[RosieCotton]

How much are tomato plants? Fairly reasonable?

I'm pretty sure there's a guy who sells tomato plants at the farmer's market. He's the one I got the pepper plants from last year. I still have the pots from those, but I think they'd be too small for tomatoes. However, it's not like we have any shortage of feed stores...

How will you go about staking them? That's the part I'm least sure of...I've never grown tomatoes, even the reg'lar way!

[HairOfTheDog]

These were a couple bucks each. The dirt was more expensive than the plants! You want deep pots for tomatos, because when you plant them, you can bury them up to their necks (seriously!) and everything underground turns to more root. These are at least six inches deeper than they were before.

I am just going to tie them to the fence. when they get to the top of the fence I'll just run them sideways along it. I planted three tomatoes in each (and two future-trailing flowers there on the side), different kinds, two large tomatos in the back here, and a little cherry tomato in the front.

You can plant them right against the sunny side of your house with a lattice behind.

[Overtaxed]

He's the one I got the pepper plants from last year. I still have the pots from those, but I think they'd be too small for tomatoes.

I wouldn't plant tomatoes in the same pots as last year's peppers. Your not supposed to plant peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, or potatoes in the same spot where you planted any of the above the previous year. They might get the wilts. I guess you could try sterilizing the pots with hot water or something.