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Wilko tomato grow bags
Tina_i_am
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in Fruit & veg
Hello,
does anyone else use the Wilko tomato grow bags, they are 46 litres capacity. I've bought them for the first time and wondering your thoughts.
Is 40-46L too much?
I've got tumbling tom, alicante and red cherry.
Picture from the Wilko site.
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Would one plant per bag be a waste, or could I plant more than one in a bag?
I use 22L pots when I grow toms and they're more than big enough.
The problem with those bags is they're not wide enough for more than 1 plant. I plant my toms about 18" apart.
It won't be a problem for the plant, but it's a big waste of compost
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I don't think you need a container that large for tomatoes - it would be a waste of space and compost ... I use very large plastic flower pots for my tomatoes ... roughly the size of the one in the picture.
Although it might look possible to plant more than one tomato in those bags, I don't think it's advisable ... tomatoes in particular need space ... lots of air flowing through and around the leaves ... if the plants are too close it creates the ideal conditions for fungal infections such as blight.
Even when I have one plant per pot, I keep the pots well spaced apart..
I think those bags are better suited to growing potatoes or courgettes ... one courgette plant to a bag.
Last edited: 17 June 2017 07:47:14
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If I were cynical (which of course I'm not
it may be that Wilko have a surplus of potato grow bags so have re-named them tomato grow bags.
They do look similar...
Last edited: 17 June 2017 08:00:07
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Goodness me Pete ... surely no one would do anything misleading as that would they?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've got a potato bag, they are 45cm in height, and the tomato bags are 43cm
Thank you, everyone, for your replies. I did feel that 46L was a bit much, but then I kept reading that more space was better for the roots.
You can easily see Wilko have just photoshopped a potato plant onto 1 photo and a tomato plant onto the other.
In a few months time they'll be offering them for Christmas trees
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
There's not much in it, 2cm, maybe a few came out slightly smaller and they decided to rebrand them as tomato bags. I like a healthy dose of cynicism Pete8
How about I only half fill them and turn the sides down?
At £1.50 for the pair of bags is good price and I doubt I'll find two 20L pots for that price.