Smart Pots 100-Gallon Smart Pot Soft-Sided Container, Tan

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!

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.

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 :)

I’ve been using Smart Pots for 2 years now. Aside from my raised beds it’s the only container I grow with. My plants just do way better with the fabric pots than plastic or any other material. The durability and longevity of Smart Pots have outlasted any other brand I’ve purchased. And so many varieties to choose from!

Try lifting this thing when it's full of plants and soil. Try lifting this thing right after you've watered it. So the plants seem happy living here. I have a dwarf bamboo in the midatlantic region, and the soil stays in the pot, and it works well on my balcony, which is concrete. So these modular pots are good because you can graduate your plants from one to the next, and not have to invest heavily in plastic pots. These pots do not retain water as well (I did not plant them in soil, because the pot lives on my concrete balcony). You will need to water your plants probably twice as often as you would in a regular pot. It's not winter yet, so I'm not sure if the other reviewer's comments about root burn keep the plant in check are true. Bamboo, even the dwarfy kind needs to be kept in check unless you wanna upgrade the pots every year and haul around all that soil. But it seems accurate.

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.

This is my first time using any kind of air pot or grow bag. I have a container lemon tree that took off fast and outgrew its clay pot in just one year. I bought it only 9 inches tall and after careful daily tending it finally has 2 fruit growing viably, but I live in zone 5, so I do have to winter it indoors. Hoping for a healthy tree with lots of edible lemons, I'm switching to this smart pot so I don't have to figure out how to move an even larger and heavier clay pot in and out, year after year. If this pot also helps the tree produce more fruit, that would be fantastic. So far, my fussy tree seems to have taken to the new smart pot. Due to size and weight, I wish I had bought one with handles on it, but that is my only regret. After repotting, it bounced back from the trauma in about 2 days. It now is back to dark green perky leaves and it didn't drop either of its 2 fruit. It has a new flowering branch and is growing upward in great shape.

I was expecting a pot, but this came in a flat envelope. I know it said soft-sided, but I wasn't expecting a pot made entirely of felt, albeit thick. It's good quality felt, but it's felt. I was thinking soft plastic or something. We'll see how it works. It stands upright and was easy to fill with dirt. We'll see how it goes with the growing of the plant. We live in zone 7, so I may end up having to put the whole thing into a traditional pot for the winter anyway.

I can only rate this planter with 2-stars sadly because although it does what it's supposed to and seems well made overall, it's not a great design. 20 gallons of compost (i.e. what it holds) is pretty heavy in weight by any standards. I just think with a little more thought the manufacturers could have incorporated a couple of cut-out 'dragging handles' on opposite sides near the top.

Great quality very heavy duty and stable when filled with soil. I have used the black ones in the past however I found that the tan color helped in keeping soil cooler on hot days. I love these pots and have had amazing results growing in them and have found the roots spread through pot much better than standard plastic pots. I have made it through a full season and they aren't showing any signs of wear. If well taken care of should get several years of good use. Will definitely be buying more for next season.

I grew some huge girls in these pots this years worked great way better then growing in plastic buckets!!!

Fantastic pots. I purchased a number of these and have had great results with all of them. Much less water retention issues.

Es ligero y de muchos usos. Además puedo tener mis macetas en cualquier lugar y la felpa es transpirable para que la tierra esté oxigenada.