I found a huge..

I found a builders merchants sack like this one blowing about on a tip. I've stiffened the rim and filled it with compost, I plan to grow potatoes in it. Will it work. Will I need to put black out around it? I'm worried it wont be dark enough seeing as its just made of woven white plastic. I was going to put some french beans in it too, is that pushing my luck a bit?.

 

I would start with less soil and then fill it up as the spud grow. Fold the top back to that the leaves get some light, and then roll it up to retain the soil that you add.

But I'm not sure if it is dark enough ... the spuds will go green if they see daylight.

 

Great idea if it does work, I did have loads of these, I regret passing them on now.

 

Right, so maybe sew some black compost sacks around it?

 

Or just pin a single stretch of landscaping fabric around it ? :gnthb:

 

umm I have one or two of these sitting in the garage and one just arrived with compost in it for the garden...............

 

:D cool, just plant it up then :D

 

a little expensive :-), £70 worth of compost sitting in it lol

However I do have several grow sacks to fill up with the compost so that will be my weekend taken up

 

They make fantastic compost/leaf mould bins but I've not tried growing in them. I've got a couple spare this year so I'm going to try growing butternut squash in them. Fill them up with rotted equipoo and a few inches of good growing soil on top. They certainly shouldn't dry out.

 

Interesting, *scratches chin* how many plants do you think you'll put in?

 

If you mean the squashes, 1 to each corner and just let them trail down the sides. Tumbling Tom in the middle for good measure

 

They ought to have a deposit on them, shouldn't they. Can't cost "nothing" to manufacture.

 

Does the cost of the compost to fill the bags not out weigh the savings of growing your own spuds?

 

Kristen said,

They dare not run the risk of damaged ones getting back in the system after all they have to hold a considerable weight.