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Plastic
Grow Bags -
For
that "in the ground" feeling
With plastic
grow bags you can create a miniature version of the Hanging Gardens
of Babylon - or, if you go for the large sizes, you can do a credible
imitation of an actual garden growing in the ground provided you
plant densely enough.
Plastic grow
bags range from small hanging versions with pre-punched drainage
holes, suitable for hanging on walls, drainpipes or any place you've
got a hankering to see a burst of blooms. You just plant spreading
plants in the holes provided - and wait until it fills out into
a bag of blooms. Watering these can be challenging - but putting
a piece of perforated pipe in the center to conduct water to all
the plants proves very helpful.
Or you can try
the new garbage bag gardens - large specially treated plastic bags
that hold up to 11 gallons of soil. Just lay them on the deck and
add fertilizer, plants, and water. If you plant trailing and spreading
plants they will cover the bags so that no one will ever know your
garden is growing on a plastic bag. The big ones have enough soil
holding capacity that you can plant veggies, too.
The economy
version of this is to buy a bag of potting soil, punch holes in
it and plant. Make them big holes or watering could be challenging.
Needless to say, these are one-season gardens.
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