Info: Fabric Pots

Fabric pots are cheap. Just get some.

Thanks for the tip!

I like when fabric pots advertise that they are "lead free." Makes me feel super comfortable about them in general lol

Rurumo said:

I like when fabric pots advertise that they are "lead free." Makes me feel super comfortable about them in general lol

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I wonder if the ones with lead are way heavier. Then the whole 'just lift to see if they're heavy or need water' tactic won't work. They're always heavy.

jfarrismu said:

Fabric pots are cheap. Just get some.

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@osowhom is this your other account?

Today's useless post of the day...

I don't like fabric pots.

Sorry to make you sad @twentyeight.threefive . I just feel like they are a waste of soil space, because of how much they dry at the edges vs the rest of the soil, which makes them good for air root-pruning, but also means that you need more soil compared to hard containers.

PJ Diaz said:

Sorry to make you sad @twentyeight.threefive . I just feel like they are a waste of soil space, because of how much they dry at the edges vs the rest of the soil, which makes them good for air root-pruning, but also means that you need more soil compared to hard containers.

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I don't use soil. The roots go right to the edges. No need for extra medium.

Although they can dry out quickly especially outdoors. Moved two plants from 5 gallon cloth pots to 15 gallon plastic and they are still drying faster than I want.

twentyeight.threefive said:

I don't use soil. The roots go right to the edges. No need for extra medium.

Although they can dry out quickly especially outdoors. Moved two plants from 5 gallon cloth pots to 15 gallon plastic and they are still drying faster than I want.

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I don't use soil either, I use coco/perlite. I found that the moisture within grow media was very inconsistent when I tried fabric pots. I use plastic square pots FTW.

PJ Diaz said:

I don't use soil either, I use coco/perlite. I found that the moisture within grow media was very inconsistent when I tried fabric pots. I use plastic square pots FTW.

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Proper watering will help evenly saturate your coco in cloth. Dry coco is hydrophobic so it can make the initial watering tough.

twentyeight.threefive said:

Proper watering will help evenly saturate your coco in cloth. Dry coco is hydrophobic so it can make the initial watering tough.

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Dude, I've been growing in coco for 10-years, I understand the physics of it quite well.

PJ Diaz said:

Dude, I've been growing in coco for 10-years, I understand the physics of it quite well.

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Ignore @twentyeight.threefive he's a troll

Hate fucking fabric pots ….. tried washing , CLR soaks , running over with car , sun bleaching , oxy clean …. Prayers .
NEVER NEVER again . Not a big fan of Airpots either.

( somebody photo of pot ) mine went to the great dumpster in the sky.

PJ Diaz said:

Dude, I've been growing in coco for 10-years, I understand the physics of it quite well.

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Dude, cool. Good to know.

Not a fan of them either. They dry too quickly, they are a bugger to clean, they grow algae, you can't stick labels to them and they don't insulate the root ball as well. I have done two runs of a dozen plants each and whilst I didn't get any less weed, I didn't get any more either. I'll stick to the tried and tested 3 gallon plastic pots.

My wife used mine for her tomatoes this summer and she thought they were crap too.

I wrapped my cloth pots in saran wrap, now they hold water better.

PJ Diaz said:

I don't like fabric pots.

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More stress on the plant to pot up so you better start large with fabric…ive honestly seen no difference in performance. Harder to clean etv etc

FidelCa$hflow said:

More stress on the plant to pot up so you better start large with fabric…ive honestly seen no difference in performance. Harder to clean etv etc

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I just went from 3 gallon fabric to 5 gallon fabric to 15 gallon plastic pots and the plants didn't seem to care once.

twentyeight.threefive said:

I just went from 3 gallon fabric to 5 gallon fabric to 15 gallon plastic pots and the plants didn't seem to care once.

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Look at you go girl!!