Hard Pots made for Air Pruning

[unregistered190]

Hi everyone , I have always used fabric pots....mostly the name brand "smart pots" with no complaints other than they are a pain to wash and reuse for me. Really not a fan of throwing them in the washer.

Someone had a link to some really nice looking hard plastic pots made specifically for air pruning and I didn't write it down.

Anyone have some opinions bad or good on some of the containers out there? Rootmaker is one I ran across.

Thanks in advance!

 

[nameless]

i ran rootmakers forever. still have them all after 5 years. they are excellent imo.

 

[MrBungle]

air pots

 

[Catatafish]

botanicare hercules or the gro pro (same manufacturer)

http://growershouse.com/hercules-gro-pro-root-master-pots

They are nice and hard. I use them myself.

 

[FunkBomb]

Superoots air pots work very well.

-Funk

 

[BCNeil]

I have used both airpots and hercules pots. Both work well....each have pros and cons.

As a coco grower that uses 2 gallon.....found fabric pots were basically throw away after each use.

 

[Catatafish]

i found the 7.5L hercules fit right in the outer buckets for ebb&flow systems or at least the multiflow ones anyways.

I think i use the 1/2Gal and the 7.5L. Pulled an average of 12 out of the 7.5L in coco last round.

 

[Jhhnn]

I have used both airpots and hercules pots. Both work well....each have pros and cons.

As a coco grower that uses 2 gallon.....found fabric pots were basically throw away after each use.

Airpots are stout & reuseable nearly forever. They're excellent in the size w/ the orange bottom for seedlings. Up-potting from them is a breeze in soil. Take out the plastic screw & unwrap the pot. This was a male, ~15" tall-

https://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=52773&pictureid=1721886

They're also hard to find locally & ridiculously expensive unless you can snag a deal like I did at Acme Hydroponics in Longmont.

I flower in 5 gal fabric root pouches, never wash 'em- just refill.

 

[MrBungle]

I've been reusing 2 gal smarties for the better part of a decade.... they still work fine