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I got some of these breathable fruit growing bags from Aldi
(please forgive Topmost Strawberry, I couldn't be arsed to prepare them for winter properly last year and he went feral)
I really like them- good use of space, I can get way more into the sunny side of the garden and hopefully lose less fruit to slugs and damp. But, on the downside, I didn't notice they come in packs of two and not even I can eat that many strawberries.
I'll stick in some other berries but is there anything else that's likely to work well in this sort of stacked growbag? They get pretty good sunlight where they're going.
Cheers folks!
That could be great for mushrooms. As I understand it, they can grow in light or dark.
I've seen where people stuff a laundry basket with straw mixed with oyster mushroom seeds(spores?)
Your planter looks ideal for that
Potatoes. One in each hole and three in the top. You aren't HW any more are you, I have some chitting that you could have.
Cucumbers and gerkins, pineberries, herbs, oca.
Plant the strawberries in the sides and grow something else in the top? Tumbler tomatoes or blueberries? Thyme would work well in the sides or you could get a different variety of strawberry to extend the season.
Bedding plants: cut a load of extra slits and you'll cover it with (e.g.) trailing geraniums, pansies in winter, etc
Courgettes will go crazy too, you'll be giving them away
Already suggested: spuds (but you won't get many in there), herbs
Skunk?
Some native ferns?
You could grow tatties in the main bit and maybe herbs in the inspection slots.
Cheers folks! Might do a few spuds, I was thinking it wouldn't work since the top ones won't come out without disturbing the side ones, but the answer is just all spuds isn't it, instead of mixing. Might do some carrots.
I think there's early and late season strawberries in there, it's become a wee bit of an inexact science this because I got a load of plants off runners last year, and now i have no idea which are which.
This is all on the side of the garden I can't see, all the flowers and decorative plants are on the other side 🙂
You can plant strawberries in the ground with a bit of straw to lift them up.
Spuds are great in those bags if you start at the very bottom and keep covering the shoots , you then get new crop from top to bottom. Once grown the soil and bags are great to store the excess spuds until you need them
You can grow tomatoes on the ground as long as you keep them off the soil using straw ^^. Radical 🙂
Nasturtiums would go well in the sides and tend to divert the flying bugs