Two tomato questions

[GBax]

I bought some canvas grow bags from Marshall's for my greenhouse Tomatoes.
They are fairly large at 80cm (32in) long and 54cm (21in) wide - My question being is will three plants be a squeeze?




Next question - what is the best and most cost effective growing medium to put in them.

Thanks for the advice

[bearded bloke]

Looks to be fairly deep, if that's the case & given the growing rings, I think 3 will be fine

Let us know how you get on as the season progresses & remember there is a tomato class in the VVS later in the summer

[GBax]

Thanks very much
What is the VVS ?

[Bigmallly]

It's a virtual show that is held at the end of the season with around 30 categories for grapes to post their entries.

[Scoot]

It's a virtual show that is held at the end of the season with around 30 categories for grapes to post their entries.

Gotta link please Bigmally?

[Martin H]

Gotta link please Bigmally?

To save BM the trouble... Fruit & Vegetable Showcase

[Bigmallly]

Cheers Martin.

[Scoot]

Thank you. I shall enter a few of these this year hopefully.

[GBax]

Thanks - Any thoughts as to what is the best and most cost effective medium to fill the bags?

[Penellype]

I have some of these gro-beds as they are called in my friend's greenhouse. Last year I grew 3 plants at the back of each and a mixture of marigolds and small tomato plants at the front and they were fine. I used the large tomato grow bag compost to fill them with - I found you needed about 2 bags per gro-bed. The hardest bit was getting the watering right - the corners in particular tended to get rather dry.

[MarkPelican]

In response to your growing medium question, I use grow bags emptied out into pots. A benefit is that the compost goes back into my compost heaps to go to the allotment the following year. I have noticed this year that the price of grow bags seems to have crept up a bit.