Question, if you use fabric grow bags, do you reuse them? I start with 1 gal bags and transplant to 3 gal bags at about 3 weeks. I’ve found that cutting the 1 gallon bags leaves the root ball and surrounding soil intact, making for a more successful transfer. Would you wash and reuse the 3 gal bags or just buy new for every grow. I have 2 mentors, 1 reuses the other buys new every grow. You?
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I have reused my bags for years. happy growing 
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I use new bags each grow.
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I bought a bunch of 3 gallons. I haven’t reused any, but when I get through all of them I’ll start reusing.
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I hate transplanting from fabric pots so i start in 1 gallon plastics then transplant to 3 gallon fabric i re use my pots all the time i just empty the bags out after harvest allow them to dry for a few days flip them inside out and get out as much roots as possible then i run them through the wash machine 1x with detergent then do a whole second wash with no detergent to make sure its all washed out then just air dry
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I wash them and reuse.
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Its not necessary to transplant. Just plop the smaller fabric pot into a bigger one. Roots grow right through.
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Very true i always forget about that lmao
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I wash my pots out good with water hose then to the washing machine on a short cycle. Reuse many times.
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Im guessing ur growing photoperiod plants cause u wouldnt bother going through all that trouble for autos ,wouldnt be better to start ur plants off in a plastic one gallon so u dont have to cut anything and save ur bags and i would go from a one gallon plastic pot to a five or a seven gal fabric for final home.And also i wash my fabric pots good and i always reuse them
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Reuse soil and fab pots.
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Thanks for sharing your thought.
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I have a 30 gallon thats root bound. I dug a hole twice the size, put some good stuff in there and planted it. I cut 4 crosses in the bottom so the roots would shoot right through
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