Types

• Tomatoes love space, both the roots, which require a high volume of soil, and the stems and leaves, which will grow 4 feet or higher depending on cultivar and length of growing season. City gardeners can find space for full-size tomatoes by signing up for community gardens or using 20-gallon tubs on patios or decks.
  
  

Sizes

• City apartment dwellers can grow smaller cultivars such as Patio, Sweet 100 or Tiny Tim in 5-gallon containers, either on a balcony right side up or hung upside-down from a hook attached to a railing or balcony underside.
  
  

Expert Insight

• City tomato gardeners can consult books, available online, including "City Farmer: Adventures in Growing Urban Food" by Lorraine Johnson, "Urban Homestead" by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen, and "Growing Community: Starting and Nurturing Community Gardens" by Claire Nettle. Online sites to help city tomato gardeners include UrbanHarvest.org and UrbanGardeningHelp.com.