Grow Bags with handles
£10.95
Wonderful sturdy 40.5L Potato House branded growbags with drainage holes, lifting handle and tip handle. The handles are very handy if you need to move the potatoes around due to frost early or late in the season. When space is tight, these bags will allow potatoes to grow on patios and balconies. Also very useful if you are growing potatoes at a time when frost may occur as you can easily bring these into a shed or greenhouse. These bags can be reused for many years – one reviewer has had hers for 8 years and they are still going strong – see review tab. These bags are very handy to keep in cars and for camping trips!
⇓More information on the tab below⇓
Comes in packs of two and are included in our multi deal.
Buy any combination of 6 tuber / 1 kg / Grow Bags and save £5 if you buy 5
Note if buying grow bags in the autumn.
If your order just has grow bags we can dispatch immediately. Please email us if you would like us to do that. They will be dispatched in December when we start to dispatch if we don’t hear from you. If you also have seed potatoes in your order, the bags will be dispatched when you ask us to dispatch the seed potatoes.
| Quantity | Discount | Discounted price |
| 5 - 9 | £1.00 | £9.95 |
| 10 + | £2.00 | £8.95 |
We will dispatch Seed Potatoes and accessories on a week to suit you in the Spring at no extra charge.
Prices include UK delivery with very few exceptions.
Orders will be dispatched within 4 days then will take 4-5 days to get to you. But this can be longer especially if we have any industrial action.
If you want a specific week, let us know at checkout box. We recommend that you get your potatoes in plenty of time to chit. If you plan to plant in March, we would suggest delivery in late January/February to give 4-6 weeks chitting, if you plan to plant in April, a late February/March date would suit. OVER 98% success rate last year!
Do not ask for delivery too early 4-6 weeks before planting is best.
After delivery it is YOUR responsibility to store the seed potatoes in the correct manner. We have a FREE DELAYED DELIVERY service for our customers and STRONGLY recommend that you if you do not have the correct conditions to store the seed potatoes it would be better to ask for delivery 4-6 weeks before you intend to plant. Seed Potatoes are a natural product and will deteriorate if not stored correctly.
For the vast majority of orders, we do not charge a surcharge for Scottish Highlands and Islands and other remote areas. However, we reserve the right to contact you if we can't get a viable rate. Unfortunately, for large or extremely remote orders, it is likely that we will need to pass on some haulage charge. Please see FAQ for full details
For Isle of Man and the Channel Islands please see FAQ for details.
If you wish to pick up we offer a 15% discount. By default, this option will only appear for local postcodes. If yours doesn’t appear, use our postcode DD3 0QN in the “Deliver to Address”. You need to select local pick up and also put code Pickup in the coupon box. Also to help us, put “pick up” in the “deliver to address”. Note that your order may still take a day or two to organise and we will contact you when your order is ready. We operate on a working farm with machinery, vehicles and livestock and so please keep children and pets inside your car when picking up. This is only available for orders up to £50 – if you wish to pick up a larger order, please contact us prior to ordering.
If we get a parcel returned to us due to wrong details we will charge you postage to re-send. Please check the details on your confirmation note and inform us immediately of any mistakes. Small typos are easy to do!
All products ordered will be sent together in the same delivery. If you require us to split the delivery YOU MUST do two orders. Bulk discounts are only available for the same order. A mixed order for Seed Potatoes and Potatoes to Eat is welcome as long as they are to be dispatched immediately.
During times of frost or low temperatures deliveries will be held back until more favourable conditions prevail and we will inform customers of any delays over social media and on our website. Some deliveries may be delayed if we have to re- stock our nets.
See our FAQ page for more information on payment, discounts and delivery dates and our Terms and Conditions regarding refunds
For orders:
up to 2kg we use Royal Mail
2-10 kg we use Hermes / Evri
10 kg+ Parcel Force
The vast majority of our parcels arrive at their destination on time and intact, which is of no consolation when there are issues. It is as frustrating for us as it is for our customers when delays happen as we work hard to get our orders out in a timely manner.
Changing courier companies is not as easy as it sounds – we are “rurally challenged” – changing courier companies is not very easy when the courier depots are 15 miles away, necessitating a round trip of an hour and a half (meaning staff time away from other jobs – i.e. packing other orders – and the expense of vehicle, fuel and parking). Hermes/Evri offers a pickup service to us. We have to have a courier company that will deliver to Shetland, Cornwall and everywhere in-between. Changing companies would result in an overall slower and more expensive service to the majority of our customers. Different people in different areas of the country will state that X company is the worst.
If there is a known problem with delivery in your area, please contact us BEFORE you place your order and we will see if we can work something out.
If a parcel goes missing we will get another one out to you immediately – we have to wait for 28 days to make our claim.
