Container Gardening - Growing Tomatoes - Insightful Nana

[wonthefight]

Thank you. This was extremely helpful. I see I need a bigger pot. Hmmmm can I have success with a smaller pot?  I'm afraid to transplant at this point.

[wonthefight]

Thank you. This was extremely helpful. I see I need a bigger pot. Hmmmm can I have success with a smaller pot? I'm afraid to transplant at this point.

[Bigitteify]

Would you know if its possible to harvest seeds from vegetable garden for next year? I would like to take some of my green beans and snow peas and harvess the seeds for next year.

[pepperjoe12]

Check out our Tomato and Veggie gardening videos on YouTube.

[MrJonly45]

I grow the Celebrity tomato in containers and have great crops, I use 4 gallon mayonaise buckets that I get for free from a local restaurant. I enrich the soil each year and use a timer on a drip system. Miracle Grow once a week and lots of sunshine.

[OreoCookieOreo]

@MrJonly45 I live in New Jersey and summers are hot.. not as hot as Cali but still hot. Is direct sun light okay for 10 hours a day for the plant as long as I water them? And what do you mean by Miracle Grow once a week? You change the soil once a week? Or you just add some more once a week?

[MrJonly45]

Oreo, I am talking about the liquid fertilizer once a week. Also I let the first sucker grow so I get two vertical stalks and pull all other suckers. You can even put a mirical grown liquid canister inline with your watering hose and just fill it once a week.

[MitsoukoRose]

really good tips, and I will save this video to refer to for next year. While I removed suckers from our plants, I probably added too much fertilizer as we received too much foliage! Also, don't water your plants too much or the fruit will stay green.

Great video. Great info. Thanks!

[SmallWorldFilms]

Good vid. I have a question.  I have a deck (2nd floor apartment) with an overhead awning and a northwestern exposure. I also have squirrels living nearby (in the roof, in fact). Any recommendations?

Also, I was looking at the Topsy Turvy, a product that grows the plant upside down. Basically hydroponic, I guess. Any opinions on this?

[OakleafRanger]

you could get a small dog cage...

or if u want to have some fun get some hot peppers (habanero or hotter) and cover them in crunchy peanut butter and lay them out for em

[SmallWorldFilms]

Brilliant! I'm ashamed to say I didn't even think of this. I have a small metal dog cage sitting on the deck already. Thank you so much!

Given my mischievous nature, I think I'll try the hot pepper/peanut butter idea too.

[ck361]

Thank you! Great video.

[OrganicTexas]

Miracle-Gro? Ack! I'd skip the chemicals and go with a good organic soil w/ a compost mix.

[SlaveOfthemostjust]

thanks 4 the info, very helpful... what month can we plant tomatos?

[Insightfulnana]

If your climate is warm year round and it doesn't freeze, you can plant any time. If you live in an area that freezes you need to allow yourself a min. of 75 days of warm weather. In my area I plant May 15 and harvest the end of July...first part of August.

[HackerGuitarist]

@SlaveOfthemostjust when the night time temps remain above 50 degrees f

[eleanorayoulateagain]

I liked this video a lot. Very helpful and a very nice lady to learn from. Thank you.