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Smart Pots; do they work for palms?

17 years ago

Has anybody successfully tried to use Smart Plots when transplanting their maturing palm sprouts outside for the first time?

If so how did your palms do with them? Also, were there problems created, when pulling them up to bring the palm into a protected area over winter, when wanting to relocate the palm to a different area, or when simply wanting to remove the pot and let the palm tree grow in that or a different location?

For those who would question, "What is a Smart Pot?" All I know, is that they are made of fabric. The tree or shrub is not planted in potting soil, instead the Smart Pot is filled with regular garden soil. Using the Smart pot is supposed to make it much easier to transplant the tree or shurb.

I have also seen reported that the tree or shrub roots can grow through these Smart Pot fabric bags, and in this way avoiding the problem of pots causing roots to circle or become rootbound like so often seen with more commonly used black nursery pots.

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