gro bags

[FILMNET]

I have seen videos using all kinds of grow bags, can we get these in the US now? i cant find any.

[geeboss]

filiment

Check your local hydroponic store for grow bags.

http://www.hhydro.com/cgi-bin/hhydro/HH00963.html



George

[FILMNET]

I am looking for the fertlizer or large dirt bag which you put a pot with no bottom into the bag, the bag lays flat and the roots grow into the bags only,. these are used in England.

[FILMNET]

Ring culture pots and grow bags they are for sale in England now cant find any here in USA

[beeman]

Originally Posted by FILMNET

Ring culture pots and grow bags they are for sale in England now cant find any here in USA

Lee Valley Tools have them. They even use the same photo.
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...603&cat=2&ap=2 Look under Grow pots
This is the Canadian link, you'll have to reset to the USA side of this site.

[cottonpicker]

You CAN find Gro Bags on the INTERNET, but for tomatoes I would go NO LESS than the 5 gallon size. Just MY opinion............
Larry D

[amideutch]

Heres a thread concerning grow bags and SmartPots in particular. I grew tomatoes in SmartPots this year as a test. I grew Cowlick's in a 10 gal SmartPot and Purple Haze in a 1 Gal SmartPot. Both plants were very prolific but the 1 gal is just to small unless you have a automated drip on it. I am also growing a dwarf Nectarine tree in the other 10 Gal smart pot I purchased and it is doing fine. Heres a link to the other thread. Ami

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...ight=SmartPots

[Wi-sunflower]

While that pic LOOKS good, from my experiences doing all kinds of tomatoe plants in various pot systems, that set-up seems about as likely to work as the "up-side-down" hanging planters that were all the rage last year. From the looks of it you will be filling those water resevoirs at least twice/ day on a mature plant.

Frankly save your money.

Just get the 4 cu ft bags of perlite and lay them flat on your floor. Then use a 1 or 2 gal size nursery pot and cut a hole in the bag and nestle it in the bag of perlite. You MIGHT get away with 2 pots but personally I would only use 1 / bag. The drain holes in the pots will be big enough for the plants to send their roots into the perlite no problem.

Then for the watering, get some kind of a drip system. In my fields I have a ton of T-tape so that's what I use, but for a bit more precision in a greenhouse a "spaghetti" line system might be better. Any greenhouse supplier would have them but most Menards or Home Depot type stores should have the basic Rainbird landscaping drip supplies that could also work. Set it up on a water timer and you would be all set.

A lot simplier and cheaper than buying some kind of special pots that they most likely charge an arm and a leg for. If you have any neighbors that have planted any stuff you might be able to get the nursery pots for taking them away. Otherwise they should be about $1/ +-, in a "sleave" of 25-50, for the 2 gal size at a greenhouse supplier.

Carol

[amideutch]

The only problem with perlite bags which I have had is you are going to have to grow your plants using hydroponic nutrients and the regimen that goes along with it, especially when using a drip system. I've seen folks buy bags of growing medium and cut an X in the top of the bag and stick a tomato seedling in it with a few slits in the side for drainage and have had good results. And the price of a bag of growing medium will probably be had cheaper than the perlite bags. And once a week water them with organic or inorganic ferts in addition to your normal watering schedule and it's a done deal. Ami