Quadgrow watering system?

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Anyone use Quadgrow system with any success?
I'm thinking of getting a set of 8 for growing tomatoes, the self watering feature is useful when on holiday. Are they worth having, or are there better systems?


I'm thinking of getting a set of 8 for growing tomatoes, the self watering feature is useful when on holiday. Are they worth having, or are there better systems?


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Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I would advise getting the mulch caps, not so much for their mulching function but because they contain holes for supporting two canes per pot. I use the back cane for the primary stem and grow a second shoot up the front cane. Be careful not to let your tomatoes grow too big as you pot them on or you won’t be able to squeeze them through the mulch cap hole.
In the photo above, the woman has her hand on the mulch cap, the hole for the cane being quite visible. Look carefully and you’ll see the second cane hole below in the body of the Quadgrow.
Is their water butt necessary or could I use my own water butt instead?
I don’t have the mulch caps, I use one of those spiral supports pushed into the pot and then supported with string/wire to the green house roof.
I found it very easy to use as an amateur! Bit pricey tho, but they seem sturdy enough for many years use so hopefully over the long term they will pay their way.
I’ve only ordered a few times from greenhouse sensation, but I’ve always found them to be very good.