If you have enough space in your garden you can grow roma tomatoes in the soil.
Growing roma tomatoes in pots.
Few varieties of roma tomatoes have been developed for container growing.
Containers are particularly useful if you don t have in ground garden space.
Containers can be placed on a balcony porch patio driveway or deck.
They are best started indoors about 6 to 8 weeks before the last frost date.
Roma tomato sprout transplanted to 5 inch pot.
A great benefit to growing tomatoes in containers is portability.
Growing roma tomatoes in pots if you planned to grow the roma tomatoes prior to 3 months of the last frost date then you can grow seedlings.
Five controllable factors are essential for successfully growing tomato plants in containers.
If you grow the tomatoes through seeds sow two to three seeds to about 1 4 inch deep of the soil of each pot.
Whereas if you do not have good space you can keep your tomatoes in the containers which are drained well.
Place tomato pots in front of a sunny window for 6 12 hours of sun a day.
This can help to encourage more growth of the roots.
When growing roma tomatoes in pots make sure to plant them about 14 to 20 inches apart from each other.
Roma tomato plants require a long growing season.
Germinating romaine tomatoes image courtesy.
You can move the containers to take advantage of the best growing conditions.
Also provide extra depth so the plants can easily absorb and transport water it also helps them to get nutrients from the soil helping them to achieve the optimum height.
A pot with at least 14 16inches height and 20 24 inches diameter are best suitable for growing roma tomatoes.
Plant your sprouts deep really deep so that they can develop a strong root system and grow more vigorously.
Romas do tend to be a little easier to grow than other tomatoes due to the fact than many are fusarium and verticillium wilt resistant.
Once your roma tomato plants are 6 12 inches 15 to 30 5 cm high start staking the roma tomatoes up off the ground.