The Smart Pot is for the gardener who wants a container that will grow the best possible plant. It is a new and unique advancement in container technology that is better than any other method of container gardening.

•Better than Standard Black Plastic Containers
•Better than Ceramic (Clay) Containers
•Better than Raised Beds
•Better than Decorative Containers

The Smart Pot is a soft-sided, fabric container that has the rigidity to hold its shape and can even support large trees. In fact, the Smart Pot was originally developed for and has been used by commercial tree growers for over twenty years.

The Smart Pot is a true aeration container. It has a unique ability to air prune and enhance a plant’s root structure. A highly branched, fibrous root structure is the key to growing a better plant – with more flowers and fruits, and more resistance to insects and diseases. Container gardeners have long lined the bottom of standard nursery containers with rock or perlite to increase drainage and decrease spiraling of the roots at the bottom of their container. The Smart Pot does this and more. It aerates the throughout the container, significantly increasing root mass in the center of your container.

How do I clean my Smart Pot?

After use dump out the soil and let the bag dry. After a few days of being dry, the dust and small roots will easily brush off. For most people, this is good enough. At this point the Smart Pot folds easily for storage. However, a lot of our customers will wash the bags in a bleach to sterilize. You can use a washing machine or dip the bag in a tub. Do NOT put the Bags in a dryer.

Air Pruning:
As roots grow in containers they eventually reach the container walls. In hard-sided containers, these roots, upon reaching the walls, start circling and continue to circle seeking a friendlier environment. Upon examination, these root systems exhibit a few strong roots growing in circles with very little branching, often are bound or girdled upon themselves and, depending on the type of plant, can produce a strong tap root growing through the containers bottom. These characteristics can hinder the plant's rate of growth and in some cases its chances of survival when transplanted.

Smart Pots are manufactured out of a custom, non-woven, polypropylene material. Roots grown in a Smart Pot come in contact with the fuzzy, fabric inner wall of the bag and penetrate or grow into the fabric. The bag's tough fabric prevents the root's continued longitudinal growth, in effect pruning it, causing the root to develop masses of lateral fibrous roots. Upon comparison, root systems that developed in a Smart Pot have a much greater mass or volume then those found in hard-sided containers. Plants grown in Smart Pots have root balls that contain many more roots then found in a hard-sided container of similar size .

Temperature:The Smart Pot's black fabric quickly warms up early season soil enabling plants to get off to a quicker start. Yet the same fabric, due to its porous nature, allows heat to escape from the container through evaporative cooling during the summer's hottest days. Even in northern climates, root systems of container grown plants can be damaged from too much heat. University studies have also shown a direct relationship between soil temperatures and slow-release fertilizer activity. Cooler containers do not allow for premature fertilizer release.

Specs:
*Actual size may vary slightly #1 - 7" x 6" #2 - 8" x 7" #3 - 10" x 7.5" #5 - 12" x 9.5" #7 - 14" x 9.5" #10 - 16" x 11.5" #15 - 18" x 13.5" #20 - 20" x 15.5 #25 - 21" x 15.5" #30 - 24" x 15.5" #45 - 27" x 18" #65 - 32" x 18" #100 - 38" x 20" #200 - 50" x 24"