{"id":35916,"date":"2020-03-27T09:07:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T13:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/?p=35916"},"modified":"2021-01-05T09:14:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:14:23","slug":"planting-bags-for-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/planting-bags-for-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Bags for the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Switching to planting bags for the garden wasn&#8217;t a planned improvement as I reused  planting containers. My collection of hard black pots were accidentally recycled during a surprise to me cleaning project. Great project, I was broken-hearted about losing the planters and shocked at the cost to replace them. Planting in garden bags has helped with poor soil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I didn&#8217;t know I needed planting bags for the garden until I had them!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Raised bed gardening went well, after years of adding compost the sandy soil remained a challenge. In 2019 the garden was moved closer to the house and kitchen. This rebuild was different by trying to preserve the nice soil in bags. There are a lot of  planting bag varieties, the square plastic bags were perfect in square gardening boxes resolving a lot of gardening issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div id=\"amzn-assoc-ad-2e34d8da-6c67-4681-bca3-e8232dacba3d\"><\/div><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US&amp;adInstanceId=2e34d8da-6c67-4681-bca3-e8232dacba3d\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">I&#8217;ve had many gardening problems over the years that impacted how much produce grew which are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Keeping everything watered <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Poor germination<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Plant loss from insects and bug infestations<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Plant disease that typically strikes during peak growth<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Post harvest plants that wither<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Succession planting<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">I&#8217;m calling this planting style plug and play as the bags allow me to pull out anything that isn&#8217;t producing and replace it. The test gardens were definitely easy to do and very successful. A few plants were started early in the hoophouse and transplanted into bags before moving into the garden space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81EmNBgzhoL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81EmNBgzhoL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?w=1140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Multiple sizes of grow bags<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">The square plastic bags are available in multiple sizes, they worked wonderful and performed exactly as expected. The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" label=\"7 gallon bags by Viagrow (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3b8bJIX\" target=\"_blank\">7 gallon bags by Viagrow<\/a> (25 bags for $18) were a nice large size that work for one large plant like eggplant and peppers. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ten gallon bags by Viagrow (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2vKA4Cq\" target=\"_blank\">Ten gallon bags by Viagrow<\/a> ( 25 bags for $20) are large enough for a tomato, cucumber, or squash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">The plan worked perfectly, when the summer squash struggled with mildew, I removed it easily. When a plant outgrew the space, it was easy to move other plants out of the way. Rotating lettuce, peas, and other greens for succession planting easy peasy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">This year I will be using the bags to utilize all the benefits of planting and rotating vegetable during their growing season. <br><br>Has anyone else changed the way the plant their gardens or increased the size of their gardens to increase production? <br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/?s=garden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Check out some of my gardening adventures (opens in a new tab)\">Check out some of my gardening adventures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Switching to planting bags for the garden wasn&#8217;t a planned improvement as I reused planting containers. My collection of hard black pots were accidentally recycled during a surprise to me cleaning project. Great project, I&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":35944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[565,91,591,1419],"tags":[877,1440,1441,1442,1443],"class_list":["post-35916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-affiliate","category-garden","category-soil","category-tips-tricks","tag-garden","tag-grow-bag","tag-planting","tag-raised-bed","tag-square-foot"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20190426_123326-e1585310069715.jpg?fit=702%2C684&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qEFP-9li","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2123,"url":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/mother-earth-garden-planner-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":35916,"position":0},"title":"Mother Earth Garden Planner Update","author":"Bodynsoil","date":"April 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Mother Earth Garden Planner Update We are now fast approaching the planting season here in northern Vermont.\u00a0 If you recall from a past post titled: \"Mother Earth News Garden Planner\" I am trying this online planner vs hand written notes. 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