Where is the most inexpensive place to purchase some grow bags?

tulsanurse1 · April 3, 2010

I am gonna try and plant some potatoes if I can find an inexpensive grow bag. Should I be looking for a particular type of material? What else is important to look for when choosing a bag?

bughunter99 · April 3, 2010

I sew mine out of good grade landscaping fabric. It works great.

amideutch · April 3, 2010

It depends on what you call inexpensive, size and quantity your talking about. If you are going to do it as a experiment I would Try using a Smart Pot. I grew tomatoes in a 10 Gal SP with excellent results and the design and construction of the Smart Pot seems to be an ideal container to grow spuds. It is reusable and if the spud experiment doesn't work out use it for something else. I also have a dwarf nectarine growing in a 10 Gal SP. Here is a link. Ami

http://www.smartpots.com/growing-potatoes-in-containers

stormymater · April 3, 2010

watch out for grow bags advertised as "12 gallon". Sold in cases, these actually hold 5 1 gallon Costco milk jugs - that would be a 5 gallon bag in my world. Indeterminants grown in these bags require daily watering... gallons & gallons of water. They are good for peppers, basil & parsley though. Before buying, try to get a sample sent to make sure it'll meet your needs. I was bummed last year.
I am re-using many but the white plasticized fabric definitely gets frizzled in our sun & many ripped badly when we dumped them out last fall - not so ideal.
I doubt they'll be usable after this season (but I still have 100 or so left over from the case purchase).
I am using 15 & 30 gallon black plastic nursery pots I got for $1.50 & $3 apiece from a local nursery. More durable & I know from last year the peppers did fine in 5 gallon black plastic pots (& 5 gallon kitty litter buckets & green 5 gallon pickle buckets...)

April 3, 2010	#1
tulsanurse1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 71	Where is the most inexpensive place to purchase some grow bags? I am gonna try and plant some potatoes if I can find an inexpensive grow bag. Should I be looking for a particular type of material? What else is important to look for when choosing a bag?

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amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	It depends on what you call inexpensive, size and quantity your talking about. If you are going to do it as a experiment I would Try using a Smart Pot. I grew tomatoes in a 10 Gal SP with excellent results and the design and construction of the Smart Pot seems to be an ideal container to grow spuds. It is reusable and if the spud experiment doesn't work out use it for something else. I also have a dwarf nectarine growing in a 10 Gal SP. Here is a link. Ami http://www.smartpots.com/growing-potatoes-in-containers __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

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bughunter99 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: zone 5 Posts: 821	I sew mine out of good grade landscaping fabric. It works great.

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stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	watch out for grow bags advertised as "12 gallon". Sold in cases, these actually hold 5 1 gallon Costco milk jugs - that would be a 5 gallon bag in my world. Indeterminants grown in these bags require daily watering... gallons & gallons of water. They are good for peppers, basil & parsley though. Before buying, try to get a sample sent to make sure it'll meet your needs. I was bummed last year. I am re-using many but the white plasticized fabric definitely gets frizzled in our sun & many ripped badly when we dumped them out last fall - not so ideal. I doubt they'll be usable after this season (but I still have 100 or so left over from the case purchase). I am using 15 & 30 gallon black plastic nursery pots I got for $1.50 & $3 apiece from a local nursery. More durable & I know from last year the peppers did fine in 5 gallon black plastic pots (& 5 gallon kitty litter buckets & green 5 gallon pickle buckets...)