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Trees,
How recently have you had experience with grow bags? I know the bags allow small roots through the sidewalls but I've heard early versions of the bag would allow roots through and they would continue to grow, stretching the bag, making removal impossible. I'm also wondering if you used more bag grown plants (a couple hundred a year vs. a couple) do you think it would be possible to find a more efficient system for removing the bags. The reason I ask, I own some land which I plan to line out stock on. I'm seriously considering using the system for the reasons they mentio.n Long harvesting season which is huge considering we could leave plants in the ground until we need them and closer plant spacing because large equipment/ tree spade aren't needed for removal. I'm trying to figure out if the benefits of more plants per acre and harvesting out way the staking and bag removal. Bag grown plants are not at all common in the Northeast. The people I know who have purchased plants in grow bags all mention the difficulty in removing the bags. I watched the grow bag video last week. They show the bag with the roots coming through. They make 1 vertical cut, hold the bag in 1 hand and make a couple of small chops with a machete. It didn't look terribly difficult. What did you use to remove the bag? Thanks in advance for any comments
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