I want to grow some spring peas in one bag and spinach in another. There are just two of us, so I am not growing huge amounts. Bag size suggestions?
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I bought the Big Bag Bed last summer and grew 4 tomato plants in it. I would guess the peas need to grow up a tripod so the bag would be good for them since you need room for the tripod. I have never grown spinach but if you stagger the plantings in the bag you would get some all summer long. I love the bag and can't wait to use it again this summer. We live in Ohio and kept it up all winter and it came through without losing it's shape and no dirt leaking out. I don't know if this answers your question but the bag advertised doesn't look really huge when dirt is in it and would be good for just two. It's only my husband and I and it was just right for us.
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it depends on how many plants you want to grow but I would think for two people I don't think you need the largest size I think the middle size would be enough
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I bought the Big Bag Bed last summer and grew 4 tomato plants in it. I would guess the peas need to grow up a tripod so the bag would be good for them since you need room for the tripod. I have never grown spinach but if you stagger the plantings in the bag you would get some all summer long. I love the bag and can't wait to use it again this summer. We live in Ohio and kept it up all winter and it came through without losing it's shape and no dirt leaking out. I don't know if this answers your question but the bag advertised doesn't look really huge when dirt is in it and would be good for just two. It's only my husband and I and it was just right for us. I bought the Big Bag Bed last summer and grew 4 tomato plants in it. I would guess the peas need to grow up a tripod so the bag would be good for them since you need room for the tripod. I have never grown spinach but if you stagger the plantings in the bag you would get some all summer long. I love the bag and can't wait to use it again this summer. We live in Ohio and kept it up all winter and it came through without losing it's shape and no dirt leaking out. I don't know if this answers your question but the bag advertised doesn't look really huge when dirt is in it and would be good for... » Read More I bought the Big Bag Bed last summer and grew 4 tomato plants in it. I would guess the peas need to grow up a tripod so the bag would be good for them since you need room for the tripod. I have never grown spinach but if you stagger the plantings in the bag you would get some all summer long. I love the bag and can't wait to use it again this summer. We live in Ohio and kept it up all winter and it came through without losing it's shape and no dirt leaking out. I don't know if this answers your question but the bag advertised doesn't look really huge when dirt is in it and would be good for just two. It's only my husband and I and it was just right for us. « Show Less
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To much for Veg, Just use for flower. Get HO Flouro's for veg. Seperate rooms for veg & flower. perpetual grow. imho
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I'm sorry I can't really help you with this. I haven't grown chia seeds yet. I have used the bag for bean sprouts, washed and reused without difficulty though. Good luck.
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I used an AeroGrow set, (which has very small amt of growing medium) but I imagine you could use small pots, or even seed growing kits/egg cartons, just to begin growing the seeds. When approx 2-3 inches transplant to larger pots and/or outside if the weather is agreeable.
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This size might be a bit small...you'd have to precut the lettuce to fit...and you'd only need a few pulls of the cord...too many and you'd have lettuce mush!
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I did not have much success with lettuce or spinach (very small leaves and flowered too early), but the arugula did OK. Strawberries and herbs do very well. There is not enough room for tomato plants, and I don't think beans would do well either.
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For one bed, I'm pretty sure it took about 8 or 9 bags (40 pound bags, I think) to fill it up to about 4 inches from the top of the bed. I absolutely LOVE these garden beds. Very easy to put together too. After I put mine together, I stapled the weed preventative cloth around the bottom. I was planting on an area that had weeds and I didn't want them in my garden. It worked out perfectly. I hope you get one Julie. I don't think you will be disappointed. VERY EASY to grow! I can't wait to plant once the weather clears out. If you do buy a bed, good luck with yours!
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1 bag gave me the perfect amount for a 10 gallon (3" deep spread evenly). Personally I would go for about 5, especially if you have live plants, but that is just my opinion.
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We used a combination of Miracle Grow potting soil and garden soil. 2 large bags of each and had about 1/2 bag left over.
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several plates will work large peas,liima beans sweet corn and bean you can always take a pea or bean plate and cut the holes larger if needed but you just test and check spacing etc use cheese or bees wax to fill in holes if spacing is too close I LOVE THIS TOOL hardly ever use my cole planter anymore lettuce. beets,greens carrots spinach etc 3 1/2 seasons because its so easy to plant just make sure your soil is fine and as level as possible GOOD GARDENING !!!!
