I've been too chicken to put a citrus tree in one, but I am growing a chili pepper in a 5gal one this year and it is growing extremely well in it. It does need to be watered every day, however. I also have a small avocado in one, and it seems fairly happy too. I keep that one on the dry side and only water occasionally.

Thank you both; I appreciate the help. I have repotted the trees and they seem to be doing great in the smart pots.

I have not used them. I have read that †hey require more frequent watering and that the roots penetrate †he fabric which means that you cannot simply slip the root ball out of the pot but must instead cut the pot open to remove the root ball.

They require more frequent watering. I just plant the fabric pot in another pot, or in the ground and let the fabric deteriorate. I have started white peach trees in fabric pots.

The sun kills everything. Even my cheap plastic pots eventually succumbs and becomes brittle. I wouldn't waste my money on fabric pots.

Since you live in California fabric pots work ok but ones you stick them in the ground,2 or 3 years later, dump the whole thing,pot and all, make slits and fill. No fancy soil. Don,t remove pot.

Vladimir is right. If you try to re pot those grow in 'fabric' pots. many fresh roots ripped away as you peel back the fabric. One should also disinfect the fabric before reusing it for other plants.

I like the 'air' pots! So much easier to use and to me are a lot lighter and easy to handle.

In fact, I am giving those to my sister so she can plant all her perennials or shrubs in them and stick them into the ground to protect from critters.

Mike

Airpots also act like rootmaker pots and air prune your roots so they do not just circle the pot.

I have my lime trees in fabric pots that I find are very good. They don’t leak water all over and they air the roots. They work very well and nice and easy for moving inside and outside.

My one tree that I planted myself in a fabric pot directly after getting the tree from the nursery is doing fantastic. It doubled in size within a few months. Right now It had probably close to 70 new growth shoots

I've been using both fabric pots and rootmaker pots. I've grown citrus in the rootmakers but not the fabric pots. They use much more water than their resin counterparts. I currently have a pluot tree growing in a 30 gallon fabric pot so we will see how well it does this year. If I'm happy with the results I will leave it in the post for a couple more seasons.

Re: much more water by comparison: Perhaps, personality type is key to take into account rather than to say one pot style is better or worse than another. The pot style depends on the watering habits of the human in keeping with the watering needs of the flora.