Hi Jimmie: Kiddie pools are awesome. Here's my link to the year I used them with an auto watering system so I only had to water once every 2-3 weeks: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g795ebaBp6zIoGg.html Thanks for watching and happy growing... I also learned about the need for mosquito dunks the hard way. lol They can really be pests!

I learned a tip from someone. He said to put pea gravel in the kiddie pool with the water and it will keep mosquitos away. Great idea and it works!

You're welcome Pamela. Happy growing :-)

That's great Frederick, good luck and keep me posted how you do with them...

Frederick how did it work for you? I have a bunch of these Walmart bags seems I can never remember to put them in trunk for next shopping hence my collection figure I can use them this way and leave 10 in trunk

Good luck to you. Let me know how it works out...

Oh wow! That's funny. Good luck :-)

Where would you get them and what kind of containers would you use?

@@joanflood530 Children's plastic pool works

Good luck with then Craig. you'll really enjoy them...

Thank you, I appreciate that :-)

Yeah, I love grow bags. So much better than buckets!

Glad you enjoyed it Linda.

Thanks Jessie, I'm happy we could help. :-)

I'm always amazed at how great they work. You can however get them as large as you like.

Best of luck in using them Patsy!

Glad it was helpful! :-)

Thanks Michael, I appreciate that. :-)

Thank you Murina. :-)

Wish you the best of success :-)

Mine dried too much too, bottom watering will solve everything and they’ll be perfect! I wonder if there’s a system to have them sit in a container to hold water to water them, but be able to have it let out when it rains a lot. I'm thinking even once a week lifting them into a tub to bottom water and then take them out, more work but better results.

Thank you Geoknows :-)

Thanks Valhalla, I really appreciate it. :-)

Thanks Nancy. Happy gardening...

Sounds Great Susan. You may want to look into some type of auto watering system for them. Best of success for the coming year...

Best of luck to you and may your black thumb turn green soon! :-)

Just don't use too much water, after a while you get a feeling for how often to add more to keep the level a few inches deep

@@nancylourose I find 1.5 inches for 5 gallon bags works best for my soil mixture. good luck...

You are so welcome!

Thank you :-)

Thank you :-)

Thank you and best of success in your planting...

Thank you :-)

Great Doreen, good luck with it... :-)

Thanks for subbing!

Hope you enjoy

Thank you Shawn :-)

Thanks for watching and happy growing! :-)

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you. I appreciate you visiting. Have a spectacular day. :-)

I'm glad you liked it Farmer G.

Really? I didn't know that! Now my plants and I have something else in common. We both like coffee. I hope it doesn't keep them up at night ;-)

That's good info if it works. I like to catch rain water; and mosquitoes are an issue. Thanks!

It changes the acidity and prevents them laying eggs

how much coffee grounds do you add to the water?

@@littlelamb6804 unpresice, I just have 3, 45 gallon water barrels after my morning coffee I dump the ground in them instead of the compost, when the barrels run out of water, I clean out and start again...

Thank you Kimberly :-)

Thank you Linda :-)

Thanks for watching!

Welcome Judy, keep in mind that the Walmart bags are only good for one season as they break easy and fall apart when wet or especially trying to move them full. The felt ones from Amazon work much better if used as a stand-alone. If putting them in buckets then the Walmart ones or using landscaping cloth will both work quite well. Best of success with your growing. :-)

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You're welcome :-)

I really don't know much about burlap but I would imagine it would be a great option as it's sturdy and it breathes well. If they're big ones you may want to cut it length wise and make a big one unless it's already has an opening.

How big a bag do you use for potatoes. Haven't tied them for that yet :-)

@@whyamigreen we use a big 20 gal bag. I use three whole seed potatoes evenly spaced like a triangle. We fill the first 2-3 inches with wood mulch or shavings at the bottom for drainage. Then 2-3 inches of potting soil on top of that. Place your 3 seed potatoes down in the triangle and then cover them up with soil about 8 inches.... After the plant breaks through when it is at least 4 inches above the soil we top of with soil until we have1- 2 inches from the top. Best part is harvesting! tip them over on a sheet of plastic, and remove the potatoes without digging! Then use the plastic to put the soil right back in the pot! I will do a video on it in the morning when it stops raining, as I have 1 big fabric pot left. I promise it will become your new favorite way to grow taters! Stay safe, stay healthy, and grow on!

