Vegetable Plants
£1.29*each
· £1.29 each or 4 for £5
· Choose from Tomato, Capsicum, Cucumber or Courgette varieties
· Height (cm): 15 - 22
· Pot size Ø (cm): 12
· Water regularly
· Sunny spot
· Outdoor
GRANDIOL Growbag
£1.29*
· Ideal for growing tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, aubergines, strawberries and salad crops
· 27L (when filled)
Trailing Geranium
£1.49*
· Pelargonium varieties available in assorted colours
· Height (cm): 32
· Pot size Ø (cm): 12
· Water regularly
· Full sun/Part shade
· Outdoor
Top comments
jimmybo
8 May 1647#1
Here's a tip (that you won't see at Chelsea) for anyone with limited space or who only has a balcony - or similar
Purchase the vegetable plants of your choice
Purchase ONE Lidl Grandiol Growbag per two plants (any) @ £1.29
Don't plant the growbag flat in landscape mode - as recommended with three plants per bag -
Grab the growbag in the centre and distribute the compost evenly either side
Using scissors (or similar) cut the growbag in half and stand each half on its sealed end
You now possess two 12" "pots" of excellent compost
Make two drainage holes - 2" up from the base - on each side of the two newly created containers (8 holes in all)
Plant your veg (or fruit lol) in a sunny spot - insert a support cane for the tomatoes which will now be firmly seated in the deep half bag
Water in and keep watered 'till the first fruits (veg) appear
Then add a liquid feed to the water once a week
Last year's Lidl veg plants were excellent - but they do have limited stock - especially with the grow bags (I've seen local garden centres filling trolleys with the dark nectar)
In 2015, the Lidl tomato plants selection included 2 x cordon varieties (Harzfeuer and "Ordinary"), a "Beefsteak" and a "Cherry" variety.
They were of excellent quality
All comments (21)
jimmybo
8 May 1647#1
Here's a tip (that you won't see at Chelsea) for anyone with limited space or who only has a balcony - or similar
Purchase the vegetable plants of your choice
Purchase ONE Lidl Grandiol Growbag per two plants (any) @ £1.29
Don't plant the growbag flat in landscape mode - as recommended with three plants per bag -
Grab the growbag in the centre and distribute the compost evenly either side
Using scissors (or similar) cut the growbag in half and stand each half on its sealed end
You now possess two 12" "pots" of excellent compost
Make two drainage holes - 2" up from the base - on each side of the two newly created containers (8 holes in all)
Plant your veg (or fruit lol) in a sunny spot - insert a support cane for the tomatoes which will now be firmly seated in the deep half bag
Water in and keep watered 'till the first fruits (veg) appear
Then add a liquid feed to the water once a week
Last year's Lidl veg plants were excellent - but they do have limited stock - especially with the grow bags (I've seen local garden centres filling trolleys with the dark nectar)
In 2015, the Lidl tomato plants selection included 2 x cordon varieties (Harzfeuer and "Ordinary"), a "Beefsteak" and a "Cherry" variety.
They were of excellent quality
consumermonkey to jimmybo
8 May 162#3
Couldn't have said it better. Excellent advice.
Dogeared to jimmybo
9 May 161#8
You deserve to be featured on Gardener's World with that tip. Real life gardening. Thanks.
Yatty to jimmybo
9 May 16#9
Won't they fall over?
Have you got any photos?
Thanks
sradmad
8 May 161#2
good find op, and just the weather too, heat added :smiley:
sarahjrobinson
8 May 16#4
Thanks :smiley:
mrdanphillips
8 May 16#5
Looks great
anglo
9 May 162#6
Ta for the superb info Jimmybo, I'll pass it on to the green goddess who resides indoors. :smiley:
The garden is her domain.
fivegoldstars
9 May 162#7
I can't understand why anyone would pay £5 for four tomato plants :confused:. Pack of seeds, tray of compost, 100 tomato plants in a fortnight. Outlay of about a quid.
ssc1
9 May 161#10
no picture required just imagine. it does work.
jeczap
9 May 16#11
Good price, but worth checking your local garden centre - the one nearest me was doing 4 tom plants for a fiver the past couple of weeks
jimmybo to jeczap
9 May 16#15
I've just purchased 6 plants from Lidl and they're well rooted in a 12cm pot
Tomatoes in the same size pot are £2.25 in my local garden centre
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Opening post
£1.29*each
· £1.29 each or 4 for £5
· Choose from Tomato, Capsicum, Cucumber or Courgette varieties
· Height (cm): 15 - 22
· Pot size Ø (cm): 12
· Water regularly
· Sunny spot
· Outdoor
GRANDIOL Growbag
£1.29*
· Ideal for growing tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, aubergines, strawberries and salad crops
· 27L (when filled)
Trailing Geranium
£1.49*
· Pelargonium varieties available in assorted colours
· Height (cm): 32
· Pot size Ø (cm): 12
· Water regularly
· Full sun/Part shade
· Outdoor
Top comments
Purchase the vegetable plants of your choice
Purchase ONE Lidl Grandiol Growbag per two plants (any) @ £1.29
Don't plant the growbag flat in landscape mode - as recommended with three plants per bag -
Grab the growbag in the centre and distribute the compost evenly either side
Using scissors (or similar) cut the growbag in half and stand each half on its sealed end
You now possess two 12" "pots" of excellent compost
Make two drainage holes - 2" up from the base - on each side of the two newly created containers (8 holes in all)
Plant your veg (or fruit lol) in a sunny spot - insert a support cane for the tomatoes which will now be firmly seated in the deep half bag
Water in and keep watered 'till the first fruits (veg) appear
Then add a liquid feed to the water once a week
Last year's Lidl veg plants were excellent - but they do have limited stock - especially with the grow bags (I've seen local garden centres filling trolleys with the dark nectar)
In 2015, the Lidl tomato plants selection included 2 x cordon varieties (Harzfeuer and "Ordinary"), a "Beefsteak" and a "Cherry" variety.
They were of excellent quality
All comments (21)
Purchase the vegetable plants of your choice
Purchase ONE Lidl Grandiol Growbag per two plants (any) @ £1.29
Don't plant the growbag flat in landscape mode - as recommended with three plants per bag -
Grab the growbag in the centre and distribute the compost evenly either side
Using scissors (or similar) cut the growbag in half and stand each half on its sealed end
You now possess two 12" "pots" of excellent compost
Make two drainage holes - 2" up from the base - on each side of the two newly created containers (8 holes in all)
Plant your veg (or fruit lol) in a sunny spot - insert a support cane for the tomatoes which will now be firmly seated in the deep half bag
Water in and keep watered 'till the first fruits (veg) appear
Then add a liquid feed to the water once a week
Last year's Lidl veg plants were excellent - but they do have limited stock - especially with the grow bags (I've seen local garden centres filling trolleys with the dark nectar)
In 2015, the Lidl tomato plants selection included 2 x cordon varieties (Harzfeuer and "Ordinary"), a "Beefsteak" and a "Cherry" variety.
They were of excellent quality
Have you got any photos?
Thanks
The garden is her domain.
Tomatoes in the same size pot are £2.25 in my local garden centre