How to grow a tomato plant on a balcony

It is a tad late in the season to be planting tomatoes. Usually it is done in march or may.
 Planting and growing tomatoes in a container garden is pretty easy once you have the basics down.
You can plant seeds or buy little tomatos like this in any center that sales vegetables and flowers.

After you’ve picked out the perfect tomato and brought it home, it’s time to prepare it for planting. Do you see the leaflet that is growing in the spot where mature branches attach to the trunk of the plant? Usually it only takes life from your` tomato so pinch those suckers off! Continue to be on the lookout for suckers for the life of your tomato.
You should also pinch off the lower branches of the tomato so that you have about six to ten inches of bare trunk at the bottom of the plant. That part of the plant is prone to diseases if you put too much water. Leafs will go yellow and if this happens cut them off, if you caught it in time plant will be ok.

Tomatoes are heavy feeders. You will probably not have good results if you don’t fertilize. And fertilize often. Most organic liquid fertilizers are too weak for tomatoes (you can use them, but you’ll need to fertilize on a weekly or biweekly basis). For tomatoes, I prefer to use a blended fertilizer meant for fruits and vegetables (when in a pinch, all-purpose will do). Sprinkly the fertilizer liberally on the surfaceof the soil and gently mix it in. Water deeply.

Be sure to reapply fertilizer once a month for the entire growing season. Nutrients are quickly washed out of containers, so you need to fertilize them more frequently than you do in-ground gardens.

 

Don’t forget a tomato cage or some other type of support! I used a small ladder and a string. After a few months you should get this :) I know it is not much of a balcony but it is all purpose balcony :D