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    preparing the tomato beds

    This year i will be growing my tomato's straight into the ground of my greenhouse instead of in growbags. I figured this would make the watering not so much o a chore as my soil has a good amount of clay so should retain the water better than grow bags, plus i can control the nutrients better.
    Sooo the beds are dug and the clay soil is not over sticky , it's has a pretty good crumb now the clods are broken up.

    What do i need to add to the beds to make the perfect home for my fast growing tomato plants please? I figure lots o organic matter in the form of my compost, manure an some Fish , blood and bone. Does that sound about right or is it to much? Then top up with a tomato feed when the flowers have set.

    I will leave it a couple more weeks to let the soil warm in the green house before planting the beds up and i will keep the fleace at the ready, but being down south the frosts are only light now so i think it will be safe to plant up green house beds in a couple of weeks.

    Wren
    Last edited by Wren; 29-03-2009, 04:54 PM.
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    Sounds like you've got it sussed Wren!
    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

    Diversify & prosper


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    • #3
      Wot he said.

      Also some things you might to consider. French marigolds, plant some in there with the tomatoes, invaluable.
      The way I do watering is quite brilliant, even if I say so myself, but I'm not alone in doing it I think
      I roughly lay out my seep hose before I put in the plants, I put the plants in staggered so I then can pin the hose round in a snakey line around the greenhouse so water gets to every plant, next to each plant I bury the plant pot in case I want to give them a liquid feed.
      I then cover the whole lot up with cardboard and attach the hose to a 1000 litre tank I have attached to the greenhouse guttering, turn on the tanks tap and the tomatoes and chillies will be slowly watered under the cardboard with no fuss or bother, after a while, turn off the tap, job done for a couple of days.

      That's the Orinoco way of gardening
      Last edited by womble; 29-03-2009, 05:47 PM.
      "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

      Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by womble View Post
        Wot he said.

        Also some things you might to consider. French marigolds, plant some in there with the tomatoes, invaluable.
        The way I do watering is quite brilliant, even if I say so myself, but I'm not alone in doing it I think
        I roughly lay out my seep hose before I put in the plants, I put the plants in staggered so I then can pin the hose round in a snakey line around the greenhouse so water gets to every plant, next to each plant I bury the plant pot in case I want to give them a liquid feed.
        I then cover the whole lot up with cardboard and attach the hose to a 1000 litre tank I have attached to the greenhouse guttering, turn on the tanks tap and the tomatoes and chillies will be slowly watered under the cardboard with no fuss or bother, after a while, turn off the tap, job done for a couple of days.

        That's the Orinoco way of gardening
        I've got a 1000 litre thingy attached to my greenhouse as well but I've never thought of using it in THAT way! Good idea womble!
        My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
        to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

        Diversify & prosper


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        • #5
          Thats brill!, an what an inventive watering system!! Thanks guys

          Wren

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