Outdoor Anybody use these? Fiber Pots?

[Bromeo]

Ya know I have seen these pots alot myself and never given them a fair shot. One of my breeding projects gave my hundreds of seeds. I think I will pick some of these up to fire up a test on them. I like the idea of just cutting off the bottoms of them like I do with cups now. This might be the way to kick the disposable cup habbit. Greener route for sure.

 

[Shadowbuck]

I have never been a fan of the typical "grow through" pots. But I will say these may need an honest evaluation as they are THAT porous. I will also add that anytime I've tried cutting the bottom out of a grow through type pot the roots (at least the tap root anyways) were already well embedded in the material. And trying to cut and remove the bottom usually resulted in a few roots being damaged. I know it goes against all my previous experience of growing (veggies) with grow through pots, as NONE have ever delivered on their claims, but with these I feel pretty confident by advising you dont attempt removing the bottom. They are extremely porous bro. If you pick up some of this brand you will see what I mean (unless I got some halfassed, blem ones at the store...but I think they were just normal quality for that brand). Almost like more of a coir net than a true pot. They definately wouldn't hold water. They look thick when they are all stacked in the pack...then when you take them apart individually you're like "damn these are porous" lol. At first I was kinda pissed thinking they were shitty but then when I thought about it some more I think they might be PERFECT. As such I dont think the roots should have any restriction really whatsoever if you just put the whole thing in the ground. I'd also think it would be a serious pain in the ass getting the bottom off if any roots had started growing into the pot material and any attempt to remove the bottom would probably do more harm than good.

 

[gradolabs]

TBH, I had not considered the idea that the taproot might me caught up in the mesh. Good point SB. Who knew coir pots would have such a steep learning curve? Well if you figure out how to utilize them to full effect, let us know. They look pretty useful and inexpensive to boot... but they could be deceptively so. I'll keep an eye out for them myself - a larger variety could be useful for planting in the ground and filling with supersoil.

 

[maffro]

I used them last year and didnt have any probs (dont think they are the same brand though), i did practically peel them off when transplanting and they where falling apart inthe propergator but on another thread all the more experienced mods gave them a big no no so its hard to say ?
Think you should do your own R&D with one or two and let us know !

 

[Balarama]

You could help roots going thru by slightly damaging the pot or making some holes in it with a needle. I think the pot should be quite wet in order to not cause problems to the roots reaching out.

 

[Mr Piggy]

Hey everyone, I was just curious if anyone has ever used these "Planter's Pride Fiber Grow" pots. They had some at a local big box store I was at. 6packs of 4.25" coco fiber pots for like 1.50 a pack. I grabbed a couple 6 pks while i was there just in case cause they were uber cheap and they seemed popular as they were nearly out of them and some old lady bought up like 4 pks of them right in front of me. I think I got two of the last 5 or 6 six packs.

They seem like they should, in theory, do what they say with the whole "plant the whole pot and the roots grow through" claim. These are nothing like the typical junk cardboard/peat pots. In the pic below, these look like they are really thick and compressed but trust me when I say...I can actually see through the sides and bottoms of these in a lot of places as they are that porous. I was having an unsolved question in my head the past week or so regarding transplanting my plants down the road into the great outdoors without stressin em (autos). These seem as though they should do the trick... Just wondering if anyone had used em before.


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I hope I'm not too late, but I HATE those pots. I want to slap the person who made them right in the face. Roots don't break through and they dry out way too fast. Worse yet if you try to remove the plant from those things the roots get all ripped up from burrowing into the side. If you haven't planted in those yet, DON'T!

 

[Shadowbuck]

Hey piggy did you see the other pics I posted of them? They literally have like GIANT holes in them. I could stick my fingaz thru in places. These are not like the normal coir pots I've seen (which suck like u said and are super thick and almost like laminated with wax or something...these ones are NOT those). These make the "good brand" ones look they are made out of cardboard.

Balarama- helping the roots by using a needle to poke... Yea unless I was using a crochet needle there would be no benefit to that. The holes and pores in them are already way bigger than a needle. Its almost like they TRIED to compete with the brand names that are making the thick ass ones...but failed miserably and ended up with these super thin ones with bad fiber coverage and giant holes in them lol.

 

[Mr Piggy]

I have used these exact pots and they are the ones I'm speaking of. I get much better results starting in 32oz yogurt containers or right in the final pot. However, yours do have big holes, let me know how it works out:thumbs:

 

[Shadowbuck]

I have used these exact pots and they are the ones I'm speaking of. I get much better results starting in 32oz yogurt containers or right in the final pot. However, yours do have big holes, let me know how it works out:thumbs:

Thanks Mista P! I will see what happens with them. I kinda gave myself an idea with the crochet needle thing after I thought about it lol. Might punch a few more holes in them before I use them just for good measure lol.