How to grow potatoes indoors for Christmas harvests
- Use a container at least 30cm (1ft) deep and wide, with drainage holes in the base
- Add a layer of potting compost or garden soil mixed with garden compost or well-rotted manure. A layer 10cm (4in) thick is sufficient for 30cm (1ft) deep pots, but larger containers can be half-filled.
- Plant one to three tubers per pot, each with about 30cm (1ft) of space, and cover with 15cm (6in) of compost or soil.
- As the foliage develops, earth up the potatoes with further compost or soil until the container is full to within 5cm (2in) of the top. Leave a lip to aid watering.
- Keep well-watered and feed with a general-purpose liquid fertiliser.
- Ensure the greenhouse remains frost-free as the season progresses, as potato foliage would be damaged by frost.
- The foliage will yellow and die down in late autumn and can then be removed and composted.
- Tubers can be left in their pots in compost (kept fairly dry) until needed at Christmas.
How to grow potatoes outdoors for Christmas harvests
- Follow general instructions for growing potatoes, including planting them in a trench and earthing them up as they begin to grow.
- Take measures to protect against potato blight and slugs.
- Once foliage dies down in September or October, remove and compost it.
- On light soils in a sheltered garden, piling some earth up over the row where you know the potatoes are and covering it with straw to insulate tubers may be sufficient protection to store them in the ground until Christmas.
- In cold areas, or where soils are wet and heavy, it is better to lift tubers by the end of October and re-bury them in coarse sand or soil in a frost-free place (such as a garden shed) until you need them.
- Lifting and storing potatoes in the fridge, or in bags in a cool shed, is possible but will cause the skins to harden and the desirable, delicate ‘new-potato’ flavour and texture will be lost.
Problems
- Potatoes are prone to scab and a number of rots but this can usually be avoided when they are grown in fresh compost in containers
- Slugs and snails can damage foliage, stems and tubers underground
- Potatoes grown outside in summer and autumn are especially prone to potato blight. Those in containers indoors are not usually at risk
- Keep an eye on the weather forecasts as early frosts will blacken foliage and weaken plants; fleece protection may be needed for outdoor crops.
So what are YOU having with your potatoes this year? Side dish of turkey, ham or nut roast? Let the potatoes take centre stage.
- Chitting is simply waking the seed potato up after its winter dormancy ready to grow. We have a great video on How to Chit potatoes
- It is definitely a good idea to chit, but to do this you need to get your seed nice and early – maybe January or February if you are in the South of England and March or April if you are in North of Scotland. The aim is to have your potatoes come through the ground after the last frost in your area as the new plant is susceptible to frost.
- Chitted seed will be ready to grow much quicker once Spring arrives and the soil warms up. Chitted seed should come through the ground in about 2 weeks.
- If you buy your seed in April or May, however, then there is little or no advantage in chitting since the soil temperature will be ok for planting, though the unchitted seed will take c4 weeks to come through the ground.
- Remove the seed potatoes from the net as soon as you receive them (as the shoots will grow through the nets and can break if you try to remove them) and put them in an egg carton in a sunny window sill. The shoots will start to sprout and when they are around an inch long they will be ready to plant.
- Early crops can be planted till the end of June depending on where you are in the UK. Earlies take 10-12 weeks to mature Second Earlies take slightly longer at around 14-16 weeks to mature.
- There is a common myth that you can cut the tuber up to give a better yield. We do not advise this. Tubers have enough stored energy to get to the surface and produce a healthy crop. By cutting they you are risking the tuber going mouldy as it has no skin to protect it and lower yields.
- Potatoes like to be watered but not water-logged and so ensure your pot or area has good drainage.
- Potatoes need a sunny site away from frost pockets - the newly emerging foliage is susceptible to frost damage in April and May.
- The traditional planting method is to dig a narrow trench 12cm (5in) deep. The seed tubers are spaced 30cm (12in) apart for earlies in rows 24in (60cm) apart. Apply a general purpose fertiliser at this stage. When the emerging shoots come through, you need to "earth" or "mound" them up - this is counter intuitive. Do this several times. This encourages downward growth - the new tubers will jostle for space and any growing near the surface will turn green.
- Small crops of potatoes can also be grown in large, deep containers, and this is a good way of getting an early batch of new potatoes. Fill the bottom 15cm (6in) of the container with potting compost and plant the seed potato just below this. As the new stems start growing, keep adding compost until the container is full.
- With earlies, wait until the flowers open or the buds drop; the tubers are ready to harvest when they are the size of hens' eggs. These do not store well and should be eaten quickly after harvest.
See our FAQ page for more information on the differences in crop varieties and common problems
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You don’t need a garden degree to grow potatoes - we have a step-by-step guide that will be emailed to you at regular intervals.
When you order with Potato House, it’s not just fabulous seed potatoes you’ll receive — it’s expert advice too!
