I would put the plastic under your little window box trays (yes, that is exactly what I meant!). Poke holes in the plastic or leave an inch gap in the bottom for drainage. It looks like you have it up against a fence? If you leave it there, you can use the fence as a tie-in for your middle tomatoe.. which will need support. The fence can act as your cane. Feel free to bury you tomatoes deeper when planting out, they will form roots from the stem.. resulting in better plants with a larger root system.
Thank you so much everyone for all your help and advice. I’ll get cracking with all that soon. BTW, I have already down some cut and come again lettuce leaves in pots. Excited I am!
Hello again Well it’s been about 4 weeks since I planted the trough with 2 bush and 1 cordon garden-centre bought tomato plants. I used Asda multipurpose compost and am wondering if you lovely folks could tell me when I should start to feed them. See pic below. :-)
Feed when the first fruit sets. Might need to hand pollinate if not much activity in your garden, it always tickles me when I wander around the greenhouse with a child's paintbrush. Also will need to decide if you are growing bush or training up a cane as this needs doing now. Might get a bit crowded all bush plants. If it does you can cut off large leaves to allow light to get to your Tom's. Hope this helps. These are some of my toms
Thanks Purple. There is quite a bit of activity in my garden but hand pollinating sounds like fun anyway. What does it involve? One of the toms is a cordon and I’m tying I to a cane and also the railings behind it as it grows. The other two (either side of the cordon) are tumbling ones (not bushes as I said - unless that’s the same thing). Yours look great. I like the upside down bottle thingy for watering - I might try that myself. Should I make sure the soil is always damp or let the top inch or so dry out as is recommended with other plants in pots? I don’t want to invite disease by overwatering. Thanks for your help. :-)
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Well it’s been about 4 weeks since I planted the trough with 2 bush and 1 cordon garden-centre bought tomato plants. I used Asda multipurpose compost and am wondering if you lovely folks could tell me when I should start to feed them. See pic below. :-)
Thanks for your help. :-)