How to Grow Tomatoes in Pots

Hello my readers, happy Sunday to all of you. Those days the weather is so marvelous here, that all time I have a wish to go somewhere out.

Weather in India such supporting, that we can grow everything at home. And I have decided to try it. I have grown coriander, parsley, lemon and the last and most challenging was tomatoes. 

And today I am going to share with you the process of growing tomatoes in pot.

First of all we need a soil, which should be cleaned from plastics, stones, or any other kind of non organic elements. 

If the pot had a soil inside before, we need to take it out. Make it fluffy, which will provide air and moisture circulation needed by plants.

Fill soil in to the pot, and moisture every layer. 

When you reach around 12 sm deep to pot level you can put the tomatoes. 

First cut it with around shape the way that every piece will have seeds.

The piece which do not have seeds is useless (like this one) .

For this pot I will put three pieces, and am expecting to see around 6-7 plants.

Then we fill the pot with soil till the top. Here I will put soil little more, but after watering it few times it will come down.

Since in  Delhi weather is not cold I will not cover it, but if you live in mountainous areas where sometime it gets cold, in that case you need to cover it during the night. And also to protect it from dryness you can cover it with polythene.  

Proper watering is a big key to success for growing tomatoes in pots. Keep soil consistently moist but not saturated. Use the finger test to see if a plant needs water. If the top inch of soil is dry when you push your finger into it, it's time to give it a water.

After two weeks approximately first spires will come out. When it grows around 7 to 10 sm you can slowly, without hurting the roots shift it to another pot, such us one pot is very small for 6 to 7 spires. 

In one pot you can grow maximum 2 or 3. 

When it grows you need to insert some support (it can be stick or a metal ) to help it grow straight. (I did not done it yet, but it was a mistake). After one month you will be able to see first flowers on it, and then it will change to the small tomatoes.

Hope this post will help many of you, to  use empty pots for growing tomatoes at home.