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Talkback: How to grow tomatoes in a growing bag

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excellent ..would like your advice due to getting tomato blight last year for the first time in my greenhouse Im not sure how to proceed this year ..I mormally grow them in the soil should I use a grow bag or dig out some soil and replace it with new what do you advice? look forward to hearing from you margaret stead
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  • jollyoldgranjollyoldgran Posts: 2
    I planted the seeds that I got free with your magazine 27 seeds 26 really robust plants I put three in a grow bag in my conservetory yesterday I intend to try three more in a growbag outside and another lot in the ground, so that means I still have 17 plants to find a loving home for.as soon as the weather improves I'll set to work
  • annejnannejn Posts: 2
    What about growing in the garden? Bob Flowerdew's books have ggod advice on making a plastic tent for them...
  • tony2tony2 Posts: 2
    I grew some toms last year but did not have much success but after reading up on the site I've got 14 beautiful seedlings of three types all from seed from GWM and hopefully will have some lovely toms this year.
  • jonjackjonjack Posts: 1
    I recently tried growing tomatoes in one of those upside down tomato garden planters and I was really pleased with the results.

    I have written a post about it on my blog as well as a how to for making your own upside tomato planter.

    http://www.practicalhomeandgarden.com/the-upside-down-tomato-garden
  • gardener44gardener44 Posts: 4
    My wife grew some tomato plants in two of those upside down tomato planters and also had very good results, so i think she will be growing some more toms in them this year. What may be a good idea is to use John Innes no3 instead of using compost from a growbag as tomatoes are greedy feeders, it will be interesting to see what the results are and maybe grow them that way next year.
  • Poppy8Poppy8 Posts: 3
    ive just planted tomatoes into those green plastic raised pot planters that you stick on top of the grow bag, and my newly bought shirley tomatoes leaves are starting to go yellow and dry on the ends? I forgot to break up the packed soil in grow bag and am wondering wether to take the tomatoes out of these raised plastic planters which raise the plants, loosen up soil in grow bag and just replant the plants straight into grow bag? any ideas why the leaves are turning yellow. only bought the plants 2 wks ago.? thanks
  • Poppy8Poppy8 Posts: 3
    I have Just planted tomatoes (small plants bought from garden centre) Shirley variety, and planted with those green plastic pots, which you push into the whole of the grow bag. my tomato leaves are starting to go yellow on the ends? I forgot to loosen the soil in the actual grow bag. I'm also unsure how to water with these raised plastic planter things that sit on top of the grow bag. (bought from hilliers). the water is supposed to seep through little tubes which stick into the grow bag> any ideas why
  • Delny FettisDelny Fettis Posts: 1
    How tall should they be before putting them into growbags?
  • rob moorerob moore Posts: 5
    How about using the growbag compost as a general purpose compost when potting on veg?
  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802
    Delny Fettis wrote (see)
    How tall should they be before putting them into growbags?


    Don't plant until you see the flowers forming.

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