2015 Tomato Growing

...And they arrived today So now I'm also growing Manx Marvel toms!! So much for a limited range.

Cheers @Zigs

 

Anyone read the tomato growing article in gw mag, Feb p94-95? It's the almost annual rehashing of growing outdoor vs pots vs bag.

think I'm going back to bags this year, last couple in pots have been less than stellar for me.

 

No I've haven't seen that article Andy. I suppose it depends how big your pots are vs gro-bags. With gro-bags, it's a good idea to mix in a bit of lime to reduce their acidity. Another trick is to double up, stack one on top of another, make slits in-between and plant your tomatoes very deep, into the bottom one, you'll get really good root growth and the bigger volume means the compost doesn't dry out so quickly.

 

There is a lot of choice Ariadae, I've got a T5 unit which is a fluorescent lamp system, cost about £90 from memory. You can make your own for a lot less, if I was buying now I'd go for a LED based system as they are much cheaper to run and don't throw out so much heat as traditional lamps. We have some threads I've listed here:

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/2014-tomato-growing.54971/page-2#post-761661

and a more recent one here:

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/winter-growing-under-lights.79928/#post-866569

 

This year I am going to grow some Gigantomo tomato from seed

 

Sown my first tomatoes today, a few seeds of New Girl to try and get an early crop. They will go under my grow lights once germinated, and stay indoors till at least late April until the greenhouse starts to warm up.

 

I'm waiting till early March to do my main sowing