Grow bags

[Phill of Eastbourne]

Hi

Can anyone tell me if the normal DIY store growbags are organic?

[mandyballantyne]

Hi,

I got some at B&Q last year but not sure if they have got fresh stock in this year yet.

Mandy

[HeyWayne]

I can't even bring myself to use the word gr...gro...grow...., nope, no good!

Scarred as a child from people always saying to me "did you sleep in a grow*** last night?".

I doubt I'll have any beanpo..., beanpol..., nope, nor that one!

I was a tall kid, and now I'm a tall adult.

[Alison]

Some are some aren't - if they're marked organic then they will be but otherwise not, if you see what I mean. Seem to remember B&Q had some own brand ones which were only slightly more expensive last year that were labelled as organic. Don't know what they were like as I didn't buy any from there.

[rustylady]

General rule with all products - if it isn't labelled ORGANIC, then it isn't. Organic is quite a selling point so if it is then producers will certainly make us aware

[Piper]

Yes I agree with Rustylady. I have seen ones with and without ORGANIC on the bags, so it's just a case of looking for them.

[NEWTO THE PLOT]

I used the B&Q ones last year and they seemed ok my tom's cue's and peppers grew great.

[seasprout]

Its only organic if it says organic on the bag.
This is an example of organic compost available mail order.. http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalo...roducts_id=496

And I'm looking at a picture of New Horizon compost in the Which? magazine at the mo, which came tops by the way in peat free trails and it says organic nutrients on the bag. I know its more wildly available than it used to be. Green bag, yellow writing. Hope that helps.

[bubblewrap]

Hi

Can anyone tell me if the normal DIY store growbags are organic?

Did you here about the man who bought some "grow bags" from B&Q kept watering them & nothing grew so he took them back & complained.

[Geordie]

That was the same bloke that drove away from the showroom in his new car, switched on cruise control, leaned back in the seat and crashed at the first bend!

[smallblueplanet]

You do see lots of garden products with 'organic' on them (B&Qs chicken poo pellets for example I saw last year, said organic but weren't certified organic). You need to be sure that its 'soil association' approved (or similar) and isn't just marked organic because it contains organic (as opposed to inorganic) ingredients.

Gem used to do soil association organic grow bags, but not seen them in our local garden centre unfortunately.

[Phill of Eastbourne]

Thanks for the help. I suppose it's the Ronseal syndrome!!!!