What Happens When You Grow Plants In A Bag Of Compost?

Today, we answer a simple question: what happens when you grow plants in a bag of compost directly with NO fertilizer? We all know plants love container gardening in nursery containers and grow bags, but can we plant directly into bagged compost, no garden beds or container garden required? I spent 2 months growing vegetables directly in compost bags right off the shelf of my local big box store. Let's find out what happened!

Growing Plants In Dog Poop Experiment: https://youtu.be/4eytpYlf4gM?si=Sy3BTt0bJA_vTcnw

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Are Plant Containers Necessary?
0:33 The Compost Experiment
2:09 Planting Directly In Bagged Compost
4:46 Experiment Check-In #1
5:56 Experiment Check-In #2
7:44 Experiment Check-In #3
9:40 Experiment Results And Final Thoughts
13:05 Adventures With Dale

If you have any questions about gardening in containers or composting at home, want to learn more about growing fruit trees or the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!

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