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Re: Grow Bags

Hi Miranda,
I don't think many home gardeners are using the smart pots, or are even aware of them at least in Western PA. I have never seen them available at any local nursery or garden shop. I've had to order them directly from Smart Pots after learning of them at a GWA Symposium.

I use them in my landscape design business. I have tucked the planted pots of perennials and shrubs around the roots of trees. It's a great way to have under-plantings without disturbing or competing with shallow roots. 

I've had a Japanese maple growing and thriving in one for about four years now. I also use them as liners in ornamental containers and as planters for water garden plants. 

Phyllis Gricus
Landscape Design Studio 


On Jul 14, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Miranda Smith wrote:

> Nancy Szerlag <szerlag@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> I agree with Gloria. We first saw these bags in Oklahoma. The
>> semi-permeable material air prunes the roots making for a huge root ball.
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> Nancy and everyone else:
> 
> 
> Do you think that many home gardeners are using them? I'm fact-checking and
> to my knowledge, U.S. gardeners have not taken them up.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Miranda
> 
>> 
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