My local hydro store carries these and this is the route I will take.Here you go:
http://shop.geoplanter.com/GeoPot-Self-supporting-Geo-Pots_c2.htm
http://www.smartpots.com/buy-containers
I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend cloth pots (Roots Pots/Smart Pots/Geo Pots) because of
(1) Root Pruning - The roots grow through the cloth, and are pruned back when they hit the air. This = Bigger root mass = Bigger plant
(2) Soil Temperature Regulation - Plastic pots can get hot in the sun and cook your roots.
(3) Drainage - They're cloth, but still durable and drain very well. No hole drilling!
(4) Low Stress Training - The SMART POTS combined with green velcro plant ties = AWESOME!!! Just loop the velcro around the branch
and stick it right to the CLOTH pot. Allows adjusting of plant ties WITHOUT MAKING HOLES!!
Good luck!
I use nothing but Smart Pots for my soil grows indoor and outdoor, and they are offered from 1gal - 400gal sizes.
this is good info here props to you brother. although I only use my 4x4x24 boxes is cause I started out with them and never had to change. I do use a few of the grow pots for my extra's that have worked very well and when my wood finishes rotting out will be using the mesh grow potsHere you go:
http://shop.geoplanter.com/GeoPot-Self-supporting-Geo-Pots_c2.htm
http://www.smartpots.com/buy-containers
I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend cloth pots (Roots Pots/Smart Pots/Geo Pots) because of
(1) Root Pruning - The roots grow through the cloth, and are pruned back when they hit the air. This = Bigger root mass = Bigger plant
(2) Soil Temperature Regulation - Plastic pots can get hot in the sun and cook your roots.
(3) Drainage - They're cloth, but still durable and drain very well. No hole drilling!
(4) Low Stress Training - The SMART POTS combined with green velcro plant ties = AWESOME!!! Just loop the velcro around the branch
and stick it right to the CLOTH pot. Allows adjusting of plant ties WITHOUT MAKING HOLES!!
Good luck!
I use nothing but Smart Pots for my soil grows indoor and outdoor, and they are offered from 1gal - 400gal sizes.
not to sure what you mean with the rapping plastic but, be careful with that especially the bottom for drainage and the sides for venting. plants roots love airI was thinking about getting some chicken wire with small holes ,(10mm) and making a pot shap with no bottom then wrapping with glad wrap end to end , not around
It's tricky to explain but il try my best , it has 100% drainage because it has no bottom , You take a 3.1 x 1 m length of chicken wire . Join end to end with cable ties so you have a 1 m high 1 metre diameter chicken wire cylinder with no top or bottom , you then get your roll of glad wrap and and wrap in such a way that your passing the roll through the midle of the cylinder then back around the outside ,top to bottom , but not going all the way around it , so you still keep the hole at each endnot to sure what you mean with the rapping plastic but, be careful with that especially the bottom for drainage and the sides for venting. plants roots love air
Theres many reasons people use pots instead of planting in the ground, digging holes at ground level isn't always the best way to grow , for eg last year I had 25 plants in holes filled with good soil , they were all about 5 -6 ft and halfway through flowering and due to some small cyclones out to sea up and down the coast we had out of the ordinary rain for a month straight , the result was all but 2 plants dying , if they were planted in large pots with no bottoms I think they would of had good enought drainage to survive. Next year il plant in raised beds , probably on a hillside for better drainage just encase mother nature tries to fuck me in the ass again, il be prepared this time hahaIt's not like you're going to be able tip move it why not just digg a hole and fill it with good soil. Big holes work great, way better than chicken wire wrapped in moose balls our whatever you're trying to do, it's not rocket science it's digging holes and it's free on tip of being very successful