Balcony vegetable gardening with grow bags made from landscape cloth and glue gun
How to make self watering grow bags from landscape cloth and a glue gun and grow vegetables easily and for low cost on your balcony. To see how to make a Fre…
20 Responses to Balcony vegetable gardening with grow bags made from landscape cloth and glue gun
Leave a Reply
I think glue from a hot glue gun is very inert. I doubt it lends any more
toxicity than the plastic cloth I used for the grow bag, but good to be
concerned.
Robb's Homemade Life
December 18, 2013 at 4:13 pm
I would be concerned with the use of the glue wouldn’t it be toxic just
saying ?
Green Smith
December 18, 2013 at 4:37 pm
thanks mrs cntrshot
Robb's Homemade Life
December 18, 2013 at 5:27 pm
Thank you for the advise! I appreciate it! I will let you know how they do.
I am not starting my seeds until next week, so it will probably be a month
and a half or longer before I make up the grow bags and plant them. Thanks
again!!
Crochet Baby
December 18, 2013 at 5:50 pm
I’ve seen a video where a fellow used an iron to seal mylar bags instead of
a vacuum sealer. I wonder if a laundry iron might not work on the landscape
fabric.
Robert Gardner
December 18, 2013 at 6:01 pm
Hello Robert, I think an iron would certainly melt the cloth and might work
. I have welded certain plastic parts heating a butter knife on a stove .
The small glue gun I used is in dollar stores.
Robb's Homemade Life
December 18, 2013 at 6:43 pm
I am sorry if you did not understand what I was saying, bit i thought the
video showed me making a bag,it was sort of the whole point of the video.
Robb's Homemade Life
December 18, 2013 at 7:16 pm
Hey, Great idea. Most lawn mat is polypropylene so it should melt
relatively easily. no reason to spend 2 to 5 dollars on a bag when you can
buy a roll of this stuff and make your own quite easily.
CheezburgerBrown
December 18, 2013 at 8:13 pm
that sounds like a rough commute- it is amazing, after i planted just 2
sweet potatoes on the balcony this year I felt different. The first job out
of high school was in a plant nursery, nobody but me and the old lady
owner, it was the most relaxing low stress job i ever had, worked there 2
years before going into the merchant marine. Later i worked a dozen jobs
and one day told my boss’ “all the best jobs I ever had were ones where i
could go barefoot” should have seen the looks I got.LOL
Robb's Homemade Life
December 18, 2013 at 9:03 pm
Excellent video! Thanks for the great tip on using the glue gun!
Larry Hall
December 18, 2013 at 9:03 pm
Not a lot of help for me. Couldn’t understand everything he was saying and
would have liked to see him actually make a bag.
Betty Harris
December 18, 2013 at 9:25 pm
I was thinking about doing the same thing, but was not sure if the glue
would hold. Thank you so much. Now I know I can buy the stuff and would not
be wasting money!
Crochet Baby
December 18, 2013 at 10:21 pm
hello marlie, I think staples would work too, I just preferred the twisted
wires as I had them available. thanks .
Robb's Homemade Life
December 18, 2013 at 11:16 pm
Good luck CB, I recommend the low temp glue and the small glue gun as you
don’t need too much and it is easy to melt it and make holes.If you press
the glue down in the cloth all the tiny hoses fill up with glue and hold it
very well. the landscape cloth and the Scotts topsoil i used is wicking the
water very well as it has peat moss in it. I don’t think dirt without peat
moss will wick very well. This is just an experiment, will see how it goes.
let me know how yours does once they are growing
Robb's Homemade Life
December 18, 2013 at 11:28 pm
Back when I used to take a bus and two trains to NYC from Brooklyn and the
same tense commute home every day, gardening would be my after work
therapy.
zoffinger
December 18, 2013 at 11:43 pm
Thanks Getme.
Robb's Homemade Life
December 19, 2013 at 12:03 am
Thanks Cheez
Robb's Homemade Life
December 19, 2013 at 12:15 am
if u have seed bags they will do a good job for grow bags. i will be
planting some sweetpotato and my vining plants like cucumber.watermelon
etc.. in them and set them by the fence and let them grow.. good ideas and
good vids and god bless–mrs.cntrshot
cntrshot1
December 19, 2013 at 12:26 am
couldn’t you just use staples on the bootom of the bag? thanks for sharing.
tc
marlie501
December 19, 2013 at 12:32 am
Really excellent idea!!
GetMeThere1
December 19, 2013 at 1:19 am