The Gro Pro Essential Round Fabric Pot in black is a round grow bag built from high quality, non woven breathable fabric that you fill with your own soil, coco or soilless mix. This listing is the maker’s 10 Gal size, which the brochure’s own spec table rates at 13.4 gallons of actual media volume. It is the plain-sided version of the Essential bag: this item has no handles, which is what separates it from the otherwise identical handled bag the maker sells alongside it. It suits a grower who wants a cheap, breathable container for a season and does not need to carry the bag once it is full.
What it is
Gro Pro is the container line of the Hawthorne Gardening Company, and the Essential range is its entry-level fabric bag. In the brand’s own brochure this exact bag is item 725330, listed as “Gro Pro Essential Round Fabric Pot-Black / 10 Gal” — the same number the supplier catalogue carries as HGC725330. The maker states the fabric lets roots branch at the fabric wall instead of circling, promoting strong lateral root development and plant growth, and that the bags are Made in Vietnam.
Specifications
| Maker item number | 725330 |
|---|---|
| Nominal size | 10 Gal |
| Actual volume, gallons | 13.4 |
| Actual volume, cubic feet | 1.8 |
| Dimensions, diameter × height (in) | 18 x 12.2 |
| Fabric weight | 220 gram weight material (carrying-retailer figure for the Essential line) |
| Material | high quality, non woven breathable fabric |
| Shape / handles | Round, plain-sided; no handles on this item — the maker’s handled version is a separate item, 725332 |
| Colour | Black |
| Country of origin | Made in Vietnam |
| Case pack (catalogue code) | 60/CS — a distributor pack code from the catalogue title, not a maker spec |
Rows the maker does not publish for this item — UPC, empty weight, packed size, seam construction, service life — are held rather than filled in; see the honest-fit section.
Why choose it
- Drainage and aeration are the point. The maker’s claim for the Essential bag is that breathable fabric provides excellent drainage and aeration.
- Roots branch instead of circling. The same panel credits the fabric with eliminating circling and misguided roots and promoting strong lateral root development.
- An economy fabric, not a premium one. Carrying retailers describe the Essential line as made from 220 gram weight material, which is the lighter of the two Gro Pro fabric grades.
Recommended uses
- Container crops through a warm season. The maker states the fabric keeps substrate warmer during cold temperatures and reduces substrate temperatures during high temperatures, which is why fabric is often reached for in hot outdoor sites.
- Beds of bags that stay put. Because there are no handles, this item suits a spot where a bag is placed once and grown out, rather than moved in and out of a space.
What it fits
Sizing here is set by the maker’s own spec table rather than by the nominal gallon label.
- Media volume to buy: the brochure rates this bag at 1.8 cubic feet, so buy media by cubic foot, not by the bag’s gallon name.
- Footprint and saucer sizing: the published dimensions are 18 x 12.2 inches, diameter by height, so plan bench spacing and any tray or saucer around that diameter.
- Watering method: a fabric-sided bag drains through its walls, so it is fed by hand or by drip and sat on a tray or on ground that can take the run-off — it is not a net pot for a flood-and-drain or deep-water-culture system.
How to use it
Gro Pro publishes very little in the way of directions for its fabric bags. What follows is only what the maker and a university extension service actually state; nothing is inferred from other sizes, other Gro Pro lines, or general practice.
- Filling: for its 10 gallon Essential grow bag the maker’s package panel states that one bag of soil, 1.5 CU. FT., fills about one grow bag. That panel is printed for the 10 gallon Essential bag; it is reproduced here as the maker’s own filling guidance and not extended to any other size.
- Why the bag is left alone once planted: University of Maryland Extension states that fabric bags help control root growth by air pruning small roots that begin to grow through the bag, whereas plants grown in other types of containers need to be removed and root-pruned if roots are circling the container. The bag does the pruning as the crop grows.
Held: the maker publishes no washing, re-use, storage, over-wintering or end-of-life guidance for this bag that could be found this session, and none is invented here.
How it compares with the handled version
This is the comparison that matters most, because the store also lists the handled bag in the same size and colour. The maker’s brochure is the source for both lines.
| Factor | This item (no handles) | Essential Round Fabric Pot w/Handles |
|---|---|---|
| Maker item number | 725330 | 725332 |
| Handles | None | Handles for easy lifting |
| Actual volume | 13.4 gallons | The brochure prints the same figure for the handled 10 Gal item |
| Sizes offered in the line | The brochure’s no-handle table runs from the smallest bag up to the largest commercial sizes | The handled table stops well short of those largest sizes |
Sizing a run of fabric bags? Add to cart, or talk to a grower about bag size, media volume and spacing.
Sources
- Gro Pro (Hawthorne Gardening Company) — Gro Pro brand brochure, hosted on the maker’s public document store (HTTP 200 via server-side fetch, retrieved 2026-07-19; PRIMARY source): Essential Grow Bag panel description and feature bullets; item table listing “725330 Gro Pro Essential Round Fabric Pot-Black / 10 Gal” with VOL (GAL) 13.4, CU. FT. 1.8 and DIMENSIONS 18 x 12.2; the separate w/Handles item table listing 725332 for the 10 Gal handled bag, with “HANDLES FOR EASY LIFTING”; the 10 gallon Essential Grow Bag package panel note that one bag of soil (1.5 CU. FT.) fills about one grow bag; “Made in Vietnam”: https://scotts-hawthorne-public-prod.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/PROD/brandsites/gro-pro/Gro-Pro_Brochure_2018-08-20.pdf
- Hawthorne Gardening Company — “Gro Pro Essential Round Fabric Pots – Black” product page: returned HTTP 403 to both the server-side fetch and an anonymous fetch on 2026-07-19, so it could not be used as a source and is flagged here per the live-source rule: https://www.hawthornegc.com/shop/product/gro-pro-essential-round-fabric-pots-black
- Hydrobuilder — Gro Pro Essential Round Fabric Pot, Black (HTTP 200, carrying retailer, retrieved 2026-07-19): reproduces the Gro Pro description and states that the Essential line of fabric pots is made from 220 gram weight material: https://hydrobuilder.com/products/gro-pro-essential-round-fabric-pot-black
- University of Maryland Extension — Growing Figs in Maryland (HTTP 200, retrieved 2026-07-19): fabric bags help control root growth by air pruning small roots that begin to grow through the bag, whereas plants in other container types must be removed and root-pruned if roots are circling: https://extension.umd.edu/resource/growing-figs-maryland
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