Can you grow tomatoes in plastic buckets?

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Yes you can. Use 5 gallon buckets as the tomato plant roots will grow down at least 12 inches. Put extra calcium in the form of ground egg shells around the plant as tomatoes use a lot of calcium.

You don't have to use buckets, they actually like bigger than that size. All you have to do is get some thick plywood, some quarter round and casters. Make a square or circle a bit bigger than the bottom of the pot. Drill some decent drainage holes to drain water. Use the quarter round to hold the pot on the plywood. Put four casters on the bottom of it, make sure they are the kind that are not plastic, they will break within the first couple of times you move the plants. Your huge pots will now move easily whenever you want to move them. I have all my pots that are over twelve inches on these, even my huge half barrel pots!

See if these sites help you out!

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/grow-tomatoes-5-gallon-buckets-40421.html

http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2015/04/how-to-grow-perfect-peppers-tomatoes-in-a-5-gallon-bucket/

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Hi Jose,

I have friend who uses square plastic buckets every year. To get extra plants in it, he makes holes partway up on the sides of the buckets and puts plants there too. Good luck with your tomato growing this year!

You can grow tomatoes in buckets but BEWARE! Once the tomato plants get very big and you have tomatoes growing larger and larger and heavier and heavier--the buckets can topple over in a very strong wind/storm. I have lost some very beautiful tomato plants and tomatoes this way as they heavy tomato laden branches will break off if the buckets topple over. You do want to use tomato cages in your buckets and you do want to secure the buckets and tomato cages with twine to a post or a piece of conduit pounded into the ground. I put my buckets in the corners of my deck and tie them off to the deck. I have less of a problem with cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes planted in a bucket.

Absolutely. It is also easy to put a cage around them so they don't droop and the fruit is easier to pick. If you like you can put a marigold in each pot to help deter bugs, etc. and add a splash of color and interest.

They will grow fine as long as you put plenty of drainage holes in the bottom and put in several layers of sand or other porous material. Make sure that you water frequently and keep turning them so they get equal sun around the entire plant. Also, make sure the buckets are large enough so the roots can spread out.

Most definitely. Prior to having a garden I would grow them on my balcony using a tomato cage to help keep them from falling over. You made need to fertilize them since you have the drainage holes and they aren't in the ground where the fertilizer would normally stay.