In message , Stephen Howard
writes
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 23:30:55 +0100, "Neil Tonks"
wrote:

I used these last year. They worked OK but having made holes near the base
of the bags (as instructed) I found that water tended to drain straight
through. Consequently they needed watering more often than peat bags. .

I forgot to make the holes!
I did wonder whether they'd retain water - but when I checked them the
other day they seemed fine after their initial soaking a week ago.
Mind you, hasn't exactly been that warm until today...


Well after double checking the instructions when I planted mine this
weekend it doesn't actually say to make any holes in the base. However,
common sense prevailed and I stabbed a few in.

Not sure about the "no need to water for another week", my patio gets
bloody hot!

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Mike Buckley
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