CONTAINER TOMATO PLANTS

I planted out the two tomato plants yesterday that I bought from Lowe's. This year I am going to try growing the plants in five gallon buckets. I always seem to have trouble growing tomato's here but it is mostly my fault for not adapting to the different growing season here in South Florida.
This year I have decided to listen to the experts and read up on several articles published by the University Of Florida IFAS Extention Service on growing tomatos in containers and in South Florida. They have a wealth of information and advice and will make a good source of information. The web address is http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ .

The two plants I found are Celebrity and Big boy type that I will be trying to grow. I figure if the nursery's sell them here that they must be the type that grow well here.

I drilled some 1/2 inch holes in the bottom of the five gallon buckets for drainage and set them up on some old 2x4 boards so the drain holes will work.

Next is to make up some liquid fertilizer for the plants from a recipe from the extention website article . It requires:
2 cups of 666, 686 or 688 fertilizer
6 tablespoons of Epsom salt
1/2 teaspoon of Iron Chilate
All the above mixed with water in a One gallon container to make the Base formula.

The base is then used by mixing two tablespoons to a gallon of water which is applied to the Tomato's every three days.

I have every confidence that following their advice will make my tomato plants grow more better [ as we say in the South ]. ------sanddune---------
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