"Joanne" wrote in message
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"Joanne" wrote in message
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I want to grow tomatoes, runner beans and mangetout in pots, so I need
to
buy some plastic pots.

Could someone tell me what size pots I should get? There are some for
sale
on e-bay that are shown in both inches and litres sizes, but I'm not
sure
what size to buy.


Oh, I forgot to ask if it would just as good (and cheaper) to use everyday
cheap plastic buckets and poke holes in the bottoms for drainage, or are
buckets too large?

Thanks.

For any of those crops I'd say the bigger the better, they all love deep
rich soil, and lot sof moisture. The curse of small pots is the speed at
which they dry out.

Duncan