Customer Reviews for Viagrow 3 Gal. Breathable Fabric Root Aeration Polypropylene Pot with Handles

I filled my bags with garden soil and the handles ripped on two of five bags. There's a warning on the label that says to be cautious with how you pick them up, but I was disappointed that even while I thought I was being careful, a couple of them ripped so soon. one handle even ripped off completely. Fortunately, these are only 5-gal so they aren't too bad to lift without using the handles. I just put them out with potatoes in 4 and rhubarb in 1. We'll see how we do with this season! (currently late March 2021, NW Oregon).

I bought this a week ago and planted my tomato plant in it only half full with potting soil. Today when I attempted to move it, both handles ripped off. I did notice that the fabric was thinner than my smart pot and my root pouch but I thought I would give them a try anyway. It didn’t work out. I will be returning these.

These fabric growing pots are made of much heavier felted material than I have seen on other fabric pots and should hold up well during the growing season. They come in six sizes from 1 gallon to 10 gallons and have handles on the sides for lifting the smaller pots. There is evidence that growing in such a pot provides oxygen to the roots and prevents circling within the pot. The one question I have is whether roots will grow through the fabric as larger perennials tend to do in plastic pots sitting on the ground. Their light weight will certainly be an advantage in moving pots into and out of sun if needed. It's too cold now to try them outdoors, but I'm looking forward to seeing how they perform. .

Perfect for individual plants, especially for raised bed gardening. My plants love their new home and so do I.

I like these containers for several reasons. First, the fact that they come collapsed and are collapsible make them easy to store. Currently, my tool shed is filled with clay and plastic pots of all sizes. Second, the fact that these are fabric means they can be laundered and sanitized after the growing season; hard-walled pots need to be scrubbed and disinfected by hand. Third, even filled with growing medium, the pots are very light weight and the handles make them easy to transport. Finally, when I watered the growing medium, it didn't run straight through and come pouring out of a drainage hole; it dispersed evently through the medium and trickled out the sides of the pot. I use a lightweight peat based growing medium that dries out quickly. The fabric seems to hasten the drying process. This could be helpful for people who tend to overwater their plants and kill them with kindness. To offset this, I mixed some water-retaining polymer crystals into the top layer of the growing medium which helped to even out the need to water. These grow bags come in several different sizes, and I will be using them for seed starting during the upcoming growing season.

The positive that I can give about these bags is that they hold the dirt inside the bag. All other areas of these bags are just disappointing.

Great product for our Hemp grow. Don't trust the handles once bag loaded with soil & plant. Lift from bottom. When thru, shake out soil, rinse in a big tub, stuff them down a pillow case, throw in washing machine, dry, store and reuse.

I started with 5 of these for my potatoes 2 years ago and was pleased with the results. So, I bought another pack of 5 for this summer, and now have 10 potato plants growing. They are durable and reusable.

These fabric pots are good, so far. This appears to be a quality product and is close to perfect for my particular style of gardening. I think it's about a year too early for me to give them a credible rating. If they last through the year, I'll up my rating.

Handel's were surprisingly nimble and not reinforced around the edges of the fabric resulting in tear

Pot itself is decent, but the handles are extremely fragile and will break under the slightest stress. DO NOT try to lift a full pot by the handles, you will have a mess!

Suck

Basically a good product. Handle attachments are not at all reinforced. Handles will rip off if you try to use them to pick up a bag filled with soil. Don't even think about picking up a bag with watered soil.

These are good pots if you do not plan moving them with plant and soil inside. If you do plan on moving them, there is a fair chance the handles will snap and tear the side of the bag where the handles are stitched to. Happened to 2/5 of my bags, and these were the only ones I have attempted to move. I used Kellogg's potting soil mix you can buy at home depot...no weird soils here. I do not think the quality is very high in regards to the stitch and handle material.

Had soil in it that wasn't even wet, and when I went to pick it up, BOTH handles ripped off and one left a trip down the side of the pot. Out of curiosity, I took one of the handles that had ripped off and tried to rip it by hand, just to see how easily it would happen. It ripped like paper.

Great fabric grow bags. And a very good price. Much cheaper than other on line sources.

Absolutely not. Filled the pot half full of light chips before adding soil. Handle pulled off just lifting corner of pot. Must pickup from bottom. I have small trees in other similar bags but these are very poor quality.

They work fine but one handle broke.

Simple design. Easy to use

Does the job but cheap design.. Broke handles right away

They are exactly as stated. Very useful

These are fabulous.

My plants love the pots, and so do I. The only problem was, a couple of the handles broke. Other than that, I love them and will probably buy them again.

The fabric is very thin and the stitching can be easily pulled apart. The handles broke with my first attempt to use them. These are the cheapest made ones I've ever purchased.

Awesome

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These grow bags are strong and sturdy. I've got indeterminate tomatoes growing in them and no issues so far. The handles are strong too. I'm very pleased.

One bag split and the handles broke off while I was moving it just one day after I planted a fern in it. It was a new bag, so that was money wasted.

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