Blew my mind when I first learned about it as well. It doesn't slow down the plant from growing fruit. lol

You are most welcome. We all love playing with manure :-)

Wow thanks. I'd love to see pictures of your garden :-) Have a great season!

That is awesome! We had our first tomato today as well :-)

That may be because they are too wet. The soil mixture soaks up too much water or they may be too much in the shade. You can just leave the moss on as it won't hurt anything and clean the bag at the end of season if you decide to use them another year.

@@whyamigreen Thank you.

One year I was too late in the season to buy Kiddie Pools so I made a long rectangle frame out of 2x4 lumber that I laid flat on my deck and lined it with 6mil plastic. This worked the same way as a kiddie pool but much less expensive. Just make sure it is completely level so the water doesn't overflow over the sides and drill an overflow hole at your inch 1 1/2" mark so you don't over water the grow bags. Good luck.

You are so welcome! :-)

Thank you! I love Snoopy :-)

I appreciate that! I have never used a 10 gallon bag, I always use 5 gal and 3 gal bags. With the concept of air pruning for grow bags you can grow virtually any veggies in small bags. I'll try to do a video on the process to help understand shortly. Have a great day...

@@whyamigreen thank you so much! Some presenters insist on the 10 or 20 gallon bags for one plant. They must be in the soil selling business. Thanks again and happy Independence Day,🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@@tasst2674 Indeed they must be lol. The video explaining this will be out by tomorrow if not sooner. :-)

You're welcome

Thank you :-)

Thank you. :-)

I only put it in one otherwise some of the pools may drain before they all get filled. (in case they are not perfectly level.)

Worked great for me. Thanks for watching...

I really don't remember; that was a long time ago. You can use any size that fits. Your local grow store people can help you size it as they did for me.

Nope, not at all. Only takes the water it needs; even in a thunder storm all the excess will drain out. No over or under watering.

My pleasure!

Glad it was helpful!

Pretty much anything you like. I even grew a lilac tree once for 6 years in the same bag.

in the video you'll see I use a water barrel with an automatic float system to keep the same level of water in the pools. If you have the proper soil mix the soil will take the water it needs and no need to water from the top.

@@whyamigreen Thank you

Can you explain what you use to setup the water barrel and where you got your float from? I am new to gardening and would like to know what supplies to get start the process. I know the barrel but what are some of the supplies that are being used? Please step by step

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@@whyamigreen thank you

It ended tragically! My cat ate them!

Haven't had a problem with them. I drain my whole system every 2 - 3 weeks so they can't get started. You can also use mosquito dunks if you like.

Not sure. It's been a while but any size will work. You only need about 1 - 1 1/2 inches of water in them.

​@whyamigreen you can use the 45 in Funsicle 45-in L x 45-in W Blue Round Kiddie Pool

Haven't had a problem. As long as the hole is the right size for the grommet, when the pressure of the hose goes through it should seal through the pressure. Be sure it's a thick enough bucket. I found that the really cheap thin buckets may sometime leak. In that case I cut a second thickness of the bucket and glue it to the first to get a double thickness. It's a pain but it works.

I grew Roma and big boys.

Thank you

What gave it away? The blue "Walmart" handles? lol As long as it works you can use most cloth bags, grow bags or similar bags. I like to give people options that may not cost as much. :-)

​@whyamigreen it's a great idea. What did you plant in them?

Our pleasure!

Here’s my recipe for great wicking soil (I use 5 gallon buckets as measuring cups lol) 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 ad 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. The idea is to have enough peat moss to absorb / wick the water up from the bottom so at least 60 - 75% Peat should do it plus whatever else you need for your specific veggies.

@@whyamigreen thank you!

I put 5 gallon grow bags inside the buckets and haven't had any crumble yet. Even if they did it would be worth having the great results for such little effort. Thanks for your input for people to consider though...

@@whyamigreeneasy fix which also keeps the soil from overheating is covering the outside of the bucket with aluminum foil or you could ever wrap an old tshirt or any material around the bucket. Also I think the point of these buckets he made was to make self watering bucket system which is done with a float valve system and he did correct… the only thing I don’t understand is all the holes but I’m guessing that is for air pruning like a grow bag does! I grow Hydroponics outside and it’s pretty much the same method except you don’t put all the holes in the buckets along the sides, and you just make one up towards the middle top area which keeps it from overflowing when you get rain that comes through the top then as for the colander he used it wouldn’t go at the bottom. You would put it up at the top and then put clay pebbles in it then the plant grows through that and reaches the roots grow down to read the water. I’ve grown so many hydroponics AMAZING plants outside this way and they always stay pest and disease free ❤

You can put it in the water to soak up or on top of the soil for the rain to seep in. Either way works fine.

Glad it helped!

I got mine form a local gardening grow store. You can also find most everything on Amazon.

@whyamigreen Thank you for thr information. what size hose you advice, 1/2in, 1in? I have two 275lb rain collecting water totes I'll be adapting to this system.

It's up to you. I only put one as they get about 10 feet high and I surround them with string beans that climb the corn.

Great! Be sure to secure them well. I once lost 3 of them at the same time during a wind storm.

Marigolds and mosquito plants

@@whyamigreen Do start with seed and plant right in the same bag with your vegs mine collards and cabbage?

You can if you want to. I just buy mine fully grown from Home Depot and transplant them in.

I've put from 1 - 4 plants per pot. Just don't crowd them too much. Plants like to breath so a small and a tall one won't compete with each other. I find corn and strings beans together work great.

Thank you

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.

Mu local grow store, Just about every city has one. You may find it on Amazon as well.

I already have it posted in this video's description as I mentioned to you in your previous comment: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/idqfgrdlx6ealYk.html

​@@whyamigreensorry, im confused....no actual "soil?" Mostly peat moss? Where does the nutrition come from?

The additives and manure that's added. Peat moss gives the drainage.@@krispedersen2335

Thanks! I still think a "how I make my grow bag soil" video would be appreciated by a lot of folks.

No root rot if you make the soil mix properly. The soil takes in just what it needs and no more. :-)

​@@whyamigreendo you have a video on a proper soil mix?

Look in the description of the video you just commented on. It's in there.

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.

Thank you

All your questions are answered in my videos. Do a search of Alaska and you'll find them.

Not really. In fact I re-use the soil each year. Possibly you're soil mixture is retaining too much liquid.