Tomato plants grow well in Fab Pots.  We recommend using the 7.5 gallon Fab Pots for the best success in growing tomatoes.

Tomatoes need full sun or as much light as they can get.  When growing tomatoes many new gardeners make the mistake of only going for the large beefsteak varieties of tomatoes.  You need to remember that the fruit size of the tomato is proportional to how much sun it will require.  Additionally, a good cherry or grape tomato plant will yield 100+ tomatoes while a large variety may only yield a few tomatoes to a dozen or so.  I have seen many newbie gardeners be severely disappointed because they wait all summer and get very little yield from their large tomatoes while all of their other vegetables do quite well.

When growing a tomato in Fab Pots or any other container it is important to prune the tomato.  Cut off the suckers and cut back the number of main branches.  I like to think of a tomato as a reckless child that would run all over and eat cake and drink Clorox if left to its own vices.  That’s why when you take off suckers and cut branches your are directing the tomato’s energy to the fruits which is what you want.

The tomato in your Fab Pots or any other cloth pot or fabric pot needs to be watered more frequently than one that is just in the ground or a terra cotta pot.  The drainage in a Fab Pot or Smart Pot is superior and roots like to be very wet and then dry.  That means better success in a Fab Pot but it also means you have to keep up with watering your tomato.

7.5 gallon Fab Pots are awesome for square foot garden spacing because the top growing area is one-foot by one-foot.  It becomes very easy to use a bunch of 7.5 gallon Fab Pots adjacent to one another to grow tomatoes or anything else in a square foot garden style.  This work well for school gardens too.