Strawberries in a plain bag rot where the fruit touches wet compost. This bag puts openings in the side wall instead, so the trusses hang clear and air moves around them, and the side pockets hold the fruit away from the soil until it is picked. The body is non-woven felt, which breathes and drains so the compost does not stay soaked around shallow strawberry roots. Handles are black PP webbing, cross-stitched into the wall, and the round body stands on a bench or a greenhouse slab.
Strawberries fail in a bag for one reason before any other: the fruit sits on wet compost and rots before it ripens. The crop needs to hang clear and dry, which is a design problem, not a feeding one.
The openings are in the side wall, so trusses hang clear of the compost and air moves around them as they colour up, which is what keeps grey mould off a ripening crop. The side pockets hold fruit that has not been picked yet away from the soil and off the bench. The body is non-woven felt: it breathes and drains, so compost does not stay soaked around strawberry roots, which sit shallow and dislike standing water. Roots meet air at the face and stop rather than circling the base.
The round body sits on a greenhouse bench, a concrete slab or a patio without needing to be planted into the ground, and a run of them can be filled in an afternoon. The same wall runs blueberries and other soft fruit, and flower pouches for hanging displays. Colours run green, tan and black, which helps separate varieties in a trial. The wall system is shared across the air pruning pot range.
| Use | Strawberries in greenhouses and on patios |
| Material | Non-woven felt fabric |
| Form | Round |
| Handles | PP webbing handles, cross-stitched |
| Pockets | Side pockets with fruit openings |
| Colour | Green, tan or black |
| Base | Flat stitched base |
| Packing | Bag, pallet or carton |
The handles are black PP webbing rather than felt, which holds its shape when a full bag is lifted on a wet morning, and each anchor is cross-stitched so the pull is spread into the wall instead of resting on one line of thread. The pockets sit outside the growing area, so using them does not disturb the root ball, and the flat stitched base keeps the bag standing on a bench while it is filled. Starter trays sit alongside in the seedling and propagation range.
Tell us the diameters, pocket formats and colours your programme works to, since the body is built to order and colours can be matched to a swatch. 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.
Why do strawberries need side openings?
Fruit resting on wet compost rots before it ripens. The openings let the trusses hang clear and dry with air moving around them.
Are the handles felt or webbing?
They are black PP webbing, cross-stitched into the wall so the load spreads across the felt rather than sitting on one seam.
How are bulk orders packed?
In bags, on pallets or in cartons, with mixed sizes and colours combined in one load.
Tell us the diameters, 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.
