I have had great success with tomatoes in small barrels. They have a center hole, which is great for inserting a strong cylindrical stake. You can always add stakes against the outside edge and tie across.
Definitely look for shorter “days to harvest.” They may not be as big, but you’ll have a lot more of them and earlier, too.
If you start them, yourself, in mid-March, you’ll have big, sturdy plants by the end of May to plant out. They will likely need 2 upgrades in pot size by then, along with narrow stakes.
It’s always a debate on vine ripening, but scientifically, they don’t need it once they show color and will continue to charge along unassisted once removed from the plant. This increases the yield enormously.
You can freeze them whole without any processing.
Apologies if you know all this already. . .
Mac
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