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« on: November 12, 2013, 05:53 »
can you grow tomato in the same bed each year.as in a poly tunnel

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Re: tomato
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2013, 06:52 »
Providing you change the compost they are growing in.

Apart from the nutrition depletion problem, there's always the chance of harbouring diseases.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: tomato
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2013, 07:06 »
the beds in the poly tunnel are in the ground  DD .is that a problem

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Re: tomato
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2013, 07:22 »
Change the soil then, I used to do that yearly when growing direct in the soil. I found it such a bind though and now use large pots containing growbag compost sunk into the soil to give me the same height.

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Re: tomato
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2013, 07:51 »
sounds like a plan...ok what if i grow tomato  1 side next year then the other side the following year

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Re: tomato
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2013, 08:40 »
You can't beat changing the soil for fresh.

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Re: tomato
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2013, 12:50 »
sounds like a plan...ok what if i grow tomato  1 side next year then the other side the following year

This is what I have done for the last six years in our tunnel with no problems so far. I do add quite alot of organic matter - worm casts,dried comfrey leaf, grass cuttings, compost, manure - to the surface of the beds throughout the year.

 
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