Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle … empty plastic compost/grow bags?

By: Retha Taber

Retha Taber — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:37:56 +0000

I use them to cover small trees and shrubs to protect them form the deer that vist my back yard in winter.

By: NOG

NOG — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:17:40 +0000

Use them as Liners for hanging baskets.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:34:03 +0000

Leave a little compost in, moisten it, flatten bag to exclude air, now seal the end with wire. Lay flat on side & make x-shaped holes in top surface. This is now ready to receive cuttings from your fuchsias, geranium etc. to make new plants.

By: yogahz

yogahz — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:09:47 +0000

Split them open and lay down as a weed barrier in flower beds.

By: Solomon Broad

Solomon Broad — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:34:50 +0000

Use them as a mulch around plants? They won’t last as long as the proper stuff, though.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:48:23 +0000

I use them as rubble sacks, to hold all those annoying bricks, shards of glass and stones in the garden beds, so I can safely dispose of them in the bin.

By: john b

john b — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:48:18 +0000

You could poke some drainage holes in the bottom of them then fill them with homemade compost and plant potatoes in them. when it comes time to harvest your spuds you just empty the bag – no digging! you’ll probably be able to put two or three plants in a bag.