Cherry Tomato Plants - flopped over last year (collapsed)

Thank you all for your replies to my questions in my other posts.

What led me to Dave's Garden last year (I'm first posting now, this Spring), was a problem with Cherry Tomatoes.

If I'm not mistaken, I'm understanding that I need to get a support for my Cherry Tomato plant. I went to Home Depot and they have larger supports, and they told me I need to cut it down (the support).

Any recommendations on how to support Cherry Tomato plants?

Here is my problem from last year (I didn't post to Dave's Garden and didn't get this answered).

My cherry tomato plants, planted in 2 pots on my porch --- one morning I looked at them and they looked healthy and tall with little green tomatoes on them. Later that morning they collapsed in one pot, and then soon afterwards the other plants In the other pot did the same. The little green tomatoes on them are still there and not ripening very readily. One of the pots is doing better since I moved it more out to the sun and yesterday I ate my first reddish cherry tomato; the rest are still green.

I may have planted too many plants in each pot and the plants pull each other down - not sure. Is there any reason why the plants would fall down like that - perhaps not enough sun or space?

deva.... Cherry tomato plants can grow rather large. You did not mention how many were in each pot and what size pot. I would recommend only one plant per pot If you cannot grow them in the yard.
Also, You can simply stake the plants. put a good strong stake (wooden or other) in the center close to the main trunk and attach it to the stake with twine, wire etc. Don't attach it TOO tightly. Just enough to keep it in place. Also, provide full sun.

Deva, I've used round tomato cages for cherry tomatoes. (It's easier for me to obtain cages than stakes here. As Lily said, those plants can get quite large!) The cages can differ in sizes, and I've gotten some that are smaller in diameter at Drug Warehouse (perhaps only 10 or 11 inches at the top.) I put them in the pot itself when I plant the tomato starts in it, then guide the branches as it grows. (Of course this won't work for hanging baskets.) I use the larger cages for the large tomato plants, but I suppose they would work for cherry plants also if that's all that's available.

Tomato plants definitely need to be in the sun, I would think especially so in New York. Here in Tulsa I sometimes have to shield my tomatoes from the afternoon sun and heat to keep the plant from baking later in the season, but they get direct sunlight from early morning till midafternoon for sure.

As Lily said, I would never put more than one tomato plant in a pot. Tomatoes need lots of nutrition from the soil, and need to be evenly watered throughout their growing season. Having two plants in one pot would stress the plants out too much.

Let us know what happens to your "folding-over" tomato plants! I hope they'll ripen up and give you some fruits for your labors!

Depends on how big the pot is. Tomatoes will grow just fine on the ground, especially in a windy area. Also, depending on how many you grow, you can put a stake at each end, tie a cross string horizontally and run vertical strings for each plant winding it around the plant as it grows.

I don't know how hot it gets where you are, but I either plant in partial shade or shade with shadecloth, old sheet, etc. between 11-4. Keeps the plants producing. What "they" don't say about full-sun is where, but six hours is usually enough regardless.

Hope this helps.