🌟 Want to grow cherry tomatoes easily — even if you only have a patio, balcony, or small backyard? Today I’m showing you exactly how to grow BIG harvests of sweet, juicy cherry tomatoes in containers!
I’ll walk you through: ✅ The best size pots for massive growth
✅ Soil tips to supercharge your tomatoes
✅ How often to water (and what mistakes to avoid!)
✅ The #1 fertilizer secret for endless blooms
✅ Easy support systems to keep your plants happy
If you’ve ever struggled with growing tomatoes in pots — or if you’re just getting started — this is the simple guide you need! 🍅✨
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Starting Tomato Seeds
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28 Comments
Great video! Just out getting beds ready (way behind-but life happens). First year in ages, I bought a few plants rather than seed start because I was so behind. Will still start a few seeds and hopefully get a late crop, but needed to get something in the ground.
I don’t really have grass clippings or leaves so I’ve been shredding all my cardboard boxes and using it as mulch in my garden! 🫣☺️
I’ve never been a fan of cherry tomatoes myself. So, I almost didn’t watch this video. I’m glad I changed my mind. There was a lot of good information regarding all indeterminate tomatoes, not just cherry. Thanks for the gardening assist. And,I might just give a try to get me cherry tomato!
Just planted my GMO purple tomato in a 15 gallon container yesterday, very similar to how you amended your pot. I forgot to fertilize it so good thing this video showed up
Last year, new bed, new soil … had serious B.E.R. which appeared almost as soon as a green tomato appeared on the vine. Was pretty sure I did not have a moisture problem and thought it might be the new soil.
Found a liquid calcium product and seriously diluted it and bucket watered with it. Problem corrected on new fruit but came back in a few weeks. Retreated and continued to give weak doses for a bit.
Will be watching closely this year as moving tomatoes to a different bed but it has some of that same soil as last year. 🤞
I have seen where some advise to add one water paked sardine and one antacid tablet to the hole before you put in your tomato plant. Your thoughts on this?
I was told once that you have to break up the roots before planting so the roots will spread. You don't do that. Do I hurt the plant.
Excellent video and I needed this, thanks Brian!
I’ve been starting my tomato seeds the way you showed for many years now, and it really WORKS!! Can’t wait to see how your potted tomato does 🙂
I’d like tips for narrow container boxes.
I always find that I have to put a stake in the tomato pot and tie it to the tomato trellis to give it more support. Great video.
So glad you mentioned your book again! So good to open a proper book, see the pictures, drink a lovely cup of tea & dream! Thanks, Brian!
Another great video, thank you. It's much appreciated. 😁
Thank you Brian.❤️✝️🙏🇺🇸
I always reuse my mix after adding new things to it!
Hi Brian, what are your thoughts on planting egg with your tomato plant?
Sungolds… what I like to call the gateway tomato… If you don't like tomatos you will probably at least a sungold (like myself)
Brian, do you have a recommendation for a gardener's stool. When I see your knees bent like that, I get queasy… A stool that doesn't trash the ground and maybe has a tool or too would be cool! Thanks!!
Sun gold is a true winner in my garden too
Great informative video, thank you Brian !
Perfect timing, Brian! I just bought my first cherry tomato plant and was planning to pot it on Monday. I had watched your older video where you removed all the lower growth, added gypsum and Epsoms salt, so I’m glad to see your updated recommendations – less for me to try to find and buy. I have Epsoms salts on hand, but no gypsum. Thank you! I’m excited to have fresh tomatoes this year! 😊
I ❤Sun Gold tomatoes!!!
Love the sun gold! I put one plant in the center of a small circular birdies bed last summer. I likely harvested 50 pounds of cherry tomatoes. I couldn't believe it. Potting soil and a bag of espoma tomato tone. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
In this vertical growing area, if you put in a scaffolding, not unlike the scaffolding next to the fig and apple tree espaliers, making a pergola and then run an irrigation hose up top and then irrigate downwards into all of the many pots and stackables, you might have a easier time with hoses sprinklers etc. versus running hoses on the ground or digging ditches for them. Then one can hang any number of pots with draping vines of the fruit, but also use the 4 sides of the pergola posts and put in post-pots, or install small horizontal trays up down the post. For each level, you then rotate the next higher tray 90 degrees and create a vertical swirling tray (like helical DNA) any arrangement where all plants have adequate air, water, and growing vertical space. 3 inch x 3 inch timbers would make excellent post pots and tray structures. And in the empty spots of the swirling trays, you can put 2 small post-pots for smaller plants !!!
Have you tried Cherokee Purple cherry tomatoes? I love the flavor of Cherokee Purple and decide this year to try the cherries.
I am thinking of adding vermiculite to pots and raised bed planters next season (for the water retention).
As for cherry tomatoes, I have always been a huge fan. When I discovered black cherry tomatoes, my world was rocked. I do grow yellows, standard reds as well. Previously my pot growing attempts for cherry tomatoes was a fail, but really I think the pot was too small.
We also have a dwarf variety of black tomato called 'Tasmanian Chocolate' which tastes very similar to a Black Russian, just slightly smaller on the fruit, but prolific producer for its size.
Cherry tomatoes is all I've ever grown in the past but this will be my first year of growing large indeterminate tomatoes. I never pruned my cherry tomatoes so never understood what the big deal was so Thank You for explaining it and I'll be pruning my large indeterminates this year. 👍
Can I plant the basil in the pot with the tomatoes? I am going to try some in the ground and some in pots, to see what works better in my location. I have some basil started so that I can plant it around my tomatoes, but wasn’t sure if I should put it in the same pot or just near them in a separate pot.