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

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

good find op, and just the weather too, heat added :smiley:

Thanks :smiley:

Looks great

Ta for the superb info Jimmybo, I'll pass it on to the green goddess who resides indoors. :smiley:
The garden is her domain.

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.

no picture required just imagine. it does work.

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

Isn't it a bit late now to be starting from seed?

I've grown tomatoes from seed for many years but if you just require a few plants and want a selection of different varieties - then this is the cheapest option

Otherwise, you'll have 100 tomato seedlings of the same variety (and some are £2+ for a packet of seed) in a few weeks which then require potting on, watering, hardening off and giving away the surplus in early July when the Lidl purchased plants will be well established without all of the effort.


I do grow my tomatoes in the greenhouse, so I fasten the tops of the canes to a wire rope running lengthwise, but if your location is unsteady or in a windy spot, just stand the half a growbag in a pot or bucket to steady it
I've just purchased my tomato plants from Lidl and there weren't many veg plants or growbags left at 11am
The varieties are the same as last year, and I still had a reasonable selection from the three varieties on offer - Cherry, "Ordinary" and Harzfeuer

No plants round my local LIDL :disappointed:

That's if you want 100 tomato plants.

1 tomato plant would feed our family all summer long for all the amount of tomatoes we eat. That's the same price as a packet of seeds. My "local" (5 miles away) garden centre are doing all varieties of tomato plants for 89p. They have loads and all are well nurtured.

Great advice from Jimmybo.
Filled up on the Grow Bags.
Sadly tomato plants weren't up to much at my local Lidl (Dereham) - found one worth a go but that's all.

I've re-potted the lone ranger today and stood on the kitchen window sill - looks a bit happier.
I live in semi-rural Norfolk where there are usually locally grown tomato plants for sale by the road-side, although 99% of these will be Money-maker variety. It's refreshing to try something different.

Back in stock Thursday 2nd June!