Reaching potatoes in a bag usually means tipping the whole thing out, which costs the plant every tuber that has not finished. This bag opens at the front instead. The flap lifts, the tubers behind it come out by hand, and the plant carries on above while the rest of the crop finishes. The wall is needle punched non-woven felt, which keeps its structure through repeated lifting, drains surplus water and lets air reach the root zone. An outer pocket takes ties, a trowel or the label, and the bag folds flat between crops.
Potatoes are the crop that exposes the weakness in an ordinary bag: the tubers sit at the bottom, under the plant, and the only way to them is to empty the bag. This one is built with a door at the front.
The front flap lifts away and holds clear, so tubers that have sized up come out by hand while the plant keeps growing above and the rest of the crop finishes in place. What makes that practical is the wall: needle punched non-woven felt, where the fibre is locked through itself rather than bonded, so the bag takes repeated lifting and dragging without the face cracking or peeling. It still breathes and drains, so compost does not sit waterlogged and roots meet air at the face instead of coiling round the base.
The bag needs no ground, which is where most of them end up: patios, balconies and hard standing, plus nursery rows where the crop is lifted in batches. Tomatoes, fruit and vegetables all run in the same wall, and the outer pocket keeps ties, a trowel or a feed scoop where the plant is rather than in a shed. Trees stay in the larger formats through to planting out. The wall system is shared across the air pruning pot range.
| Use | Potatoes and root crops on patios and nursery rows |
| Material | Needle punched non-woven felt |
| Form | Round |
| Window | Front flap window with a lift-away cover |
| Outer utility pocket | |
| Handles | Stitched fabric handles |
| Colour | Green, tan, black, or customised |
| Packing | Bag, pallet or carton |
A full bag is heavy and it is usually moved on the day it is planted, so the handles are stitched through the wall rather than run along a single seam, which spreads the pull across the felt. The front flap is stitched to fold back and stay clear while the crop is picked, and closes again between pickings. Larger formats move on a trolley and the biggest sizes sit with the tree and nursery container range.
Tell us the diameters, volumes and colours your programme works to, since the felt is built to the weight each format needs and colours can be matched on programme orders. 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.
Do we have to empty the bag to harvest?
No. The front flap lifts away so sized tubers come out by hand while the plant keeps growing and the remaining crop finishes in the bag.
Will the felt hold up over a season?
The felt is needle punched, so the fibre is locked through itself rather than bonded, and the wall takes repeated lifting without cracking or peeling.
How are bulk orders packed?
In bags, on pallets or in cartons, with mixed sizes and colours combined in one load.
Tell us the formats, colours and volumes 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.
