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.
Place tomato pots in front of a sunny window for 6 12 hours of sun a day.
Plant your sprouts deep really deep so that they can develop a strong root system and grow more vigorously.
When growing roma tomatoes in pots make sure to plant them about 14 to 20 inches apart from each other.
When growing roma tomatoes you can start them from seeds or buy seedlings from your local nursery.
Containers are particularly useful if you don t have in ground garden space.
This can help to encourage more growth of the roots.
If you grow the tomatoes through seeds sow two to three seeds to about 1 4 inch deep of the soil of each pot.
Five controllable factors are essential for successfully growing tomato plants in containers.
Few varieties of roma tomatoes have been developed for container growing.
Containers can be placed on a balcony porch patio driveway or deck.
Germinating romaine tomatoes image courtesy.
Once your roma tomato plants are 6 12 inches 15 to 30 5 cm high start staking the roma tomatoes up off the ground.
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.
If you have enough space in your garden you can grow roma tomatoes in the soil.
You can move the containers to take advantage of the best growing conditions.
A pot with at least 14 16inches height and 20 24 inches diameter are best suitable for growing roma tomatoes.
Windowbox roma is one of the few readily available dwarf types and can be grown in a pot as small as 14 inches and.
A great benefit to growing tomatoes in containers is portability.
They are best started indoors about 6 to 8 weeks before the last frost date.
Roma tomato sprout transplanted to 5 inch pot.
Roma tomato plants require a long growing season.