Seedlings are the stage where roots are still deciding what shape to be, and a bag that holds water against them does the damage. This one is built from breathable non-woven felt, so air reaches the root zone and surplus water leaves instead of pooling, and the roots come away fibrous when the plant is moved on. The felt itself is made to break down after use, so spent bags do not have to be collected and disposed of as plastic. Two handles are cross-stitched into the wall, and the round form lifts out of a tray without dragging the root ball.
A seedling bag spends a few weeks doing a job that decides the rest of the season: getting roots established without drowning them. These bags are made for that window, and for the fact that most of them end up as waste once the plant has moved on.
The bag is made from non-woven felt, which passes air to the root zone and lets surplus water out instead of holding it against young roots. That is what stops the soft, brown-rooted start that comes out of a sealed plastic sleeve. The felt is also made to break down after use, so a nursery is not left with a shed full of spent plastic to collect and send away. The callouts below mark the parts that carry the load and the base the roots work down to.
The round form drops into a tray or a bench slot without the corners that catch when seedlings are moved in batches, and it lifts out again with the root ball intact, which is what shortens the check after transplanting. Peas, onions, carrots and salad crops all start this way, and the same bag carries them on until they are ready for the ground. The wall system is shared across the air pruning pot range.
| Use | Seedling raising and nursery propagation |
| Material | Non-woven felt fabric |
| Form | Round |
| Colour | Black |
| Handles | 2 reinforced handles |
| Stitching | Cross-stitched handle anchors |
| Degradation | Felt made to break down after use |
| Packing | Bag, pallet or carton |
Seedling bags are lifted in batches, so the handle anchors are stitched through the wall and cross-stitched rather than run along a single seam, which spreads the pull across the felt. The rim is turned and stitched so the bag keeps its shape when it is picked up full, and the base is finished flat so the bag stands on a bench without tipping while it is filled. Seed trays and starter pots sit alongside in the seedling and propagation range.
Please tell us the diameter and volume your propagation programme runs, since the same wall is built across a range of round formats. Orders ship in bags, on pallets or in cartons, and the flat bag stores in a fraction of the space a stack of rigid pots takes. The wider soft container range sits in the planting bag range. Container and growing media supply is covered at HortiDaily and FreshPlaza.
What does biodegradable mean here?
The non-woven felt is made to break down after use, so spent bags are not left as plastic waste once the plants have been moved on.
Why use a bag rather than a plastic sleeve?
The felt passes air and surplus water, so roots establish evenly instead of sitting in a sealed, waterlogged sleeve, and the root ball lifts out whole.
How are bulk orders packed?
In bags, on pallets or in cartons, with mixed formats combined in one load.
Tell us the formats, volumes and packing your programme needs, and we will come back with the sample and lead time.
Mark Wu, Co-founder & Technical Director, Sichuan Zhifang Net Industry. 15 years manufacturing agricultural nettings for growers in 32 countries.
