Which root trainer to buy?

[snakeshack]

I have the long ones too,about 3 sets so far and they do last well,some of mine are 4 years old now and still usable,still using toilet rolls though held together with those elastic bands from the postie.It dont come cheaper than that!

[alldigging]

I've got one that is rows of 4 with about 8 lots of the rows. They take more compost that little seed pots (obviously) but you get a good root system. I did a lot of peas and then have put sweet pea seeds in them.

[chris]

Wish it was my birthday!!

You can have mine! I don't want it this year.. I'm happy still being in my 20s!

[veggiechicken]

I'd be delighted to have your birthday Chris. Thank you. Better start dying my hair and slapping on the Polyfilla!

[chris]

Why do you need to dye your hair to fill the walls in?

I've been filling my walls in, re-plastering parts of them etc for the past couple of weeks (they were in a right state!) without the need to dye my hair. I do have 17 grey hairs too....

[taff]

it's nice that you have the time to count your grey hairs isn't it?

[chris]

What else am I meant to do in my new job! eheheh

[Alison]

Plastic tray - gravel tray. Same thing

Ah, I always thought the deep trays that were deep enough for gravel were gravel trays but the shallower ones like I have were just erm trays. Seems I may have been doing mine a mis service!

[veggiechicken]

So its deep root trainers with frame and tray for tomorrow's shopping list?
Just another question, do shallow "books" and deep ones fit into the same frame?

[pipscariad]

Well, because of this thread I have just looked at the Haxnicks site and now my brain hurts - I had no idea there were so many types of rootrainer, I'm just glad I didn't see this before I bought mine, I would have been so full of indecision I probably wouldn't have got any at all!! Thankfully, by sheer fluke, I managed to end up with the deep ones with frame and tray, and I luuuurrrvvve them. I am seriously thinking of getting more. VC, which Show are you going to? (Nosey, moi? )
Sorry, can't answer your question about frames as I only have the one size, although I'd imagine the shallow ones would also have a shallow frame? I've always been more deep than shallow personally....

[taff]

I expect the shallow ones fit in the deeo frame and not vice versa but they'd be a pain to water because the ends would be sitting well above the level of the bottom of the watering thingy (keeping up so far?) and you'd end up either have to change the water every time or end up with algae water from it staying in there so long....

[veggiechicken]

Hi Pips - its the RHS Show in Cardiff this weekend. I'm going tomorrow and thought I should have a mission! The choice is overwhelming so I thought I'd seek advice from the experienced!
I most definitely do not want to be umming and aahing at the stand or I'll end up with all of them. Indecisive? Moi???

[veggiechicken]

I thought the trainer bases were meant to be out of the water so that the roots withered? Why can't I understand these stoopid things without seeing them?

[Alison]

I've got two depths of root trainer and they both have the same depth of frame.

[veggiechicken]

Thanks Alison. So I could buy one frame but 2 different depths of root trainer and it wouldn't matter which I used