All prices shown below are per parcel with a maximum weight of 30 kg per parcel. Items over 30 kg are split into multiple boxes and charged per box. Hydrangea Macrophylla Endless Summer – The Original Hydrangea Macrophylla ‘The Original’ was the first introduction from the ‘Endless Summer’ series. This ground-breaking variety blooms on both Read More » A grow bag is a mini garden in itself. It has many advantages over planting tomatoes directly in the soil or large container. Furthermore, growing tomatoes in grow bags is one of the most popular ways to grow tomatoes in the UK, and here are some reasons why! The Benefits of Grow Bags This is a big growbag, the biggest I have seen. It comes in at 60 litres and it feels like you could easily fit four plants in rather than the usual three.

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For supporting: Avoid piercing the bottom of the bag. Train plants to fan out so that they receive maximum light and air. Take the young tomato plant out of its pot, loosen its lowest roots slightly, then plant in the grow bag.Firstly, decide whether you want to use growing rings to increase your tomato crop yield. These are designed to increase the amount of compost each plant sits in, so it gets the benefit of the additional nutrients. When watering, the water goes straight to the plants’ roots, too, rather than running off the compost, so they’re worth investing in. What you’ll need to get started: For feeding: We recommend feeding with 20ml of Levington® Tomorite Concentrated Tomato Food diluted in 4.5 litres (1 gallon) of water for most crops. Feed hungry plants such as tomatoes under glass once a week. Future Garden are not liable for any additional fees that may be incurred. Any unexpected costs must be paid by you (the customer). Make three holes, evenly spaced in the top of a grow bag about the diameter of a six to eight inch pot. Loosen the soil below, add a handful perlite if you have some, then push the soil below to the sides to make a good size hole. For the majority of the bags, there was very little between them. They grew to similar heights and provided very similar numbers of tomatoes.

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Tomato varieties such as Moneymaker, Gardener’s Delight and Shirley are all traditional varieties that are ideal for growing in grow bags. Best Position for a Grow Bag

Using these top quality tomato planter bags provide results that speak for themselves. They offer greater depth for improved root development to help produce large yields. If holes are inserted in the middle/sides of the grow bag, water may escape before the whole soil area has been watered. Planting Much of the same once again, nice strong green growth on the tomato plants with a few flowers beginning to appear. Westland Bag Good Growth So I just included a photo of one for you to compare the other two, which are performing worse, to. The Final Results

Levington Tomorite Giant Planter with Seaweed - 52L - Homebase Levington Tomorite Giant Planter with Seaweed - 52L - Homebase

Leucothoe are known for their colourful foliage, but this one really stands out from the crowd! In spring the new shoots of Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Makijaz’ emerge Read More » Seaweed extract contains several useful plant nutrients, including nitrogen, potassium, phosphate and magnesium. The extract works in harmony with Levington tomato feed to make more nutrients available to your plants. They can take it and use it as part of their development no matter what stage of growth they are at.

The Levington Tomorite Planter Bag is a large grow bag with 3 planting slots. These deep grow bags will get your tomatoes off to the best start, allowing plenty of space for each plant to develop. Unlike a lot of grow bags, the Tomorite planter bags come premixed with Tomorite tomato food and added seaweed extract to promote vigorous, healthy growth. Being pre-fed means you won't have to feed your plants for a few weeks, simply water and let them grow.

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Keep watering the plants as often as they need — keep an eye out to ensure it’s done getting dry. When they start flowering, it’s a good idea to keep the plants well fed by adding in a weekly fertiliser with a high potash content to maximise your yield. Keep your houseplants healthy – available individually or buy both. Defender – Ready to use Houseplant Defender has a unique blend of safe physical control surfactants. Read More » Because tall varieties need support, growing up against a fence or a wall is ideal. Support canes are used to support the tomato plants, then the canes are tied to the fence or a hook/nail on the wall. Also, roots grow in search of water, if given too much, the root area will be smaller and under-developed. Grow Bag Optimization Azalea Sylvester Beautiful large upright facing funnel-shaped pink flowers with a deeper centre giving an almost two-tone effect up to 40mm wide. Perfect for brightening up Read More »

growbags come in all shapes, sizes and prices. But are the more expensive growbags worth it? I ran a trial to find out. What is the trail? Another bag showing much of the same, nice strong growth with flowers not far away. Durstons Bag Looking Good Westland If you’ve never tried growing your own before, we’d recommend using tomato grow bags to get started. These have been specifically formulated to create the optimum environment for growth and the compost is contained neatly to minimise mess. Tomato grow bags: how to use