Hm. For better watering - or, at least, less frequent watering, I'd recommend wicking beds or self-watering pots. Or ollas (clay pot drippers).
I'm not sure about making growbags, I always seem to have plenty around - I think I got some when I ordered seed potatoes (although I've never had much luck growing potatoes in them). But using them for growing things? Yacon does really well. Potatoes...not so much for some reason.
My growbags are actually one of the least water-efficient things in my garden. They're pretty small (50cm diameter) so they warm really fast which means greater water evaporation from inside to outside. The holes in the bottom mean the water goes through and out straight away (I should really put them in shallow trays or something), and the wide open mouth tends to mean things evaporate really fast from the top, even with mulch on them.
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Date: 2019-12-18 02:58 am (UTC)I'm not sure about making growbags, I always seem to have plenty around - I think I got some when I ordered seed potatoes (although I've never had much luck growing potatoes in them). But using them for growing things? Yacon does really well. Potatoes...not so much for some reason.
My growbags are actually one of the least water-efficient things in my garden. They're pretty small (50cm diameter) so they warm really fast which means greater water evaporation from inside to outside. The holes in the bottom mean the water goes through and out straight away (I should really put them in shallow trays or something), and the wide open mouth tends to mean things evaporate really fast from the top, even with mulch on them.