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Drainage for tomato plant?
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With gro bags you're not actually getting that much bang for your buck. Sometimes it's better to buy two normal and use those than one grobag.If you are going to use grobags though, put them on their sides and give them a bash, slice along the top which was the side and put your plants in like that, they'll have a deeper root run. Also slice holes about an inch or two above where it rests on the floor to provide a reservoir.Non me fac calcitrare tuum culi1
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-taff said:With gro bags you're not actually getting that much bang for your buck. Sometimes it's better to buy two normal and use those than one grobag.If you are going to use grobags though, put them on their sides and give them a bash, slice along the top which was the side and put your plants in like that, they'll have a deeper root run. Also slice holes about an inch or two above where it rests on the floor to provide a reservoir.0
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You = a general you not a specific youNon me fac calcitrare tuum culi1
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Emmia said:Farway said:Emmia said:kimwp said:Good idea to feed the plant (with tomato feed) as well.
https://amzn.eu/d/8xReksXGulp, at that price I'd just buy toms from M & S
"There is no such thing as a low-energy rich country." Dr Chris Martenson. Peak Prosperity0 -
Dustyevsky said:Emmia said:Farway said:Emmia said:kimwp said:Good idea to feed the plant (with tomato feed) as well.
https://amzn.eu/d/8xReksXGulp, at that price I'd just buy toms from M & S0 -
Emmia said:Dustyevsky said:Emmia said:Farway said:Emmia said:kimwp said:Good idea to feed the plant (with tomato feed) as well.
https://amzn.eu/d/8xReksXGulp, at that price I'd just buy toms from M & SI don't, having chosen to relocate from Kilburn to the West Country 56 years ago. My comment was intended for a majority of the population, not a specific minority, who've also made choices."There is no such thing as a low-energy rich country." Dr Chris Martenson. Peak Prosperity0 -
You can make your own feed if you want to though, collect weeds as you walk about, stick them in a small bucket with a lid and fill with water, leave for a few weeks and you have our own feed with probably more trace elements than a bought one.Non me fac calcitrare tuum culi0
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Re compost - this year I've started using a brand called Erin. It says it's "reduced peat" rather than peat free so I'm hopeful. Bit early to pronounce it better than the usual nonsense but it does look+feel+smell better than the stuff I was buying previously (big purple bags from the orange diy shed).
Edit - it's from my local garden centre and not dear at all.I removed the shell from my racing snail, but now it's more sluggish than ever.1 -
After punching the holes out I usually put a few sheets of paper in the bottom to stop compost falling through. It's a good alternative if you can't find suitable sized stones to completely cover the holes.Seems to work well for me anyway!1
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I've never been sold on this putting stuff in the bottom to stop stuff coming out, or to improve drainage or whatever. I put nothing in mine except the compost, it always drains fine, and no compost falls out. The only way it wouldn't drain was if the roots filled it up and blocked it. And as I've found with letting them do their own thing, they don't do that either...Non me fac calcitrare tuum culi0
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