On Jun 11, 8:57*am, Cookseasonal > wrote:
> On Jun 11, 4:49 pm, merryb > wrote:
>
> > I'm so glad I read your post! I was wondering about planting beans in
> > pots as the deck is the best place for sun(if we ever get any!!) in my
> > shady yard. I have a heck of a time with tomatoes, altho we usually
> > get a few. But I would love to have some beans, too. I recently had
> > surgery on my foot, so I have to wear a stupid boot thing for another
> > 6 weeks, making it hard to go & try to dig in my yard. Containers
> > sound like my best bet!
>
> Hey Merry,
>
> Why do you not get many tomatoes? I used to grow them in containers
> all the time, and at the moment I have them in 2*2*6ft planter. Loads
> of fruit. Just make sure you give them load of rooting space & water
> very frequently, and you should get the stems loaded with bright right
> bubbles of sunny flavour!

Hi Cookie!!
I think it's because we just don't get much sun- 4-5 hours a day. I
actually thought about putting containers on our roof, but what a pain
it would be to water!! I have access to lots of tomato plants as my
mom starts a few hundred every year. The last 2 years, all the romas
got blight. So I have 2 on my deck, but no more as I hate to be
disappointed again...