Has anyone ever used the black plastic grow bags for these. I need to repot a bunch and was wondering if it would be OK to use these save a few bucks on the shipping.
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Thats what I love about here 10 people look and no one can voice there opinion
I have never even seen or used a plastic grow bag. Sorry I can;t help.
Thanks for the reply i have about 500 to transplant I like the idea that they don't take up alot of room.. Cheaper to ship they are still black and plastic so I'm hoping this will work.
I've heard of people growing plumeria in them but have no first hand experience myself. I have some bags coming so will have to give them a try.
Sorry I have no idea either. I have never used them and I am a newbie with plumerias. (Two things you probably didn't want to hear. :) ) Do you know if the bag will give the plants good drainage? If so how and where do they drain from? Will they tear easily? Will it give good air circulation to the roots and soil? Just a few questions I would be asking myself if I were in your position. I think this will have to be something you may have to weigh the pros and cons. Wow 500 that must be a site to see! Good luck! I hope someone here comes along to help you! Maybe someone that has used them before. :)
The pots have holes in the bottoms prepunched don't plan on moving them much. After repotting they will be lined up ready for green house to go up for winter.
No idea, Dana, but big root systems get heavy in time so I would never use them. I would think that they would break or tear easily if they are the consistency of plastic bags.
They are a heavy guage plasic I have bought plants that were in them they are really very durable
I see. I would be concerned about air circulation too and whether condensation will build up inside them and keep the soil too wet. I guess you could try a few and see what you think, but I wouldn't do 500 off the bat without experimenting first! JMHO!
Hi Dana, I have never used them...have no idea.
i have never used them but i'll give my opinion. if you think about it, they should function the same as containers if they have holes in the bottom for water to drain. the only issue would be durability as clare mentioned. i'd say that they should be good for at least one season. i don't think you need to worry about condensation if you don't have to worry about it with plastic containers.
We have a radio station here you can call sell or wanted items. I called the other day asking if anyone had any 3 gallon. I lucked out nursery not far had 500 pots he'd take .25 a peice I guess I'm going to take those. I am going to give the gallon size a try. Once they hit the 3 gallon size there going to stay there for a while I think after so long the sun will dry out the bags. The gallon would last a year with no problem. I just like the idea of not having all those pots to deal with. If you like in fl and have pots laying around there roaches and other critters in there I hate that.
Dana, I would take your seedlings from 1-gallon pots directly to 5-gallon pots, and they can stay in those for one to two years. The 3-gallon pots are a little too short for the root systems of seedlings in my opinion.
5 gal I have quite a few. Thats good to know Clare thanks. I would have never figured such a drastic step up. The only problem with that is green house time. If anyone has been watching Not easy being green they had a really cool set up were you dig a big hole in the center of your green house and fill it with glass run pvc pipe into the glass which is fine like sand and hook up a fan to blow the hot air from the roof of green house down to glass and at night when temps go down the heat from glass keeps it warm cheap way of heating the green house
Interesting! Yes, seedlings have a tap root and a fairly strong root system so they grow quickly, and overpotting isn't really ever a concern with most seedlings.