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Re: [GWL]: Plastic greenhouse grow bags

Dear Andrew:
 
You might include a few drainage holes in the bottom of your home made planting bag.  The average gardener has a tendency to over water plants and drown the roots, which is just as fatal for the plant as cooking the roots.
 
For many years greenhouses, growing commercial tomatoes, have used this type of bag culture.  They place these on a concrete floor and when the crop is finished producing they can throw out the plant and planting bag.  The floor can then be washed down with a disinfectant to prevent the spread of disease.  More planting bags are then placed on the floor and the next crop started.
 
John Pohly
GWAA member and
Retired Extension Agent
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From: H*@aol.com <H*@aol.com>
To: G*@topica.com <G*@topica.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL]: Plastic greenhouse grow bags

I first found the grow bags in England more than 20 years ago and they never really seemed to take off here.  All they are is heavy duty poly bags with a peat lite mixture and a fertilizer charge.  They were originally intended for people who garden in very small spaces and didn't have gardens or beds for planting.  One problem I recall was that the bags were black and if they were exposed to the sun the roots virtually cooked.  I think the same intended use can be accomplished by simply using a bag of peat based potting soil, adding some Osmocote through an incision in the bag..mixing then using the incision hole as the planting hole.  

Andrew Messinger
The Hampton Gardener
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