Your 2026 Garden

[jxp]

In your house? Like put them on a tray just as if they were a pot?

Then what? Bury them in the ground in the bag or take them out when they get six inches or so and plant them? I guess I wasn't sure of the point of them. I plant seeds in pots, and when the time is right, they get planted in the garden.

They're very useful for potatoes and anything you need to add soil through the season because you can roll the sides down to begin your planting then roll them up as needed to mound your spuds as they grow. The ones with "doors" are especially nice to check your root veggies growth. They also come in handy for those times you have more plants than garden space.

 

[akroberts1085]

I have 3 small black grow bags and the other 3 have holes in them to allow vining plants.

 

[Rillowen]

Most of my plants this year will have to be small and/or sturdy enough to move or quick growing as I’m having maintenance done in my main garden area. I had to unwind pole beans and cart them inside once, I do not recommend it!

To that end I put some Iroquois Cornbread beans in pots a few days ago in the hopes they’ll produce enough seeds to fill an outdoor planter in a few months. I’ve got more Red Beard Bunching Onion seeds (planted last year, did well once they were outside and out of last year’s terrible seedling soil ) and this year I’m going to give bulbing onions another go (Red Wethersfield). I’m also planning for three varieties of hot peppers (ghost, fish, and my usual cayenne), and snow peas as usual. I got four different varieties of tomato seeds to try, but I’m only going to be planting at most two - definitely the Silvery Fir (supposedly very short, so should fit nicely in a couple big pots) and maybe San Marzano. The Inciardi and the Giant Crimson are (alas!) going to have to wait unless I can figure out a safe place to put them as I gather they’re both big and viney. Strawberries and a couple other things will depend on whether the plants survived the winter. Any remaining space will go to leafy greens and whatever else I can cram in.

I’m also going to start a coffee plant if I can manage it, but that will be indoors.

I need pea advice. I have tried 3 times, each time they dont have a great germination rate, but about half grew. They slowed down and stalled after about 4 inches, but kept trucking along slowly, I even got 5 pods once.. but then the packrats come and chomp them off at the base!!! I got a few with mouse traps so i know thats what they are, but they stopped falling for the traps. I got special traps and everything, what did I catch?
A mole.
They absolutely love my garden and destroy everything, I managed to get most things to survive enough to get a crop, but the pease just can't survive.

 

[DemeterAD9]

Could one of you explain how to use those? I have a half dozen or so we got free somehow that are in the garden shed in a box as I looked at them and shrugged.

They’re just cloth bags, most have handles for easy moving. I use them for peppers and leafy greens mostly but you can plant whatever you want in them so long as the size is suitable. I find that peppers hate our garden soil as do the greens so I simply put some quality soil in the bags and get huge healthy plants. They’re nice because they are easy to move around and they’re breathable so there’s zero change of them getting too wet and killing plants. A down side is some of the more thirsty plants will dry out in a day when it’s hot out. I put them on the deck, next to the garden, and along the sidewalk.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

I still emailed them to ask if the Kazakh would cross pollinate with the melons I already had planned for next year.

I got a response back already! Here it is in case anyone else is curious:

“Thank you for reaching out!
Kazak melons will not cross-pollinate with watermelons, as they are different species. They can, however, cross with other muskmelons, cantaloupes, and honeydews, which are within the same species. This could affect seed saved from the Kazak or Montreal Market Muskmelon.”

 

[Rillowen]

In your house? Like put them on a tray just as if they were a pot?

Then what? Bury them in the ground in the bag or take them out when they get six inches or so and plant them? I guess I wasn't sure of the point of them. I plant seeds in pots, and when the time is right, they get planted in the garden.

They are an alternative to pots, mostly for plants meant to be kept in there. Meant to be used outside i believe, but a tray under would probably be ok. They keep the soil warmer, better drained, and more aerated. They tend to help prevent root clumping/binding and are great for root crops if you set them in water (makes harvesting SO MUCH easier) or things that like dryer/better draining soil.