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What are the limits with grow bags. Am i right in guessing that anything thats not a root can be grown in a bag? im looking to grow lettuce, peppers and cucumbers as well as toms. are these all ok?

For thirsty plants like toms and cukes there's a lot to be said for cutting the growbag in half and turning the two halves onto their ends so you have a good, deep growing area.

They can all be grown in growbags. If you are growing tomatoes instead of laying the bag down flat i cut it in half and stand it upright. The tomatoes like to be deep-rooted and this seems to suit them.

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And when you're back stops aching,
And you're hands begin to harden.
You will find yourself a partner,
In the glory of the garden.

Rudyard Kipling.

I think you can also grow carrots like Parmex (a ball-shaped root) in the deeper growbags

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Shirley

http://www.honeyjukes.co.uk

What about aubergines?

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pjh75

We sow the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed.

Aubergines, chillies, peppers, cape gooseberry, okra, salads, strawberries & tomatillos are all happy in grow bags, but again, I'd really recommend cutting bags in half and turning them on their ends - it makes watering much easier and the plants enjoy deeper soil for their roots.

I have successfully used the "grow pots" with grow bags. They are essentially a bottomless pot with an extra "trough" to hold and dissipate water. They give added room for roots and it seems to be much less hassle to keep the grow bag adequately watered. The idea is not new - people have been using bottomless pots for a long while - but these modern versions have the added bonus of the water trough.

I grow three cucumbers in each grow bag using this method and it seems very effective.

At the moment I am growing all my tomatoes in pots, but I will be trying the grow pots with them too at some point.