Your Favorite 3-4 gallon wonders for 2020
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Your Favorite 3-4 gallon wonders for 2020
These are interesting compact ones .....
they are usually larger than mini dwarfs ...yet can be productively grown in 3-4 gallon containers .
(not 5 gallons ..sub 5 gallons). (but larger than mini-dwarfs )
So .
My favourites in this category grown for this year .
1) Yaponskiy Karlik
2) Buddai Torpe
3) Fuzzy Wuzzy
of course there are many others to mention ...
they are usually larger than mini dwarfs ...yet can be productively grown in 3-4 gallon containers .
(not 5 gallons ..sub 5 gallons). (but larger than mini-dwarfs )
So .
My favourites in this category grown for this year .
1) Yaponskiy Karlik
2) Buddai Torpe
3) Fuzzy Wuzzy
of course there are many others to mention ...

So many Tomatoes...……..so little Time !
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Maglia Rosa (always good)
Taste Patio (new-to-me this year, although I've grown the "regular" version twice before)
Linda
Taste Patio (new-to-me this year, although I've grown the "regular" version twice before)
Linda
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Maglia Rosa, Bajaja.
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ok I will add a few more for 2020 in this category... very flexible plants
Gold Nugget
Cyril's choice
yellow pygmy
Silvery fir ..
Mano
Rosa Vetrov
Sophies Choice..
Gold Nugget
Cyril's choice
yellow pygmy
Silvery fir ..
Mano
Rosa Vetrov
Sophies Choice..
So many Tomatoes...……..so little Time !
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Growing Sophie's Choice for the first time this year, in-ground.
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Red Alert and Maskotka and Patio Orange
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I still don't have a favorite container tomato, unless maybe Sub Arctic Plenty (which I haven't tried in that container size, but I suspect it could do well). Husky Cherry Red should do quite well in a 4-gallon container.
However, I know a couple tomatillo varieties that thrive in containers. I had two plants in each of the two containers (which were 4 or 5 gallon; so, I imagine one plant per 3 or 4 gallons should do well, too). One is an unknown kind with slightly purple skin (the parents was just green); it can get large fruit. The other is called Yellow (from Trade Winds Fruit), although I may or may not have gotten a fluke plant that did better than most Yellow there.
However, I know a couple tomatillo varieties that thrive in containers. I had two plants in each of the two containers (which were 4 or 5 gallon; so, I imagine one plant per 3 or 4 gallons should do well, too). One is an unknown kind with slightly purple skin (the parents was just green); it can get large fruit. The other is called Yellow (from Trade Winds Fruit), although I may or may not have gotten a fluke plant that did better than most Yellow there.
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Climate: BSk
USDA hardiness zone: 6
Elevation: 2,260 feet
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Re: Your Favorite 3-4 gallon wonders for 2020
Sub arctic plenty did ok in tall 3gallons and so did husky cherry red ...many moon ago.Shule wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 3:00 pm I still don't have a favorite container tomato, unless maybe Sub Arctic Plenty (which I haven't tried in that container size, but I suspect it could do well). Husky Cherry Red should do quite well in a 4-gallon container.
However, I know a couple tomatillo varieties that thrive in containers. I had two plants in each of the two containers (which were 4 or 5 gallon; so, I imagine one plant per 3 or 4 gallons should do well, too). One is an unknown kind with slightly purple skin (the parents was just green); it can get large fruit. The other is called Yellow (from Trade Winds Fruit), although I may or may not have gotten a fluke plant that did better than most Yellow there.

I also grew Siberia in 3 gallon (rugose leaf dwarf ..about 18-20 inches etc.)

So many Tomatoes...……..so little Time !
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Betalux did ok and early in this endeavor as well .
So many Tomatoes...……..so little Time !