How to make a free grow bag for vegetable gardening that is porous and allows the roots to grow well and wicks up water from the bottom.
I also made a simple PVC trough that cost a few dollars The bag was free as I used the bag my dirt came in. It was $2 per bag for the topsoil at Home Depot.
I was inspired by watching the videos on Larry Halls channel where he has been getting good results using 50 cent Walmart tote bags to grow his vegetables in.
His channel is here
https://www.youtube.com/user/larrylhall/feed?filter=2
I only have a small balcony to plant in with not much full sun,but enjoy experimenting a lot. In addition to these free bags,I will be making small grow bags from landscape material and using a hot glue gun to see if I can seal them up and will be posting the video results soon.
This is an experiment. I am not sure if it is going to work. I add more videos every week and will be posting updates to this video as time passes.
If you want to have a garden but are limited in your space and income, I hope my videos will have helped.
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there's always night crawler farming if the veggies don't work.
Great video. Thank you.
Rob, you are brilliant. I can't wait to try this. (Cookie is cute.)
Thanks Joe
Thanks Trace.
hello imstillworkin, I looked att the videos Larry hall has on his channel and he is gettig a couple of years from the walmart bags, this looked like fun and was certainly cheap so don't have much to lose, I wish i had more sun though. I tested the landscape cloth with the hot glue gun tonight and it holds solid, don't know how long it wil last in the sun though and from personal exdperience, hot glue will seperate when frozen and put under tension. will make some small bags for the lettuce.
Hello Mart, I enjoy channels like larrys where people are creative and trying to come up with solutions to problems and sharing them with us all and are also having fun. I don't know if my bags are going to wick like the walmart bags or even work at all but it is fun to try.
the 55 gallon barrels sound like a good idea. are you growoing anything exotic or unusual this year?
Thanks for the nice comments!!!!! Grow Baby Grow!
hello Mart, I spent some time on your channel this morning, you have a very good channel with a wide variety of topics that are fun to watch. I hope you add more videos on the low maintenece gardening theme.
I have little gardening space but have been thinking what could I grow along canal banks , as i can go along many canal banks by boat where I could plant and harvest but have to think what would grow without calling attention to itself and be low maintenece. plus taste good.
Thanks Larry, I am looking forward to many more fun and creative videos from you.
hello Luke, I just checked out your channel, you have some good videos , I subscribed too, thanks again.
Hi diane, this is a mix by scotts that has a lot of absorbent material in it, the soil wicked fine and i poked a ton of holes in my bags using a little wood block with thumb tacks.
great video! if you don't have enough room to garden on your patio maybe you could try looking for a local community garden…they seem to be popping up everywhere around here (FL) and they are lots of fun.
Thanks Cm, I have not found any in Sunrise but I agree with you .
Thanks MCN
Thanks! The shallow pool balcony garden has turned out very well.I am eating greens every day now with no work except watering.
hey, how is the wombat doing? I really like your intro video with your collection of art over time and the background music. It is visually hypnotic.
Hello Ayca, good luck and good health in your new home.
Wombatistan sounds interesting, I remain living here in Outer Alligatorinia.
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My clamps did not work as I was using left handed ones.
Making this self watering grow bag are worth trying for. These ideas are also applicable for those who have limited space and who wants to grow their own foods and this is even good in income generating. Thank you for this helpful video!
if you punched the holes on one side of the bags put them in the water laying down and then slit the top so you could fold back the flaps and plant the seeds that way would it work do you think? I have cats who would not down the bags if they stand the way you have them.
Rob if you want to grow more check out on YouTube the pop bottle grow towers you can grow all the way around your balcony and that way you can grow more things.
Brilliant! Willem von Cotthem on YT says even the poorest people in third world countries can grow things with soil and a plastic bag. He also uses milk cartons tipped on their side and stuff that people throw out to grow plants. Soil at Walmart is cheap right now, $1-2 for a large bag for plain old topsoil no frills.
Hey could you please do a follow up video of your results at the end of the season? Also you may try any of the winter crops that do well with low light, try potatoes they're always fun.
beautiful!
First of all, Thank you for sharing this tip, and now you will have to excuse my ignorance as I have never grown anything in my life except a couple of children, now why put holes all over the side of the bag then stand the bag on its end in the water, and how long does the water last ? thanks
very snazzy idea…great job
Hi, Thanks for sharing your ideas. As I was watching this, I immediately thought of the Miracle grow potting soil mix bag. Since it got 3 or 6 months-depends on which bag- of fertilizer added, it would be the most ideal grow bag for the lazy method. I'll try it and give a report by the end of this growing season. 🙂
cool
How well did it work for growing vegetables? What did you successfully grow in the bags? It is a fantastic idea, I just wondered how it worked.
What a smart idea!
Fantastic !
hey i love this idea very much n thank you
The problem with this method is it misses one of the main points of grow bags: air pruning.
The original point of grow bags was to allow oxygen to get to the root balls, to stop them from getting root-bound, like they will in plastic pots. Using plastic bags, unlike the fabric mesh in grow bags, prevents oxygen from getting to the roots and accomplishing this purpose.
So you do get cheap "pots" bu not the benefits from actual grow bags.
Larry has since passed away he was such an inspiration. He will be missed for sure.
Thanks for the $ saving idea…. frugal people of the world unite!
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