Furby wrote:
I have heard that you should always double up on grow bags. I.e. one
on top of the other (so the roots have more room to grow)

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Is this true? If so how many tomatoes plants should I get in a
double pair of grow bags, I know it won't be 6, but would I put 4 in
there?

My father's never done so, and his toms have always done well - as for the
number, three to a bag seems to be right (the bags he buys have three 'cut
here' squares, so I would assume that the manufacturer is suggesting that
three is the maximum, and the ones he buys have tomatoes on them, so maybe
they're specifically for the purpose of growing, er, tomatoes). I don't
recall the variety he planted last year but it was a prolific cropper - so
much so that not only us, but our friends, relatives and neighbours were
kept supplied all summer!




Also is it me or have grow bags got thinner over the years , I seem to
remember them being the same size a 75L bag of compost.

They seem to have done. I recall my father saying the same thing last year.

Here's an idea to recycle an old barrow my father came up with last year
(while we're on the subject of toms) - plant cherries in it. It's easily
moved as the sun moves, so that they have the best chance to ripen. He did
it for the first time two years ago - and we were inundated; we used to eat
them straight off the vines. I believe we got at least 20lbs last season.


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