update #2 Make free DIY self watering grow bag for vegetable gardening

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This is an update to my video on how to make and use a free DIY grow bag for growing vegetables .Make free DIY self watering grow bag for vegetable gardening Larry Hall inspired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IHtGf5k7tk I got the idea of grow bags from Larry Hall who uses 50 cent Walmart bags and also rain gutters to grow his vegetables. I could not get any Walmart bags so made a tool to poke a ton of holes in my bags of dirt and used them as grow bags and set them into troughs of water made with plastic garbage bag liners and PVC. I think this method is working out well and can not think of a cheaper or easier method of growing plants on my balcony. The bags of dirt only cost $2 at leows. If you try it, be sure to sue a dirt with lots of organic matter so it will wick the water properly. I don't get much sun on my balcony as it faces east, so I am experimenting with different vegetables and plants to see what will grow the best in my situation. I have been eating the sweet potato leaves as they grow very well and will be growing more ginger and have bought some Malabar spinach seeds to try . here are some of my other gardening videos you may be interested in. part 2 sweet potato leaves for food on the balcony experiment -algae & plant growth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlxQ1yIXCBk Hester Martz tightwad potting plants method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0-oSlGhptY Balcony vegetable gardening with grow bags made from landscape cloth and glue gun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNdYG1TNjGY Make free DIY self watering grow bag for vegetable gardening Larry Hall inspired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IHtGf5k7tk balcony vegetable garden experiment update https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=eF8dO5ellxs&ns=1

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nice share

excellent stuff keep it up. just began my videos again getting some ideas. hope you like, if you do hit up a sub :)

oh that was so nice to see what you did with the bags
I am useing
Them my self now thank you so much, at
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I can't tollerate all that plastic and Pvc

Thank you for the cool content. Awesome to see people exploring how to better themselves .

I really like the trellis you made! I have been wanting to have my son and husband make some PVC projects! We will use our seasonal hardware store coupon for that item. You actually made me realize that many of the wooden projects in my book could very cheaply and easilybe made with PVC.

This is great. You just put the bag on top of the water like that and that would do the job? How much water should one put there? About 1 inch or so?

Hi, I will appreciate to get some info how and soil composition and size of planters to grow sweet potatoes and ginger. Thanks.

Very encouraging and gonna try that in my balcony, but why have you inserted those PVC pipe (apart from those used for trellis) inside of the bag, was that to keep the soil moist, and how do you do that ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khrvw4tG1MI

To get tomatoes to pollinate indoors just shake the branches with blooms daily. I also use a heating pad under the pots/bags as tomatoes like heat (i'm in the cold NW). The leaf mold is usually caused by lack of water so you might try increasing the amount of water. I'm enjoying sweet potatoes also - make an interesting house plant.

You should self pollinate with a paint brush~

Your plants look great ! However being that they are on a screened patio will they produce fruit if there are few if any bugs to pollinate the flowers?

Super tool.Thanks!

Great video. I also grow it from my balcony. Loved and Subbed. Updates of tomatoes

Rob, how do you eat the leaves of sweet potatoes? Like eating salad or you have to cook it? I didn't know about eating leaves of sweet potatoes but it's nice to know that you could eat the leaves.

I believe that these methods will surely work out and I am sure as well that this is really nice for our balcony. This self watering grow bag is really good and I guess this is very economical. I got your ideas and I will give it a try.

eating home grown will spoil you though. it is hard to eat store tomatoes once you grew them, same with eating fresh caught shrimp, I used to net them off of the bridges and eat them the same night, which made it impossible to eat most other shrimp afterwards.

thanks imstillworkin. it is fun to see what will grow in the small space and limited sun and the lazy tendencies of me the gardener. I am learning a lot from the plants and you guys too. Susan, if you get the time, check out a youtuber named Mugsyjeff, he and his wife Wilma are in Australia and he grows very interesting plants and cooks many dishes with home grown ingredients and is an experimenter like you.

Great job!. Looks great.