Jupiter wrote:

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:47:34 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
wrote:


Is there any real difference between using growbags and pots of compost
for growing tomatoes in?

I intend, when I can get my lazy bottom off this chair, to plant some
tomatoes in the greenhouse, but when I go to the garden centres they have
both compost bags, and growbags, and I wonder whether there is any real
difference between the two, or I could use the compost from my heap.

SWMBO tells me that when growing tomatoes in growbags you must feed them.

Alan


The major difficulty with growbags is keeping them watered. It can be
a twice daily job at the height of summer and even then you can have
problems. They're not very deep and dry out rapidly in hot sun. With
a pot of compost you've got more depth but you'll still need to keep a
close eye on the watering.

There is one thing you can do with grow bags to reduce watering that is
stand them on end and squash them down which forms a nice 15l pot of cheap
compost of course this means you only get one plant in each bag but makes
life easier i done this last year with great success saves worrying about
pots etc. Also cause you only have one plant per bag you can wait a little
longer for your first feed say bout 6 weeks then feed fortnightly..