Posted by Jonno on March 10, 2008, 3:22 am
David Hare-Scott wrote:
>> I appreciate both responses and take all on board. I like the sound of
>> plastic garbage bins for size, tomatoe pots take about 40litres of soil,
>> with lots of seasoned compost and keeping the water up. Correct me if I'm
>> wrong but I assume a few holes need to be drilled through the bottom of the
>> bins.
>
> Yes
Preferably at the bottom, on the sides, the bottom can get blocked when
its not on pebbles or similar.
>
> Noone mentioned the quality of their vegetables, but they can't be
>> worse than what the greengrocers have on offer.
>> thank you
>
> Flavour is more related to the cultivar that you grow and picking at optimum
> ripeness. Supermarket veges are usually cultivars selected for any other
> quality (durability, appearance, short bearing period etc) than flavour and
> they are picked at optimum time for transport and storage.
>
> David
>
>
Posted by George.com on March 2, 2008, 4:24 am
>I appreciate both responses and take all on board. I like the sound of
>plastic garbage bins for size, tomatoe pots take about 40litres of soil,
>with lots of seasoned compost and keeping the water up. Correct me if I'm
>wrong but I assume a few holes need to be drilled through the bottom of the
>bins. Noone mentioned the quality of their vegetables, but they can't be
>worse than what the greengrocers have on offer.
> thank you
> John
>>
>>> I'm desperately trying to grow tomatoes and eggplants in large pots
>>> without
>>> success. The pots are those large ones called tomatoe pots and I use a
>>> good
>>> quality potting mix. The few tomatoes that emerged were as tasteless as
>>> the
>>> store bought and only a small eggplant emerged. This last result is
>>> typical
>>> of several attempts so I'm wondering if there's a way to grow good
>>> quality
>>> vegetables, not just the two mentioned, in a pot. I'm not interested in
>>> hydroponics.
>>> thank you
>>> John
>>>
>> What was the typical temperature where you were trying to grow them?
>> Tomatos
>> like it warm, eggplants like it hot .
>>
>> Were they in full sun or at least half a day of full sun and the rest
>> bright
>> light? How long was the day? Without enough sun they will be weak and
>> spindly
>> and not fruit correctly.
>>
>> Once established did you feed them with some fertilser every few weeks?
>> Veges
>> are mostly heavy feeders, even if the pot is a bit small you can grow
>> them if
>> you prevent them from drying out by regular watering and feed them.
>> Small
>> pots do tend to dry out in the sun, this can be a problem if you don't
>> water
>> often enough.
have a look at this and see if it meets your needs.
http://www.seattleoil.com/Flyers/Earthbox.pdf
rob
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>> plastic garbage bins for size, tomatoe pots take about 40litres of soil,
>> with lots of seasoned compost and keeping the water up. Correct me if I'm
>> wrong but I assume a few holes need to be drilled through the bottom of the
>> bins.
>
> Yes