Cheap source of grow bags

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  1. Loofah

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    Just wondering how people are finding the cost of grow bags this year?

    I haven't put in a lot of effort admittedly but all the main places (homebase, wickes etc) seem quite pricey for simple growbags.

    Anyone have anywhere they've found with a great deal?
     
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    £2.- at B&Q but the reviews are very poor. I haven't bought any myself.

    I am not sure what the prices were last year.
     
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    Is that on their own brand? Which volume bag? I think the Verve compost used to be great, then it wasn't and now no-one really trusts it. Very similar story with Wickes.
     
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    I don't see any point in buying grobags when you can use potting compost at a lot lower price.

    Wickes have their usual 4 x 70ltr for £15 (was only £12.50 at Easter) and you can either use them as they are (extremely big for a grobag) or cut them in half and stand them up, like a very large pot. Or just fill big pots with it.
     
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      It's Verve, loofah, 11kg and peat free. Can't say anything about the quality, I only saw the comments on B&Q's website.

      Like I said, I didn't buy any because like shiney I buy potting compost in bigger bulks at lower price.
       
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      It's what I used to do but I tried gro bags again last year and got better results
       
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        I'm using Verve mpc again this year and have no problems with it's consistency. My only issue was the fact that B&Q had stopped screening it a couple of years back and it contained fungal gnats/larvae. Whether that still applies I don't know as I don't use it for indoor plants now.
         
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        Our local supplier The Compost Centre sells Westland Gro-bags at £11 for 3 bags (65l) delivered. I've never actually used these Gro-bags, instead using the Wickes MPC route as shiney described. But I use their other compost bags, they are exceptional value :dbgrtmb:
         
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          I have found a free source for compost etc, only downside is you need to wear a balaclava & collect it in the early hours of the morning.
           
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            They are and my normal go-to place John! I asked when they could deliver a tonne of topsoil a few weeks ago and they said in JULY!! So the word is out and the lead time seems too long for me.
            Might be different for grow bags??
             
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              Yikes!

              I had to wait 3 weeks for the normal compost soil improver & extra rich fertilizer, I was hoping to get some in time for Easter but missed that. Still it's been delivered now and a lesson learnt for next year, order a lot earlier!
               
            • Anthony Rogers

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              B&M grow bags are £1-29. I don't know the size other than they look like the growbags we always used to use.
               
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