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If your real serious, tribest sells a wheatgrass sprouter that I use to grow so many that we have replaced our buying of lettuce. I found that handy pantry seeds are good, I like the bag it comes in. Todd seeds are good too, just different packaging. I buy all my seeds amazon prime cause shipping to Hawaii is expensive. Aloha
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one large bag should be enough. It comes out of the holes, so I just keep putting it back in. Put it where you want it before you fill because it gets very heavy.
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Little Magnolia, I planted 4 potato pieces in my grow-bag. Filled the bag about half full of soil and rolled down the sides to meet the soil. I put my grow-bags on strips of wood placed over concrete blocks to the bags could drain well and get air all around the bag. As my tater plants grew, I just rolled UP the bag sides and added more soil. I kept doing this as the plants grew until I had almost rolled the bag to the top. It's dry and hot here in NW FL panhandle so watering was a chore; but, my 3 grow-bags gave a large harvest for hubby and myself. I've had good success with grow-bags; plus, they are the answer for me as I have a very small backyard and my growing space is limited. Little Magnolia, I planted 4 potato pieces in my grow-bag. Filled the bag about half full of soil and rolled down the sides to meet the soil. I put my grow-bags on strips of wood placed over concrete blocks to the bags could drain well and get air all around the bag. As my tater plants grew, I just rolled UP the bag sides and added more soil. I kept doing this as the plants grew until I had almost rolled the bag to the top. It's dry and hot here in NW FL panhandle so watering was a chore; but, my 3 grow-bags gave a large harvest for hubby and myself. I've had good success with grow-bags;... » Read More Little Magnolia, I planted 4 potato pieces in my grow-bag. Filled the bag about half full of soil and rolled down the sides to meet the soil. I put my grow-bags on strips of wood placed over concrete blocks to the bags could drain well and get air all around the bag. As my tater plants grew, I just rolled UP the bag sides and added more soil. I kept doing this as the plants grew until I had almost rolled the bag to the top. It's dry and hot here in NW FL panhandle so watering was a chore; but, my 3 grow-bags gave a large harvest for hubby and myself. I've had good success with grow-bags; plus, they are the answer for me as I have a very small backyard and my growing space is limited. « Show Less
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Depends on how large your containers are. Easily holds two 5gal circular Home Depot buckets. I wouldn't put in a third tho (because I scrog). Also ran three 10 liter buckets no problem. If you grow SOG and in square containers you could fit at least 6, but I wouldnt. Stick with 2 - 3 plants and you'll be good.
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Mine are doing great, i bought 2. Right now i have about a 5# bag of potatoes in the bottom, 3-4 #s of onions in the middle and then about 2#s of garlic in the top and its doing awesome. The other one has about the same weight in fruits.
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I have two of these, and if I remember correctly, I bought a yard of soil (cheaper than many bags of soil from Lowes) and it filled them both and I had a full wheelbarrow left. So, ha;f a yard of soil should be plenty. I would recommend a mix if you are in an area where the topsoil is high in clay, or it can pack down when you have a raised bed type planting. Any other questions feel free to ask, I have lots of raised rock beds/these/and other root pouch containers !!
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You probably can't grow everything at once as there are both cool and warm weather crops in the pack. Crops like lettuce will bolt in warm weather so, depending upon where you live you might want them in only partial sun. But for any given area, take the requirements on the seed packet, for instance with lettuce it says 5 seeds per inch in rows 12" to 24" apart. It does not tell us how many seeds are in the packet so that's a problem unless you want to count them. From that you can tell how much area needed for the lettuce. As the seeds germinate, at five per inch you'll have to thin them - pinch off the weakest and leave the water and nutrients for the strongest plants. Since you are controlling the environment you should have at most five plants/square foot. Please note you don't have to sow all seeds at once and shouldn't - I mean, how much lettuce can you eat at once? Look at the germination rate and plant the seeds 2 or three weeks apart so you'll have a continuous harvest while the weather is cool. Same for the other seeds unless you're starting a market garden and just want to sell the crops as they appear. Also, best to rotate the crops - don't always grow a crop in the same place - if disease shows up you'll lose everything. Again, hope this helps some.