Next year I will grow them either in very big pots, or in a greenhouse border. They definitely do much better with more compost to grow in
I've grown my chillies in VERY big pots this year and so far they've been good success..BUT...they do take lot of compost too ::)..and that doesn't come cheap anymore. SO..next year I'm growing half of my chillies in Quadgrow planters. I've heard so much good news about them so I made little investment and bought several of them. They come with 8 litre pots, that itself are not that big for chillies and peppers but then there is underpot water reservoir..and apparently plants grow MUCH bigger and yield LOADS of more fruit than with conventional compost method.
here is what I bought.. http://www.greenhousesensation.co.uk/planters/quadgrow.html
I've got some for tomatoes, I find them good :)
Quote from: Jayb on September 11, 2012, 21:59:13
I've got some for tomatoes, I find them good :)
Do you now?!..well..I've got question for you about it..as the individual pots are quite close together..closer than I would normally plant toms in border..do they get over growded? .. can you then fit more plants in smaller space? ..say yes?! ;D
I was planning to cut down the amount of varieties that I'm able to grow..but I just might do bit of more planning... :-\
I thought this would be better in its own spot.
Quote from: goodlife on September 11, 2012, 23:21:07
Do you now?!..well..I've got question for you about it..as the individual pots are quite close together..closer than I would normally plant toms in border..do they get over growded?
They are tight, but they do seem to manage well and as they don't really compete for water or nutrients growth is good. It's a bit of a jungle in there at the moment but that's more down to me getting a bit slack on pruning them towards the end!
Quote from: goodlife on September 11, 2012, 23:21:07
.. can you then fit more plants in smaller space? ..say yes?! ;D
I was planning to cut down the amount of varieties that I'm able to grow..but I just might do bit of more planning... :-\
Can you fit more in?
Yes ;D
I've 2 of the older type Octogrows which are the 2 x 4 in one tray type giving me space for 16 tomato plants plus I plant another 2 in the ground nearest the door and one in-between the 2 octogrows at the front of the border. Greenhouse is 10x12 with staging across the back. I have to admit with me it basically ends up one side of the greenhouse being a wall or perhaps a hedge of tomato plants! Mostly I prune to one stem sometimes I let a plant or two have two stems if I'm feeling adventurous! But they all seem to thrive. One downside is you lose some headroom, I think next year I will excavate some of the border soil out.
Quote from: Jayb on September 12, 2012, 07:45:57
I thought this would be better in its own spot.
Ah..thanks.
YES!! ;D Well...Now that you 'promised' more.. I will have to make some new decisions and maybe do a 'spot of shopping' again.. ;D..and get more of those planters.
Head room is not issue in my GH...but I needed some different way of growing my plants as at the moment I seem to waste lot of space with 'conventional' growing methods.. :-\
Have you been happy with the fertilizer that comes with the planters?..or do you use homemade stuff/something else instead?
Yes fairly happy with the feed, although last year when the tomatoes were in full swing the plants started to flag a little and I gave them some additional tomato feeds (same stuff as the regular tomatoes get) just to give them a boost. I've given the odd extra feed again this year. So yes as a base feed good but in high production needs a little extra.
I think when I've run out of their stuff I'll improvise, although I'm not sure how to calculate how much to add?
Greenhouse sensations only seem to be doing the slim ones now, I found these ones suited my space better http://www.greenfingers.com/superstore/product.asp?dept_id=33&pf_id=LS7625D&co=fr