Best way to wash fabric pots?

I was thinking of soaking them in soap and water, then rise with water again. My plastic pots I would wash with a bleach solution then rise, but I'm guessing its not recommended for fabric pots?

VILEPLUME said:

I was thinking of soaking them in soap and water, then rise with water again. My plastic pots I would wash with a bleach solution then rise, but I'm guessing its not recommended for fabric pots?

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I think most people throw them in the washing machine, but not the drier.

Like other washable fabric pots can be machine laundered, hand washed in a tub or soaked in a large bucket of cleaning solution. Be sure to rinse each pot thoroughly. Allow them to air dry only. To maintain their rigidity and shape, keep your pots out of the dryer. (Google response) Hope this helps

Soaked mine in a 5 gallon bucket for a week, then took it out and scrubbed with a stiff brush and rinsed. I didn't use soap..

farmingfisherman said:

Soaked mine in a 5 gallon bucket for a week, then took it out and scrubbed with a stiff brush and rinsed. I didn't use soap..

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Would def hold out on standard soaps etc. Check out the plant based soaps

CaliGuy420710 said:

Would def hold out on standard soaps etc. Check out the plant based soaps

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Better yet cleaning solutions. Using the word "soaps" gets too messy

I soaked till I had no nutrient residue or smell on the pots. Pots are older root pouch made from recycled plastic bottles.. Super solid bag sadly not sure if they even make this variety any longer.

I spray mine out with a water hose. Do the best I can.

I've never seen anything negative from a semi-dirty pot. This time around. There's algae growing on the outside on one side. Both pots.

So.

I worked in a nursery as a kid and all the pots they used were washed and triple rinsed before anything was planted in it..

I've either just knocked off as much stuff as I could and sprayed them out with a hose or got ambitious and soaked them for a day in a tote with a capful of bleach and then scrubbed them with a brush and rinsed them with a hose. Heck, I've even just reused them without doing anything. I've never noticed any difference in how the plants grew regardless of what I did. I wouldn't put them in your washing machine.

They're not going in the washing machine unless I take them to a laundry mat.

Thing I like about 4 inch nursery containers for seedlings is I can rinse them out and wash them in the dishwasher on the top shelf. If I'm growing from seeds that I bought with real money I like to know there isn't a funky something that could harm the seedling when it first pops it's head up.

Yep

I just throw mine out and get new ones their cheep enough ...I worry about rot rot and nasties getting into my next grow

Next grow is two 7 gallon.

Buddernugs said:

I just throw mine out and get new ones their cheep enough ...I worry about rot rot and nasties getting into my next grow

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Yeah I use them till they crack..

I always machine wash and dry them. Anything the washer don’t get the dryer will destroy with high heat.

Beehive said:

Next grow is two 7 gallon.

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Fabric? I've got a plant in a 3 gallon bag currently that needs a transplant to its flower bag but don't want to do it until my smaller plants catch up. I've never kept a mother going so hoping I can keep it happy till then.. She's in FFOF with Perlite added and she drinks fast!

farmingfisherman said:

Fabric? I've got a plant in a 3 gallon bag currently that needs a transplant to its flower bag but don't want to do it until my smaller plants catch up. I've never kept a mother going so hoping I can keep it happy till then.. She's in FFOF with Perlite added and she drinks fast!

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I don't do transplanting. I've used from 3 to 5. Depending on plant count. 2 plants need 7 gallons. That way I can be lazy but really. More fert solution available to the plant with 7.

With 5, I water twice moving up to three in flower. The 7 gallon is the end a!l.

farmingfisherman said:

Fabric? I've got a plant in a 3 gallon bag currently that needs a transplant to its flower bag but don't want to do it until my smaller plants catch up. I've never kept a mother going so hoping I can keep it happy till then.. She's in FFOF with Perlite added and she drinks fast!

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Figured out that I bought Root pouches "hydro bag" Guessing its designed for coco and not soil..