Tomatoes and sweet peppers direct or in a pot?

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Tomatoes and sweet peppers direct or in a pot?
« on: May 23, 2022, 14:24 »
So raised bed in greenhouse. I decided to plant some direct and some in pots. In the past only in pots and then plant into raised bed once a decent size. Anything I put in direct germinated but barely moved. Those I put in pots (at the same time) are at least 4 times taller. I have been taking out the ones in the bed and replacing them with the potted ones.
Why would they grow quicker in pots???

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Re: Tomatoes and sweet peppers direct or in a pot?
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2022, 16:49 »
Perhaps the pot grown ones stayed warmer, while the soil stayed colder?
Perhaps the added fertiliser in the compost helped with an early boost to growth, but long-term the soil grown ones usually end up giving a bigger yield, in my experience.


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