ALaPon Potato Grow Bags 7 Gallon 2 pack Vegetable Grow Bags Garden Plant Bags with Flap and Handles, Correct Imperial Gallon Grow Bags for Tomatoes Potato Carrot and Flower, Green 35cm(H)x35cm(D)


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Weight: 410 g
Dimensions: 35 x 35 x 35 cm; 410 Grams
Brand: ALaPon
Colour: Green, Clear
Colour: Green, Clear

27 Responses

  1. DenaOlivas says:

     United Kingdom

    Bargain to make growing soo much easier!.

    Have yet t set them up properly but they are very sturdy and should do a great job.
    Very thick felt type material.

    The price is amazing.
    Would recommend.

  2. LeilaniWhitehea says:

     United Kingdom

    At 4.00 per bag these are far cheaper than you’ll pay for them in shops, making them a steal at this price.

    The material is thick, the stitching of the handles and flap is good and secure, and they’re highly breathable which will aid to air-prune the roots and increase branching-out.

    The main benefit of bags like this is that you don’t have to plant directly in the ground and to harvest, you can either open the flap and reach through the soil, or just tip the bag upside down. My second favourite benefit is mobility. If you don’t like where you have them situated, simply lift them with the handles and move them – you can’t do that if they’re in the ground.

    I do dislike that they come vacuum sealed in plastic – could they not use card or paper for packaging? Plastic packaging is only worthwhile if it is re-usable, but in this case you have to rip or cut the plastic bag to get to the product.

    They do come with a free pair of gloves and some labels, which is a nice surprise worth a couple of pound themselves.

    They’re worth a purchase for the convenience!

  3. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    These bags were delivered promptly and well packaged. Really impressed with the quality and materials used. Also free gloves and labels nice quality too. Very pleased

  4. LoviePennell says:

     United Kingdom

    These potato sacks came with a nice surprise—a set of gardening gloves and some plant markers!
    The sacks themselves are made from a thick felt which feels quite robust. There is also a velcro window that can be opened to see the progress of your potatoes!
    The gloves have a nice rubber coating on them to protect the hands and, excuse the pun, they fit like a glove. I have used the plant markers in other areas of the garden so they are very handy too.
    I’m not sure I’ll get more than 1 seasons use out of them once they’ve been outside and held compost and vegetables for months. But for the low price of 7.99 this is really a good deal for what you get.

    Handy!

  5. ElaineHouser says:

     United Kingdom

    ALaPon Potato Grow Bags – 2 Pack

    These sacks make growing potatoes or carrots quick and simple. Unlike a standard container you can open up the flap and harvest your crop. The handles make moving the sacks around your garden easy too. You are getting two bags with name labels.

  6. Lanora78Eu says:

     United Kingdom

    These bags were a little smaller than I was expecting but they do the job perfectly. The arrive vaccum packed. I have one with potatoes in and the other with strawberry’s. The handles on the bags make it handy to move the location of them if needed. They are very strong quality and sturdy. There is a flap in the bag to open up so when you want to harvest your potatoes you have easy access. The only down side is maybe the colour, after just a few days the outside of them had drawn up water making them look dirty, maybe black or dark grey would be a better colour but overall very happy with them.

    Easy way to grow potatoes on the patio

  7. Oscar Gonzalez says:

     United Kingdom

    Just planted potatoes in them children loved setting them up

  8. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    These grow bags are ideal for small garden areas such as patios or even balconies. They’re a good size for potatoes or carrots. I found them a bit fiddly to fill as they’re quite flimsy until half filled but once they’re full of soil they’re fine

    Good for small spaces

  9. courtney831831@yahoo.com Courtney Morrison says:

     United Kingdom

    2 really nice sized, well made grow bags in a nice green colour that will look good in any garden. The material is thick, felt-type and the bags will stand up on their own which is great when trying to fill them. Nothing worse than trying to fill a bag that keeps collapsing. Come with thick handles for ease of movement.

