Grow Bag Rescue Kit (Bags + Trays + Spikes)
Grow bags dry out fast and leak everywhere. Not these.
Ships worldwide · $6.95 flat, free over $60. Dispatch in 2–3 business days; delivery typically 8–14 days.
Dry goods only — no plants, no permits, no customs drama. 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions.
Why this one earns its place
- The whole grow-bag fix in one box: bag + tray + mulch + spike
- 2× 7-gallon felt bags — 28 L of real root run each
- Exact-fit catch trays stop leaks and wick water back up
- Terracotta spikes slow-release water for days per fill
- Mulch rings cut top-surface evaporation
- Every component restocks individually as a WallGrown SKU
The full story
Fabric grow bags grow the best balcony tomatoes on Earth and lose to two stupid problems: they dry out in a day of sun and wind, and they weep water onto whatever surface sits beneath them. Forum threads are full of both complaints — "water leaking out of the bags," "they dry out so fast." The Grow Bag Rescue Kit is the first product to ship the entire fix as one system, because no bag sold alone can solve it.
The system: two 7-gallon felt bags with reinforced handles and a woven base that drains without silting. Under each, a heavy-duty catch tray sized exactly to the bag footprint — runoff captured, decks and sills protected, and the tray doubles as a shallow reservoir that wicks back up through the fabric base. On top of each bag, a fabric mulch ring cuts evaporation from the exposed soil surface. And in each bag, a terracotta wine-bottle spike seeps water slowly at the root zone — the difference between daily panic watering and every-second-day confidence.
The result is the grow-bag experience people expected when they bought the bags: deep root run and air-pruned roots from the fabric, minus the leaks, minus the desert-afternoons. It is the kit version of the advice every balcony-vegetable thread eventually reaches, boxed and weighted for worldwide shipping — and the components (trays, spikes, rings) all refill and restock as standard WallGrown parts.
Questions, answered
Why not just buy grow bags on their own?
Because the bags were never the whole problem. A bare grow bag on a balcony leaks onto the floor and bakes dry by mid-afternoon. This kit is the bag plus the three accessories that fix its two failure modes — that is the entire point of the box.
How often will I actually water in summer?
With the mulch ring on top and the spike in the soil, a planted 7-gallon tomato bag typically goes every 2nd day in full summer sun instead of daily. On a heatwave week, top up the bottle daily — the spike just makes each watering count.
Do the trays hold a full watering?
The trays capture the drainage pass-through (a few hundred ml on a soak) rather than a flood. Excess beyond the tray lip is rare with the spike doing the watering — and the wicking base means most of what lands in the tray comes back up.
Pairs well with
NewHeavy-Duty Water Catch Trays (2-Pack)
Rigid, exact-fit catch trays for grow bags and large pots — the leak-stopper the fabric-bag crowd keeps asking for, with a ribbed base that doubles as a moisture reservoir.
ConsumableFabric Mulch Rings (6-Pack)
Breathable fabric rings that sit on top of grow-bag and pot soil — slow evaporation, block weed seeds and splashing, fit standard 5–10 gallon bags.
NewTerracotta Watering Spikes (6-Pack)
Unglazed terracotta stakes that turn any wine bottle into a slow-drip watering system — the community-proven vacation fix (spikes, not globes), six to a pack.
NewBalcony Combo Starter (Stand + Grow Bags + Spikes)
The first-vegetable-garden bundle: bamboo stand, two 7-gallon fabric grow bags with catch trays, and terracotta watering spikes — everything a beginner balcony actually needs, nothing it doesn’t.
Grow Bag Rescue Kit (Bags + Trays + Spikes) — from $41.95 · ships worldwide · 30-day money-back guarantee