Cherry Tomatoes Have Arrived, an Update

I've been eating sunberries for some time now (they grow like weeds), and about a week ago the first cherry tomatoes (the fruits) arrived.  They're not yet big enough to eat, but it won't be long.  The best ones are on a plant in a 5-gallon bucket that has a half banana and coffee grounds buried about halfway down in the soil.  That half banana includes the skin, but it wasn't cut up or crushed.  I also lightly sprayed the surface of the soil once a week, starting when the plant was about three feet high, with a solution of greatly diluted white vinegar---about 20 parts water to one part vinegar.  That was done to:  control some tiny, little bitty black flies (a tad bigger than a gnat) that appeared on the soil & the plant; and, to acidify the soil just a bit.  It seemed to work on both counts.

Most of my other tomatoes are on the back porch (a long, open, covered structure with a railing made of 2 X 4s), but several have remained indoors in my "sun room"...including the plant in the 5-gallon bucket.  It has never been outside, is not under any special lights, and was the first one to fruit.  As an experiment, that particular 5-gal bucket had no drainage holes punched in the bottom.  I was very careful with watering... and it worked out fine.  [Probably dumb luck.]

The garlic, strawberries, basil, and spearmint---all in much smaller containers---are coming along very well.  Half are on the back porch, and half in the "sun room" (which only has direct sunlight about four hours per day).  With all the plants, the container total is a little over fifty.

I tried to post a photo here of the cherries, but the Tech Whiz Kids who designed the editing template for this venue don't know how to give directions to a No-Tech guy.  :)  I just couldn't make out how to do it.  There is part of a photo at the top of my YouTube Channel page.  It shows one cluster of five fruits out of a total (so far) of four clusters.  That's all I could fit in the available space.
https://www.youtube.com/user/ScottHaley12
They look great; have a gander.

Happy Trails, and Be Well

"PART 3: Container Gardening"

I finally made and posted the video, "Part 3:  Container Gardening"---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBQ2neI3p3g .
It contains transplanting tips, a few unusual containers, and more.  Enjoy, and garden on.

Happy Trails, and Be Well

Progress Report

See the 1st two photos in the left-hand column here---

[Google keeps moving them around, so one might be in the left column & the other in the right column; in any case, it's the 1st two posts not counting the Art at the top of the page.]

https://plus.google.com/u/0/106763144425245415836/posts

The 1st one shows a dog food bag planter & various vine (indeterminate growth) tomatoes.  The 2nd one shows my 1st two fledgling tomatoes (the fruit) of the season.  Be sure to read the Description above each photo.

Container gardening is fun & rewarding...& all you need to augment the potting soil is a banana, coffee grounds, Epsom Salt, and a little diluted low-fat or no-fat milk.  Those five items plus some plant litter on the soil surface should supply all the nutrients your plants will need.  A little compost is good, too, but not particularly necessary if you use potting soil.

I haven't yet made & posted the YouTube video ("Part Three...Container Gardening") mentioned in the previous post on this Blog... am working up to it... it's a genuine hassle for a No-Tech guy like me.  :)

Happy Trails, and Be Well