Yeah, I worked for a guy that had one of his growers go awol. There’s this trailer with like 33 Mataro Blue teen clones all in 1gal pots with no one to look after them. So we’re movin to his place to put ‘em in his backyard, but they’re obviously rootbound and in way too small pots. He’s just a money guy and knows shit about growing, and he’s already lost a ton on this grower’s bullshit, so he’s in 100% how-do-i-recoup-costs mode and lookin’ for something as cheap and simple and fast as possible. So we go down to walmart and get 33 of those walmart fabric sacks, hit Canadian Tire for a couple bails of Promix HP and a bag of mushroom compost. We make a super cheap mix, throw them in bags and he’s a happy camper in a few hours for like a hundred bucks. Totally saved the day. I was staying with him for about a week, so I got to see them take off after transplanting and begin preflower. So I think it was a success, from an economical standpoint.
But a lot of those bags are full of toxins and are microbial and fungal resistant. So I look for really ratty used ones at the thrift store for $25 ea. I choose ones with thicker fabrics, the seams sewn on the outside and look for vertical height over width, and ones with square bottoms over round. I use them for outdoor growing, and the roots grow right through the bottom into the ground. Also, the grass grows right up through the pot, out of the top.