@@giojared I'll look forward to seeing the video. I may order a larger bag and try it myself. :-) Thanks

do you add any water?

i didn't see any video

Best of success with your mobile garden Theresa :-)

Hi Justin, I put them in the bags as seedlings and begin watering from the bottom from the start. They still get water from the top when it rains too.

Thanks for sharing...

Oh I saw at the end one of them was a Walmart bag. Would you use these for small trees too?

I wouldn't because Walmart bags usually only last a year if you're lucky. They breakdown very quickly.

How? Design, material?

@@jolieharvey3587I use the material that is laid on the brown to stop weeds from growing. It’s in the garden isle. Then I sewed them into bag different sizes.

Coool. I love free or next to nothing prices. Coool. I'm do a bag and 5 gal buckets of many veggies. Veggies cost too much nowadays to buy at markets. Ripped off inflation and it's still rising. Don't believe government saying it's down. Hell no. Wise tips. Do you share how you make the grow bags ?? ..cool edit I see your use that matterial. Beautiful. Your wise. Thank you for the tips

Yes you can

@@EmpressSinAlyss on the bottom at the bottom but make sure you are not over watering . Mix a tsp of baking soda and tsp of vinegar and a gallon of water and spray the bag and the soil only. But I dont have mold on my plants. Try that.

@@EmpressSinAlyss u are welcome keep living that Dream❤🙏

Probably just mix it all together. Just a matter of preference.

Yes I did. When using this setup of the wooden frame I made a hole through the plastic and wood and inserted a PVC elbow to drain the water if it rained about 2 inches above the bottom. Did the same in my kiddie pools by drilling a hole about 2 inches from bottom as well.

Thanks Anthony... :-)

Exactly! Thanks for visiting. :-)

I didn't do that last year but should have, normal top watering made them way too dry. I may have to lift the bags out and put them in a container of water just to keep them from standing in sitting water after heavy rain but it’ll be worth it.

Hi Jim, yes I've done the same thing with my grow bags for a few years. I only really changed the ones that may have grown green stuff on the outside of the bags. All the others I mixed in more juice as you mention and use them over. This year however I'm starting from scratch so I can have the right mix/formula again. I think it gets diluted over a few years with the wrong percentage of each ingredient and doesn't absorb the water properly. All the old soil goes in my raised bed. Hope that helps

@@whyamigreen Thanks for replying so quickly. This is how I usually do it with buckets and how I intend to do it with bags: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gK6jdrOGx9OliXU.html

Largest bags I use are 5 gallons. I don't use saucers; I have them in plastic wrap or in kiddie pools. They may even fit in the plastic trays from Walmart of seed startling but you'll have to squish the bag to fit.

I'm not familiar with those plants but I watered from the bottom in grow bags for tons of things. The soil will soak up only what it needs and if you make the proper mix you shouldn't have rot problems I'd imagine. You may want to test it and if they do have too much water you can take the pots out of the pool and water manually. The only way to know is to test i guess... good luck.

@@whyamigreen Thank you for always taking the time to respond. I will proceed and keep my fingers crossed. I hope to report back about my success later in the season. :)

That's probably a good idea but I just add in some new soil with it, mix it around a bit and re-use them. lol If the plants are happy then I'm happy! In my mind, dirt is supposed to be dirty so why sterilize it :-)

Great ideas Kathleen, thanks for sharing. I've seen that done in videos before. I buy my soil in components; cow manure, peat moss etc and mix it in huge barrels so that's out for me but the smaller bags wold be great. Especially for a sore back :-)

I ended up using dunks for the ones last year. The year before I had a couple of frogs take up residence in them and had no problems. Best of success to you this year...

Sounds great to me. Just make sure it's not too compact as you want the water to get tho the roots and not just run off the sides. Mine is about 40 - 50 % peat moss, then manure, soil etc. Good luck with your grow...

