looking for 5 gal grow bags

[Wi-sunflower]

Carolyn,

I've been a tomboy all my life. I'm more at home on a tractor than in the kitchen LOL.

Also my Dad died when I was just 9. I was the oldest of 5 kids. While my Mom's Brothers were great helps for us, often if something needed to be done right away, Mom and I had to figure out how to do it.

We are more "wood butchers" than "carpenters", but we've learned by doing. Also I read a lot and try to "pick the brains" of people for ideas and how to stuff.

We did make a few mistakes with that cold frame, but not enough that it isn't working out fine now. Everything for that CF, including some tools and the mistakes stuff, cost less than $1,000. And it should be movable for next year. At least I hope so if we don't get too much snow.

Carol

[clkeiper]

Carol, Sorry for your loss so early in life, but circumstances beyond our control certainly molds us into people different than what we would have turn out from.

We Buy MOST of our frames 2nd hand and take them down and put them back up. I am better suited to taking them down (Rolling eyes here) than putting them up. We usually are doing it in the cold season, and I get such numb fingers being out there....so I let my dh and son do most of the re-building of it. We are waiting on the next frame right now...and its getting colder and colder. We had left over arches from one house so we ordered enough to build another high tunnel and we are going to cover the strawberries with this one. Taking one down is so much easier than putting one up...it's hard to mess that up.

On the snow load for the frame you have up, place a few 2x4 supports under the arches inside. during the winter.

[Wi-sunflower]

I wish I could find frames to move. Seems every time we think we have a lead, someone else buys it or it just gets junked before we can find out who even owns it.

I do have some supports in there now, but may put in some stronger ones like 2x4s. The other option is to open up the plastic a lot. The sides are totally loose on the bottom and can slide up for venting. If they were opened so there was only a small area of plastic in the center, there wouldn't be much area for snow to collect.

But I would rather try to keep it closed so I can get an early start with lettuce or other early crops and then a jump on some tomatoes for market.

Carol

[Granite26]

Considering the quantity you are looking at you may want to consider contacting Root Pouch and see what they can come up with for you. Nice pots.

http://rootpouch.com/plant-pots

[clkeiper]

Carol, I would think you would want to keep the wind out of at all cost. It doesn't take much of a "loft" in a big storm to pull the whole structure up and destroy it. I try to keep the sides down and tight if there is a storm on the way.

[rmw001]

has anyone ever used the root pouches? good looking product.

[Granite26]

I have a friend that has used the Root Pouch product and likes them. I am going to try some out next year and may even grow out some larger tomato plants in them for my plant sale in the spring.

[meadowyck]

I tried to work with root pouch to do a co op here for their grow bags, and they weren't on the ball enough for me. They import their product from over seas, and I'm at that point in my life that I want USA made products. All root pouch kept telling me was to talk with one of their distributors for the quantities that I was asking for 500, and most of their distributors didn't have (I wanted 5 and 7 gal) what I was needing.

I'm not saying root pouch isn't a good company, I just found it strange that you have a customer contact you for a large quantity and root pouch just didn't seem interested. I do have my wholesale license and tax ID so it wasn't like I wasn't good.

I just never heard of a company that didn't jump at the chance for a sale

[greenthumbomaha]

[QUOTE=frdlturner;310748]I am looking for 5 gal grow bags in bulk any recommendations
I looking at setting up a drip systen to water between 1000 and 4000 tomato plants and was thinking grow bags would cost less than plasic pots what are your thoughts?[/QUO

Started three garlic beds in 5 gal grow bags, and the remainder of my splurge will be an experiment for tomato/pepper next year. As described my the manufacturer, I went much heavier on the soil than a traditional plastic pot. It took quite a bit of soil to fill those bags. If they survive the elements for a few years, they will be worth the initial cost, but it was pricey. How do you plan to fill them ? Good luck.

[casino]

Redbaron you are correct about the paper. In my small 20 x 40 garden I spend the extra time rolling out the generic paper and holding it in place with a thin layer of wood chips. The paper comes in a 4 foot wide roll by 30 feet long (something like that) and works great on keeping the weeds down all summer long. You can find this paper in any of the big box stores paint department. The brown paper one layer thick works great. Dont use the pink paper, it has some wierd chemicals in it. The brown paper works great.

[DogsandDirt]

Here's a thread about grow bags. Also some very nice green house pictures. CarolynPhillips used a combination of grow bags, nursery pots, and direct planting in medium. Very nice set up.


http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=21162

[frdlturner]

I have 4 grandchildren that loves to put dirt in anything....