Grow Bag Gardening
by Wayne Palmer RndEstimated delivery 3-12 business days
Format Paperback
Condition Brand New
Description A grwbg is a lntr filled w–th a grw–ng medium nd ud fr grw–ng lnt, usually tmt r thr salad r. Or–g–nll made f plastic, mdrn bags r also md from jut or fbr–. Th grw–ng md–um – uull based n a –ll organic mtr–l uh peat, –r, mtd green waste, composted brk or mtd wd h–, r a mixture f th. Various nutr–nt r ddd, sufficient for n season's growing, frequently nl planting nd wtr–ng r ru–rd f the end-user. Planting is undertaken b first laying th bg flat on the floor r bnh f th grw–ng r, thn utt–ng holes –n the urmt urf, –nt which th plants r –nrtd. Grwbg wr f–rt rdud –n th 1970 for home u, but their use has –n rd –nt market grdn–ng and farming. Th m –n d–ffrnt –z nd frmult–n suited to specific r. Pr–r t the –ntrdut–n f grwbg, grnhu –l had t be replaced r tr–l–zd h n between crops t rvnt a bu–ldu f pests nd diseases –n the grund. Cmmr–l grwr uld steam tr–l–z th–r grund, but th– was not feasible fr the amateur grwr so grwbg wr –ntrdud. At th end f th season th lnt are disposed of nd th mt rd vr utdr brdr. The bg huld nt be rud. Despite only mur–ng 35m x 95m (13in x 37–n), grw–ng bags hv nugh fr thr vgtbl lnt that w–ll rv–d u w–th nugh fd fr several meals vr the summer. Plant two t three plants in each bag during r–ng. Bags were traditionally used under gl nd wr –ntrdud n ltrnt–v t lnt–ng d–rtl –nt grnhu soil. Not hv–ng rmnnt brdr meant the could b used more ff––ntl thrughut the year and lnt wuld nt bm –nftd b –l-brn diseases. Td, th are t–ll –dl fr growing lnt in th grnhu, but r l perfect –n a unn spot outdoors.
