1 Ton bags

Has any one used the 1 Ton bags ?
They are obviously very strong and you could roll them down too a reasonable height.
Might be good for potatoes ? The only downside is you would need a quite a bit of soil compost



I mayget one for a bit of testing

 

Hey Capt'n,

I use them for composting, good idea to grow some spuds in them. Start em off in the bottom & use compost to earth up, should have a whale of a crop.

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that sounds like a good idea,me thinks I am going to keep an eye out for some !!!

 

Sorry about that, just been rocking in the free world.

 

Hello cap'n
They could take one tonne of compost . There is a clue in the name Actually if it is a cubic metre bag it would be over 1.5 tonnes , 20 big bags of compost.

 

We use the very same bags, which are left over from deliveries from previous jobs. We usually fill ours with things like hedge clippings, grass clippings and so on, to take to the local waste site, empty out... and reuse

 

Likewise, anyone in the south west want some, give us a shout.

 

I've always used them for garden waste ,but beware not to overload or you cannot pick them up to carry away . Some of the allotment guys I noticed are using them to compost their manure etc .. Very useful items but at our builders yard they are a throw away item (classed as a one trip bag )
Dave

 

I've been using them for a few years now at our allotment to compost my garden and kitchen waste and also have them in use for all the leaves I collect 60+ dustbin bags and Mr Kandy has put in four stakes one in each of the loops to hold them open or else they collapse in on themselves.:D

I was toying with the idea of using them to grow spuds in but Mr Kandy said we would need a lot of soil/compost to put in the bags to earth up the spuds so to speak

By law those bags cannot be sent back to the suppliers or builders merchants due to health and safety regulations and it does grieve me when they get chucked away because as an allotmenteer I am all for recycling {Sorry John }

 

I use these for auxillary compost & horse poo storage, the only drawback being that they sink into the soil even when only part full and provide a habitat underneath for voles that use them as a base from which they go out and attack my seeds.

I've just removed one that had some grass clippngs in that I've used for mulching:



At least there's plenty of kestrels about.

 

I had some compost delivered in these and thought I might grow spuds or something, but the lad who delivered told me that although they are strong, they break down quite quickly.

 

Most handy for composting but for growing veg in Greenfingers.com have some 100 litre square hessian bags at £3.99 at the moment. I have filled three for my runner beans, peas and sweet peas. Potatoes I am growing in their potato compost sack that they also sell. Been very pleased with goods ordered from them so far but they do seem to take their time on deliveries though!