Grow bags : A Complete Guide 2024. Planter Bag are containers that can be used to hold potting mix, similar to pots or polybags, and are suitable for growing various types of plants.
Tips on Using Grow Bags for Plants
The main difference between pots, polybags, and grow bags lies in the materials used to make them. While pots are made of hard plastic, ceramic (porcelain), cement, or wood, polybags are made of plastic, and grow bags are made of materials like HDPE (High Density Poly Ethylene) or fabric (such as canvas or burlap) or tarpaulin, which are significantly stronger and more durable than plastic polybags.
Planter bags are a great solution for those who want to grow plants in limited spaces, as they are both space-saving and easy to maintain. However, planter bags offer unique advantages compared to other plant containers for seedling cultivation.
Tips for Using Planter Bags on Plants
Tips for using a planter bag, for those of you who are just trying to plant using a planter bag, here are some tips for planting using a planter bag that might be useful for you, including:
- Prepare a planter bag with the size of the plants you will plant.
- Make small holes in a few pieces, under the planter bag. The use of these small holes is for air circulation and water circulation. If the planter bag has excess water, the excess water is drained through a small hole that has been made under the planter bag
- Prepare a planter bag with the size according to your needs.
- Also prepare the soil used as planting medium.
- Then put the soil used as planting medium in the planter bag.
- Laying the soil should not be too dense and not too little.
- Finally, make a hole in the middle of the soil to then insert the guava seeds.
After knowing the tips for using planter bags on plants, you can try them at home.
Types of Planter Bags
Apart from tips for using planter bags on plants. There are several shapes of planter bags, such as square or round, oval and upwards, on the market there are currently quite a lot of types available in several shapes and sizes that can be adjusted to your needs.
The following are the types of planter bags, namely
1. Planter Bag
The round planter bag is suitable for tabulampot (fruit plants in pots). This round type is most widely available on the market in various sizes. Besides being able to be used for tabulampots, this planter bag can be used for fruit and vegetable plants such as tomato plants and chili plants.
The Easy Grow brand planter bag is one of the most well-known brands and is trusted by consumers to have better quality.
2. Wall Planters
Wall planter or wall planter bag that can be installed by attaching it to the wall. Suitable for use as ornamental plants or green vegetable plants such as mustard greens, kale, watercress and others. This type on the market is also available in quite a lot of sizes and formats, the number of boxes that you can choose according to your needs.
3. Rectangular Planter Bag
Rectangular planter bags are suitable for planting ornamental plants such as small flowers and vegetables (mustard greens, kale and lettuce).
Advantages of Planter Bags
Apart from tips for using planter bags on plants, there are also several advantages of planter bags, when compared to other plant containers such as plastic pots, wooden pots or ceramic pots, as follows:
- The durability or lifespan of the planter is longer, some even reach more than 10 years for certain plants.
- It has sufficient air circulation, so that the plants in the container grow easily and faster.
- Available in several models and sizes, plant container users can adjust the model and size of the planter bag according to the plants they are planting and after they are planted.
- It can be folded, before use the planter bag can be folded so it doesn’t take up a large storage space compared to plant containers made from plastic pots, wooden pots or ceramic pots which require a large space, if there are a lot of pots.
- The planter bag is made with textured Polyethylene material, feels soft but is also strong against any weather because the premium quality material is coated with Ultra Violet.
- Saves more fertilizer, with good containers and circulation. Then the plants will more easily absorb the fertilizer given so that the fertilizer will be more economical, because it will be absorbed by the plants and not wasted.
- This is information regarding tips for using planter bags on plants as well as types of planter bags and their advantages. Hopefully helpful, and thank you
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