Tomato pot

[Lyra]

I started a tomato plant in a standard house plant sized pot. It has grown so quickly, I think I need to get a bigger pot already. How big a pot do you suppose I need for just one tomato plant?

 

[SoftRain]

We have a large tote as our tomato pot and it has two plants in it, although we could probably squeeze another one in there. I'd definitely get a large pot for your single plant.

 

[rayne]

My mom had one tomato plant in a half bushel bucket last summer and it lasted all season. However, it required about 2 gallons of water a day. One in the morning and one in the evening. This doesn't lend itself to going away for the weekend. You'd come back to a dead tomato plant.

 

[Luvkenny]

We put a plant in a ten gallon bucket and it was just fine. You want to be sure that the roots have enough room to grow. We watered ours every night too.

 

[Lyra]

Okay, thanks you guys. This is very helpful. I will have to do that this week. The plant is starting to spread out more than up now. I can't wait to have tomatoes!