Cloth versus plastic pots

Plastic pots tend to keep the medium moister for a little longer than fabric pots in case you are growing somewhere that is really hot and low humidity.
 
Cloth dry out fast and are difficult to remove for re-potting. For these reasons I think small cloth pots( under 7-10 gallons) are Terrible.

Cloth pots are cheaper than plastic and you can do convenient stuff like put the cloth pot in a tray and dump water in to bottom water really easy. Or you can make some kind of neat SIP system. For these reasons I think big cloth pots (10 gallons +) can be cool.

So big cloth pots for final pots. And plastic pots for rooting and vegging and everything before your final pots. Or plastic the whole way if you want.
 
RIU member "The Manipulator said:" posted Rain Science pots are the bomb. I plan to buy a few. IMO the air-root pots have the advantage over fabric pots for transplanting and moving around since they are hard plastic thant can be removed from the root ball by undoing two fasteners. I saw that Rain Science has transplant pots as well. They use Velcro instead of fasteners.
 
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youraveragehorticulturist said:
Cloth dry out fast and are difficult to remove for re-potting. For these reasons I think small cloth pots( under 7-10 gallons) are Terrible.

Cloth pots are cheaper than plastic and you can do convenient stuff like put the cloth pot in a tray and dump water in to bottom water really easy. Or you can make some kind of neat SIP system. For these reasons I think big cloth pots (10 gallons +) can be cool.

So big cloth pots for final pots. And plastic pots for rooting and vegging and everything before your final pots. Or plastic the whole way if you want.
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Nice screen name :weed:
 
Star Dog said:
It's not easy to tell with the photo and angle which if any do find best?
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It ain't the arrow, it's the Indian. As I recall there was less than an ounce difference.
Organic soil auto grower.
 

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I was at my local grow store today looking for 2 gallon pots and these were the only ones they had in 2g. I’m excited to try them out now.View attachment 4838968
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I saw pots similar to that online years ago and thought it looked like a cool idea so made one of my own. Used a 5" net pot that I drilled 100 or more 3/8" holes in the solid band around the top so roots could get thru. Cut a big hole in the bottom of a 4gal pot and stuck the net pot upside down over it. Worked great but I couldn't tell you if it made any difference to how the plant grew or yields etc.

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Grow bags ... simple plus they’re white. No trapped heat because black absorbs heat , easier to transplant big plants ( slice bag ) , no drama. No trying to wash your fabric bags in CLR cleaner to cut salt buildup.

Pro and cons of any “ container “ ... you can grow in anything ... Folgers can , 2 liter soda ( I do SIPS with these ) , sand buckets ( used that for Hempy ) , Roots Organic soil bag is the bag , white food grade containers ( I get them from donut shop ) , god damn Walmart shopping blue bags ,


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Strictly 3 gallon plastic nursery pots with my soils water retention habits. Fabric is erratic and hard to build schedule. Really hard outdoors with temps, humidity, sun and wind. I say well drained plastic.
 
I like no root issues from exterior drying pattern that leaves main or tap root zone soaked when pot is light and dry as bone to the dig.

T hat was a mouthful. Run on??
 
I use them both. 3 gallon fabric pots are excellent for coco grows. Plastic pots work great as well. I don't have any issues with transplanting in cloth pots. I don't do all the up-potting many do. I germinate in small 2-3" nursery pots and then typically go straight to the final container regardless of size. I don't get the staged up-potting many do. It's not necessary.
 
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