Found a great way to have a mobile garden. Easy to move plants for sun exposure.

Works great

I'll start by saying I'm starting my 4th year using these fabric bags. Although I keep adding to my collection, the ones I started with are still in good shape in spite of being exposed to the elements year round. I live in S. Carolina, so this doesn't include snow, but does include direct sunlight, wind, and rain. These bags are strong and durable. I have both ornamentals and edibles growing in them. Each year I start with new bags for disease-prone annuals, things like tomatoes and cucumbers, but move other plants into the used bags. You won't find any kind of growing container that gives you more use per dollar spent.

I'm in my 70's and confine my gardening to my deck. It's not the sunniest spot, but I still manage to produce enough tomatoes and cucumbers to keep my hubby and me happy. Yes... I do get get "moss" or Algae on the outsides of the bags, especially those in deeper shade, but I haven't found this a detriment to anything I've tried to grow so far, and personally think it adds to the natural look of the garden... like mossy rocks and trees along a stream. I should note that there's also stuff that appears on the plastic rail-pots in use and I have to clean them every Spring. I'm a lazy gardener, so haven't tried to wash or clean the bags.

An interesting "perk" ... for me, at least... is that air-born seeds become attached to the sides of the bags and actually germinate, producing baby plants on the side of the bags. Some are weeds, of course, and easily removed, but I've left a few ferns and sorrel growing, producing a cascading effect similar to those "pocket" planters and "Strawberry jars". Visitors to my garden always comment with delight when they catch sight of these growing on the sides of the bags.

For those of you concerned with moisture-retention: I've found that the smaller sizes dry out in our climate much faster than the larger ones. My personal preference is for the 10-gal size, especially for tomatoes and cucumbers. I've placed all my "bags" on rolling saucers, which makes them quite easy to move as I have to chase the sun around the deck as the season progresses.

Four years ago, when I started my adventure with container-gardening, I turned to the grow-bags because it was the affordable way to get started. My thinking then was that I could add more permanent containers along the way. But after adding just a couple, I stopped wasting my money on anything else. I love the grow-bags, and find they actually support healthier, more productive plants. My entire garden is now thriving in these bags, except for the rail pots and hanging baskets. I'm waiting for the manufacturers to start producing fabric versions of those! I'm picturing something like a saddle bag supported by a wire frame to drape over the porch rail. LOL I've already fashioned a couple of my own basket liners from 10-gal bags, (to replace those coir liners than only last one season) but of course, a liner made specifically for that purpose would be nicer!

Works as expected

At first I wasn't sold on these, but we needed something to use outside for tomatoes, pumpkin, and watermelons, so I got these. Filling with good soil, these are fantastic! The plants are thriving, and with these being fabric, over-watering is much harder to do. These also work great for plans that like a well-drained soli, like the tomatoes.
Even filled with dirt (two or three cubic feet), they are not so heave that they cannot be moved. They have held up well, and have proven to be a great addition to our garden.