Growbags

What does eveyone do with their used growbag compost to recycle it?

 

Add spent growbags and potting compost to your compost heap/bin. There are few things that can't be added. have a look at the do's and don'ts at www.plotkeping.talktalk.net it summerises what not to add. Realize the sites purpose though - it is meant as rough and ready guidance in an instant, it is not a research site!

 

I wouldn't add to a compost heap unless in thin layers along with a lot of green stuff. Otherwise you won't get good heating.

Instead, layer old compost with manure & leave overwinter (ideally over 2 winters). You'll have lovely stuff to use then.

[ 12. October 2007, 06:01 PM: Message edited by: luvgarlic ]

 

Break up any root balls with a spade and compost them, fork the good compost into your borders/ vegtable garden.

 

I use it as soil improver when planting. My soil is always hungry for organic matter so i try to save as much spent potting compost as i can, since this makes my homemade stuff go further.

 

I agree with the last writer.I wouldnt waste good space in your comp heap either. Just dig it into your garden and turn over. It will improve the soil and save your compost for other things.

 

We don't use growbags anymore,we just plant our tomatoes straight into the ground after digging it over and adding plenty of muck.

When we use to use them when we grew them in our old greenhouse we always spread the contents into the flower borders.After a lot of years it had made the soil in the borders nice and crumbly

 

Growbags? What are growbags?

I grow toms etc. in 50% loam, 50% home made compost either in large pots or cheapo 99p builder's buckets with drainage holes added. End of season knock the soil off the roots, roots and tops go in for next year's compost and the spent soil goes on the garden