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
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> "John" <jochforNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> 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.
>
> In general yes you can grow veges in pots if the conditions are right.
>
> David
>
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