Planting in Woven bags

[420benz]

Has anyone planted a non water plant in a woven bag in the rocks and watered with drip irrigation?

 

[addy1]

I have put soil in woven bags, pots, around 3 gallon in size, set them in water on rocks, about 1/4 up the pot and the plants grow great.

 

[420benz]

Has anyone planted a non water plant in a woven bag in the rocks and watered with drip irrigation?

 

[420benz]

These are the plants i am posting about.

 

[Lisak1]

So you're talking about something that's planted where it will be out of the actual water? That should work. My only question would be how long they could grow in the bags - the fully grown size of the shrub would determine that.

 

[420benz]

The plants are in 1 gal. pots. I plan to put them in 2 gal.bags. They will be in stone about two ft. above water level.

 

[Lisak1]

I think you'll be fine for a good number of years. I wouldn't be surprised, however, to see those put roots right through the bags eventually. I've found those woven bags tend to deteriorate over time and become soft enough that a plant can put roots right through them. If that would be a problem where you plan to put them, you might want to try adding a layer of geotextile to the inside of the bag. Just a thought! And a thought that I would think and then ignore my thought and five years later think "why didn't I listen to myself?" Haha!

 

[addy1]

I think you'll be fine for a good number of years. I wouldn't be surprised, however, to see those put roots right through the bags eventually.

I have some real good fabric bags, the plant roots go through the bags within 4 months. I use them mainly for starting plants with grow lights.
I use the sip method of watering, the pots are in perlite which I keep full of water, the plants draw up what water they need. Works great.