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My green house goes up this weekend and I've had some tomato plants donated to get me going but what do I plant them in pots or grow bags, which is best?
 Come on you lot I need a hand as I've not used a greenhouse before.

hi pauline, buckets for tomatos  with a hole in the bottom , reason a bucket , if they were in grow bags , you would be for ever watering them  :)

Yep!! Tubs or buckets would be fine. Don't forget they need support (staking) as they become 'Top Heavy' ??
Watering not a problem, as you will get the Pleasure, of watching them Grow. Just don't let them 'dry out'---
 Bet you soon get -- Addicted!!

Hi Pauline, glad to see you are puttingyour greenhouse to good use.Having grown tomatoes for 50years may I offer some suggestions which might help you.
Firstly I believe gro bags are the best because they keep the moisture in better. Grow them down the middle of the greenhouse, they need a good air supply. I put a long cane running leghnthewise resting on te strutts at the top of the greenhouse. When planted in the bags and begin ti grow they will need support,I ties some strong string (very very loosely) at the bottom of the plants and tied the other end to the cane or wood at the top of the greenhouse. as they grow wind them round the string.it needs strong string NOT nylon. The trusses will grow from the stem, u will recognise them because they will have small flower buds on them. BUT shoots will appear growing where the leaves meet the stem, these must be removed otherwise they will grow into rogue trusses and spoil the plants. Watering, try and water regularly, if you miss for some reason DONT give them twice as much next time build up slowly. The scourge of tomato plants is white fly,o this end I grew a dozen or so French Marigolds and put them amongst the tom plant, with some either side of the door.I was never troubled with them. Well Pauline if there is anything else you want to just ask, and I will try my best to help. o doubt other posters will other ideas, so you pays yor money and akes your choice.

Thanks for that William I've printed it off and will keep it for future reference  :-*

You havent been on much Pauline........is the greenhouse taking over the pc  ;D ;D ;D
and wheres Tilly ?

Hi William, What a terrific Idea. As you have been doing that for some years, I may well try it. At it moment, its only in the Mind ???

Yes Cath I wondered where she was haven't seen her around for a while.

I have been busy in my green house ,I have got tomato's, bell peppers,hot chillies and cuccumbers on the go. I think I will just keep it to that for this year till I see how I get on, oh I forgot about lettuce and spinache

Hi Pauline, you have got of to good stsrt with your greenhouse. A word of caution if I may, I have found, that tomatoes dont grow well if grown in the same greenhouse as cucumbers. It would be interesting if other people have experienced this.

Hi William I was talking to a gardener who said the same but he also said that if I put the tomatoes on the side of the greenhouse that gets the most sun and the cucumbers on the opposite side  they may be OK, I'll give it a try any way .

Hi Pauline, Well Done!! I  can see the addiction, coming along.  Great!!

HI all
Just thought I'd give you an update on the greenhouse the tomato's are fine there are so many I can't count, I have cucumbers coming on very nicely, the courgettes are doing well so are the peppers and chilli's.
Outside the runner beans and lettuces in pots along with the herbs are thriving (I dont have a vegetable plot).
So I guess you could say that the addiction is coming along well. ;D ;D ;D

WELL DONE PAULINE, YOU HAVE DONE WELL FOR THE FIRST TIME.SOON THE GREENHOUSWE WONT BE BIG ENOUGH LOL

I just said to my other half that perhaps I should have got a bigger one William, he disagreed though :)

hi Pauline, i warned you it wouldnt be big enough, but having said that, no matter what size you had bought, you would have wished you had a biggetr one, such is life.

Well done Pauline !!!
fruitful hobby  ;)

Yes! Once addicted, one has to admit --- Wish we had a Bigger one ?????-- I wish we could start again, all those lovelly Fresh veggies ----  Yummee!!!!!

Got lettuce from the pots, cucumber and tomatoes from the greenhouse so its salad for tea. How chuffed am I  ;D ;D ;D

Well done Pauline I wish I had green fingers, but in the future I intend to have another try growing veg etc!...

I'm from the stick it in and hope for the best school of gardening Marcella and up till now it seems to have worked.
I've just bought some seed potatoes to grow in the greenhouse (hopefully) for Christmas.

I remember my dad trying to grow mushrooms years ago, it was stated that special beds had to be set up, special soil etc etc,and after about a month nothing came so he gave up and threw the soil onto the garden border and guess what grew in about a week?...Yes the most lovely mushrooms ever and they survived the acidy soil/wind and rain!,.. hehe....

HI PAULINE, 2 THINGS. PUT YOUR POTS OUT WHEN IT RAINS, AND NOT TOO COLD,RAINWATER IS BETTER FOR THEM THAN TAP WATER.
2, DONT BE TOO DISAPPOINTED IF THEY DONT TASTE AS GOOD AS NEW TATES/. WE ARE LUCKY HERE BEING IN A FARMING AREA, WE CAN GET NEW TATES ALL YEAR ROUND.

I MARCELLA, IF YOU LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR A MUSHROOM FARM, GET SOME MUSHROOM COMPOST AND SPREAD IT ON YOUR GARDEN, YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH MUSHROOMS TO LAST YOU A LONG TIME. THE COMPOST IS USUALLY FREE.

We have toadstools on our lawn
which are similar...........its the rain lol

Thankyou William that sounds a good idea for sure!....

Erm Cath don't eat those ones, hehe...I know you won't!....

Has anyone noticed how fast flowering weeds grow and yet flowers take a lot longer?.... ;D

NOT ONLY THAT MARCELA BUT A DANDELION GROWING IN THE LAWN WILL STILL PRODUCE A FLOWER NO MATTER HOW LOW YOU CUT THE GRASS

Too right William lol

I remember last year about 5 thistles appeared on my lawn in a line, so strange for sure!...

Has Pauline been swallowed by her plants  ;D ;D ::)

No just been busy, my granddaughter and her partner and little boy (yes I'm a great grandmother) are buying a house so gave up their rented one (big rent) and have moved in with my youngest son til everything gets sorted, so she and my great grandson spend a lot of time here as I only live round the corner.

thats nice Pauline
you can show the little one th greenhouse you neverknow he might like it.

He's been in a few times Cath trouble is he pull's the plants to pieces,  I have a raised area at the top of my garden that I have covered in gravel with lots of plants scattered about and he loves to sit up there and throw the gravelonto the lower level, I spend ages picking it all up again but it keeps him quiet.

Perhaps he is thinking, he's playing a game == not such a good one for you though.

Just thought I'd let you know his latest mis-adventure I hade sown some herbs in pots three weeks ago and they were looking well, not any more g/g/son tipped them all out so he could play with the soil HUH!

Woops !!!!

Hi Pauline, All part of the Fun and Experiance of Gardening ?? -- We sure do miss it all.