    You can grow a variety of items in these but where they really excel is growing potatoes or other root vegetables. With a viewing window you can easily check on the progress, or educate fascinated children. I do think it would have been good to have a see-through plastic window, rather than just a hole behind the window as soil might fall out.

    7.99 at time of writing for 2 of these is good value in my opinion, but I have seen 4 of these for 10 so I think the price should be more competitive.

  10. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    We have a very small back yard, with only a tiny strip of a flower bed for plants, which is mostly taken up with flowers. These grow bags are an excellent way to grow vegetables, especially the root kind such as potatoes and carrots, without taking up a lot of room. They are very well made, strong, with good stitching. The handles on either side make it easy to move the bag around, especially useful when, as we do, you have very little room to maneuver and have to keep moving stuff around to get the bins out etc. And best yet, there is a velcro-fastened flap on the front of the bag so that you can check on and harvest your veg without having to dig through the earth from the top.

    Overall, a great idea and perfect if you want to grow a few vegetables just for yourself.

    Great Way To Grow Veg!

  11. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    I have a few different versions of these bags and although they are all quite similar there is a noticeable difference in either colour, size or quality. These score highly on the size and quality counts and they are a fairly bright green colour.

    They are made from a sort of synthetic felt material which is quite thick and stands up well on its own, it is also quite porous so it is fairly simple to water, it particularly helps to prevent overwatering as excess water just runs out. For some reason all these grow bags insist on having the flap in the side, personally I think that these are a waste of time, they claim to allow you to see how root vegetables are developing, but in reality it is purely a matter of chance whether a tuber will appear in just the right place to allow it to be seen.

    I am ambivalent about the colour, I like the green bags, they are more cheerful than the black alternative, but on the other hand they do show the staining that happens when the compost leaches through the fabric. This staining can’t be removed so if they are used in subsequent years they don’t look as good as they do in the first year.

    I will mainly be growing tomatoes, runner beans, french beans and perhaps some flowers in my grow bags this year. I like that the walls of the bags are vertical so it is easier to put upright canes in than it is in a traditional plant pot.

    This pack of two bags is priced at 7.99 (at the time of writing) which I think is good value for money.

  12. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    he fabric is good, thick and strong, the handles make them easy to move if need and the window to check on progress of growth and harvest is brilliant, no more disturbing the whole plant to check if things are ready or to harves

  13. MUQCarlkowwk says:

     United Kingdom

    I received 2 of these to see what they were like and since then I’ve ordered 6 more. You can pretty much pot anything in these.. my photo shows 25 litres of compost in the grow bag. So a 60 litre bag of compost should do two grow bags. I’m using mine for growing chilli plants but will try potatoes in one. The flap will make it easy to see when they are ready to harvest without disturbing the soil above. These bags seem pretty strong and better than others I have had, so i imagine will be reusable for a few years. would recommend.

    So good I’ve ordered even more

  14. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    These grow bags are not for me as I am hopeless at growing anything except growing older. I leave that sort of thing to others in the family. However, I do understand all the principals involved.

    This set arrives packed tightly in a polythene bag. I ordered the ‘2Pack, 7 Gallons’ set and that’s what I got along with a pair of gardening gloves and a few soil labels. The gloves are quite nice and a welcome addition.

    The grow bags arrive folded down but are easy to open up to their full size. They’re a good decent size. The bag is made from a felt material and has an extra waterproofing layer on the inside. Not that it matters, but they do look quite stylish. There are two strong handles for easy carrying.

    While you could grow most things in these bags, they are really suited to growing root vegetables. For this purpose, they have a flap on the front of the bag that allows you access to the lower levels of soil where hopefully you will find your root vegetable growing. The flap his held strongly in place with Velcro and can be ignored if not required.

    Overall, excellent value grow bags. I hope that helps.

    Excellent value grow bags.

