Growing Tomato Plants In Grow Pots

Do Grow Pots Really Work?

For years I’ve been trying to convince my Dad that using Grow Pots makes growing tomatoes so much easier ... they not only let you provide your tomato plants with more water (they are notoriously greedy ... just like me!) they also mean it’s quicker to give them water in the first place – as we all know watering into a grow bag often means watering the surface below!

grow pots and tomato plants in grow bag, in polytunnel at allotment

Not only do they help with the watering, but because grow pots have an inner and outer ring, you can plant your tomatoes in more compost than just that in the grow bag (not a bad thing) whilst you can also use this inner pot to give your plants some much needed food as they start to produce their fruit.

Convincing Dad Is Hard Work
But, as most daughters find, it’s hard to convince Dad’s to try anything new ... so this year I took the easy way out and gave him three grow pots FREE (like me, my Dad loves the word FREE!!) and asked him to see for himself if they actually improve the growth of his tomato plants.

tomato plants growing in grow bags with and without grow pots in polythene tunnel

The Proof Is In The Height
At the moment we’re only part way through our ‘trial’ but hopefully you can see from the picture opposite that at least one of the tomato plants potted in a grow pot is far out growing those around it (I guess by about 6 inches).

Are We Cynical?
The cynical amongst you might say ... this is a different variety than the others ... this was a stronger plant from the start … this tomato plant germinated earlier than the rest ... etc etc etc. As yet we’re still very early in the trial and the proof is more in the amount of tomatoes we get from each plant more than how high they grow ... I’ll keep you posted ...

In The Mean Time
If any of you have used Grow Pots (or are using them this year) let me know whether you think they are useful and worth buying ...