Grow bags
 

Does anyone use these in North Anerica, very popular in the UK


[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWdePGczPU8[/url]

I know a few people that do. One does it for his eggplants.

I thought of getting a few to put either side of my path in the greenhouse as my boxes leave me with about a foot all round, but I have never seen them here in Canada and wondered if people use them are they called grow bags or are they just using purchased soil in bags ??

Just saw this post, sorry if it doesn't interest anyone now but I've used grow bags for 5 years now. It came out of necessity, being that my soil was mostly red clay and tired of blossom-end rot. I used mostly 15 gallon size. The number of tomatoes wasn't that good but it's nice to be able to control what tomatoes growi in. I only grown heirlooms so they have to be nursed along and have good water control. All mine have done well as far as the size and taste of tomatoes, just not enough production I guess. Some of the 'standard' type heirlooms like Mortgage Lifter, Cherokee Purple, etc didn't do that well, but hardier varieties like Stupice and Mountain Merit did very well. Hope this helps.

Don, thank you for the response. May I ask if you bought actual grow bags, like the video or did you use bags of potted soil mix and utilise them. I have never seen named Grow bags here and I wondred if I could make do with something else bagged and wing it.

Thank yoy XX Jeannine

I've seen many posts both here and on other websites over the years of people planting right in bags of potting mix. Poke drainage holes on one side, make a planting hole (or holes if growing smaller crops) on the other. I've personally never tried it.

Look you Larry Hall and his Rain Gutter Grow System. One of his variations is to use Walmart (reusuable poly) shopping bags as grow bags.

I have never seen this done before. It strikes me that this might be OK in a greenhouse in cooler temperatures, but would run into watering issues with higher temps or outdoors. I've also never seen the pots left on the tomato starts and just bury the pot with the bottom cut off. Last, I presume he is going to prune the heck out of the plants with three plants in that bag of soil/mix. I guess I'm skeptical of this method, but if it works for others, great.