[sewcool]

will tomatos grow in almost full shade? i wanted to plant some in a big tub on my porch (i have no yard) but wonder will it work?

 

[Daisie125]

Tomatoes need full sun. I've found they don't even do well in mostly sunny for me.

 

[Erinz]

My inlaws grow a tomato on their full shade deck every year and somehow manage to get a few tomatoes out of it! It gets very lanky and doesn't seem all too happy, but they manage. (I'm still not sure why but I've found it's better to not ask questions sometimes

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I would think your best bet would be with the grape tomato types (the little tom kind)

 

[lmonter]

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Originally Posted by Erinz I would think your best bet would be with the grape tomato types (the little tom kind)

Yeah, this would probably be a good idea. They typically need a little less time to ripen. Typically. I do think a fair amount of a tomato's needs is heat. And sometimes in the shade you're just not getting enough ambient heat. I know my neighbor loves to talk about the wild tomato plants down in Mexico - they grow 15-feet tall up trees or whatever in the jungle - where little light gets through the tree-line, but everything is sweating from the heat.

 

[sewcool]

OK thanks all good to know, i have applied for the local community gardens im praying i get one. wish me luck

 

[belltree]

They grow in semi-shade, but they don't produce much.