Personally I look at all the bags as disposable. This way I don't have to worry about lifting the bag by the handle and having it break and hurt the plant because it was old. Not very thrifty but safe. lol

Bags sewn from professional landscape fabric last much longer

Hi Samantha, that all depends on what types of plants they are. I used 5 gallon bags and had 3 Roma tomatoes per bag but they are determinate plants and stop growing at a few feet tall. On the other hand, indeterminate varieties like Big-boys keep on growing so I'd put only one per bag. Hot peppers could hold 2 - 3 depending on the type and how big they get. In your 20 gallon bags... WOW You may want to combine a few plants like corn and green beans grow very well together. Also planting marigolds with hot peppers will get you more pods on your pepper plants and keep away the small animal pests. So it's going to be trial and error. Make sure they have room for ventilation and don't compete for root space. some plants have deep roots while others shallow ones. Let me know how you do, I'd love to see pictures when you can.

That's hard to say without knowing about the exact disease but if it were me I'd start all over from scratch! New bags, new soil etc... Good luck...

That's the whole idea! You want the roots to grow through and have them separated enough for the sun to burn the roots that are protruding. This is called Air Pruning and what keeps the plants growing healthily in a grow bag. Otherwise they'd get pot bound and die. With this process I've been able to grow 10' tall corn plants and a 27' long string bean plant from 5 gallon bags.

I wish I could answer that but I've never been to the desert before. We're in Maine so the warmest we get is in the 80 - 90 range a bit. What would be the difference between outdoors or in a greenhouse? Wouldn't the greenhouse be warmer? The great thing about this is that you can regulate the water levels. If you have too much evaporation you can fill between the bags with crushed rock and fill to your water level using less water.

I'm in NM, high desert here. They work great! Especially like putting them in the kiddy pool. Makes sure they get more even watering.

Yes and yes. :-) You need a bucket if you want to have a wicking plant. Automatic watering... If no bucket you'll have to manually water it every day.

@@whyamigreen oh ok. Thank you for the reply.

Hi Rina, it's 6 mil plastic from Home Depot to hold about 1 1/2 inch of water.

I only allow 1 1/2" of water in the reservoir. I drill a hole in the wall of it just above my desired line to drain any excess due to rain so it never floods or overfills. Always the same amount 24 / 7. The float keeps the water to my level and drain gets rid of excess.

Keep me posted how they work out for you....

@@whyamigreen Will do 🙂

No, I never have. As long as they're porous enough to dram when too wet I imagine they'll work. Try a couple and let me know . Good luck.

I don't put any holes but keep in mind that the Walmart bags will deteriorate in a year and some won't make it the whole year if you move them around at all. Your cheapest bet is to purchase landscape cloth from Walmart or Home Depot and make your own. You should find plans on the net how to do it by searching grow bag plans. Good luck.

Hi Nancy, no I didn't have too much problem with the water getting stagnant or contaminated. If I found that the water was sitting long enough to breed mosquitoes, I would simply let it dry out by the Sun so the larvae they would die and then put new water in afterwards. I did have the occasional frogs take up residence which was kind of enjoyable. You can also use mosquito dunks to kill the larvae. If you feel like you're going to have a problem with mosquitoes you can also fill in between the grow-bags with about 2 inches of crushed rock. This way the water can still flow through the rocks feeding the bags and the mosquitoes will not breed. If you use the right mixture of soils then you will not have problems with too much water to create any kind of root rot. I find that 3 to 5 gallons is fine for most plants. 5 gallon grow-bags are more than enough or tomatoes or peppers. Keep in mind the purpose of grow-bags is not only for automatic watering but to keep the roots from being root bound with the process of air-pruning. If you do research on the advantages of grow-bags you'll see how even the largest plants can be grown in a 3 gallon bag successfully. Of course most companies will want you to buy 20 gallon bags because they cost more however is completely overkill. Happy growing

Yes, I covered it with plastic so the water stays in.

No reason to do that as the bags drain very well on their own.