📨 A step-by-step growing guide is emailed straight to you after your order is dispatched!
📨 Easy-to-follow tips from planting to harvesting - and even some recipes
📨 Perfect for kids, beginners, or anyone planting their first patch! Seasoned gardeners may even learn something new!
🥔How do I chit, plant, grow and harvest my potatoes? What problems will I have? Join our newsletter to get growing information sent to you at the correct time after purchase.
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- Chitting is simply waking the seed potato up after its winter dormancy ready to grow. We have a great video on How to Chit potatoes
- It is definitely a good idea to chit, but to do this you need to get your seed nice and early – maybe January or February if you are in the South of England and March or April if you are in North of Scotland. The aim is to have your potatoes come through the ground after the last frost in your area as the new plant is susceptible to frost.
- Chitted seed will be ready to grow much quicker once Spring arrives and the soil warms up. Chitted seed should come through the ground in about 2 weeks.
- If you buy your seed in April or May, however, then there is little or no advantage in chitting since the soil temperature will be ok for planting, though the unchitted seed will take c4 weeks to come through the ground.
- Remove the seed potatoes from the net as soon as you receive them (as the shoots will grow through the nets and can break if you try to remove them) and put them in an egg carton in a sunny window sill. The shoots will start to sprout and when they are around an inch long they will be ready to plant.
- Early Main Crop and Main Crop take around 15 – 22 week respectively to mature. Main crops can be planted till around mid May depending on where you are in the UK
- There is a common myth that you can cut the tuber up to give a better yield. We do not advise this. Tubers have enough stored energy to get to the surface and produce a healthy crop. By cutting they you are risking the tuber going mouldy as it has no skin to protect it and lower yields.
- Potatoes like to be watered but not water-logged and so ensure your pot or area has good drainage.
- Potatoes need a sunny site away from frost pockets - the newly emerging foliage is susceptible to frost damage in April and May.
- The traditional planting method is to dig a narrow trench 12cm (5in) deep. The seed tubers are spaced 37cm (15in) for maincrop varieties in rows 75cm (30in) apart. Apply a general purpose fertiliser at this stage. When the emerging shoots come through, you need to "earth" or "mound" them up - this is counter intuitive. Do this several times. This encourages downward growth - the new tubers will jostle for space and any growing near the surface will turn green.
- Small crops of potatoes can also be grown in large, deep containers, and this is a good way of getting an early batch of new potatoes. Fill the bottom 15cm (6in) of the container with potting compost and plant the seed potato just below this. As the new stems start growing, keep adding compost until the container is full.
- With maincrops for storage wait until the foliage turns yellow, then cut it and remove it. Leave for 10 days before harvesting the tubers - this allows the skin to set, leaving them to dry for a few hours before storing.
See our FAQ page for more information on the differences in crop varieties and common problems
🥔How do I chit, plant, grow and harvest my potatoes? What problems will I have? Join our newsletter to get growing information sent to you at the correct time after purchase.
🥔💙 💛 🖤 💚 ❤️Don't know what chitting means? Don't worry - we're here to help!
You don’t need a garden degree to grow potatoes - we have a step-by-step guide that will be emailed to you at regular intervals.
When you order with Potato House, it’s not just fabulous seed potatoes you’ll receive — it’s expert advice too!
📨 A step-by-step growing guide is emailed straight to you after your order is dispatched!
📨 Easy-to-follow tips from planting to harvesting - and even some recipes
📨 Perfect for kids, beginners, or anyone planting their first patch! Seasoned gardeners may even learn something new!
🥔How do I chit, plant, grow and harvest my potatoes? What problems will I have? Join our newsletter to get growing information sent to you at the correct time after purchase.
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Small Bags - see further down for the green bags with handles
Filled dimensions (DIAM X HEIGHT) 15 X 15″” – 500 GAUGE
36L
Black fold away polythene plant grow bags made from 100% recycled polythene, all with specific drainage holes punched out in the bottom of each pot.
Pack size 2
Manufactured in UK
Soil / compost is not included
Tubers are not included
For illustrative purposes only.
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How to grow potatoes in these bags:
Fill about 2/3 of the way up with compost/soil (not included), put 3 tubers in each bag and cover with soil. When the plant emerges, cover with soil and repeat this a couple of times. This encourages downward growth.
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Summary of grow bag colours and properties
*Ok for domestic recycling – generally black plastic is not accepted through domestic recycling
All plastic needs to be clean for recycling.
*Oxy-biodegradable – Will breakdown within a few years. Can still be recycled into new plastic.
🥔 BEIGE Grow Bag – the information below relates to the beige grow bags ONLY
Recycled, recyclable, re-usable and oxo-biodegradable
- Recycled
- Recyclable (carbon black free)
- Re-usable
- Oxo-Biodegradable (NOT oxo-degradable)The new brown grow bag is made from recycled material, is carbon black free, meaning it can be recycled and is oxo-biodegradable.
