A 20 gallon bag is the size where a grower stops guessing and starts measuring, because filling a run of them is a compost order rather than a bag of potting mix. This one takes about 2.7 cubic feet, so a run can be costed before anything is planted. The body is cotton fabric, which breathes and drains the way a woven wall does, and the handles and seams are reinforced for the weight a full 20 gallon bag carries. It suits runner beans, melons, water melons, sweet potatoes and citrus trees.
A 20 gallon bag is the size where a grower stops guessing and starts measuring. Filling a run of them is a compost order rather than a bag of potting mix, and the number matters before anything is planted.
The bag takes about 2.7 cubic feet of growing medium and stands around 20.5 inches high, which is enough root run for runner beans, melons, water melons, sweet potatoes and citrus trees. Knowing the figure up front lets a run be costed properly instead of topped up twice. The wall is cotton fabric, so it breathes and surplus water leaves through the weave rather than sitting at the base, and roots meet air at the face and stop rather than circling.
There is no ground needed, so patios, hard standing and polytunnel slabs all work, and nursery stock is grown the same way in rows. Handles and seams are reinforced for the weight a full 20 gallon bag carries, and the flat base keeps it standing while it is filled from a barrow. The largest formats sit with the tree and nursery container range.
| Use | Vegetables, fruit and citrus trees |
| Material | Cotton fabric |
| Form | Round |
| Size | 20 gallon |
| Compost | Takes about 2.7 cubic feet |
| Handles | Reinforced fabric handles |
| Base | Flat stitched base |
| Packing | Bag, pallet or carton |
A full 20 gallon bag is heavy, so the handle anchors are stitched through the wall rather than run along a single seam, and the fabric around them is reinforced so the pull does not open the weave. The base is finished flat and stitched so the bag stands level on paving, and the rim is turned to stop the weave fraying through a season of handling. Smaller formats sit alongside in the seedling and propagation range.
Please tell us the diameters, volumes and colours your programme works to, since the range is built to order and a printed logo can be added on programme quantities. Orders ship in bags, on pallets or in cartons, with 500 pieces to a carton, 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.
How much compost does a 20 gallon bag take?
About 2.7 cubic feet, with the bag standing roughly 20.5 inches high, which is what makes a run costable before planting.
Which crops suit this volume?
Runner beans, melons, water melons, sweet potatoes and citrus trees all have the root run they need at this volume.
How are bulk orders packed?
In bags, on pallets or in cartons, with 500 pieces to a carton and mixed sizes combined in one load.
Tell us the sizes, quantities and any printing your programme needs, and we will come back with the packing plan, sample and lead time.
Mark Wu, Co-founder & Technical Director, Sichuan Zhifang Net Industry. 15 years manufacturing agricultural nettings for growers in 32 countries.