Why Am I Green Thank you Sir

Hi Ashley, I used to buy my grow-bags on Amazon (VIVOSUN 5-Pack 5 Gallon Grow Bags} and they're all pretty good with similar prices but now I make all my own from landscaping cloth. Here's a great video showing how to make your own grow-bags which I do now: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rNdjlKWYzc2rlqM.html. I'm going to try to make a video on my process of making them sometime before spring if I can :-) Here's my recipe for great wicking soil: 2 five-gallon buckets of Peat Moss 1 five-gallon bucket of cow manure or compost or worm castings 1 ½ cup of garden lime ¼ bucket (of a 5 gallon bucket) of Perlite Handful of Epsom salt Sometimes I add in blood meal or other things I may have around to raise the calcium or potassium levels a bit. Anything around that mix should work for you.

@@whyamigreen did you ever try jean trouser or useless T-shirts??

@@AhmadKoutiani No, I haven't but great idea Ahmad, Thanks.

With the proper recipe for soil mixture that should have never happened. The soil should wick up as much water as it needs if it is siting in about 1.5 inches of water constantly. Good luck this year.

Shannon Hondo I grow tomatoes in 5 gal buckets. Sometimes they are so over abundant it’s crazy. So these are the next step for me.

@@vagabonddeesadventures8491 thank you for that info. I'll try the 5lb pots then for my tomatoes

Sorry to hear about your bad luck with the growbags. Although it's really hard for me to tell you what went wrong without actually seeing what you're using and how you put it together, I'll give you a few suggestions that may help. First of all the growbag water wicking process will not work with just "any" soil. You'll need to mix your own soil that will have a good wicking action to draw the water from the bottom reservoir through the soil up to the plant. It will eventually need to be fertilized too. If you're using a 1 or 2 gallon grow bag which should be approximately 9 to 10 inches tall you should have a minimum of an inch to an inch and a half of water. Your bag should be filled with soil to about an inch from the top. When you’re filling your bag it's important to wet the soil in layers so when the bag is filled with the plant in it, the soil is already wet to help the wicking action. A bag full of dry soil will have lots of difficulty wicking the water from the bottom if it works at all. In fact once I fill my bags and get the soil wet I like to compress the soil in the middle of the bag a bit to help the wicking action. You can push it down a bit with your hand to do this. Most important is the recipe of the soil you're using. Below is a rough recipe similar to what I use. You'll notice that there is twice as much peat moss as there is cow manure in the bag. I know some people like to roll their bag down so the roots are actually setting in the water level of the soil but this will cause the roots to rot and die. By filing your bag the roots will be above the water, only pulling in the amount of water they need so they can grow down and outwards as they wish. Raising the bags may not be a good idea as your lowering the water level in the bag which will change the effectiveness of the upwards wicking. I hope there's something in all the rambling I just said that can help you with your situation. I wish you the best of luck and growing of plants. The basic recipe I use for wicking soil: 2 five gallon buckets full peat moss 1 five gallon cow or horse manure / compost 1 and 1/2 cup Garden lime 1 quart of perlite 1 handful of Epsom salt Let me know how it works out for you.

@@whyamigreen *Excellent* info! This is worth putting in a new video.

This happened to me as well; I lost all my plants. I changed the soil like he says here to a water wicking recipe and it worked much better. Also, I used the wrong Walmart bags! hanged the bags out as well.

6 mil plastic from Home Depot

@@whyamigreen thanks buddy👍🏻

Hi Aram, I never have but I'd imagine that cotton would rot very quickly since the grow bags will be constantly soaking up water. You may have them fall apart before harvest. I used cotton t-shirts as a wicking medium for some projects last year and in about 2 months they just deteriorated. Fell apart in my hands. lol

@@whyamigreen Oh... thank you for answering my question and sharing your experience with the material.

@@TheBryLife You're very welcome... good luck to you.

I placed the recipe in the description below this video.

There's chemicals in "everything". If it's a concern then spend a few bucks extra and get grow-bags that are intended for growing. The Walmart bags are just an alternative for cheap startup.

I always put about 1.1/2 inches. Works good for me.

The Walmart bags are lucky to last the year. They seem to rot and fall apart quickly. I'd use the grow-bags on Amazon or make your own with a quality landscaping cloth so It can last longer. Good luck.

No holes, they're porous...