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Tomato Plant upgrade
I started growing a tomato plant in a 5 gallon bucket a few months ago. Good practice before I dive into building my garden next season. It’s one way for me to learn the basics of growing and maintaining basic vegetables. I started off with 1 tomato plant which has grown quite a bit. Pulled a few suckers and planted in another pot which has taken off nicely. Both are placed it inside my screened in pool enclosure which produced two fruits but none since. I heard it was due to being inside of screen enclosure. It has grown so much that it’s starting to wilt over. It surpassed its original support stick. I purchased a galvanized steel cage support to help the growth of the original tomato plant and will add new potting soil to another 5 gallon bucket to transplant those suckers. Both will be relocated outside the screen enclosure so nature can be properly pollinate. My question, is this good potting soil to use and do I need to do anything else to the bucket besides add adequate holes in the bottom for drainage?
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New comment Jun 23
Tomato Plant upgrade
2 likes • Jun 23
Hey Bruce, as well as some drainage holes, I would add mulch to keep the soil evenly moist and also help keep it cooler now that it’s getting hot outside. The soil you have should be fine for tomatoes but you could also add something like Espoma’s Organic tomatotone. I’ve had good results with that in the past. When you have a lot of suckers, you get a lot of energy going into growing them rather than flowers so pulling the suckers off will help get more flowers. Tomatoes are self pollinating but, In the pool enclosure, you can always try and stimulate that process with a slight shake of the plant, to simulate wind (if there isn’t much air flow in your enclosure area) There are lots of pests ready to pounce at this time of year outside of your enclosure.. hornworms, stink bugs, aphids, shield bugs. Good luck!
2 likes • Jun 23
@Bruce Marcho two links attached.. one to tomato tone and another to another product I’ve used from Home Depot: https://a.co/d/0cmzF2vL https://www.homedepot.com/p/Dynamite-Mater-Magic-675-lb-Organic-Tomato-Plant-Food-Fertilizer-8-5-5-100523716/100662161
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@fran-bryan-7594
Hi there! I'm Fran, a mum and wife who finds joy in the simple pleasures of life. I'm always excited to learn and grow..both knowledge and plants! ;-)

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