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Tomatoes for a 5 gallon bucket

fishymamas
16 years ago

I have a rather specific situation, and need a few suggestions:

As part of our science classes next spring, we're going to do a project growing some vessies in 5 Gal buckets to give to residents of various seniors around town (we live in a town with 16 senior homes, many of which had the concrete slab patio/balcony available). So I need suggestions on:

1. which tomatoes do well in 5 gallon buckets (I'm thinking bush tomatoes, with either a cage or spike to keep them behaving), but it needs to be easy to grow in zone 9 low humidity.

2. Taste is important, but so is quanity, as many residents don't get the fresh fruit intake they should (veggies in cans are cheaper for the resident kitchens to provide).

3. Sources for seeds mentioned is very helpful.

We're planning on providing 50-100 buckets of veggie plants, with 1/2 being tomatoes.

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