It is important to distinguish between oxo-biodegrable, and oxo-degradable
Simply put – oxo-biodegradable (which these are) will leave no micro-plastics – they fully biodegrade.Oxo-Biodegradable Plastic
Oxo-Biodegrable means fully degradable plastic/polythene.
Oxo-Biodegradable Plastic is ordinary plastic to which a catalyst has been added during the manufacturing process. The resulting plastic is then made into products like carrier bags, produce or courier bags, straws and other short-life/single-use items.“Oxo-biodegradation” is defined by CEN as “degradation resulting from oxidative and cell-mediated phenomena, either simultaneously or successively”. This describes OBP.
“Oxo-degradation” is defined by CEN (the European Standards authority) in TR15351 as “degradation identified as resulting from oxidative cleavage of macromolecules.” This describes ordinary plastics, which abiotically degrade in the open environment, but do not become biodegradable except over a very long period of time.
In the presence of oxygen, the catalyst accelerates the natural oxidation process and reduces the molecular weight of the polymer at a much faster rate, to the point where it is no longer a plastic and can be bio-assimilated by bacteria and fungi in the natural environment. The process continues until the material has biodegraded to nothing more than CO2, water, and humus. It does not leave fragments of petro-polymers in the soil, and it does not contain heavy metals.
It is tested according to US Standard ASTM D6954 by independent laboratories for degradation, biodegradation, non-toxicity and absence of metals in excess of the limits prescribed by Art 11 of the EU Packaging Waste Directive.
Oxo-biodegradable plastic does just what it says, the clue is in the name – It is called oxo-biodegradable plastic because it is biodegradable. The process has been described as follows by Professor Ignacy Jakubowicz, one of the world’s leading polymer scientists who has studied OBP for more than 20 years:
“The degradation process is not only a fragmentation, but is an entire change of the material from a high molecular weight polymer, to monomeric and oligomeric fragments, and from hydrocarbon molecules to oxygen-containing molecules which can be bioassimilated.”
Oxo-biodegradable plastic degrades, and then biodegrades in the open environment in the same way as nature’s wastes. If oxo-biodegradable plastic merely fragmented without biodegrading, CEN (European Committee for Standardization) would not have defined oxo-biodegradability as “degradation resulting from oxidative and cellmediated phenomena, either simultaneously or successively” and the American, British and French standards organisations would not have included tests for biodegradability in ASTM D6954, BS8472 and ACT01684 563338.
Oxo-biodegradable plastic has been studied by scientists for at least 20 years. Recently a former judge of the High Court in England was asked to review the scientific evidence, and he concluded:
• that OBP does facilitate the ultimate biodegradation of plastics in air or seawater by bacteria, fungi or algae, within a reasonable time, so as to cause the plastic to cease to exist as such, far sooner than ordinary plastics, without causing any toxicity;
• that “the benefit is obvious of reducing future contributions to the scourge of plastic pollution of land and sea”;
• that OBP is compatible with composting and recycling;
The above has been directly quoted from The Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association website.
Green Bag with handles information
30x30x45cm,
40.5 litres
2 lifting handles
1 tip handle
6 drainage holes
Soil / compost is not included
Tubers are not included
For illustrative purposes only.
Made from Up to 70% Recycled Materials
Weaving top quality, re-useable Polypropylene fabric (PP) requires high-quality raw material – so much as we would like to have all our sacks & bags using 100% recycled PP, it’s counter-productive in terms of performance & durability.
Our supplier uses a minimum of 5% Recycled plastic in all our sacks & are working hard to increase this to 30% by 1st April 2022, therefore reducing plastic waste & bringing cost benefits by avoiding new Tax legislation which applies £200/tonne to all plastic packaging with under 30% recycled content.
Sustainability
At the end of their life span, they can still be recycled to make things like plastic buckets, garden furniture or pallets! Why not consider the benefits of paying a little more for bags which can be re-used & recycled – it benefits the environment & is often far more cost-effective.
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How to grow potatoes in these bags:
Fill about 2/3 of the way up with compost/soil (not included), put 3 tubers in each bag and cover with soil. When the plant emerges, cover with soil and repeat this a couple of times. This encourages downward growth.
Shona Harrower –
Congrats on finding a new supplier of the green handled grow bags AT LAST. They’re FAB! But thank you I don’t need any more. The 20 green bags you supplied me in 2014 are still going strong in 2022! They work particularly well for harvesting spuds one bag at a time. Tip over the bag and it’s done.
Plus the grow bags are so versatile, if you buy a job lot like I did, you can create a really deep raised bed much cheaper than you’d spend on railway sleepers etc. Highly recommended.