grace
It is a good concept to grow those things in plastic bags that are not perennial. We have plants in pots but they are perennial. What we have planted in plastic bags are tomatoes, radish, lady fingers, long beans, chilies and brinjals. We have a single creeper of bitter gourd and also a creeper of bottle gourd.
As you can see the plants are still small but look healthy. We prepare our own compost and do not buy fertilisers.
In a couple of months I hope to get our own vegetables. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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Question of
Do you use plastic bags for planting in your garden?
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Yes
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No
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Question of
Do you like gardening?
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Yes
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No
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Question of
Do you prepare your own compost?
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Yes
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No
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People talk about much plastic is polluting the environment. This is a great environmental use of plastic.
Specially for things that are temporary rather than using pots reusing plastic bags seemed a good idea to me.
Great idea. I haven’t tried that before.
These plastic bags are reused.
This is a great idea. I have begun to make my own compost but it will take a while. I have strawberry plants in the plastic bags of compost…Great idea..I would like to see more ideas on gardening..
It takes a full year for the compost to be ready.
Thanks Grace good to know that.
That’s an interesting way to grow plants.
Certain thickenss of bags are permitted here and we reuse them like this.
I have never used plastic bags, I try to avoid them. Good luck!
We reuse plalstic bags and do not buy them for this purpose
This is really great fun……….
Indeed it is fun specially when we see vegetables.
Grow bags are the ones you need to use, the normal plastic leaches into the soil. I use pots mainly but I buy huge grow bags that have a protective coating and last for years.
These bags are not bought but we get while we do our shopping. We punch holes so that water does no retain in them. So far so good.
We do not get what you call grow bags here. I have many pots too but as I said there are plants in them that stay there for years.
Great plan, we have changed to cotton re-usable shopping bags and don’t get any plastic bags but now I know, I will collect some. PS. those plants look very healthy.
Here plastic bags with certain thickness are not banned yet.
Bags are not banned here yet Grace, it’s just a conscious decision my wife and I decided to try. PS. Have a super weekend. Andre’
Funny that they have introduced the ban using them but they have not banned their production.
as long as they are recycled bags, used over and over for the purpose. Fresh bags (plastic) used for this would be a very bad idea.
These are bags that had stuff in them and now used for this purpose.
that is really important, thank you for clarifying.
Why will I buy new bags? (lol)
I was pretty sure you wouldn’t but wanted to make sure.
I like to grow vegetables myself, but now where I live I have no way of doing it.
First time I see planted plants in plastic bags, dear friend … good innovation … will have to try
Remember to puncture holes at the bottom for drainage.
Thanks for the kind warning and advice, dear friend
I have lots of plants in plastic pots and bags but not really vegetables. Most are strawberries.
Are they plastic pots or bags?