pull the net off peat pellets?

[Hundredproof]

do you guys leave the net or pull it off?
tried to search it but came up short. thanks guys.

 

[Guest]

It will fall apart without the netting..

 

[Hundredproof]

when i first tried them out i pulled the netting off one as a test (after it had rooted) and while it didnt fall appart, it did take the roots that had grown through it off as well. they all survived but id prefer to not mutilate the little ones.

havent had the chance to check out the harvested root ball yet but im guessing the net falls apart fairly quickly?

i read someone on here say to remove it before it entagles in the net but wanted some input, thanks for the quick response indica.

 

[hazy]

i think the roots grow right through.
have 25 sprouting now, i'll let you know when i plant into my cups. i will just drop them in. it'll work

 

[Guest]

Leave it on. Take it off.
It does not matter.

 

[blynx]

You could score the nets with a razor blade.

 

[Guest]

dude leave em on there your plants will grow fine with em...they are made to be left on there...

 

[Guest]

Ok think of it this way:

If the roots are too small to break the net they will just go through the gaps.
If the roots are too thick to just go through they will be able to break the net.
There is no reason to take it off.

 

[Dignan]

I'm not disagreeing, but I take mine off. It takes all of 1.5 seconds and removes any doubt in my mind that a root will have trouble reaching out into the soil, so I do it.

Many people don't and their results are excellent.

 

[LifeLess]

Ive been using peat pellets for a long time now. When I first started someone told me to pull the netting off after the rotts started to show. They said the netting would slow growth of the plant ( restrict the roots). I did that one time. For the last 5 or so years ive been leaving the netting on with great results. Plants show no signs of slow growth. Peace LL

 

[Guest]

hi


i never have done and its never been a problem

The roots go straight thru it in no time at all

 

[bbudd]

Leave it on-makes no difference to the growth

 

[Cakes]

For me, the right answer is to not use peat pellets unless I have to. Peat pellets work great except that the seedlings they grow are much smaller than the ones I can get by using bigger pots. So I only use the pellets when I do mass plantings.

I have never seen the roots break through the netting. The fact that they have not broken through doesn't really seem to affect the plant much but it is true nonetheless. If I use them again, perhaps I will take the advice of the above poster who recommended scoring the netting with a razorblade.

here is a pic from my crappy digi of a peat pellet root ball I dug up. the ball at the bottom of the stem is the intact peat pellet. All peat pellet rootballs I have dug up look this way, no matter the size of the plant. Some of the little roots have dried and broken off in this pic but never do any big roots ever protrude.

 

[thc43]

No problems atall rooting through a coco puck here, i got the best germ rate posssiable 100% in coco 24 hours later tap root was through the puck so i planted into coffee cups a week later are near full of roots.

 

[Guest]

yeah i really don't know what your growing bet even seedlings here poke there little taproot thru NO problem...although i do agree i don't like seed germ'n with them, only cloning...and the clones damn sure have NO problem putting roots thru the peat...

 

[Guest]

i leave it