Courgettes in Growbags!!

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• floralies Posts: 2,718

  May 2023

  Never tried it, but if the grow bag is cut in half and the two halves upended, a bush variety would probably be fine planted in the two halves with plenty of water and feeding.

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• AuntyRach Posts: 5,291

  May 2023

  I did once - but 2 on top of each other and big holes between (faff). Did work though. I do mine in massive pots now - prob equivalent to one grow bag per pot, per plant. 

  
  

  Mine didn’t like being potted-on this year. I’m
  putting that mistake down to potting on in a pot a big too big. The roots like to find the pot edge very quickly and make a good tight structure before planting out into their final space. They explained it really well on Beech Grove this week, so I immediately twigged. I’m going to give mine a chance to grow during this warm spell, and if they don’t come on soon they will be abandoned. 

  My garden and I live in South Wales. 

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• war garden 572 Posts: 664

  May 2023 edited May 2023

  a large rubbish bag might be better. courgette need a lot of root space.

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  May 2023

  There are different sized grow bags available… Westland do a 55 litre and a 27 litre. 

  I’d try the larger one for courgettes … but I’d only do one plant per bag, so that makes it expensive. Mine are planted in the ground. 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Shauna2021 Posts: 53

  May 2023

  I used one last year - I split it in half and upended each half with a courgette in . I had more courgettes than I could eat at first, but it slowed off quite quickly and was mildewed. But it wasnt a bad result if that is what you have to work with. 

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