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arobwk

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Used 'grow bags'
« on: May 31, 2020, 07:35:32 pm »
A client, with couple of glass-houses, has been storing used 'grow-bags' (for garden beds' mulching etc), but I can have some and I'm not about to pass-up an offer of some very good fibrous compost material for £0 !

Accepting that soil-borne diseases will always be a potential issue, I should be most grateful to hear of successes and disasters with recycled grow-bags whether they've been emptied for bulk use or recharged with nutrients in the bag. To note;  if I were to re-use in-bag, it would not be for another crop of tomatoes, chillies or similar. 

[On offer are used deep-fill bags with seaweed extract from, I seem to recall, Thomson & Morgan.]
 
 
« Last Edit: May 31, 2020, 07:37:53 pm by arobwk »

doganjo

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Re: Used 'grow bags'
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2020, 04:56:48 pm »
I've used old growbags in raised beds, and just fed the plants  a little more than I would normally.  worked fine.  Never got any diseases, weren't used for tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers etc as previously
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Kiran

  • Joined Apr 2019
Re: Used 'grow bags'
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2020, 12:00:11 am »
I've topped up raised beds without any issues that I could see. I cant really offer any real opinion other than I dont see a downside providing the hadn't previously had any harsh chemicals on them?

Steph Hen

  • Joined Jul 2013
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Re: Used 'grow bags'
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2020, 08:36:52 am »
I would and do use this stuff for mulching on veg beds rather than as a pot soil medium again.

 

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