Help quick can I put tomatoes and sweet peas

Toomuchdebt

in the same container??Pleeeeease??They're all in the bath at the minute and I don't know where to put them.LOL

dogstarheaven

both plants benefit from individual containers. they're both v greedy feeders and drinkers too. so get a pot that's at least 10" for each of your tomato plants and a pot similar in size for about 6max of your sweet peas. your sweet peas would need something to climb up too so have those staked in first before you plant up. if your tomato is a bush one then that's fine, but a cordon variety would need support too.

Toomuchdebt

Thank you...I have a longish window box plus a round pot...which should I put where?I'm a totally new gardener...I've managed to waterlog all the things I planted earlier by not realising containers needed to have holes in the bottom.I really don't know what I'm doing at all.

macma

Toomuchdebt wrote: »

Thank you...I have a longish window box plus a round pot...which should I put where?I'm a totally new gardener...I've managed to waterlog all the things I planted earlier by not realising containers needed to have holes in the bottom.I really don't know what I'm doing at all.

None of us did when we started
And now we've got 2 greenhouses,2 sheds and 2 allotments :eek:

dogstarheaven

what varieties of tomatoes and sweet peas do yo have? window boxes are quite shallow, so these aren't really suitable for toms nor sweet peas, really (unless you have a Dwarf variety that's fairly new on the market - short one not the normal climbing ones that most ppl grow).

what are the dimensions of your round pot?

ideally, you need separate pots for your tomotoes and one big pot for your sweet peas. find some canes - 3ft and 5ft ones. some mult-purpose compost, some rubble (polystrene boxes torn up), fertiliser granules. plant up. and place all in a sunny position. water in well. and watch them grow..

Toomuchdebt

Ummm I have no idea what varieties they are. LOL

I put the toms in the window box as it's a quite deep one and the sweet peas are waiting for a home as the round pot was too small.

Linda32

Toomuchdebt wrote: »

Ummm I have no idea what varieties they are. LOL

I put the toms in the window box as it's a quite deep one and the sweet peas are waiting for a home as the round pot was too small.

Is there any chance that the toms you bought are called Tumbler? or where sold as tumbling tomatoes?

If not can you remember the name at all?

These a chance that they could be tumbler as they are quite popular, but these also a chance that they are not. In which case, I'm afraid a window box isn't going to be suitable, mainly due to the fact that they are likely to grow to around 4 foot and need canes to support them. I'm sure you can see the problem

Any chance you can buy a reasonable sizes patio planter from Wilkinsons/Tesco/Asda and some canes?

The planter needs to be bigger than the one you have got if you say it was too small for the sweet peas.

Toomuchdebt

Hi it's 4 different varieties of tomatoes oops..no idea what they are at all though.My granny used to grow tomatoes on her balcony in round pots-wish she was still around.I have some canes Can't really afford to buy a big planter at the moment.

dogstarheaven

sometimes, you can buy ex-flower buckets from florist's shops for 10p each. when i first did tomatoes years ago, and with no ground to put them in, i had to make do with these buckets. make holes in the bottom and add bits of polystyrene with about 2" depth. this helps with drainage and also, saves on putting too much compost in...

if there aren't any florists selling these, some Morrison stores have these cheap too.

if no other pots are available, then you can use anything that serves as a container. could be an old washing up bowl, hessian sack, old compost bag cut in half, chimney pot, . all it needs are holes in the bottom. nothing will grow happily if the roots are waterlogged all the time!

go on freegle/freecycle, there's always ppl there flogging all kinds of gardening equipment all the time, or you can request them yourself.

as you don't know the varieties of toms, it doesn't matter. at least you're willing to GYO! that's the main thing.

Toomuchdebt

Thank you for the encouragement