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cheapest place to buy Grow bags?

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weezl74
weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
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Hi there, my tomato seedlings are coming on nicely, and will need a new home soon. Any tips on bargain growbags? Never bought them before...:o
Ta!

Weezl x

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  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
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    My top tip, don't buy the cheapest growbags, buy the new bigger size they are making, they are double the depth of normal bags and much much easier for watering.
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • weezl74
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    cool, thanks. Where do you get yours and what do they cost?

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
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    Can't remember, Focus I think, or Wickes. I think they are about £4 each. I find its much better to put them in the ground if you possibly can.
    I know some people put tomatoes in a bottomless pot, on a growbag (holes cut in bottom), on the soil.
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • ALIBOBSY
    ALIBOBSY Posts: 4,527 Forumite
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    I got mine in netto for 99p each, but they are the old style shallow ones.
    I bought them because it was a cheap way to buy potting compost :)
    ali x
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  • Zazen999
    Zazen999 Posts: 6,183 Forumite
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    Hiya.

    Growbags have well-rotted manure in them; whereas compost doesn't. That's why they are better than compost for toms as they don't really need any more fertiliser than watering with tom food every few weeks.
  • fiscalfreckles
    fiscalfreckles Posts: 2,398 Forumite
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    They had some in our 99p shop that looked a decent size (not deep though).
  • alanobrien
    alanobrien Posts: 3,308 Forumite
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    i found wickes to be the cheapest for standard grow bags and certainly way less costly than the garden centres.
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
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    yes, thanks for that, Wickes do seem to be cheap, £1.29 each. Perhaps that's why there are none in stock!:confused:;)

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • Farway
    Farway Posts: 13,225 Forumite
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    Lidl garden weekend starts Saturday 1st March

    Standard Growbags 89p

    I cut holes and put one on top of the other, some stand them upright and plant in the "end" to give more depth
    Eight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens
  • valk_scot
    valk_scot Posts: 5,290 Forumite
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    Farway wrote: »
    Lidl garden weekend starts Saturday 1st March

    Standard Growbags 89p

    I cut holes and put one on top of the other, some stand them upright and plant in the "end" to give more depth

    I cut mine in half and stand the sections on end to give two "pots". Punch a few holes in the bottom for drainage.

    You still need to feed tomatoes even with growbags. Tomato plants are greedy objects.
    Val.
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