They look convenient and functional 🤷🏼‍♂️

I’m in Eastern Arkansas… The heat and humidity get stifling! If that cover will assist in retaining moisture while not baking the soil… it’s a win-win! Love the idea.

First, under what conditions would they be beneficial in contrast to Method 1? My (uninformed) preference would include a complimentary plant (for pollinators, pest control, etc.) and straw mulch with a small Buddha or Baby Yoda, of course. 😁

I have been covering my grow bag soil with pieces of weed cloth cut into circles to prevent squirrels from burying / trying to dig up nuts (and destroying my plants in the meantime). It works but it's ugly and annoying lifting the weed cloth to water. These covers look like a permeable, elegant alternative.

A couple years ago, I was working in a disturbed area and thought I was clever and bought a 36" coir version of these to put around some alder seedlings to keep the grass down and avoid mowing them the first year. Super clever girl with her clever girl thoughts. Then the coyotes agreed with my clever girl thoughts that they were amazing, dragged them all into one place, tore them into shreds, and apparently made a bed. 🤣🤣🤣 Not relevant for pots in a suburban yard but I am still recovering from that experience.

Thank you! These are very kind words!

Glad to hear this!!!

Thank you!

Super helpful, agreed!

That's great😊😊😊

Don’t. I’ve gone and bought over 40 varieties… not all will be planted this year. Just about 4 of each variety. From red, yellow, purple and black. WHAT HAVE I DONE?!!!

Heck yeah! ~30 for me this year 😅

This Is The Way❤

Yeah that'll happen lol

We got you :)

Love to hear this so much!

250! Wild!

You can never have too many tomatoes...

Grown from seeds...250 tomatoes plants.. you're growing cannabis plants admit it!😂

What nutrients do you use

@@yusrakhot4121 - Masterblend 4-18-38, calcium nitrate and epsom salts.

Hopefully soon!

You are so welcome!

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you! 😊

Wow. Cherokee purples in may. What zone are you in?

Zone 8/9.

@@CricketsBay do you use a greenhouse or are these outdoors? My purple Cherokee’s are barely flowering and I started indoors in March. Zone 10. Teach me your secrets 🙏

@@herrerad3 I'm in zone 9A. I transplanted really early, mid March.

Perfect!

I try to make sure I have something blooming for most of the year!

Gorgeous right?

They are orange clock vines and Pride Of Madeira!

Stunning!

You're welcome!

That is a great point, I didn't even think of the fact that it would stop digging pests!

@@jacquesinthegarden A few weeks ago, I put sachets of lavender in grow bags containing blackberries. No sign of gophers or whatever it is since.

More to come!

Thank you!

It is! I have been letting it take over this random chunk of my yard for a while and it is one of my favorites. Glad you enjoyed the video!

Love to hear!

Nice!!

I'm guessing it's some type of Tomatillo. Those things will come back forever and grow anywhere. Green salsa!

@@nlitenurmind 'Tis the season!

Works so much better for big grows!

Only one way to find out...

Epic trash talker. I’m here for it. 🍿 👀

Some answers speak for themselves 🙈

@@jacquesinthegarden oooh, The silent violence 👊 I knew this would heat up 🔥 Watch your back bro 👀

If you're are growing tomato indoor even by the window it should be paired with a quality full spectrum led grow light to get good results. You need less light of you're growing lettuce but fruit producing plant needs alot more light. A single grow light unit that has energy consumption of 100w for example (which is "equivalent" to 300w incandescent brightness), or atleast 60w+, but not those thin led bars that is 20w each they are not strong enough. There are apps on your phone called Lux Light Meter, it's not as accurate as a dedicated meter but it give you a rough estimate of how bright your light source is. For something like a tomato plant indoor, the plant should get about 15,000 lumens (debatable) for decent really. For lettuce you can probably get by with 5000 lumens. If you don't want to spend money on expensive lights try something like one or two 100w bulb. You'll also need a cheap wall outlet timer as the plant don't want lights on 24/7. Without adequate light tomato plants will grow more leggy, it will have thin stem and grows tall, because it's looking for more light. You shouldn't grow indeterminate indoor, which are very big plants, but smaller dwarf or microdwarf. For microdwarf, these plants can grow in 1.5 gallon container and only gets up to 18 inches tall, I recommend Tiny Totem and Fuzzy Wuzzy microdwarf, these are two tasty variety I've grown, you'll have to buy the seeds and start them yourself. Of course you won't get much of a harvest from microdwarf, it's not novelty. For better yield you want to grow a dwarf or indeterminate tomato in a 3 to 5 gallon container. Yes you can top off the plant of it starts to get too tall. For indoor container growing, use brand new potting mix (not potting soil), the bags should be stored under a roof at the store and not rained on. Look up how to deal with fungus gnats and spider mites, which are a problem for indoor food growing. Fungus gnats is a primary feature of MiracleGro bags stored outside in hardware stores. This is another reason to not reuse old soil or soil from outdoor, to reduce pests and diseases. The other thing is nutrient. With potting mix you'll need to add extra nutrient, I recommend Osmocote which is expensive but you don't need a lot and it doesn't smell so it's good for indoor. But you can certainly use something more affordable like those miraclegro liquid fertilizer as long as the NPK ratio is more geared toward tomato and not have too high in nitrogen. Also growing fruiting plant indoor, tap the blossom once a while to help with pollination. You do not want to water very often for indoor plants as the soil is slower to dry out. Bottom watering is to prevent splashing dirt into the tomato leaves, also fungus gnats prefer soil surface that is wet. You can cover your soil surface with vermiculite to reduce fungus gnats.

I would not transplant if fruit is on them - Kevin

Yep!

Thought I would add something on this I have it in a 5 gallon bag but different than usual a really low prune and small cage with a mix of bonsai soil and compost and decorative jade as mulch it's like my bonsai tomato but I think I went with red patio choice this time not sure I can't remember but it's really leafy and no flowers at the moment but looking like vigorous and strong...really hope it does good because it looks so cool🐠💕 edit* it's in a pot that I reused some soil from the grow bag one that had yellow patio choice previously my b

Yes