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Title: Potato Grow Bags PLEASE?
Post by: lmillar11 on March 08, 2010, 11:02: morning,

has anyone got any decent sites in which to order potato grow bags from please?
Title: Re: Potato Grow Bags PLEASE?
Post by: Slowgrind on March 08, 2010, 11:05: Have you got a Wilko store near you? I've seen them there. :)
Title: Re: Potato Grow Bags PLEASE?
Post by: lmillar11 on March 08, 2010, 11:11: hey,

yeh i have but they are sold out - even sold out of potatoes grrr i know im getting late :(
Title: Re: Potato Grow Bags PLEASE?
Post by: lmillar11 on March 08, 2010, 12:33: heres a few site i have found -

http://www.potato-grow-bags.co.uk/

http://www.unwins.co.uk/potato-growing-bag-kit-3-varieties-and-free-fertiliser-pid1463.html

http://www.thompson-morgan.com/sundries1/product/zww2159/1.html

http://www.suttons.co.uk/Shop/Reusable+Grow+Bag+581397.htm - not sure if these are suitable for potatoes
Title: Re: Potato Grow Bags PLEASE?
Post by: Slowgrind on March 08, 2010, 22:06: Our local Morrisons have some today.
Title: Re: Potato Grow Bags PLEASE?
Post by: Kristen on March 09, 2010, 08:35: I've got some Unwins ones. They take about 3 seed potatoes each. Nothing wrong with them, but I also have some plastic pots (I think I bought some trees from a garden centre with them) which are a bit bigger, and take 4 seed potatoes, and I think they worked better last year.

The handles on the bags make them easier to pick up and move. But the tops flop over making watering harder (than the pots)
Title: Re: Potato Grow Bags PLEASE?
Post by: lmillar11 on March 09, 2010, 10:01: brilliant thanks, i think i am going to buy from unwins in that case, what was the delivery like i would like them by next week really? :D

i noticed that www.potato-grow-bags.co.uk seem to be a micro site of marshalls seeds

thanks again i look forward to the big crops :)
Title: Re: Potato Grow Bags PLEASE?
Post by: Kristen on March 09, 2010, 10:02: Marshalls are a respectable company,I would expect then to despatch same-day if they are in stock. If you are in any doubt I suggest order-by-phone so you can double check that.
Title: Re: Potato Grow Bags PLEASE?
Post by: Jamie Butterworth on March 09, 2010, 10:19: I just grow them in used compost bags
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Post by: plum crumble on March 09, 2010, 11:27: old dustbin, anything like that? would any suitable size container do?
Title: Re: Potato Grow Bags PLEASE?
Post by: Kristen on March 09, 2010, 12:19: A dustbin is quite large diameter, and thus quite heavy to tip out etc., but otherwise is fine. Its also very tall - which may mean the tops aren't able to get enough light (or you earth them up 3' or 4' !!)
Title: Re: Potato Grow Bags PLEASE?
Post by: dexyblue on March 09, 2010, 12:22: Asda have got some I think they were £3 each and you can plant up to 5 in them
Title: Re: Potato Grow Bags PLEASE?
Post by: lmillar11 on March 09, 2010, 14:09: thanks guys, all your suggestions were brilliant, however i have decided to order my from unwins seeds.

fingers crossed they will be here next week i will keep you up to date!

:D
Title: Re: Potato Grow Bags PLEASE?
Post by: BostonInbred on March 11, 2010, 11:05: I amazed by how many people looking for retail products like this never think to ring a Horticultural Distributors and ask if they will sell cash on collection.

Someone like Monro South at Chichester, or BHGS in Worcester, or East Riding Horticulture in Yorkshire will sell you such products (if they carry them in stock) far cheaper than any retail outlet, as long as you pay cash and collect them yourself. It'll only cost you a phone call to find out.