If your garden is small i recommend that container growing is the best option because you can put them in good locations and maintain them easliy. Container growing tomatoes will grow just as well as those grown in the main garden but you need to do a couple of things a bit differently to have good success.

Container growing tomatoes

Some types grow better in pots and tubs than others. Some varieties have such large fruits that this makes them unsuitable for growing in pots and containers. If you have ever grown tomatoes you now how much the y need feeding and watering. only marrows and pumkins come close. The large varieties need a larger root system to sustain the plants long enough and well enough to give you the large tomatoes you would want.

What you can grow very well in pots, tubs and containers are cherry tomato types and medium size tomatoes like Moneymaker and Ailsa.

The second thing you must do is to use only your largest containers and pots for tomatoes. Your plants need regular watering and feeding and to get really good plants the roots need plenty of space. If they are pot bound you will reduce the size of your tomatoes.

When the first truss of flowers appears then you should feed them weekly. I do this at the same time every week until the harvest season in almost over. Then you just continue with water. I use special tomato feed from a garden centre. You can use the same types of feed on other vegetables.

Growing tomatoes in pots

The final thing to do is to water at least once a day. Even in a dreadful wet summer like we are having in england this year you must water and water daily. the foliage of the plants protect the soil from the water so you need to check it. The tomatoes in a plot will grow naturally without too much extra help. Container growing tomatoes for small gardens work very well as long as you follow these simple tips.