Grow bag splitting - upset

[Thighdentitycrisis]

A fried gave me two tomato plants and yesterday DS got me a grow bag from the garden centre, had to get an organic one which was expensive but hey ho. I cant get one round here and no car.

Today I went to plant it up and as soon as I touched it the thing began to fall apart spilling my very expensive compost everywhere. I tried to put it into a couple of rubble sacks but they haven't helped. I'm pissed off. any ideas of how I can fix it?

You can grow tomatoes in 20/30cm pots. Fill some up with the compost the plants will be fine. Use the left over compost to grow something else.

We never use grow bags, but always pots for our tomatoes.

Why haven't the rubble sacks helped? Just tip the compost in the sacks

You need a container for the compost. Do you have anything you could use?. At a pinch you could try planting the tomatoes in the compost in the rubble sacks . Just make sure you make a lot of drainage holes in the bottom

Sorry, yes if you have a decent size pot, use a couple of those.

Pots are much easier if you need to move them anyway

Thanks for so many replies!

I don't have any large pots and the space I was planning to grow them is just big enough for the grow bag.

@bumblingbovine49 I only had two sacks and they had been used before so had existing holes, everything was going wrong, but I think I will be able to remedy that by rebuilding them with some gaffer tape

My current problem is regarding cordons or bush?
My grower mixed up the seeds and couldn't tell me what type I was getting - I wonder if there is anyway to identify from the existing growth?

Do you have any ikea bags or the woven type shopping bags? They're sturdy and cheap enough to replace. Just put a couple of drainage holes in the bottom

IKEA bags a good idea
Also most bags for life could be used to grow a tomato plant.as long as you make some holes in it

I am not sure how you tell a cordon tomato from a bush one until they have grown a bit. Maybe someone else can help with that To be honest, you would.probably struggle to fit 3 Bush tomatoes in one grow bag if it is a normal, 3 plant one as they grow so wide .

I'd plant each tomato in any container you can find ., Repaired sac, ikea bag, bag for life etc and provide a cage or a long pole in case they are cordon ones. If they turn out to be bush ones , you will be able to.move the containers a bit further apart if necessary as you won't need the long pole or the cages

Has anyone planted their tomato plants out yet? Out as in outside, not in a greenhouse?

@CafetiereCoffee
Sorry a bit late replying but I planted my tomatoes outside a few days ago. They are mostly in pots. I don't have space for a greenhouse. I am hoping they will be ok but last year they all died of some sort of blight (We had A LOT of rain in June) so I am hoping I do better this year with them. I am in the South East and I waited until that cold snap passed but the night temperatures seem set to be around 9-12 for the next week or so and no rain forecast so hopefully they will be ok. Also planted outdoor cucumbers (those all died last year as well)