Does anyone use fabric grow bags? Need some suggestions

Does anyone use fabric grow bags? I am a product designer and now need to update the design to make it more functional and decorative. Could gardeners here give me some suggestion of fabric grow bags? Do you like it or not? What do you think fabric grow bags should be improved? (appearance/features/material…)

I have used a couple of different makes and the one thing I struggle with is transplanting from small to big pots, maybe I'm leaving them in too long but I struggle to remove the small pot and end up losing some roots to the bottom of the pot... any suggestions on what I could do... maybe add a wire ring inside the top of the pot for ease of rolling the sides down for transplanting...

THCBrain said:

I have used a couple of different makes and the one thing I struggle with is transplanting from small to big pots, maybe I'm leaving them in too long but I struggle to remove the small pot and end up losing some roots to the bottom of the pot... any suggestions on what I could do... maybe add a wire ring inside the top of the pot for ease of rolling the sides down for transplanting...

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Thank u so much

I love using the fabric pots. Different colors are nice. Instead of just the grey and black ones that I always see for sale. Cool bright colors would be really sweet, or trippy interesting patterns or designs on the fabric. I like to label things so if some sort of tag for writing a label would be nice too.

Dr.Amber Trichome said:

I love using the fabric pots. Different colors are nice. Instead of just the grey and black ones that I always see for sale. Cool bright colors would be really sweet, or trippy interesting patterns or designs on the fabric. I like to label things so if some sort of tag for writing a label would be nice too.

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Good idea! Thank you!

I'm not too fussed about colors, but I agree with the tag idea. Maybe a 2"x4" or 3"x5" piece of white cloth sewn to the side of the pot.

A real selling point for me would be the addition of a water catching saucer with it. If the saucer matched up with the pot in some fashion.

Dr.Amber Trichome said:

A real selling point for me would be the addition of a water catching saucer with it. If the saucer matched up with the pot in some fashion.

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Seconded. Maybe a dual layer saucer to keep the pot out of the runoff.

TwistedSmoke said:

Seconded. Maybe a dual layer saucer to keep the pot out of the runoff.

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good point!

THCBrain said:

I have used a couple of different makes and the one thing I struggle with is transplanting from small to big pots, maybe I'm leaving them in too long but I struggle to remove the small pot and end up losing some roots to the bottom of the pot... any suggestions on what I could do... maybe add a wire ring inside the top of the pot for ease of rolling the sides down for transplanting...

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I find if I let my soil become a little dry, the roots release more easily.

My suggestion would be to use a color other than black. Like a sand or brown. To keep heat from roots for outdoor growers. Maybe camouflage patterns also.

The only thing I would suggest is make smaller and or larger pots similar to the Smart Pot "Transplanter" for those who transplant from smaller and or larger than 1 gallon pots. I would suggest half gallon, 2 gallon and 3 gallon transplanter pots. "Smart Pot" makes 1 and 2 gallon transplanter pots.

Rayne said:

The only thing I would suggest is make smaller and or larger pots similar to the Smart Pot "Transplanter" for those who transplant from smaller and or larger than 1 gallon pots. I would suggest half gallon, 2 gallon and 3 gallon transplanter pots. "Smart Pot" makes 1 and 2 gallon transplanter pots.

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Great! do you mean the design with the overlapping fabric sides that can be peeled back?

Rayne said:

The only thing I would suggest is make smaller and or larger pots similar to the Smart Pot "Transplanter" for those who transplant from smaller and or larger than 1 gallon pots. I would suggest half gallon, 2 gallon and 3 gallon transplanter pots. "Smart Pot" makes 1 and 2 gallon transplanter pots.

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I wish I had known this earlier. Lol. I just sacrificed the smart pot by cutting it off the plant. Waste of $3 but it made the transplant so easy and didn't add much stress to the plant.I was already planning to make my own translanter by putting a cut pot inside of anew uncut pot. Then maybe i could pull the uncut pother away from the cut pot easier than the roots. Then you would be left with the cut pot you can then peel away instead of having to cut pots every time and continue wasting money

Daisygarden said:

Great! do you mean the design with the overlapping fabric sides that can be peeled back?

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Yes. Also consider making square versions for those who prefer square pots rather than round.

THCBrain said:

I have used a couple of different makes and the one thing I struggle with is transplanting from small to big pots, maybe I'm leaving them in too long but I struggle to remove the small pot and end up losing some roots to the bottom of the pot... any suggestions on what I could do... maybe add a wire ring inside the top of the pot for ease of rolling the sides down for transplanting...

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I have a long sharp thin narrow knife that I run around the inside edge and then poke it through the bottom seem in one spot keeping it against the bottom fabric then move it back ad forth cutting the roots that have grown into the fabric then turn the pot upside down and pinch around the bottom edge until you feel it give it comes right off, make sure they are moist not dry or soggy. for bigger pots it takes two people.