[zachrockbadenof]

i'm 45 days into 12/12 - i put 1 clone into a 5gall fabric pot, and one into a 5gall plastic pot... both r sour diesel kush, same size- i would say that the one is plastic is a touch larger then the one grown in fabric...

has anyone else done a side/side.... after all the hoop-la, i would have thought the fabric would be kickin ass... so far thats not the case...

[Easy7]

I Figure it depends very much if the roots get disturbed in fabric pots. Plastic pots are stable. Yes the soil breathes and dries quicker in fabric, big whoopy doo.

[russjcan]

I did a side by side a couple of years ago and will never use plastic pots again. I planted seeds in ocean forest with a small plug of light warrior about the size of a dime for the seed. Growth was faster in fabric. Transplanting into ground was a lot easier in fabric. I use a carpet knife to cut the fabric pots away. Some say you can just plant the fabric pots in the ground but the year i did that my yield was cut in half.

[zachrockbadenof]

Originally Posted by russjcan

I did a side by side a couple of years ago and will never use plastic pots again. I planted seeds in ocean forest with a small plug of light warrior about the size of a dime for the seed. Growth was faster in fabric. Transplanting into ground was a lot easier in fabric. I use a carpet knife to cut the fabric pots away. Some say you can just plant the fabric pots in the ground but the year i did that my yield was cut in half.

interesting... since i'm 3weeks away from cutting, maybe the fab's will catchup n pass the plastic pot... so far tho its plastic by a hair....

[18B]

In a plastic pot, the roots will circle the outside of the rootbase against the edge of the pot and never re pentetrate the dirt...with a fabric pot the roots will grow to the edge and sort of air trim thus keeping all root ends in the mass of medium.
In my opinion a fabric pot would be best..although I still use plastic pots myself.

[amanda88]

many growers complain

that they don't get all the soil wet when watering

I suggest you lift the pot

think!

before watering

cheers/

[CosmicGiggle]

There were a lot of things I liked about the fabric pot for indoors but eventually gave them up because the bags were always damp and mold grew on the outside.

[zachrockbadenof]

so far ...no mold... but i find that the plastic pot gets dryer then the fab pots...very weird ... i would have thought the plastic would hold moisture longer... each plant gets about 3 quarts of H20 every 3 days... both in 5gall pots..

[noyd666]

I parked my fabric pots up years ago, I like to move my pots around at times and the fabric didn't suit getting pulled about . so back to big plastic tubs. did not see any dif in final results. come to oz and i'll give you 20.