What makes Root Pouch grow bags different from the rest?
In the confusing world of fabric grow bags, how does one select the brand that will provide the superior growing environment your plants, shrubs and trees should have?
There are some 60 fabric grow bag types available worldwide—some great and some no better than plastic shopping bags! Some are referred to as "geofelt", "geo textile" "woven", "not woven". Some even resemble the Root Pouch branded product.
Cheap copies made of inferior fabrics, some even bearing resemblance to the Root Pouch products even down to a facsimile of the paper label, and making claims about the fabric that cannot be traced back to real facts, have flooded the marketplace, and it is often confusing for the gardening consumer to discern which brand (and most are unbranded!) will serve them well.
The family-run Root Pouch headquarters is located in Oregon in the US and we are proud to offer their brand to Aussie gardeners. Look for the quality label below and you know you have the real deal premium product.
With a Root Pouch grow bag (look for the branding!) you are:
- guaranteed a quality recycled PET water bottle product with no new petrochemicals used in their production.
- traceable provenance to a reliable international company that has been manufacturing their own quality-controlled fabric for over a decade
- assured by a clearly articulated environmental statement (see videos below)
- assured of a premium quality product that lives up to all the quality and benefit statements
Why Are Root Pouch Grow Bags So Good?
Only the Root Pouch company manufactures the fabric used in their bags. Other companies buy fabric and do not have control over the product specifications as the Root Pouch brand does. Most inferior bags are made of a single geotextile weave that does not support horticultural growing. The weave is best suited for clothing and textiles. The quality of the Root Pouch grow bag fabric sets it apart from the rest!
The Best Grow Bag - Root Pouch
The qualities of the Root Pouch grow bags produce the healthiest plants in the domestic and commercial growers' markets, and you can read more about them on our Root Pouch product pages or the extensive FAQ page that links back to the US company.
The brand name "Root Pouch" is the number one selling fabric bag in the US and European market and synonymous with quality, durability and superior grows. You can read more about the company's background HERE.
Non-Toxic Grow Bags
In the US FDA approval is not currently required for grow bags products, nursery pots, or horticulture containers. Similarly, in Australia, there is no requirement for any such testing.
The Root Pouch company believes that FDA requirements are of inevitable since it is important that container manufacturers create safe non-toxic containers for the use of growing plants that will be consumed by humans.
Root Pouch believes it is important to its customers that its grow bags have been independently tested and have passed food-contact safety tests. The company decided not to wait until it is required and have taken the innovative and foresighted decision to ensure that the containers produced are free of harmful contaminants that may affect the quality and safety of the plants grown in them.
The Root Pouch fabric has undergone rigorous testing by BACL (Global testing and certification lab) along the guidelines specified by the US FDA contact test 21 CFR 177.1630 and meets the criteria for a product that complies with food safety.
Root Pouch have sought this as their belief that a container coming into contact with products consumed by humans, whether it is food or medicinals, should be proven to be safe for that purpose.Award-Winning Root Pouch Grow Bags
The fabric has won international awards for its innovation and design - German Department of Agriculture, DOPE magazine, Best Grow Product, 2015; Iberflora, Spain, Innovation Award 2015; and has undergone rigorous testing by a global testing and certification laboratory in accordance with FDA contact Test 21 CFR 177.1630 (contact with food, drugs, biologics and cosmetics).
As they are made of recycled PETE post-consumer water bottles, there is no BPA in any of the compounds.
Meet Jim Averna, the owner, founder, and genius behind this innovative bag and see the difference between the imitators and the authentic product that took the growing world by storm over 18 years ago! The name Root Pouch has a long, reliable history.
Why Root Pouch Is Different from Inferior Geotextile bags.
Where Are Root Pouch Grow Bags Made?
Root Pouch fabric and the bags are manufactured in the PRC or China. At this point in time, no local manufacturer, either in the States (or Australia) can produce this product on the scale or pricing that the market will find acceptable.
Root Pouch (HQ located in Oregon, USA) has partnered with a family-run manufacturing business and is regarded as an extension of their US operations. Two family businesses working conscientiously to produce a product that changes the way commercial horticulture and the home-gardener grows!
Unlike many other bags that purchase geo-textile fabric to manufacture bags, Root Pouch produces its own fabric and therefore can control the quality, colours and entire bag-making process from start to completed product and global distribution.
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