How to Grow the best tomatoes without a garden

This is for anyone who does not have a garden but wants the flavor and taste of a garden tomato or wants the fun relaxing experience of growing their own tomatoes.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 16" pot
• Tomato Stakes
• Top soil
• Tomato plants or seeds

1. 
    

   This is the first step toward your relaxing fresh from the garden tomatoes. Take a 16" pot made from clay, wood, or plastic and make sure it has cracks or holes to allow the water to drain out the bottom.

2. Next we get some topsoil that is made for growing vegetables. I get this from my local hardware store for $2 a bag. Most 16" pots take 2 bags. The nice thing is once you set this up, you just replant year after year no more dirt to buy.

3. Now we need to plant our tomato plants. If you live in a warmer climate year around then seeds work great. Plant them approximately 1 inch deep in two opposite ends of the pot. If you live up in the northern climate like I do either start the seeds indoors a month before needing to plant them or buy seedlings from you greenhouse.

4. 
    

   Now that our seeds or plants are planted in the fresh topsoil we need to add tomato stakes for them to climb up. I purchased these from the my local hardware store. I purchase one that was triangular and about 4 feet tall and the tomato plants loved to climb up it.

5. Now that this is done we just need to water daily and watch them sprout to life. Make sure you plants are in a sunny area as tomato plants love the sun!

Tips & Warnings

• If you don't know what type of tomato to buy I recommend Grape Tomatoes. They are small and grow in clusters like grapes and have a really sweet flavor.

[4dogday]

on 6/21/2009 Great tips on growing tomatoes without a garden!

[Marilynda]

on 6/7/2009 I'd love to grow grape tomatoes on my back deck this summer. Sounds like fun without the hassle of a garden. 5*