  15. Anastasia says:

     United Kingdom

    Fantastic quality for the money
    Alot bigger then I thought
    Very easy to use

    Nice produc

  16. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Well made and nice size so many plants to pot in these. Comes with open window so easy to water. Just what we wanted. I do recommend these

  17. By ANDREW C. REVKIN says:

     United Kingdom

    These are great. Good strong bags easily takes the strain of soil and potatoes.

    I wasted no time in taking these to the garden to plant my favourite seed potatoes. Easily movable if you don’t want to keep them in the same place.

    When watering the excess water can escape through the canvas or bottom of the bag.

    Great for tomatoes too.

    Good strong bags with handles.

  18. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Having lost all of my potatoes over at the allotment due to blight last year (as did everyone else on our allotment!) I have decided to grow them entirely in bags/sacks this year. Hence I am trying out a number of different types. These ones are pretty good – I like the fabric-like style of them. They are very sturdy and have an opening in if you want to extract your potatoes from near the base. Obviously it is nowhere near potato harvesting time yet (in early April) but I have my Charlotte potatoes snug in their 2 sacks (3 per sack) and am hoping for a decent crop this year!

  19. CarissaMoss says:

     United Kingdom

    ~ VERSION: 7 Gallon bags x 2 + pair of gloves + plant markers (4)

    The 2 bags came flat packed, with a pair of gardening gloves in a thin rubbery-type that had a bit of an odour to them out of the bag but are better than nothing. Also included are 4 x plastic-type plant markers (random colours), so everything you need to get started.

    Opened out the bags stand around 35 cm high on a base diameter of around 34 cm, on my measure. There are no drainage holes and as I have had mixed results with this style directly on the patio in the past, e.g. absorbing rain water in downpours, I have put a layer of fine gravel inside the base and will raise them on bricks.

    In a relatively thick but ‘breathable’ felt-type material, the bags stay open for filling, in my experience. More successful than others I have tried recently, they benefit from a viewing panel that can be rolled up and easily stuck open via a Velcro-type close, if required. If I get the quantity and size of potatoes currently shown in the stock images above I will be well pleased!

    The 2 bags have a good sized, 3 cm wide, textured, nylon-type handle well stitched in to each side for easier moving when laden, which is reassuring as they are relatively heavy to move once planted up.

    I have folded one back for some bulbs and the other have I planted my Picasso main crop potatoes in (images below refer).

    Fingers crossed!

    9 images attached

    Budget starter se

  20. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    These come neatly packed in a bag with a surprise bonus of a pair of gardening close.
    I have around 4 different brands and types of the veg grow bags now. As the description says these are indeed 7gallon U.K. capacity unlike some disappointingly small 7 gallon (US) ones I already have. What is noticeable about these also is that the felt like fabric is considerably thicker on these so they nicely upright and don’t flop even when empty. This makes them easier to fill. Also as I start mine off only half full with the potato’s in and then top up as they grow this means the sides won’t keep collapsing in like they do on the inferior ones I have.
    To be honest never found the Velcro windows very helpful for harvesting as it’s too difficult to get a whole crop of potatoes out that way but it’s good if you want a quick check on how they are developing.

    Bigger and stronger than similar ones I go

  21. Vera91Mzqcwxi says:

     United Kingdom

    This is a pack of two green, 7-gallon bags, and they are the perfect size for planting two or three seed potatoes. They are nice and tall, giving plenty of room for earthing-up as the plants grow.

    The seller is keen (and quite right) to point out that these are measured in Imperial (UK) gallons, not the smaller US gallons. It’s a fair point, as these really do hold 7 gallons, unlike some of the other ‘7-gallon’ bags I have. Of course, we have used Liters in the UK for over 50 years now…

    For anyone struggling with the conversion from gallons, the bags are about 35cm in diameter and 35cm deep when full, which works out at 7.4 Imperial Gallons. You’d need 33.6L of compost to completely fill an empty bag to the top, but when you allow for the spuds inside and a bit of room at the top, 25L would be about enough. You can get a 50L bag of compost for a fiver, which would be fine.

