Lidl self watering plant pots

[artichoke]

Is anyone buying these?

I am interested in Earthboxes, especially for tomatoes, as I hope to avoid blight for the first time for years.

http://www.organiccatalogue.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2670

It looks to me as if Lidl have picked up the principle and reduced the cost from £30 - £70 to £4.50

http://www.lidl.ie/IE/home_ni.nsf/pages/c.o.20100304.p.Self-Watering_Plant_Pot

I made an "earthbox"  for my daughter last year out of 2 plastic boxes, taking a couple of hours and a lot of moaning as we sawed and drilled and split the plastic; and the boxes were not cheap. The growing results were excellent, though we did it rather late in the season.

http://www.josho.com/gardening.htm

So I am buying a few of these in the hopes that I can grow a row of tomatoes in them instead of at my allotments. Any experience out there?

[artichoke]

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They look good, thanks for the links Artichoke  ;D ;)

[artichoke]

Son and daughter-in-law are in Lidl at this very moment, and report round ones that have a similar watering device to the square ones, so they are commissioned to buy 11 more at £3.99 each. Even if they are smaller and less efficient than the official Earthboxes, at that price I am happy to tweak the system until it works.

I plan to use them in back garden for tomatoes and other Solanaceae that don't do very well on my allotments.