Specialty Gardening: Tomato plants for this fall & winter, 1 by bensen

bensen wrote:
I use a peat based potting mix and add a fertilizer band to the top of the soil. I use about two cups of balanced fertilizer and make a ring on the top of the soil just inside the outer rim of the pail. Then I wrap a plastic trash bag over the top of the pail and around the tomato plant an fill tube. I secure the bag with electricians tape. I find that once a day watering is ok for my application but with a mature plant and in direct sun twice a day would be better. The plants will use only as much water as they need. There is some good information on the earth box web site and there are some other threads on this forum on self-watering containers. These containers are working great for me. Here is a little burry shot of my three tomato plants.