    The bags are made from a non-woven, felt-like fabric, which allows excess water to drain away. There’s a flap in the side so you can fish the potatoes out one at a time. I have to admit that this is not a feature I am likely to use. It might be fun for kids to root about in the bag to pull out potatoes, but it’s much easier just to tip the bag out. That said, the flap doesn’t do any harm and it’s held securely closed if you don’t want to use it.

    I have read some reviews of similar bags where people have complained that the water runs out through the flap. The flap on these bags is securely closed with Velcro, but it doesn’t really matter as the entire bag is porous. It’s meant to be like that so the spuds don’t just sit in a bucket of water and go soggy. Some people just do reviews for the fun of complaining, and there really isn’t anything to complain about here.

    I have several different bags to review, and the fabric of these is by far the best of the bunch. It’s thick enough to keep the bag in shape even when empty, so it’s easy to put the first couple of inches of soil in.

    Once I planted the spuds, I put another inch or so over the top and moved the bags to their final location. The integral handles worked well, and the bags look pretty good lined up with the others. Once the plants start growing, I’ll earth them up a few inches at a time.

    I’m happy with these bags. They are the best ones I’ve used so far. We’ll have to wait and see how the spuds come out.

    Good, strong bags. Perfect size for spuds.

  22. AllanScurry says:

     United Kingdom

    Perfect bag for growing potatoes in. Mind of really started to flower and this bag is brilliant as it makes it super easy to get the potatoes out once they are ready. The only downside is it for some reason our neighbourhood cats love these bags and decide to wee on them and poo in them at every given occasion.

  23. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    In the packet you get two grow bags. The colour is a grass green so they will be unobtrusive in your garden.

    Simple to use, you put the soil in then plant potatoes, tomatoes, or any vegetable or flower you fancy growing.

    You can use them year after year.

    I do hope this review has helped you

  24. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Golden Review Award: 2 From Our UsersI will be planting 4 potato seedlings in each bag, I have high hopes for these as normally I would use a plastic tub, but this could be an easier option to try with the flap. I will update as I plant my seedlings, and let’s see how much easier this makes things for this year.

    These seem like very good value grow bags.

  25. HelaineSavage says:

     United Kingdom

    Looks-wise, these aren’t some of the better grow bags I have seen. The green fabric bags are sewn with black contrast thread, which in places is very lumpy and knotty, but this is a minor quibble. The bags themselves seem perfectly good. They’re made from a felt-like fabric. This is quite thick — enough so that the bags just about stay open while they’re being filled: really useful if you’re shovelling in compost on your own. The fabric is free-draining, so these don’t have metal-ring reinforced drainage holes (a good thing, as these rings tend to rust and/or come out after a season). The bags have webbing handles that seem well-attached, and make moving filled bags much easier than handless versions.

    The bags have access panels in their sides, allowing root crops to be checked without needing to dig them up. There’s a hook tape strip above the panel to allow this to be held out of the way whilst crops are being checked, but no clear plastic label holder (I’m not a huge fan of these, so the omission doesn’t bother me. These were accompanied by a pair of light duty gardening gloves, and 4 thin plastic plant labels (2 each of yellow and white). Decent value at a whisker under 4 per bag.

    These grow bags came excessively packaged in plastic. These were in a mailing bag, inside which was a second, vacuum-sealed plastic bag. A flap of excess plastic on the vacuum sealed bag had been flattened with clear parcel tape, and the bags were tied together inside their packaging with plastic.

  26. NickolaBedford says:

     United Kingdom

    These are good and strong growing bags. Made of materials that drains water. Has 2 handles so it can be moved easily. Cant wait to plant some potatoes and carrots on my balcony.

    Good strong growing bags

  27. ErikaBicheno says:

     United Kingdom

    There are 2 grow bags in the set and they are made of strong material.They both have reinforced handles for easy movement and observation flap. They are suitable for all vegetables and flowers. I must admit use them mainly for vegetables particularly potatoes, They comes with a pair of gloves and plant markers