Tree seedlings spend one to three years in the same bag before they are lifted, which is longer than most nursery stock waits. This bag is built from non-woven felt, so air reaches the root zone and surplus water drains instead of sitting against the roots through a wet winter. Black webbing handles are stitched through the wall and cross-stitched at the anchor, so a full bag can be lifted by hand or hooked onto a barrow. It comes in white, tan, green and black so rows and size grades stay readable, and the round form lifts out without dragging the root ball.
Tree seedlings wait longer in a container than anything else a nursery grows, often two or three seasons on the same bench. A bag that holds water against the roots through one wet winter will cost the grower the whole batch, so the wall has to drain and it has to last.
Non-woven felt passes air to the root zone and lets surplus water leave, so the root mass stays fibrous instead of circling the base, and the root ball comes away whole at lifting. The felt takes knocks from a barrow and a bench edge without splitting, and the base is finished flat so the bag stands up on its own while it is being filled. Colours run across four shades so rows, grades and species stay apart at a glance.
Seedling rows are lifted in batches, and the black webbing handles are stitched through the wall and cross-stitched at the anchor so the pull is spread across the felt rather than concentrated on one seam. The round form drops into a bench slot or a tray without the corners that catch, and it lifts out with the root ball intact, which is what shortens the check after planting out. The largest tree formats sit with the tree and nursery container range.
| Use | Tree seedlings and nursery transplanting |
| Material | Non-woven felt fabric |
| Form | Round |
| Colour | White, tan, green, or black |
| Handles | Webbing handles stitched through the wall |
| Stitching | Cross-stitched handle anchors |
| Base | Flat stitched base |
| Packing | Bag, pallet or carton |
The handle anchors take the whole weight of a wet bag, so they are stitched through the wall rather than tacked on top, and cross-stitched across the anchor panel so the load spreads over a wider area of felt. The rim is turned and stitched so the bag keeps its shape when it is dragged along a bench, and the flat base means it stands without support while it is filled. Smaller propagation formats sit with the air pruning pot range.
Please tell us the diameter and volume your programme works to, since the same wall is built across a range of round formats and colours can be matched to a swatch 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.
How long can a seedling stay in the bag?
Tree stock commonly stays two to three seasons. The felt drains through wet winters and the wall takes handling without splitting, so the bag carries the seedling until lifting.
Which colours are available?
White, tan, green and black are shown here, and matched colours can be run on programme orders so rows and grades stay distinct.
How are bulk orders packed?
In bags, on pallets or in cartons, with mixed formats 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.
