long pointed ovals, not a monster plant but productive

AlittleSalt · March 21, 2016

If I had only three growing pots...

If I lived in NY, I would plant Sungold, Red Ambrosia, and Medovaya Kaplya

But I live in Texas, so I would plant Porter because they can be eaten as a cherry tomato, made into salsa/sauces/juice, and can be canned whole.

Captain Neon · March 21, 2016

I've yet to grow a dwarf variety, but will be trying a Rosella Purple on the patio in a 5 gal. pail this year. I typically grow three varieties on my patio in pots similar to what you describe and have had good results: a cherry (Super Sweet 100), a plum (Roma, but going to try Super Sauce this year), and a slicer (Celebrity). If Rosella Purple does well, it may give the Celebrity the boot next season. Celebrity is a good reliable tomato, but it's nothing special in the taste category. I just sowed my seeds last night for the 2016 season. My oldest son will be 3 in just a few weeks. I grow the tomatoes on the patio for him and my wife.

KarenO · March 21, 2016

you already have a gold and a yellow, how about a red like reisentraube and one of the bumblebees for a striped for fun and colour. Purple bumblebee is very pretty with green stripes
A saladette size plum or round would be nice for a different one. Maybe try a GWR like green zebra or an early red like bloody butcher. Black plum is one of my favourite small tomatoes. lots to select from
KarenO
KarenO

imp · March 21, 2016

If you only had 3 growing pots...

I would be very bad and get more pots.Why do you need a driveway, after all?!! Dang cars.
But we all know I have a problem, LOL!!

Gerardo · March 21, 2016

No frills tomato machine: Mountain Magic. Takes neglect and keeps on truckin.

rsg2001 · March 21, 2016

I live in the Mid Hudson Valley of New York. Besides Sungold, my best bets for your pots are Japanese Black Trifele, which has been my biggest producer two years in a row now, and if you can grow from seeds, Microbeicum Occemus, a large red cherry tomato that tastes like a beefsteak tomato. I received the seeds from "Ginger" (who is really Marsha, who offered them on Tomatoville last year) and they lived up to her description. If you can't get those, then I would suggest Lemon Boy, which is a hybrid medium sized sunny yellow tomato that has also been pretty dependable for me.

JBT is a prolific medium to large pear tomato that just kept giving and giving, and has a very rich tomatoey flavor.

Cole_Robbie · March 21, 2016

Esmerelda Golosina was the one tomato I found myself eating in the garden. It's a green when ripe saladette, and extremely sweet.

LDx4 · March 21, 2016

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

Esmerelda Golosina was the one tomato I found myself eating in the garden. It's a green when ripe saladette, and extremely sweet.

I second this one. They never made it into the house last year. So sweet and good. Another one would be Carbon Copy. Check out the various threads about this one here on Tville. Amazing cherry tomato!

amideutch · March 22, 2016

Quote:

If you only had 3 growing pots

I would grow 6 dwarfs one of which would be Cyril's Choice.

Ami

oakley · March 22, 2016

Good choices! I'm looking up the ones i'm not familiar with.

(my other post response disappeared)

JBTrifele will be in the big garden. I've got 8 babies coming up so that may be good for one pot.
I have a few more big pots but hate to clog the bbq.

I'm looking at some dwarfs for next year.

Tormato · March 22, 2016

SunGold, SunGold, SunGold.

Even if you had 5 pots, three of a kind would beat 2 pair (even with an ace).

oakley · March 22, 2016

Good point Tormato. It did so well a couple years ago even with dank rainy forest, no wind, mold/moss, ...i came home often at 3am, then the motion activated light would trigger...bing!...a dozen toms welcoming me just out of my car.

