Tomato Plants

[raisedbed]

Hi all, could someone put me right please? what is the best way to plant tomato's ie. In a grow bag or in a large pot with compost.
many thanks.

[shirlthegirl43]

Either is good - whichever suits your circumstances is okay. I grow mine in the black flower buckets which you can get from the supermarket. Growbags are a little shallow for the root system though so you can either split the bag in half and stand the halves on end to get more soil depth, or you can buy deeper bags which are designed for tomatoes.

[Sweepster]

Either will be fine. I grow the tall, 'cordon' type in large pots - easy to stick canes into it to make a sturdy support. With growbags, you may not be able to plant them so deeply (you can plant them up to the seed leaves (first pair of leaves on stem, different shape to the 'real' leaves) so that roots develop from the stem to increase stability and help uptake of nutrients etc) - though you could use a large plastic plant pot with the base removed to sit in the hole you make in the growbag, fill it with compost and plant the tomato into that. Alternatively, cut the growbag in half and stand each half on its end to make an upright 'container' for the tomato.

[Samwise]

I'm gonna stick my tumbling toms in a hanging basket cos they look pretty when they flower

[raisedbed]

Thanks for that, will plant in black buckets with multi-p

[Kirsty_84]

Thought I'd tag onto the end of this thread, save creating a new one - hope you don't mind.
I've been given a tomato plant that's looking a bit sorry for itself after its journey home on the bus - there's three shoots in one small pot, quite separate from each other. Will they be all attached to the same root ball, and will it harm the plant to separate them?

[taff]

Won't harm them to separate them, the roots may be tangled together but pull them apart gently, re-pot and they should be fine.

[Kirsty_84]

Will do. Thanks.