Hi everyone

Since my wife and i moved to a bigger house last year with a hugh backyard we decided to start growing some vegtables.
So we used large plastic pots and planted there some tomato and cucumber seeds, so they grew up preaty nicely but i noticed that the roots grew in entangled and entwined circles and after some time they started encircling the pots!
A frind told me to use fabric pots, i wasn't familiar with them but i gave it a shot and i must say they worked great!, it has a healthier root system that encourages root pruning rather than root circling, and basically it's much esiaer to move around the garden.
I've bought some grow bags from Amazon, they are great, but some of them aren't in such great quallity except from one that i really liked : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BTR8LC1/, it also has a side pocket for tools which i found preaty handy.
I wanted to ask you guys if there is a better way u know to grow vegis, or could u give some advices on how i can make a better use of my garden..

Thanks!

if you're backyard is pretty big, is there a reason you don't want to grow in ground? Just asking. I've never tried these, but heard good things about them. For tomatoes you might consider a raised bed similar to mine. Just make sure it's deep enough. I've never had that root circling problem. I've also successfully grown tomatoes in large pots. Pics of both below. Now please remember the term is relative to different people. What you call large I might call small!

Hi

Thanks for the respond
Actually, the reason i use the grow bags is becouse i want the grandchildren to have a place to play when they come for a visit(yes, i'm a grandpa ), but still, since it's such a big yard i wanted to use it to plant my own vegis..
does anyone alse has some good advices on how to get a better use of my backyard?
i think those bags are really great, i'll love to hear what you guys have to say

Well, having grandkids playing in your yard a great reason for using grow bags!

I have both, in fact, I just bought 5 25xgallon of Gro bags, they do well on a slope. With my regular pot, it has to be on hard surface.

SoCalGardenNut said:I have both, in fact, I just bought 5 25xgallon of Gro bags, they do well on a slope. With my regular pot, it has to be on hard surface.

So these 10 gallons bags i've bought https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BTR8LC1/ are too small in your opinion to grow vegis?, couse i think this size is working pretty well

I think it depends on the veggies. There are lots of veggies that would grow well in the smaller size. Tomatoes aren't one of them, they need the bigger size.

I think the size is up to you, my preference for large grow bags is because I plan to grow melons, large melons, and they will be sitting on a slope, not easy for small bags. Actually I have 6 bags and not 5, lol. I plan to put a focus on growing large melons this year.

gardenfish said:I think it depends on the veggies. There are lots of veggies that would grow well in the smaller size. Tomatoes aren't one of them, they need the bigger size.

What kind of veggies are good for 10 gallons?

Peppers would work, plus carrots, lettuce, eggplant, spinach. What would you like to grow? What did you have in mind?