Growbags

I don't want to use them this year because they dry out too quickly. Can anyone give me and alternative loam based recipe?

Currently mixing a 3-1 loam/compost mix with a good handful of growmore thrown in, suppose it's a bit early in the season to gauge it's effectiveness?

 

Vince, I tend to dabble a bit in mixing things up as well.
The 3:1 loam peat based compost sounds OK to me, (I'm not very scientific about it), but I wouldn't use growmore, its too fast acting.
Fish, blood and bone might be better.

 

Thanks Pete, no probs, just bought a large tub if F,B&B, so will trial both?

 

The thing about Growmore, Vince, is that it`s only active for 7 to 10 days. Whereas F,B & B is active for 4 to 6 weeks.

 

You learn something everyday David, I'll start using F,B & B more often, thanks

 

Not sure if this helps but i saw an article on GC about cutting growbags in half and standing them on there ends, Acts as a pot and im not sure if this solves the problem of them drying out.
Im not taking the credit for that in anyway but when i read that article i thought Pure Genius!

 

VP it does sort of work but growbags still dry out pretty quickly. It's more to do with the quality of the compost than the surface area. I know. I'm cheap and tried it a couple of years ago. :D

 

There was a pic, I think it was in Compostee's polytunnel last year. I tried it and it worked although I used 80 litre bags which didn't dry out so quickly.

 

I'm thinking more of on our allotment, we won't be able to visit everyday to keep things watered cos we travel the country showing our dog!