I saw a video of a professor growing cherry tomatoes with coco peat in a 2 gallon pot. He fed it daily with a liquid fertilizer solution and the plants were hung on a string on a single stem. The plants produced huge clusters of cherry tomatoes.
I have a similar idea, but totally different. First, I put a 5 inch net cup upside down on the bottom of my 2 gallon pot and filled the sides up to the net cup with potting soil and then placed my root bound tomato plant on top and filled the rest of the 2 gallon pot up to the top. I will use a reservoir tray under the pot and water it from the bottom and only when it dries up. Based on my experience, the reservoir tray holds just enough water to feed the plant for a day. I plan to fill the reservoir up only once in the morning, but will probably need to refill it in the evening when the plants start producing fruit. I will let the plant reach 6 feet with a total of 4 branches which is equivalent to a 24 foot plant. I will support the branches with four 6ft bamboo stakes.
The 5 inch net cup only allows water to touch the potting soil around the edges of the net cup, so the entire soil on the bottom isn't sitting in the water. I think the plant will send down roots though the net cup and it will reach the water reservoir.
I have a similar idea, but totally different. First, I put a 5 inch net cup upside down on the bottom of my 2 gallon pot and filled the sides up to the net cup with potting soil and then placed my root bound tomato plant on top and filled the rest of the 2 gallon pot up to the top. I will use a reservoir tray under the pot and water it from the bottom and only when it dries up. Based on my experience, the reservoir tray holds just enough water to feed the plant for a day. I plan to fill the reservoir up only once in the morning, but will probably need to refill it in the evening when the plants start producing fruit. I will let the plant reach 6 feet with a total of 4 branches which is equivalent to a 24 foot plant. I will support the branches with four 6ft bamboo stakes.
The 5 inch net cup only allows water to touch the potting soil around the edges of the net cup, so the entire soil on the bottom isn't sitting in the water. I think the plant will send down roots though the net cup and it will reach the water reservoir.
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