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Post by daylilydude on Apr 26, 2018 4:11:46 GMT -5
I ask about the upside down pots yesterday, so today lets hear about these fabric pots... have/do you use them and what are your thoughts on them?
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Post by coppice on Apr 26, 2018 4:39:29 GMT -5
They and pond baskets should work for seedling-sapling and bonsai trees.
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Post by brownrexx on Apr 26, 2018 7:40:29 GMT -5
Don't know anything about them.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 26, 2018 8:20:15 GMT -5
I use potato bags for small batches of potatoes. They have a flap on the front so you can check on their progress or for harvesting. I have a few tomato bags as well that I use. Just shake them out at the end of the season and flatten them for storage. Takes a lot less room than buckets or regular 2 gallon containers do! If you want to see 200 tomato bags in action, here's the episode of Growing a Greener World on Epic Tomatoes with Craig LeHoullier www.growingagreenerworld.com/episode-803-epic-tomatoes/
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Post by september on Apr 26, 2018 10:13:52 GMT -5
Nice video, bluelacedredhead ! I have never used fabric bags, I would worry about them drying out too fast in the sun. I do use the 5 and 7 gallon black plastic bags like in the video, , and also some heavier duty reversible ones that are black on one side and white on the other. I have re-used those for several years for my potted cucumber plants.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Apr 26, 2018 11:02:40 GMT -5
I have my kaffir lime trees in fabric bags - small one in 7 gal., and the large one in 15 gal. They do dry out quickly, as expected, so may be better for plants that like it dry. When I re-potted the large one in the same bag, after 3 years - my usual time for these plants - I will say that there weren't as many roots circling inside, against the pot, as happens with plastic, but they still aren't "self pruning", as is often advertised. It still needed a severe root pruning after 3 years, as in plastic.
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Post by bestofour on Apr 26, 2018 14:43:14 GMT -5
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Post by guruofgardens on Apr 26, 2018 19:10:31 GMT -5
I usually grow hot peppers in #5 black pots, but have purchased 5 gallon and 10 gallon fabric pots to experiment with this year. A few years back I planted a couple peppers in cheap blue Wal Mart bags that weren't worth the effort. Hopefully this year will be different.
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Post by paulf on Apr 26, 2018 21:27:32 GMT -5
A friend of mine, a tree nurseryman, grows his trees in grow bags. They are then meant to be planted into the landscape. I grow all my crops, including trees in the dirt.
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Post by spike on Apr 27, 2018 7:44:37 GMT -5
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