Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Tomato growbag frame

While I'm waiting for the last frost date to arrive I decided to get the framework ready for the outdoors tomatoes. Have treated myself to a decent quality growbag, and the trays are half-price (£4.99) at Homebase at the moment. Started by knocking together a frame out of decking to enclose the growbag.
Then made the frame out of timber off-cuts. I'm sure roofing lathes would do the same job. Very cheap too.
Added a few cross beams for extra strength, then cut holes for grow-pots and fixed canes to eyes with cable ties.
Pretty sturdy at the moment, but fully laden with fruit may collapse, so will lash it to a hanging basket frame screwed into the wall later in the year. The wall is south-west facing and releases a lot of day-time heat overnight. Tommies should love it. May need to protect from winds and heavy rain, but the frame should hold fleece or polythene well. Job done!


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