March 21, 2016	#1
oakley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: NewYork 5a Posts: 2,303	If you only had 3 growing pots... ... for snackers. I know, that ye olde question. But it is true. A couple years ago i planted 3 garden center pots that trees came in. Must be 8-10 gallons since they are much larger than the standard 5gal paint type buckets. At the time i was not familiar with container growing at all. I just wanted some 'snackers' near the garage door where we pull up sometimes late at night...we work in NYC long hours. This is my city home that is close to the city at the base of the Ramapo Mnts. My garden is in the Catskills 150miles away and tended weekends... They get good sun but i do have to slide them a few times since we are pretty much in the forest here. (and why i had never thought tomatoes would do well.) First year SunGold, YellowPear, And some healthy starts with lost labels. SG did great, YP had a split year with all the rain late August... Last year only SunGold gave me anything. I stopped in a BigBox for light bulbs and closet hooks and the 'garden center magnet' forced me to buy a 'patio'. Looked great all summer, filled out like a bush...and that was it, no tomatoes. Big mistake. so...SunGold, CubanYellow, and i have two more spots adding another pot this year. Need your favorite snacker recommendations.

March 21, 2016	#2
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,540	Zluta Kytice, small yellow cherries Green Tiger, green when ripe, long pointed ovals, not a monster plant but productive

March 21, 2016	#3
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	If I had only three growing pots... If I lived in NY, I would plant Sungold, Red Ambrosia, and Medovaya Kaplya But I live in Texas, so I would plant Porter because they can be eaten as a cherry tomato, made into salsa/sauces/juice, and can be canned whole.

March 21, 2016	#4
Captain Neon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Florence KY Posts: 234	I've yet to grow a dwarf variety, but will be trying a Rosella Purple on the patio in a 5 gal. pail this year. I typically grow three varieties on my patio in pots similar to what you describe and have had good results: a cherry (Super Sweet 100), a plum (Roma, but going to try Super Sauce this year), and a slicer (Celebrity). If Rosella Purple does well, it may give the Celebrity the boot next season. Celebrity is a good reliable tomato, but it's nothing special in the taste category. I just sowed my seeds last night for the 2016 season. My oldest son will be 3 in just a few weeks. I grow the tomatoes on the patio for him and my wife.

March 21, 2016	#5
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,922	you already have a gold and a yellow, how about a red like reisentraube and one of the bumblebees for a striped for fun and colour. Purple bumblebee is very pretty with green stripes A saladette size plum or round would be nice for a different one. Maybe try a GWR like green zebra or an early red like bloody butcher. Black plum is one of my favourite small tomatoes. lots to select from KarenO KarenO

March 21, 2016	#6
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	If you only had 3 growing pots... I would be very bad and get more pots.Why do you need a driveway, after all?!! Dang cars. But we all know I have a problem, LOL!!

March 21, 2016	#7
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,594	No frills tomato machine: Mountain Magic. Takes neglect and keeps on truckin.

March 21, 2016	#8
rsg2001 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Zone 6 Posts: 479	I live in the Mid Hudson Valley of New York. Besides Sungold, my best bets for your pots are Japanese Black Trifele, which has been my biggest producer two years in a row now, and if you can grow from seeds, Microbeicum Occemus, a large red cherry tomato that tastes like a beefsteak tomato. I received the seeds from "Ginger" (who is really Marsha, who offered them on Tomatoville last year) and they lived up to her description. If you can't get those, then I would suggest Lemon Boy, which is a hybrid medium sized sunny yellow tomato that has also been pretty dependable for me. JBT is a prolific medium to large pear tomato that just kept giving and giving, and has a very rich tomatoey flavor.

March 21, 2016	#9
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Esmerelda Golosina was the one tomato I found myself eating in the garden. It's a green when ripe saladette, and extremely sweet.

March 22, 2016	#12
oakley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: NewYork 5a Posts: 2,303	Good choices! I'm looking up the ones i'm not familiar with. (my other post response disappeared) JBTrifele will be in the big garden. I've got 8 babies coming up so that may be good for one pot. I have a few more big pots but hate to clog the bbq. I'm looking at some dwarfs for next year.

March 22, 2016	#13
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,959	SunGold, SunGold, SunGold. Even if you had 5 pots, three of a kind would beat 2 pair (even with an ace).