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What are your favourite ways of growing tomatoes? Raised bed, pots, straight into the ground, or like Mark... raised!
HANG'EM HIGH Tomatoes! EASY Lazy Way to GROW at Home!
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I actually had a bit of a laugh when I saw the pot on a pole. Surely it wouldn't work! I was pleasantly surprised at how it went though.
I can only imagine how it looked when he struggled it up there
You know what, I think this is also a TOP idea for the wet season, as there will be exeptionally good drainage.
I can only imagine how it looked when he struggled it up there
You know what, I think this is also a TOP idea for the wet season, as there will be exeptionally good drainage.
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Fortunately i can just let them sprawl out over the straw mulch as i haven't had problems with rot in my very dry climate, though the field mice take a few. This years ones have all been planted from seed in the mix and are competing with everything else so there's gonna be little tomato island landmines everywhere i have to be careful not to step on any if all goes well.
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I've found that my ground tomatoes tend to be more likely to be infested with little creepy crawlies inside. But to be fair, there's a lot of animal life where we live. From boar to wild dogs, from snakes to mice, from bees to centipedes... I don't even know what the majority are, being used to different wildlife as I grew up in The Netherlands.
I think I'd quite like Mark's idea of growing the pots raised like that, though I wonder if I'd struggle with a lot of water stress. It's been pretty dry here, even the grass is dead.
I mostly want to know how to ensure it stays up there, even with a bit of wind, without damaging the pole or pot long-term.
I think I'd quite like Mark's idea of growing the pots raised like that, though I wonder if I'd struggle with a lot of water stress. It's been pretty dry here, even the grass is dead.
I mostly want to know how to ensure it stays up there, even with a bit of wind, without damaging the pole or pot long-term.
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I don't really mind bugs, most of the time if the plants are healthy they don't get a lot of damage. If they get out of hand i just let the chicken patrol into that area for a short time. They damage the plants a bit but the bugs are usually gone pretty quick. When i first moved into my house there were little black beetles absolutely everywhere outside, like 10's of thousands. So i let the chooks around that area and a few days later i could barely find one.
I think he used wood screws and a bit of wood as a platform and them some more on top to clamp it on, so long as the pot was reasonably sturdy and not in a windy location it would likely give little trouble for a while though the wood might rot eventually and the screws fall out.
I think he used wood screws and a bit of wood as a platform and them some more on top to clamp it on, so long as the pot was reasonably sturdy and not in a windy location it would likely give little trouble for a while though the wood might rot eventually and the screws fall out.
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Good luck with things, nice to see someone else from WA, you might already be growing them but cape gooseberries also do well in our climate.
I love the idea, I've thought about doing it, and I concluded that I'm not as young and strong as I used to be, and I'm not getting any taller as I get older to make up for that, and short of hiring a small crane, forget watering it, getting a good-sized pot full of soil high enough to do that with in the first place is a bit beyond my physical ability. So, trellises it shall be for me, I think.
My block isn't much larger than yours. Space saving tip: Espalier dwarf fruit trees is a win.
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Haha, I am young and tall, but even to me it sounds a bit daunting @Grandmother Goose . I am tempted to do it with a smaller pot at a lesser height maybe, and possibly give the plant a haircut before it reaches the ground.
Thanks, yes. we currently have, avocados, mangos, persimmon, loqats, apple, dragon fruit and other asian fruit trees , name escapes me atm. have to laugh sometimes, so many times I have been told Mangoes dont grow in Perth. someone even called me a liar, so i said you better tell the 5 mango trees I have that they dont exist. Sad thing is, I dont eat a lot of fruit, the wife does but we always give most of the fruit away. So I did away with a mango tree, we have 4 and Im due to cut another one down for the growing space. We are going to concentrate on vegetables and herbs more, tomatoes, cucumbers, salad lettuce, broccoli,. turmeric, garlic, that sort of stuff.
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Sounds good, i haven't heard of people growing mangoes in Perth but its nice to hear you're having some success with them. The smaller watermelon varieties might be worth a try, probably my favorite summer annual here.
Know quite a few people grow mangos in perth. Last year was a bad year for mangos though our crop was bugger all. Spoke to a few people and they all had issues with no fruiting or small fruit. Wonder what causes this ? Strange. Got some raised garden beds out the back, missus just put in squash, spring onion and tomatos from seed. Different type according to the packet very yellow variety. We are lucky, we have a bore so water is not an issue although we are never wasteful. I live in a street where neighbours grow different stuff so we are encouraging some sort of co op where we swap excess food. Hoping to come across someone who makes his own beer and will swap for fruit and vegetables. Lol.
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Yeah, there had been a bad mango year last year all over, even up here. They are expecting a bad year this year too. It was just too dry this year.
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