Grassroots Classic Bottomless Pot 1 Gallon / 3.8L is a specialist fabric planting sleeve designed for establishing young plants before placing them directly onto a living-soil bed, allowing the roots to grow through the open base into the larger soil volume below.
Unlike a normal plant pot, the Grassroots Bottomless Pot has no fabric base. During propagation or early growth, the pot is placed on a saucer or tray to contain the growing medium. Once the plant has developed a strong root system, the complete pot can be moved directly onto the surface of a living-soil bed without removing the root ball from its container.
Key features
- Open-bottom design: roots can grow directly out of the pot and into the living soil beneath.
- 1 gallon / 3.8 litre capacity: compact size for establishing cuttings, seedlings and young plants.
- No conventional transplant: the complete sleeve is placed onto the bed rather than removing the root ball.
- Designed for living-soil beds: useful in long-term and no-till systems where repeated digging is undesirable.
- Reusable: the sleeve can be used again once the old root system has broken down sufficiently.
What is a bottomless fabric pot?
A bottomless pot is a fabric sleeve rather than a conventional container. While it sits on a saucer it behaves like a small pot. Once rooted, the complete sleeve is placed on the soil bed so the roots can continue downward through the open base.
How to use the Grassroots Bottomless Pot
- Place the pot on a suitable saucer or tray.
- Fill the 3.8L sleeve with an appropriate young-plant growing medium.
- Plant your cutting or seedling and allow the roots to establish.
- Lift the complete sleeve from the tray and position it directly on the living-soil bed.
- Make sure the growing medium makes good contact with the moist soil surface below.
- Allow the roots to grow through the open base into the main bed.
Bottomless Pot vs a normal fabric pot
- Normal fabric pot: has a fabric base and contains the full root system within the pot.
- Grassroots Bottomless Pot: has an open base so the roots can leave the sleeve and colonise the soil underneath.
Size and dimensions
- Capacity: 1 US gallon / approximately 3.8 litres
- Diameter: approximately 18cm
- Height: approximately 18cm
- Bottom: open
Using with a Grassroots Living Soil Bed
The Bottomless Pot makes most sense as part of a larger bed-based system. If you are building a complete bed, view our Grassroots Living Soil Beds.
The NPK Gardening Solutions take
We would not buy this simply because we needed a cheap 3.8L fabric pot. Its value appears when you have invested in a larger living-soil or no-till bed and want to avoid digging into the established soil every time a new plant is introduced.
Choose the Grassroots Classic Bottomless Pot 1 Gallon / 3.8L if you want a reusable way to establish young plants and introduce them into a living-soil bed with minimal disturbance.