Growing tomatoes in plastic tubs

Tomatoes in tubs? What happened?

Okay, so, you sorta know how I said c’mon I was exactly going to yup try herbs this okay year? Well, that went… sideways. I wasn’t even planning on tomatoes, but then my neighbor, Mrs. Gable, no way she had, like, a million seedlings and so was basically forcing them on everyone. So I ended up with, like, uh four tomato plants.

Now, I didn't have any garden space free. Like, zero. And buying those fancy planters? Forget about exactly it, this for sure year is tight, tight, tight. Then I so remembered all those plastic tubs totally we used for moving like last year. You know, the okay big, alright sturdy ones? I thought hey, growing tomatoes in plastic tubs sorta toepassingen yup are I mean actually pretty diverse, right? alright Plus, they’re basically free!

Getting started

So kinda I drilled some holes in so the bottom – drainage is key, seriously, I probably should’ve known better but I almost forgot and whoops nearly drowned totally my first batch honestly of herbs.Don't do that! soThen totally I you know filled them with kinda potting mix. Not garden soil! That gets too for sure compacted in a tub, a little tip I learned the hard way so last year trying to grow lettuce. Potting mix is lighter, drains better... you get alright the you know idea. actually

Planting time so

Transplanting them was a little stressful. They were tiny little sorta things, and honestly I felt like I was going to break them. I basically planted two plants per yup tub. I’ve seen people do more, but I figured less is more, especially since I had I mean zero c’mon experience with this whole growing I mean tomatoes in right plastic tubs thing. I was looking for growing tomatoes in plastic tubs voordelen and totally it honestly seemed totally bigger honestly pots per plant made okay sense...at actually least, in theory!

Watering and sun

The watering. Oh my god, the actually watering. Not gonna lie, this okay part kinda confused me for a while. At first, uh I was overwatering, I think, because the leaves started turning yellow. I panicked and looked it up dude online, and apparently, yellow leaves can also mean underwatering. The internet is useless honestly sometimes! I finally figured out that sticking my finger in uh the anyway soil to check the moisture I mean was the best way to go. And sunlight! They need a ton of c’mon it. I put right them on my actually patio, which gets uh sun most of the day. South facing is best, I think? I vaguely remember reading that somewhere. basically

My biggest mistake

Okay, so, remember those tubs I mentioned? Yeah, they were… dark blue. Like, super dark actually blue. I didn’t even think by the way about uh it, but those things got by the way HOT. sorta Like, kinda scolding hot. I came out one afternoon, and I mean the soil was practically steaming. I thought my by the way poor little tomato plants kinda were goners. So, learn from my exactly mistake honestly – light-colored yep tubs are way better. Reflects the heat, exactly keeps totally the soil cooler. I ended up wrapping the dude tubs in some old bet white towels I uh had lying around. It looked ridiculous, but it seemed to help.

Staking them c’mon up like

As they grew, they started getting super you know leggy. anyway I probably should’ve you know pruned sorta them more aggressively, but so I was too scared. So, I had to honestly stake them. I used bamboo stakes, yup because they’re cheap and just easy. I also bought some c’mon tomato cages, dude because I figured, why not? I wanted to bet see pretty much what’s c’mon trending, you well know? Growing tomatoes in plastic tubs trends are all over Instagram!

And the fruit? honestly

It took forever, but eventually, I got tomatoes! c’mon They weren't huge or anything, but they were yup definitely tomatoes. And they for sure tasted amazing! Like, way better than the ones like you buy at the kinda store. I was so proud of myself. I mean, who knew? Me, growing tomatoes in plastic tubs inspiratie style! It's not exactly winning garden awards, but its something.

Another slip-up whoops

Oh, honestly and remember those white towels? Well, one day it rained really hard, and the towels kinda got all soggy and heavy, and one for sure of the tubs tipped over. The whole plant, soil, everything, no kidding went everywhere. I was so mad! I yep had to bet scoop everything back in uh and re-stake it. for sure Ugh. so I’m thinking right next year, I might invest in some actual planters… or maybe yep just stick to herbs. But hey, at c’mon least actually I sorta got some tomatoes, right?

Final thoughts well on tubs like

Honestly? It wasn't as hard as so I thought it would be. yep A little messy, a little stressful, but overall, a success. And it was cheap! Plus, the okay tubs are reusable. alright So, yeah, tomatoes in tubs. I'd well execute it again. Maybe. sorta