How to Grow Vegetables in Plastic Bags
Vegetables taste better when you pick them minutes before cooking or serving them. Container gardening is a useful option for those who want to grow their own vegetables but have a very limited amount of space and can't feasibly plant an entire garden. If this describes you, consider one of the simplest and most innovative ways to do some container gardening--using plastic bags to raise vegetables. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Bag(s) of potting soil
- Utility knife
- Gardening gloves
- Plastic bags
- Vegetable seeds or seedlings
Instructions
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Purchase bags of organic potting soil in appropriate sizes. The potting soil bag will be the container for your vegetable plant, so pick the bag size right for the vegetables you want to grow and the space you have available. Alternatively, you can choose to buy a large bag of potting soil to take advantage of better pricing and then fill plastic bags with the soil. Almost any plastic bag will suffice. Some vegetables that don't require much space (for example, onions) can be grown in plastic bags from the grocery store.
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Use a utility knife to cut a few slits in the bottom of the bag. These will serve as drainage holes.
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Stand or lay the bag down in the spot where you want to grow the vegetables. One of the most useful things about gardening this way is that the plants will be totally portable. You can move them to get the best of the sunlight and bring them indoors when the temperatures drop too low overnight.
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Cut open the top or side of the bag. For a tall container that is well-suited for growing potatoes and tomatoes, cut open the top. Lay the bag on its side and cut it open to grow vegetable such as lettuce and radishes.
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Plant the vegetable seeds or seedlings, caring for them and watering as you normally would. Reduce the amount of water you need to apply by experimenting with closing the top of the plastic bag so the plant gets the benefit of trapped condensation. The plastic bag of potting soil will provide a container full of nutrients for your vegetables.
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