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wellington womble



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 16 10:10 pm    Post subject: What do you plant your tomatoes in? Reply with quote
    

I did ten inch pots last year, but I think they were too small. My greenhouse is paved, so I need to plant into something. I've tried growbags, but I find them fiddly to water and hard to put canes in.

NorthernMonkeyGirl



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 16 3:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Growbags sat the "wrong" way up to make "buckets" works pretty well

joanne



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 16 5:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I've used the pots you see the flowers in at the supermarket, I think they were about 10 inch ones but deeper than standard pots and ½ grow bags (cut one grow bag in half and get a plant in each end) both have been fine but you do need to feed them well and keep them watered

Tavascarow



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 16 9:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Not tried, I still plant in the soil but there are a lot of fans on-line for straw bale growing.

wellington womble



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 16 9:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Interesting. What do you feed with, Jo? I Bought red stuff in a bottle last year, which is not what I'd like.

Also, how do people support? I did canes last year, but extricating them again takes ages. I was thinking of trying those spiral things.

I made really nice pizza last night and I can't wait to make it with fresh tomatoes and basil. So I am having a small tomato-growing obsession today.

gregotyn



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 16 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

When I had a wooden greenhouse I used binder twine, sisal, not polystring. It worked by tying to a hook at the top, and to the handle of a plastic bucket.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 16 12:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

another vote for using a dangling string to support stuff,ace for cucumbers as well.

re pots etc the grow bag on end trick(or a sack of home made compost) works well

or perhaps a pallet planter?

or perhaps a 25 litre ex food container?

or just about anything that will hold 25 litres of compost per large tomato plant

dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 16 12:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

ps hydroponics are ace if you are a bit techy with feeding,have a fish tank pump ,a water butt or similar and some guttering.

wellington womble



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 16 2:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'd love to try aquaponics. I'm waiting until I get my polytunnel, the greenhouse is a bit snug for it.

I tried the string thing one year. I 'planted' the string under the tomato plant and used some fancy greenhouse key clips that twisted into the metal. It was a bit of a faff, but it worked OK as far as I remember.

I need some bigger pots. Just need to work out what size, and I'll order them.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 16 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

or similar

sean
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 16 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I've used ring culture with some success. You need something to contain the aggregate/gravel though obviously.

I'm slightly disappointed that nobody has announced that they're biodynamic and answered 'in the nude at the correct phase of the moon'.

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NorthernMonkeyGirl



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 16 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well that part goes without saying!

joanne



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 16 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

wellington womble wrote:
Interesting. What do you feed with, Jo? I Bought red stuff in a bottle last year, which is not what I'd like.

Also, how do people support? I did canes last year, but extricating them again takes ages. I was thinking of trying those spiral things.

I made really nice pizza last night and I can't wait to make it with fresh tomatoes and basil. So I am having a small tomato-growing obsession today.


I bought an organic tomato feed online last year but the best tomatoes I ever grew were fed a combination of comfrey and nettle feed, it may have smelt like the dead but it was brilliant!

wellington womble



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 24, 16 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
or similar


I was hoping for something longer and thinner, or I will only be able to grow half the number of tomatoes plants I've planted! Haven't found anything, unless I can pursuade tescos to part with flower buckets, though.

Jo, I was vaguely thinking of stuffing a net bag or nettles or the like into the water butt (I use a dripper system for them) but if smells that bad maybe I won't. I have a gazillion oil drums hanging about the place, so I dare say one of those can be sited out of the way somewhere.

Shan



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 24, 16 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I plant our tomatoes in rather large pots and then I place 3 pots per growbag tray (the long black trays). You can put a good inch of water plus feed into the tray to be slowly absorbed. The pots are slightly smaller than a standard bucket.

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