And here come the tomatoes.

Posted on 31 May 2010 | 0 comments

We had two different lakeland products to try our tomatoes out in – the ‘mini grow bed, frame & cover‘, and the large growpots. So we obviously did what any sensible and serious grown up reviewer people would do and set them up under scientifically controlled conditions to compare and contrast the results (aka bunged the tomato plants in and watering them a bit).

Here’s how the catalogue how’s them:

The mini grow bed was set up in minutes, and appeared pretty strong. We didn’t use the liner, but had an old hessian sack which we popped inside to stop the patio slabs staining. In the first high winds when the bed was empty the plastic ‘t-bar’ which the poles slot into at the top both snapped – but we fixed them with a bit of tape, and they have held fast ever since.

We popped six plants in the bed, zipped up the cover, and do try to remember to water them occasionally.

The large growpots were also dead easy to set up – simply swivel them around a bit on top of a grobag until they pierce the plastic, and push in. topfill the central column, plant your tomato plant in the top, and then just top up with water occasionally. I was actually more excited about these, as I have horrible trouble with grobags – I never keep mine at the right water content, either drowning and creating rivers of runoff, or leaving them to dry out far enough for the plants to lean over sideways in a very dejected manner. But these pots promise to put an end to that issue.

So – this is what ours look like at the moment:

Looking a weeny bit pitiful, yes? We’ll just see how they do…

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