Any of you guys ever use grow bags?

Wanted to go with 20 gallon smart pots but in order to buy 20 of them they are almost 20 bucks a piece =*( . Found a place where i can buy some heavy duty grow bags so id be able to use 30galls instead of 20 going this route while saving tons of $$. What you guys think?

I've got my plants in poly pots, which I guess are much same idea. No problem as far as I can tell apart from if you wanted to lst and tie off to the pot

Right on right on. Im just curious if its gonna lower my yield/quality of product by using the bags instead of pots. I cant see how it would though lol. Been looking at the 30 gallon botanicare camo bags on amazon! Anyone have experience with these? I REALLY dont wanna spend 20 bucksx20 for smart pots til next season unless it makes a huge difference.

There are other brands of fabric pots out there that are cheaper than smart pots. I bought 2-10 gallon and 2-15 gallon for around $30 last year from a local hydro store.

Ya good looking out man. Ill be asking around locally later and looking more into this.

Go with fewer bigger bags you'll get way better yields. Go with 100 gallons minimum I use 300 or try and build some raised beds you can get pretty creative for cheap.

Planting in ground is always better than in bags even if the native soil is poor quality or even pure clay. The soil will not dry out as fast and root restriction wont be an issue which allows for larger sturdier plants. Take that 20 gallons per plant and dig holes you'll be thanking yourself at the end of the season.

liquidxskin said:

Planting in ground is always better than in bags even if the native soil is poor quality or even pure clay. The soil will not dry out as fast and root restriction wont be an issue which allows for larger sturdier plants. Take that 20 gallons per plant and dig holes you'll be thanking yourself at the end of the season.

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Im gonna call BS on this newb. ground is definitely not better when the native soil is crap. if it has high clay your gonna have poor drainage/flooding. if the native soil is crap your better using bags.There are a few things Ive learned over the years that majorly influence your growth and overall yield. That would be good soil, lots of sun, and adequate water/nutes.

If the soil is poor, then dig a hole and fill it back in with all the amendments needed to make it good. You could still have drainage issues with heavy clay soil I guess. At least the plant would have a decent start until it outgrew the prepared area.

Growan said:

If the soil is poor, then dig a hole and fill it back in with all the amendments needed to make it good. You could still have drainage issues with heavy clay soil I guess. At least the plant would have a decent start until it outgrew the prepared area.

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This isn't possible for all areas. For example: several of my plots this year have ground that is soggy and wet. Not quite a swamp, but if I were to dig a hole and fill it with amendments it would turn into a soup.

In that situation, bags are probably the way to go then. Swamps = problems.

http://www.geopot.com/products/black-self-supporting-geopot

These are nice pots and is 9 and dive change for the 20g pots. They've also got glite pots that are cheaper if I recall correctly.


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smart pots are well worth the $$......

doublejj said:

smart pots are well worth the $$......

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Just ordered some geo pots =)

look for dirt pots...they are felt...like smart pots..but way cheaper....look around on the net...i got 15 gal ones for 6.00 last year...forget where ..sorry...but they work great...way better than plastics...you get air pruned roots so no root bound pots...better producer also...just have to water a bit more..but worth it