Tomato plants in grow bags or ground?

absfabs

I agree with Ika200, just one plant per bag.

Zazen999

Hi.

I would get 4 in each - but i keep my toms pretty trimmed [3 leaves on at any one point]; thus making sure they get as much light and room to grow as possible. I haven't found that the space the roots have is a problem, as long as you keep watered and fed regularly.

You've got 20 ltrs of soil in each bag, 5 litres is enough for each plant thus 4 in each bag.

As i have said before - we all have our own ways and often disagree with each other but things still grow [and grow and grow], and i believe that you can fit much more in the spaces than they say...

sb44

Thanks guys.

I have just come back in from tranfering them all and they seem fine.

I ran out of bags so Iv'e used a couple of Tesco Bags for Life carriers and put one in each of those, hopefully they will be ok.

lindseykim13

mine are in the veg patch, should they be in grow bags? sorry i'm new to gardening, trying to show my 5yo that you can grow stuff in the garden rather than the suppermarket!

lka200

lindseykim13 your tomato plants will be fine in the ground. Many people grow tomatoes, peppers, radish etc in bags or pots as they dont have room in their veg patch or dont have a garden. A lot of gardeners will use their veg patch for root crops like cabbage, broccoli, beans, peas, carrots as they are mare successful in the ground although you could try to grow anything really in a pot or bag!!

hth lucy x

BUBBLES_3

Tomatos can be grown in the ground outside provide you plant after risk of frost has gone,

Plant in ten litre pots or black builders buckets with some drainage holes drilled through. Plant in John Innes number three soil based compost which is easier to keep wet. minimum spacing about 700mm apart.

If youre away all day then place bucket on small plastic sink bowl filled to the brim with gravel. Water the gravel freely. Larger water searching roots will get into the gravel and the finer feeder roots stay in the bucket. Apply feed to the bucket.

This used to be called ring culture in life before growbags. I find it much easier and performs better than grow bags which can be really poor quality theses days as everyone is elling them for a low price.

lka200

BUBBLES.......i agree about the grow bags. I havn't had much success with them in the past. I found that they just aren't deep enough and it was impossible to stop the soil from drying out. I have had good success with the cut and come again type lettuces in grow bags though.:rotfl:

MrsTinks

My tomato's are doing extreemly well in growbags - in fact so well my only problem has been managing to stake them to support them in the bags... Especially the beef tomato which I fear might struggle with staying up right once the tomato's actually start forming properly!
My hanging basket tomato's are doing well too

Careful_with_that_Axe

Is it too early to plant Toms in a growbag outside? I live in SW, so very rarely get frost even in winter. Grow bag/plants would be up against SE facing wall.

Many thanks

A._Badger

This has been a funny year. Last night there was a risk of frost where I live (East Sussex) and it certainly got cold enough for me to leave the heater on in my greenhouse, switched to frost guard. So, on balance, even though you are in the balmy SW, if you can keep them inside for a little longer, then I would.