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Title: grow bags VERY cheap 48p
Post by: KevB on August 26, 2005, 10:09:31
ASDA are selling off their growbags for 48p each!! are they suitable for say hanging baskets and tubs etc. or will they dry out to quickly?? should i stick to  the advertised basket compost??/
need a quick answer on this one!!
Thanks
Kev

Please answer the question BEFORE
you dash to asda     
Title: Re: grow bags VERY cheap 48p
Post by: Anne Robertson on August 26, 2005, 11:47:18
I'm no expert but I use the contents of grow bags for hanging baskets and put water retaining gel in when planting. Our Asda has folding wheel barrows for £4 somthing but no grow bags left :'(
Title: Re: grow bags VERY cheap 48p
Post by: spacehopper on August 26, 2005, 19:35:19
Quote from: ani on August 26, 2005, 11:47:18
... Our Asda has folding wheel barrows for £4 somthing but no grow bags left :'(

Wow, thats a good bargain, did you get one?
Title: Re: grow bags VERY cheap 48p
Post by: Anne Robertson on August 26, 2005, 20:21:24
Yes, I got two (just in case) and now wish I had got more as my dad and sister both want one!
The reason I only got two was that I only 'popped in for one thing', with a basket and you know how it is, by the time you've reached the check out you're buried under mounds of stuff, anyway I looked stupid enough dragging two wheel barrows behind me as it was. (even folding wheel barrows don't fit in a basket!)They might have called the medics if I'd tried to take any more :o
I think I'll organise a dual for the spare one and if it's a draw I'll keep them both! ;D
Title: Re: grow bags VERY cheap 48p
Post by: KevB on August 26, 2005, 20:42:21
WELL 2 be truthful i got EIGHT, not 100% certain what to use them for YET, as i asked the question but didn't get the quick reply i needed so i thought, what the heck, they don't eat anything and don't go off, and I'm sure somebody will say that i should have bought some!!! and i don't even grow toms or any foodstuffs, only flowers!! any suggestions how to use them would be great.
Cheers Kev
Title: Re: grow bags VERY cheap 48p
Post by: Anne Robertson on August 27, 2005, 13:42:40
Eight wheelbarrows or growbags, Kev?
Title: Re: grow bags VERY cheap 48p
Post by: Derek on August 27, 2005, 16:30:49
My thoughts entirely  ;)  ;D

Derek
Title: Re: grow bags VERY cheap 48p
Post by: KevB on August 28, 2005, 18:08:08
Quote from: Derek on August 27, 2005, 16:30:49
My thoughts entirely  ;)  ;D

Derek

Wheelbarrows?? Do you mean i should have bought 8 wheelbarrows full?? i bought 8 growbags, what next is the question as i dont grow food stuffs??
Thanks
Kev
Title: Re: grow bags VERY cheap 48p
Post by: Derek on August 28, 2005, 18:56:20
Thanks Kev...

Glad you cleared that up...I was about to have nightmares  ;D


Derek
Title: Re: grow bags VERY cheap 48p
Post by: Anne Robertson on August 29, 2005, 10:48:38
Sell them on at £1 a piece ;D / swap them for things that you do need/use / keep them till next year and make lots of hanging baskets for your local school/WI/cub pack to sell at a fete
BUT most obvious is to start growing food stuffs, once you give it a go you'll be hooked ;D