growing dwarf plants in containers

15 years ago

I've never grown dwarf varieties of tomatoes. I'll be growing dwarf varieties of bell pepper, tomato, and eggplant plants this year.

I just want to make sure that I'm not cramming too big of a plant in too small of a planter.

I'll be growing cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, and eggplants. For each plant it would be one plant for a 14" diameter pot. Would this be too small?

If I can grow more than one in a 14" pot (for bell pepper, eggplant and tomato) how many plants could be grown without overcrowding?

These would be seedling transplants, not direct sown from seed.

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Comments (3)

digdirt2
15 years ago
Need to know the name of the tomato variety. There are several different varieties classified as "dwarf". Some of the dwarf cherry varieties that can do ok in a 14" container but others would need a larger pot.

Dave
lesmatzek209
15 years ago
how deep is the 14 inch container ?,i have
a applause in a ten gallon nursery container
(16"x 12" deep, i would not try to grow more
than one in this size of container, good luck.

les
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kawaiineko_gardener
Original Author
15 years ago
The height of the bell pepper plant is 8"-10" and the fruits themselves 4"-5". The eggplant plant will reach about 30". The variety of tomato I'm growing is called washington cherry. I don't know the dimensions of the plant itself; when I looked in the catalog, it didn't say the length, width and height of the plant. I just know the fruit itself is 1-1/4" in diameter.

Also I'm a bit confused that you said I might need a planter that would hold 5 gallons of soil. To my knowledge a 14" planter/pot holds 7 gallons of soil.