Nerd Alert: What's Your Favorite Type of "Smart Bag?"

http://shop.geoplanter.com/1-Gallon-...er-1GALVEL.htm Cool idea, as I plan to tranplant from a 1 gal to 5 gallon fabric pot

I've been using the hydrofarm version "dirt pot" i like it. i mean at least it has handles and I only pay about 4$ for a 7 gallon pot. I pay 4$ for an orange 5gal homer bucket from home depot and this does a lot more.

Originally Posted by Rrog

http://shop.geoplanter.com/1-Gallon-...er-1GALVEL.htm Cool idea, as I plan to tranplant from a 1 gal to 5 gallon fabric pot

Geopots are awful imo, snagged a 2 gallon from a garden expo. When i unvelcroed the pot, soil from the rootball dumped everywhere. Made an awful mess, it now sits on my growroom shelf.

Smart pots get my vote for best quality and durability, aurora root pots would be my next vote.

MegaBud, you tried the velcro GeoPots and when you have it a whirl, your root ball broke up? Just curious, but what does a crumbling root ball have to do with the fabric pot or the velcro? Seems that either the plant was too young (no roots) or the soil ball was too dry.

My biggest concern has been the ability to transplant from the 1 gallon to the 5 easily. The velcro on the GeoPot looked ideal. I have since seen videos where guys unroll the fabric pot off the root ball and it looked very simple and clean.

Smart Pots seem very popular.

Originally Posted by Rrog

MegaBud, you tried the velcro GeoPots and when you have it a whirl, your root ball broke up? Just curious, but what does a crumbling root ball have to do with the fabric pot or the velcro? Seems that either the plant was too young (no roots) or the soil ball was too dry.

My biggest concern has been the ability to transplant from the 1 gallon to the 5 easily. The velcro on the GeoPot looked ideal. I have since seen videos where guys unroll the fabric pot off the root ball and it looked very simple and clean.

Smart Pots seem very popular.

i agree....i use the unroll technique with smarties.

I've read some good reviews about the build quality of the geo pots, I may try the 1 gallon velcro deal.

Originally Posted by Rrog

MegaBud, you tried the velcro GeoPots and when you have it a whirl, your root ball broke up? Just curious, but what does a crumbling root ball have to do with the fabric pot or the velcro? Seems that either the plant was too young (no roots) or the soil ball was too dry.

I use Subs transplanting technique step for step, everything is well watered and well rooted, just not rootbound. "Transplant before they know they're transplanted" as sub says.
The root ball didn't break at all, the soil that dumped everywhere was the little extra soil that the roots didn't grab. I opened the velcro and the excess soil poured onto the floor. The only way it would not lose any soil is if it was completely rootbound, as with any pot...

Just not my cup of tea I guess.

Here she sits in a 7 gallon Aurora root pot digging into some supersoil, she was transplanted a week ago.

Spacedawg



I did give up velcro in Kindergarten, maybe that's why I didn't care for the Geo.