http://plantsondeck.com/2009/05/30/planting-tomatoes/ Tales of an Urban Container Garden Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:53:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://plantsondeck.com/2009/05/30/planting-tomatoes/#comment-13 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:48:55 +0000 http://plantsondeck.wordpress.com/?p=230#comment-13 Ooph. Thanks so much for tip. I did break the chunks into very small pieces — almost the size of pellets (which have worked extremely well for me) here’s hoping it works. Fingers crossed! I’ll have to pay close attention to that when I put away pots at the end of the season. I’m afraid that given the extreme watering conditions my poor deck survives under, drainage has proven key.

]]> http://plantsondeck.com/2009/05/30/planting-tomatoes/#comment-12 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:09:06 +0000 http://plantsondeck.wordpress.com/?p=230#comment-12 I just redid some pots for a client that used large pieces of styrofoam for a “drainage” layer. I wouldn’t recommend it. They compressed down into a single layer of styrofoam that was pretty much blocking the drainage hole entirely. Tomatoes need a lot of root room, so I don’t think I would use anything in the bottom of a painters’ bucket, as it will be stealing needed dirt from the tomato.

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