I'm about to plant out my tomato plants and am interested in the plastic
Growpots which are inserted into growbags.
Does anyone have any experience of these and who stocks them and how much do
they cost please?
Thanks.
Sally

"SH" wrote in message
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I'm about to plant out my tomato plants and am interested in the plastic
Growpots which are inserted into growbags.
Does anyone have any experience of these and who stocks them and how much
do they cost please?
Thanks.
Sally

I mean the green reusable ones with watering ring.
Sally

Hi Sally,

I am also interested in them but they are rather expensive, from £10-14.5
for 3s and a bit discount if you buy a pack of 6s.

You can find some online shops selling them:
http://www.garden-innovations.co.uk/index.html £10
http://www.harrodhorticultural.com/H...ts/GWT-400.htm
£12.96
http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalo...roducts_id=615 £14.5
http://www.twowests.co.uk/TwoWestsSi...HAND_GROWPOTS/ £14.95
I would like to know too whether there is any other place to buy it cheaply.
Besides, it is really good.

Hope it can help.

With regards,
CK from Aberystwyth

"SH" wrote in message
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"SH" wrote in message
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I'm about to plant out my tomato plants and am interested in the plastic
Growpots which are inserted into growbags.
Does anyone have any experience of these and who stocks them and how much
do they cost please?
Thanks.
Sally

SH wrote:
:: I'm about to plant out my tomato plants and am interested in the
:: plastic Growpots which are inserted into growbags.
:: Does anyone have any experience of these and who stocks them and
:: how much do they cost please?
:: Thanks.
:: Sally

Cut the bottoms out of some cheap large pots or small buckets, this is where
the manufacturers hit on the idea in the first place, people were doing just
this, my dad used this system over 25 years ago.

--
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country
and our people, and neither do we."
- George W. Bush, 5.8.2004

"CK" wrote in message
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Hi Sally,

I am also interested in them but they are rather expensive, from £10-14.5
for 3s and a bit discount if you buy a pack of 6s.

You can find some online shops selling them:
http://www.garden-innovations.co.uk/index.html £10
http://www.harrodhorticultural.com/H...ts/GWT-400.htm
£12.96
http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalo...roducts_id=615
£14.5
http://www.twowests.co.uk/TwoWestsSi...HAND_GROWPOTS/ £14.95
I would like to know too whether there is any other place to buy it
cheaply. Besides, it is really good.

Hope it can help.

With regards,
CK from Aberystwyth

"SH" wrote in message
...

"SH" wrote in message
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I'm about to plant out my tomato plants and am interested in the plastic
Growpots which are inserted into growbags.
Does anyone have any experience of these and who stocks them and how
much do they cost please?
Thanks.
Sally


I've been doing a bit of research like you and found 6 for £21.90 including
p&p at http://www.greatgardeningoffers.co.u...ic-11608-1.stm or
£12.95 for 3. Because the garden innovations link you gave charge £3.50
p&p they work out more expensive.
I have used pots before with the bottom cut out but these have the advantage
of having a reservoir for water.
Thanks for your help.
Sally

Hi Sally and Phil,

I had used ring culture last year and inserted inverted plastic bottles with
bottom cut off in the growbags. I used those bottles in soil too as I would
like to keep the top inch of soil dry to discourage weeds, slugs and snails.

There are several reasons that I am interested in grow pots. Firstly the
same reason as Sally as they can hold much more water, 4 pints. It is a bit
difficult to hold an inverted bottom with this volume firmly in my windy
garden (I only got a 6' x 8' greenhouse, not enough for all tomato plants).

Another reason is not for tomato but for courgette. We had lost a number of
plants at the beginning of the season due to the growing point of plants
being eaten. Then, as we usually have a holiday away for over 2 weeks in
the summer, we usually have the problem of powdery mildew when we come back.
Finally, it seems that slugs and snails like young courgettes. (I have also
considered slug and snail shokka mat which is also an expensive stuff.) So I
think using grow pots may help to solve or ease the problems.

This year, my parents-in-law need to give up growing their tomato as the
health situation. I am considering giving them some bushy tomatoes in grow
pots on grow bags. So there is no need of pruning, no need to water several
times a day.

It is the third year I have home grown vegetables so still a lot of trial
and error. Sally, your finding is cheaper than mine. I will have a look in
the website and see whether I can find other stuff useful so I will not
waste the money. Thank you.

With regards,
CK from Aberystwyth

"CK" wrote in message
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Hi Sally and Phil,

I had used ring culture last year and inserted inverted plastic bottles
with bottom cut off in the growbags. I used those bottles in soil too as
I would like to keep the top inch of soil dry to discourage weeds, slugs
and snails.

There are several reasons that I am interested in grow pots. Firstly the
same reason as Sally as they can hold much more water, 4 pints. It is a
bit difficult to hold an inverted bottom with this volume firmly in my
windy garden (I only got a 6' x 8' greenhouse, not enough for all tomato
plants).

Another reason is not for tomato but for courgette. We had lost a number
of plants at the beginning of the season due to the growing point of
plants being eaten. Then, as we usually have a holiday away for over 2
weeks in the summer, we usually have the problem of powdery mildew when we
come back. Finally, it seems that slugs and snails like young courgettes.
(I have also considered slug and snail shokka mat which is also an
expensive stuff.) So I think using grow pots may help to solve or ease the
problems.

This year, my parents-in-law need to give up growing their tomato as the
health situation. I am considering giving them some bushy tomatoes in
grow pots on grow bags. So there is no need of pruning, no need to water
several times a day.

It is the third year I have home grown vegetables so still a lot of trial
and error. Sally, your finding is cheaper than mine. I will have a look
in the website and see whether I can find other stuff useful so I will
not waste the money. Thank you.

With regards,
CK from Aberystwyth

Hi CK,
I did exactly the same as you last year - 2 litre plastic bottles which
worked quite well and shall still use them for tomatoes and cucumbers which
are planted in large tubs. I too suffer from slugs and snails, or used to
perhaps, because now I have free range chickens! I shall have to keep the
growing young plants out of their reach until they become established.
Sally

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