Smart Pots 30-Gallon Smart Pot Soft-Sided Container, Black

This is an ideal way to pot up trees. Air trims roots and roots can explore entire contents without spiraling the plastic container. Wide base so roots can spread outward naturally. Its about 4x's the room for roots and takes up only 1.5x's the space on my deck. Rains ALOT here during winter so its nice I dont have to worry about waterlogging the roots in plastic pot.

I needed a portable container for locally mixing soil and amendments for planting trees on distant hillsides, and I was out of ideas till I found this 100-gallon floppy flower pot. I mounted it on a 36" square pallet (2x3s & masonite) and surrounded it With 6 upright (1x3) posts and used six 4" spring clamps to pin the limp pot sides to them. Made it in about 45 minutes and a few dozen screws.The pallet is light and drops easily onto a wheelbarrow frame (minus the barrow), or onto a small ATV trailer, or used dismounted & leveled on a hillside with stones or cinder blocks. Using a square-nose shovel (to spare the fabric) I can easily mix three (lightweight) 5-gallon buckets of compost, peat & vermiculite with 10 to 15 gallons of (heavy) soil from the hole in minutes, then refill the hole on the spot. I've done this for about 10 trees so far in about a third the time & effort it took to mix the stuff inside hole working from cumbersome bags of amendments. By the 2nd tree hole I figured I'd already recovered my investment and construction labor. The bag shows no sign of wear after about 30 mix loads.

We put 2 bags of sand (100lbs) and 3 bags of 1.5 cu feet of soil into all 30g pots - except the one we bought for potatoes. That gave us 8 inches of growing depth which is more than plenty for most vegetables and flowers. Everything we've planted into them (potatoes, tomatoes (10g), peppers (10g), peas (30g), carrots (30g) and corn (30g is growing like gangbusters - so much better than last year planting in our stone beds. Plus, no weeds and the dogs don't seem as attracted to trampling them.I would describe the material as being an extra strong felt-like fabric. Once you get the first couple of inches of planting medium in them and pushed to the edges, the sides stand up pretty well on their own.Update 4/21/15: We are still using these same pots which have held up really well in the Arizona sun. Still love them!I especially love that I can roll down the sides for my potatoes, so they get lots of sun when starting out and adding soil while they grow is a breeze.They are awesome. I don't know how they work, but they surely do. Gardening is fun again, and not a full time weed/pest-eliminating job. Planning to buy a few more since finally it seems I can handle a full yard of backyard crops again :)

Good enough. The soil WILL dry out quicker - so you won’t like if only have time to water 1x week vs plastic or even clay pots that hold moisture longer. BUT the roots will be less prone to root rot. A skilled Gardner should do just fine. If you plan on transplanting, then maybe not appreciate cloth pot. My plan was to use cloth pots for a lot, but not so keen on that idea anymore. I have used 1, 2, 5 G for one type of plant thus far. Transplanting very tricky as did not have strong root system at growth maturity point. Soil just fell away. This may not be a problem for some & I found a work around. A fully mature plant would have a more complex root system. So I think value comes & positive impact on sustainability of plant is to use mainly for plants planned to live in pot through maturity & beyond or for plants that will be harvested in one perhaps two growing seasons such as herbs. I did buy a 25G & will be experimenting with sweet potato toes vs raised beds as I can move plant around when vines get out of control! Good luck!

I had heard of these pots and they were similar to commercial containers of the same type that I had seen in nurseries. They are very well made, the fabric is not supposed to rot, and the porous nature of the fabric allows the soil to drain properly. It is impossible to overwater! The oxygen that the roots receive results in astounding growth of whatever you plant. So far, I am amazed at the growth of the plants that I placed in these containers.I purchased different sizes - 2 gallon, 10 gallon, and 20 gallon. I rent my home but want to have an attractive backyard and be able to take plants with me when I move. The porous fabric pots allow air roots to go into the ground so that plants, shrubs, even trees can grow larger. Simply cut off the extended roots and prune plant slightly to move to a new location. Love it!

amazing bag and I love that the bag keeps the tree humid

Why on earth would you need 45 gallon pots? To grow dwarf crepe myrtles!! I ordered two of these huge pots for my trees. After looking at them, they would make great gardens, too. You could plant several squash plants, along with some cucumbers and maybe a tomato plant or two. I placed some flower seeds around one crepe myrtle and they are growing very quickly, too. These pots do take a lot of soil. I use Miracle Grow Garden Soil, and each bag is .75 cubic feet of soil. I placed 7 bags in each pot but they could have held one or two more bags easily. The good thing about these pots is that they will conform to the amount of soil you use. Use less, and just have a deeper rim around it. You could fold it over, I guess. They look nice, too. AND, if you were to buy a rigid pot or planter this size, you would have to pay big bucks!! These are very reasonable. I highly recommend these pots if you need a lot of soil for a tree or small garden.