Why Fabric Pots Are Superior to All Other Options

If you are into container gardening you will have heard of fabric pots, or you will at some point. They are our favorite option and in today's episode we will hopefully change your mind on them as well!

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[conniedavidson]

If you put the pots inside a shallow container they work much better. A small kiddie pool works great to set them in. It gets too dry in TX without a way for better watering.

[paulajal]

I live in a hot dry place, but lost the war to crab grass in the ground, and in raised beds. Enter fabric pots sitting in a container. I only have to water twice a week (they sit in water on day on day 2, but it's gone by day 3). I plant a full garden in those fabric pots- everything! I now have the lushest, most high-producing garden ever! (also they are on pallets, at waist level- no bending over, and no weeds.)

[alorastewart]

I love my fabric pots! Our outdoor faucet leaks when I'm watering the rest of the garden or lawn so I surrounded it with my fabric pots and they soak up what leaks out so I don't have to think about watering them and the leaking water doesn't go to waste

[nininoona]

I've been using fabric pots for about three years now. My favorite vegetable to grow in them? Definitely Potatoes! When they are ready to harvest I literally just flip them out over a screen set on my wheelbarrow, sift out the dirt and pick up the potatoes. Works great! And I don't have to spend hours digging them out of the ground and trying my best to get them all!

[renebrown]

I'm 69 and love my grow pots. I use 1 gal., 3 gal. And 5 gal. I suffer a bad back and arthritis real bad so these are greatfor me. Happy 😊 gardening everyone! 🌱

[kristinamurphy]

This is my very first garden and fabric pots blew my mind. They are so much more affordable at larger sizes than anything else out there. I got my 40 gallon ones for around $10 each.

[TheDillio]

ok, you got me. Even though it won't quit snowing here, I decided I'd better start getting some stuff together to hopefully garden this year once spring decides to grace us with it's presence.

[lexkek]

My garden mostly consistent of fabric pots. They are super cheap yet durable plus it helps with over-watering

[ht]

I've never used them, maybe some day. But last year I used old feed bags, I have rabbits and chickens and those single use bags drive me nuts. I rolled them down, put in some homemade compost a potato and instant bag, worked good, even with me neglecting them and using store bought potatoes.
Oh and a guy on youtube has videos on how to sew your own fabric pots if anyone is interested, I'm sure you can just run a search.

[tthappyrock]

Last year was the first time I used fabric pots! They were fantastic! I could move them to take advantage of changing sunlight conditions. The 20 gallon ones were a bit more difficult to move so ones that size and above either need to stay put or have support under them. Most of mine have handles which are super helpful! I over wintered leeks, onions, garlic, celery, kale and Swiss chard in them. All growing beautifully!

[radolfkalis]

I use 7 gallon fabric pots and have diy Ollas in the center of each one. They work great.

[dummkompf]

I recently learned that plants are able to uptake microplastics through their roots. and it should be obvious to any dummy that plastic and fabric pots can break down in the sun and release microplastics into the soil. so that;s why I've decided to avoid plastic and fabric pots from now on (unless I find fabric pots made of organic materials like cotton or hemp fabric, I would love those). I will probably just use wood planters now

[gdavischick]

I love my fabric pots! I made mine out of landscape fabric. They hold up well.

[amyk]

I have ten fabric pots and adore them! So lightweight and easy to move around. I’ve had them for 2 years now and their the only pots I will use from now on!

[Wellbaby]

Began gardening on my Dallas, Texas, deck last summer with fabric pots and drip irrigation. Excellent results! I’m adding more this year.

[calf]

I have used both air pruning plastic pots and fiber pots. What Luke says is right on mark for garden and most other planets. The exception, for me, is trees. With trees, the tap root hits the bottom of the fabric pot turns at a right angle and creates that dreaded "J" root. All this to say, I do use fabric pots a lot, but will only propagate trees for short time in them and then transplant the trees into the plastic air pruning pots. Luke, If I am doing something wrong I would enjoy the education. you are a great communicator and videographer. well done!

[lunalou]

I add some soil moist to the bottom half of the pot for most all my grow bags except potatoes.

[mdubore]

In southern california fabric pots dry out super fast. takes a lot more water than plastic pots especially less than 10 gallons.

[AllAboutTheHarvest]

I looked into getting some last year but didn't for various reasons. After watching your video I'm going to get some and put them inside a bigger plastic ppt during the hottest month to save on watering all the time.

[calrowland]

I use fabric pots - 10 and 30 gallon ones - to grow young fruit trees and blueberries. I have a slightly alkaline soil, so it was very challenging to growing blueberries. The fabric pots make it much easier to get the lower ph that the blueberries need. And my raised beds filled with homemade animal manure and straw bedding compost make for the ideal ph for all my vegetables with plenty of nitrogen. I plan on moving in the next 2 -3 years and didn't want to leave my young blueberries, peach, apricot, and avocado trees behind. These are all thriving in the fabric pots.