Benefits of using HEMWOO^™ PlantMeToo^™ Pots

These trees started life at the same time!! One wrapped in plastic! One wrapped with Hemwoo love 

The non-woven hemp/wool fabric used to make HEMWOO^™ pots allows the roots to be air pruned as they grow through the wall of the bag. Air pruning occurs when roots emerge through the fabric meeting the outside air causing them to die back to the edge of the bag fabric.

This in turn encourages the plant to produce new roots, which are air pruned when they emerge through the wall of the bag. The outcome of this ongoing process is a plant with a very dense fibrous root system.

In contrast the roots of a plant grown in a plastic pot or planter bag do not air prune when they hit the inside wall of the pot. They keep growing around the inside wall of the pot causing root girdling, if the girdled roots are not removed before planting this will result in plant death.

HEMWOO^™ pots are made from sustainably grown fibres. They are 100% biodegradable and compostable. This means the plant can be planted into the ground in the PlantMeToo^™ HEMWOO^™ pot. HEMWOO^™ pots replace plastic pots for plant growing. This, including the dense fibrous root system as mentioned above gives the plant a far superior start when planted in the ground compared to a plant with a weaker root system that has its pot removed and its roots manually pruned prior to planting.

HEMWOO^™pots, as they biodegrade, release nutrients into the soil assisting with healthy plant growth. The fibres we use naturally contain the following nutrients: nitrogen, sulphur, sodium, potassium, and magnesium.

Economic Benefits achieved
Our HEMWOO^™ Plant Me Too Pot results in a large reduction in the demand and use of plastic pots-bags, in turn, this reduces the use of synthetic raw materials which contribute to CO² emissions.

Our HEMWOO^™ Plant Me Too Pot eliminates the required plastic recycling process, the recycling process is costly, time consuming and has a large carbon footprint.

Sustainability Benefits
There are hundreds of billions of plants grown around the world each year, there will always be a demand for natural fibre planter pots & bags and geotextiles.

Wool and Hemp are both sustainable fibres, and as the planet moves away from plastics, their use will become important and prevalent in our future.