Topic: How many Plants per growbag???

[Chris Graham]

Remember to give the growbag a good shake before planting anything in them. I forgot on two of them!  ;)

[Tee Gee]

And you don't change the border soil?

Bearing in mind;  if growing tomatoes, this soil will only contain the water seeking root, plus I use a method of rotation, for example Year 1 Tomatoes, Year 2 Peppers, Year 3 Curcubrits. So all I do is add a bit of farm yard manure each year to add a bit of humus to the soil.

In my big greenhouse I work with 4No. 8' x2' beds and these come into the rotation system as does my third  12' x 8' greenhouse with a continuous bed around the perimeter.

I find this work with me

[peasmad]

In my gro bags, I grow 2 toms, 2 peppers, 2 courgettes, infact 2 of everything, except sweetcorn........I get 4 of them in one bag................
But all my bags are slit across the width  and folded in half. like saddle bags. They stand upright and will even hold a bamboo cane upright too. I do this as I don't have a crop bar along the length of my polytunnel and also the bag being upright holds more water then flat. I don't have borders either as the whole of my polytunnel is membraned.

[Gazfoz]

Sounds good to me :)

[Riffster]

peasmad, what a good idea ! - I'll try this idea, Space is at a premium...

But all my bags are slit across the width  and folded in half. like saddle bags. They stand upright and will even hold a bamboo cane upright too.

[tim]

Thanks, TG - thought one had to change a border each year.

[Zoglet]

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a bottomless bag ( I gather it is a bag with no bottom but....)? :)

[tim]

Bottomlees POT - on a Growbag - or on border soil??

[Zoglet]

"Bottomlees POT"??

 Now I'm really confused! :)

But still, what it one?

[Deb P]

Perhaps this photo of my tomatoes last year will help. The bottomless pots are filled with compost and sat on top of the growbags, which have holes cut out so that the tomato roots can grow initially into the pot, then down into the growbag as well.

[Zoglet]

Thanks Deb P,

Are they bought specifically for the purpose or do you cut the bottom off existing pots?

[Deb P]

I just cut the bottoms off of pots I already had, some are slightly different depths and widths but as long as they are big enough to give a decent amount of root run  ;D

[Zoglet]

Thanks again Deb P!

Are they the same pots you grew the toms in, or did you transfer them into bottomless pots? (This is a whole new world to me!:))

[chickadoodle]

I usually grow 3 per bag, in bottomless pots, the pot does give extra compost. When I pot on from 31/2" pots I use a double pot - I pot into a bottomless pot which is sitting in a pot with a bottom.  Then it can be put into the growbag when space allows. 

That's how I do it but that's because I need the space for other things before I can clear staging out and lay out growbags.

[Zoglet]

Thanks for the info! :)