On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:01:07 +0000, K wrote:

lloyd writes
Great success last year, well they grew for me so that is a rarity in
itself. Couple questions. I think three plants in a bag is too much,
perhaps two would be better? Could I dig a hole big enough for the bag
contents and then grow from there, or does the bag itself have some
protective role too?

If you grow in a hole, then you might find bagged up compost cheaper
than a gro-bag.

Thank you

Is the grow bag just compost then?

Or then again you might not. A couple of years ago, I
think someone mentioned on here that one of the sheds was doing a
special offer on gro-bags which meant that, volume for volume, it was
cheaper than buying compost in bags.

Growing in the ground makes it easier to put stakes in to support the
tomatoes.

I just pushed my last ones right through the bag in to the ground
which worked well. Three plants per bag was too crowded, though they
were three different type of tomatoes so I guess that may matter. I
wondered if there was a particular reason for grow bags apart from
convenience, you know like bugs and weeds or toms are real fussy
plants?