Plant container and sidewall providing improved management of irrigation and aeration

A container formed by bending and securing opposed edges of one or more sidewall panels together, wherein the sidewall comprises a substantially water-impermeable root-tip-trapping region and a porous air-root-pruning region adjacent the root-tip-trapping region.

A sidewall for a plant container, comprising:

• a water permeable, porous fabric layer and a water impermeable, root-impenetrable layer bonded to a portion of the outer face of the fabric layer.

A method of preparing a growth environment for a plant, comprising:

• disposing growth medium in a container having a water permeable, porous fabric sidewall;
• and
• stretch-wrapping the upper ½ to {fraction (9/10)} of the sidewall with a water conserving polymer film.

A method of growing a plant in a pot comprising the steps of:

• air-pruning roots of the plant in a lower sidewall portion of the pot;
• and
• trapping root tips of the plant in an upper sidewall portion of the pot.

A plant container, comprising:

• a water permeable, porous fabric layer;
• and
• a water impermeable polymer layer stretch-wrapped around a portion of the outer face of the fabric layer.