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Tom plants on window sill-what size pot is YOUR limit?

young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
edited May 2021 in The potting shed
Today I was slightly surprised to see roots through the pot base already. The top dia is 147mm and 147mm deep, so about 6 inch. I expect to use about 2 more pot sizes before  putting them in the ground.

I don't want bucket size pots on the window sill. How can I see what the neighbours  are up to? 😂

So, what is your pot size limit for toms on the window sill?



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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    However big is needed as long as they don't fall off ... but ours are on the floor in front of the floor to ceiling glass wall in our studio (taking up most of my working space)  ... so they can be as big as they need to be there ... last year we had a huge canna there in a full sized dustbin ... very soon they'll be out during the day and in at night ... so unless you're neighbours nocturnal activities are really interesting you should be ok 🤣

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  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    The glass wall in your studio sounds great for plants. 

    Is it the size of the tomato plant that determines when to start putting them out in daytime and in at night, or is it the temperature? 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It's the temperature ... I like it to be around 15C ... also general conditions ... you don't want them out in windy conditions or heavy rain.  

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147


    This is what it was like a couple of weeks ago 😜

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  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    edited May 2021
    Ok Dove, thank you. I will keep that temp in mind.

    One good thing is that the aphids don't seem to be interested in toms .

    They are currently relentless. I have loads of young 'Golden delicious growing', and dealing with aphids is an almost daily task. The adult green ones  are not too bad. If I miss just one day, the top of the soil  in the pot is swarming with the tiny white ones.
  • GearóidGearóid Posts: 198
    I use square shaped 1litre pots and they do well on the windowsill until it's warm enough for them outside. 
  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    Looking at that photo Dove, I think I have the same addiction to plants as you. 

    Although I have a lot indoors, they are only on window sills. Otherwise, I feel overwhelmed.

    Outside, my pots have become a bit too much to manage comfortably. It is only due to the perpetual  rain that I have had some relief. 

    In a way I have become a sort of victim of my own success with cuttings. Lots of them rooted, and I feel compelled to grow everyone of them on. The Anthemis tinctoria Kelwayii were a lot easier to propagate than I expected, just like the G delicious. 
  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    @Gearóid
    Them square pots are alright aren't they.I used them for the first too sizes. Incidently,  what capacity do square pots go up to?  Are square pots more likely to blow over due to the narrow base and being a bit taller?
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    They won't have a narrower base if they are "square" unless things have changed since I was at school,a square had equal sides.same here,as big as they need to be.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Nanny Beach said:
    They won't have a narrower base if they are "square" unless things have changed since I was at school,a square had equal sides.same here,as big as they need to be.
    🤔  think you're thinking of a cube  ;)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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