networkn:

 

thanks for the advice. Bunnings next to me had grafted healthy looking BeefSteaks for $1 each. Grabed a decent sized couple of planter pots and some all singing all dancing potting mix that has 6 months of fert, and water retention stuff in it, and some marigolds, and should hopefully be all sorted.

 

When I had a tunnel house I used to buy bags of tomato compost, punch holes and plant tomatoes directly into them.  They grew really well and I top dressed with liquid fertiliser after a few weeks  At the end of the season I discarded the used compost under fruit trees.  By doing this, each year I started with new, disease free soil.

I'm doing the same this year but with the compost in planters so it's tidy.