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Thought my tiny balcony was a lost cause for tomatoes, turns out the pot size was the real problem
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felix_jones4mo ago
Wait, how big of a pot did you end up using? I had the EXACT same issue last summer - my cherry tomatoes were just sad and yellow until I swapped to a 5 gallon bucket with drainage holes. It was like NIGHT and day, they went from barely surviving to taking over the whole balcony. I even had to trim them back because they got so HUGE. The pot size makes ALL the difference for root space in those small spaces.
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faith_lopez484mo ago
Did you drill extra holes or just use the bucket as is? I hear mixed things about whether those pre-drilled nursery buckets are enough or if you need to go full swiss cheese on the bottom. Also, what kind of soil mix did you use for the bucket? I tried straight potting soil last year and it got way too compacted, the roots basically suffocated.
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