How many tomato plants can I plant in a 5 gallon container?

I am planting indeterminate cherry tomatoes and determinate roma tomatoes. Can I put a few plants in one pot? What about spacing if I can plant a few? What's the smallest container I could use successfully for one plant?

How many tomato plants can I plant in a 5 gallon container?
Only one to a 5 gal container.
Reply:Two per pot would be the maximum - you should use a 3 gallon pot for one growing by itself. If you are combining two, I would space them about 1/3rd of the pot diameter apart, so they have some side room and some space to share in the center. The cherry might out-compete the Roma, so I would probably plant separate pots of each, unless one is a crawler and the other a bush form and you want they to look ornamental together - but it might impact the yield.
Reply:You should get a bigger container then that. Indeterminate tomatoes get huge. I would go no less then 15 gallons per plant.
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A tomato plant needs a minimum of 24 inches of space for outwards growth.
Reply:I wouldn't put more than one in each pot. A three gallon container should be big enough for a tomato plant.
Reply:Agree - One. Will probably take a 2 cubic meter bag of potting soil $!. Plunkem in the ground.