This can help to encourage more growth of the roots.
Growing roma tomatoes in pots.
Once your roma tomato plants are 6 12 inches 15 to 30 5 cm high start staking the roma tomatoes up off the ground.
Dig a hole that s deep enough to cover about two thirds of the tomato stem.
They are best started indoors about 6 to 8 weeks before the last frost date.
Also provide extra depth so the plants can easily absorb and transport water it also helps them to get nutrients from the soil helping them to achieve the optimum height.
Plant your sprouts deep really deep so that they can develop a strong root system and grow more vigorously.
Containers are particularly useful if you don t have in ground garden space.
Few varieties of roma tomatoes have been developed for container growing.
A pot with at least 14 16inches height and 20 24 inches diameter are best suitable for growing roma tomatoes.
Whereas if you do not have good space you can keep your tomatoes in the containers which are drained well.
Growing roma tomatoes in pots if you planned to grow the roma tomatoes prior to 3 months of the last frost date then you can grow seedlings.
Roma tomato plants require a long growing season.
Roma tomato sprout transplanted to 5 inch pot.
Romas do tend to be a little easier to grow than other tomatoes due to the fact than many are fusarium and verticillium wilt resistant.
A great benefit to growing tomatoes in containers is portability.
When growing roma tomatoes you can start them from seeds or buy seedlings from your local nursery.
Windowbox roma is one of the few readily available dwarf types and can be grown in a pot as small as 14 inches and.
You can move the containers to take advantage of the best growing conditions.
Place tomato pots in front of a sunny window for 6 12 hours of sun a day.
Five controllable factors are essential for successfully growing tomato plants in containers.
If you have enough space in your garden you can grow roma tomatoes in the soil.
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