[Lardman]

Soil in the greenhouse border is very poor and I've not had time to condition it. I was thinking I might try turning some Morrison flower buckets into ring culture pots and growing the toms / cucs in those.

I thought I might fill the pots with compost / good top soil where the feeding roots are but allow the water roots to gather water from the greenhouse border to save the pots drying out.

It would also allow me to cram even more into the greenhouse 

[mumofstig]

I used to slit the bottoms of my growbags so that the long roots could escape into the soil looking for water, always seemed to work.
Maybe 1 or 2 more split toms when I gave the border a good soaking, but nothing too bad

[sunshineband]

Last year I used morrison's buckets without bottoms pushed into growbags and it worked a treat..

[Lardman]

Last year I used morrison's buckets without bottoms pushed into growbags and it worked a treat..

Nice to hear  I tried it a while back with pots on growbags but when everything dies of blight it seemed pointless.

I managed to get some buckets from Morrisons this morning  Wish Id bought more. Did you find an easy way of removing the bottoms ? I think the largest HSS hole saw I have is 125mm.. Which may leave a large rim.

[mumofstig]

drill hole for blade & use jigsaw?

[8doubles]

Soil in the greenhouse border is very poor and I've not had time to condition it. I was thinking I might try turning some Morrison flower buckets into ring culture pots and growing the toms / cucs in those.

I thought I might fill the pots with compost / good top soil where the feeding roots are but allow the water roots to gather water from the greenhouse border to save the pots drying out.

It would also allow me to cram even more into the greenhouse 

I have used the method  for years with sharp sand in a polythene lined (compost bag) trench and compost in the buckets, it works well.
 You have to resist the urge to cram more plants in to keep good air circulation and dodge the dreaded blight.

You can only eat so many tomatoes.

[Lardman]

You have to resist the urge to cram more plants in to keep good air circulation and dodge the dreaded blight.

I was going to cram herbs between them, mainly coriander - all this Indian style cooking uses huge amounts of fresh leaves, the silly packs at the supermarket don't last long at all.

You can only eat so many tomatoes.

I've heard that said but never come across it  Demand always exceeds supply, didn't even have enough to freeze a carton of sauce last year.

[mumofstig]

You can only eat so many tomatoes.

I've heard that said but never come across it  Demand always exceeds supply, didn't even have enough to freeze a carton of sauce last year.

I'm with you on that one Lardman...............that's what led me into buying the collapsible polytunnel last spring ...there just wasn't enough room in a 6 x 8 greenhouse

[8doubles]

I get more than enough toms from a 8x6 greenhouse, even if they were a bit slow getting going last year.Good job the chooks eat a lot.
The coriander in the greenhouse last year did not do as well as the outdoor stuff the year before, enough seed to fill one schwartz jar but not lots.

[sunshineband]

Last year I used morrison's buckets without bottoms pushed into growbags and it worked a treat..

Nice to hear  I tried it a while back with pots on growbags but when everything dies of blight it seemed pointless.

I managed to get some buckets from Morrisons this morning  Wish Id bought more. Did you find an easy way of removing the bottoms ? I think the largest HSS hole saw I have is 125mm.. Which may leave a large rim.

I used a sharp carving knife and just sliced them off 

[8doubles]

drill hole for blade & use jigsaw?

Is the way i do it.

[paintedlady]

It would also allow me to cram even more into the greenhouse 

ah - my thoughts were the same last year even though common sense told me it was not such a good idea.  Once something gets in there (bug or blight), the result is mass extinction on a rapidly grand scale.  Really not worth it ... although I got a decent crop before it went pear shaped compared to the outdoor ones which were nil.  This year I will definitely restrain myself