If you are keen to start your own straw bale garden, you will want to know which vegetables work best with this unique gardening technique. There are quite a lot that works well, but a few to avoid, and some to leave for when you are more experienced with straw bale gardening. See our guide to what works well here!

2024年10月7日 · More than 20 years ago, Straw Bale Solutions author Joel Karsten created an alternative gardening method when he needed a low-cost way to grow vegetables. He discovered bales of organic straw, hay or other quick-composting materials can replace the need for soil, while offering fresh nutrients to plants.

2014年2月3日 · A hay bale provides the growing environment for veggies without the need for soil or a raised-bed frame. You don't have to amend soil or dig weeds before planting. The bale naturally raises the veggies for easy harvesting.

2020年3月8日 · Growing vegetables in straw bales is an easy, low-maintenance method to grow nearly any vegetable, anywhere. Learn the 6 six big secrets to success!

2020年4月9日 · Straw bale gardening, sometimes called hay bale gardening, utilizes the bales as both garden bed and growing medium. The result is an inexpensive method for growing vegetables. Straw bales should be used for your vegetable garden. Hay bales are usually grown and sold as horse or livestock feed and contain seeds that can later sprout into plants.

As for growing plants in hay bales, city dwellers in particular, whilst being continually bombarded by the need to ‘be organic’ and provide fresh chemical-free vegetables for the kids, are opting for this gardening technique as they simply do not have access to …

Avoid hay bales, which are often quite a bit cheaper. They often include dried grasses with lots of seeds. In addition, they break down too quickly and become weedy. Pine straw does not work well either. It isn't absorbent and it composts too slowly. Where to put the bales Vegetable crops need at least eight hours of sun a day. More is better.

2021年2月15日 · Hay bale gardening, or straw bale gardening—as it should be called—is a great way to make your growing season easy and plentiful. They’re an alternative to using raised beds and they’re great for growing vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, squash, zucchini, cucumbers, and strawberries with little to no effort on your part.

2018年5月22日 · Vegetables, fruits, and flowers are recommended for the first year of planting in bales. You can still get an extra year from your bale especially if you bought dense bales, to begin with.

2018年9月28日 · Considering this,what veggies can you grow in hay bales? We have successfully grown zucchini and cucumbers in a single line of straw bales, planting one plant in each bale and training the plant to drape towards the ground.