Re: vegies in pots

John wrote:

>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.  

I don't know what size tomatoe pots are and I can't help with eggplants
but
in Victoria I do successfully grow tomatoes in plastic garbage bins.

I use a mixture of garden soil and well rotted compost and plant two
climbing tomatoes per bin (usually Grosse Lisse). The bins are in full sun
and the tomatoes are staked until they are out of reach of my dogs and
then
trained along a trellis nailed to the fence.

I don't need to fertilise the tomatoes but make sure I keep the water up
to
them.

>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.

I often grow potatoes in bins or large pots and I plant broad beans in
large pots during March/April again using a mixture of garden soil and
well
rotted compost.
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Brett Greene