How to Prepare Fabric Pots & Grow Bags – Best Way to Start Your Fruits & Vegetables in Soil

Fabric pots are the best for indoor fruits and vegetables because they keep your soil oxygenated. In order to benefit with these airy pots, you must prepare them to continue to allow oxygen to get to your plant roots. These are all the tips I can give through learning how to grow strawberries, tomatoes and cucumbers at home. By preparing your fabric pots, you are ensuring your plants are off to the best possible start and these are the top 4 tips I can give with indoor cultivation.

0:18 Choosing a Fabric Pot
I have used hundreds of brands, from generics to name brands and I must say the best fabric grow bags are https://amzn.to/43j098Y Use code EVYGROWS. These are thicker, stitched better and have reinforced metal holes up top so you can add twist ties to anchor or low stress train your plants down.

Source: 75% of Strawberry Roots in top 6 inches: https://soiltesting.cahnr.uconn.edu/suggested-fertilizer-practices-for-strawberries/

0:57 How to Choose Soil
Formula is pretty simple, well draining with a diverse biosphere. You want microbes in the soil to create a symbiotic relationship with your plant roots to help break down organic matter and to protect it from disease. My favorite soil of all time is https://amzn.to/4kqp7ts, but be weary of the fungus gnats:

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3:01 How to Choose Amendments
The absolute first thing you need to do is a slurry test so you can properly respond to it. You really want a ppm of around 1000 and a pH of around 6.2-6.5 for most plants: https://youtu.be/B-GF4E1ld_U

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For Organic, My All Time Favorite is https://amzn.to/4hbegk2 because not only do my plants all love it, it also contains all of the beneficial mycorhizzae that I discussed earlier. For worm castings, the reason why I love https://amzn.to/3QEPCO7 is because it also increases the pH and lately I have been finding a ton of soils test low on pH fresh out the bag, so it balances it out.

4:00 How to Prevent Overwatering
Poor Watering Habits can kill your plants and to prevent this, use perlite: https://amzn.to/4imDcWC it is extremely dusty so I suggest using a n95 mask that you probably have lying around.

Follow these tips and your pots will be in the perfect condition to start your sproutlings and clones.

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