Container growing tomatoes in pots

Using a simple 5-gallon bucket, container growing tomatoes in pots has never been more simple. Do you want to grow tomatoes upside down? There's no need to buy fancy container garden products. If you want to learn about container growing tomatoes, this is the place! It's easy and inexpensive. For the best tomatoes, growing tips below will get you on your way! Right-click to download this PDF file here.

You will need:

1. A drill

2. A 1.5" hole saw

3. A swivel hook

4. Two tomato sets in peat pots

5. A 5 gallon bucket

6. Potting soil

7. Fertilizer and water

8. A sturdy place to hook your bucket

2. Place tomato set in peat pot into bottom of bucket and balance bucket for filling, allowing plant to hang down.

3. Fill bucket with potting soil to within about 6 inches and place second tomato set. Finish filling with potting soil.

4. Mix 2 oz of plantSolution+ in 1 gallon of water, mix well and water.

5. Attach a swivel hook to the handle and hang bucket on a sturdy hook in full sun.

Every seven days, completely saturate the soil in the bucket with plantSolution+ in a 2 oz per gallon mixture. Use plain water as needed to keep soil moist. As the plant grows, it will require more frequent watering--as much as twice per day during hot, dry weather.

Best Tomatoes Growing Tips:

Tip! Tomatoes love calcium. To avoid blossom end rot, a common problem when growing tomatoes, be sure your planting medium contains calcium. plantSolution+ has calcium and other essential nutrients your tomatoes need.

Tip! Tomatoes love just the right moisture. If you water too much, the leaves will begin to curl. A benefit to container growing tomatoes in hanging pots: excess water drains out the bottom.