Growing in Bags-Pots?

squibT · July 31, 2007

Seems some are growing tomatoes in bags of soil laid flat and slit open to allow for a plant (a lot of professional looking greenhouse setups) and have great looking plants with lots of production. Im not talking about grow bags with handles. Where do the roots have space to grow? Others grow in pots (not talking about HEBs) and over and over again you hear the pot has to be a certain size...production is not as good as in ground...roots need to grow deep etc...
What makes growing in bags so different...so much more productive?
I have HEBs and 5 gal buckets and the HEBs are out performing the buckets but just curious about comparing bags to buckets.

squibT

July 31, 2007	#1
squibT Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nanaimo, BC (7b) Posts: 89	Growing in Bags-Pots? Seems some are growing tomatoes in bags of soil laid flat and slit open to allow for a plant (a lot of professional looking greenhouse setups) and have great looking plants with lots of production. Im not talking about grow bags with handles. Where do the roots have space to grow? Others grow in pots (not talking about HEBs) and over and over again you hear the pot has to be a certain size...production is not as good as in ground...roots need to grow deep etc... What makes growing in bags so different...so much more productive? I have HEBs and 5 gal buckets and the HEBs are out performing the buckets but just curious about comparing bags to buckets. squibT Last edited by squibT; July 31, 2007 at 02:12 AM.