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MoleMcHenry
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Found more air root pruning pots
Found more air root pruning pots
I found some more root pruning pots at www.rootmaker.com . And better yet-they're really affordable!
They carry both plastic extruded pots (in round and square shapes) and fabric knit bags that prune plant roots.
I was browsing through their newsletters and there were a few items that stood out:
A letter from a grower who did an experiment between their fabric bags and a regular, non-pruning pot that some here would probably find interesting:
http://www.rootmaker.com/newsletters/spring01.pdf
An explanation of root pruning techniques:
http://www.rootmaker.com/newsletters/summer03.pdf
Personally, I am thinking about using either their 6" square plastic pots or their 5" diameter x 12" tall fabric grow bags for my sog. The more I think about it, the square pots sound god because they're stable and can doubtlessly stand on their own whereas the fabric pot may have stabiiity issues.
I hope you find this helpful!
Mole
Found more air root pruning pots
I found some more root pruning pots at www.rootmaker.com . And better yet-they're really affordable!
They carry both plastic extruded pots (in round and square shapes) and fabric knit bags that prune plant roots.
I was browsing through their newsletters and there were a few items that stood out:
A letter from a grower who did an experiment between their fabric bags and a regular, non-pruning pot that some here would probably find interesting:
http://www.rootmaker.com/newsletters/spring01.pdf
An explanation of root pruning techniques:
http://www.rootmaker.com/newsletters/summer03.pdf
Personally, I am thinking about using either their 6" square plastic pots or their 5" diameter x 12" tall fabric grow bags for my sog. The more I think about it, the square pots sound god because they're stable and can doubtlessly stand on their own whereas the fabric pot may have stabiiity issues.
I hope you find this helpful!
Mole
Suby said:
i hear that. i bet we could all put our collective heads together and curb the market. LOL! the design seems simple enough and if the diy starts happening those prices will sink quickly.
ph meter holster? ha! how about something that will actually sell? im game.
Alright so the the hamster and his wheel in my brain have been running overtime 
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I think I've come up with something, I have a 3gallon pail I have bored full of holes for a carbon scrobber and it occured to me I could simply add a long rectangle piece of mosquito screen to the inside and fill it with soil.
I think the design could work aside from the opening being non conical, I liked that aspect of the pots, they had tapered holes to bunch up the spinning roots.
I think the holes from this type of mesh would work well and it's plastic so mostly safe...I think.
Well it's the weekend so maybe I'll whip something up and see...
Suby
:I think I've come up with something, I have a 3gallon pail I have bored full of holes for a carbon scrobber and it occured to me I could simply add a long rectangle piece of mosquito screen to the inside and fill it with soil.
I think the design could work aside from the opening being non conical, I liked that aspect of the pots, they had tapered holes to bunch up the spinning roots.
I think the holes from this type of mesh would work well and it's plastic so mostly safe...I think.
Well it's the weekend so maybe I'll whip something up and see...
Suby
G
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Thats what I'm sayin Suby - I have fucktons of MaxiPots - 3gal, 9.64 x 9.64 across the top, 6.64 x 6.64 across the bottom and like 11" tall. If I could make these bitches work by drilling a shitton of little holes in them I would. But the idea of sitting for hours and hours drilling little holes in my $4 pots bothers me a little.
Anyone have any idea how to drill about 50 holes, spaced evenly apart - really fast?
Anyone have any idea how to drill about 50 holes, spaced evenly apart - really fast?
Ok...how about a hole saw of a tapered hole saw and don`t be fussy with the evenly spaced, I had to print a grid pattern to scale of a vector plottor which I taped to the bucket before drilling....
If you have Illustrator or CAD and a pen plotter then go nuts lol.
Suby
If you have Illustrator or CAD and a pen plotter then go nuts lol.
Suby
Texas Kid
Member
Why not just go direct to the guys that make them?? they are in Oklahoma and ship out with the quickness
www.smartpots.com
You can buy onesy twosy no problems
I have a pile of the 2 gallon and 3 gallon ones here, they are pretty neat and work awesome. They make them from 1 gallon to 65 gallons so you can get one for even your biggest 65 gallon blueberry plant...
There are some very detailed grows and side by sides on other sites not sure why none here.
Tex
www.smartpots.com
You can buy onesy twosy no problems
I have a pile of the 2 gallon and 3 gallon ones here, they are pretty neat and work awesome. They make them from 1 gallon to 65 gallons so you can get one for even your biggest 65 gallon blueberry plant...
There are some very detailed grows and side by sides on other sites not sure why none here.
Tex
Suby i love your hamster wheel!!! :
I've been through a lot of gimmicky containers over the years, of that i am certain...
However, i think these smartpots give results far superior to other containers, and if
Texas Kid is using them, that's all the recommendation i need....
What i'm wondering is, how would multiple plants fare in a larger smartpot? Would that be a good idea?
More research should go into container designs imho.....the roots need some lovin' too!!!!
kind regards from guineapig
:I've been through a lot of gimmicky containers over the years, of that i am certain...
However, i think these smartpots give results far superior to other containers, and if
Texas Kid is using them, that's all the recommendation i need....
What i'm wondering is, how would multiple plants fare in a larger smartpot? Would that be a good idea?
More research should go into container designs imho.....the roots need some lovin' too!!!!
kind regards from guineapig
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Guineapigguineapig said:
We do multiple plants with kitchen herbs out on the deck along with the smaller sized salad tomatoes, etc. with great success. We use the 25 gallon size pots for these plants.
I did one last summer with multiple strawberry plants (varieies) by cutting the side wall of the pot with a sharp razor knife so that I had plants growing from the sides as well as the top which was covered. We used a 30 gallon pot for the strawberry plants.
Nice thing about using these pots for specific plants is that you can dial in the soil PH as well as the type of amendments that you might consider using.
HTH
CC
I'm transplanting 1 out of 4 A5 x Thai into this pot within the next 3 weeks.
The remaining three will go into similar pots without holes from the lowest level of 4 holes per side and up.
They're growing from seed so the "test" is not super tight
The OT Haze x SWT# is doing mighty fine in the DIY ~4 liter cloth pot.
62 days from seed, 12/12 from seed, 2x55W fluoro tubes
The remaining three will go into similar pots without holes from the lowest level of 4 holes per side and up.
They're growing from seed so the "test" is not super tight
The OT Haze x SWT# is doing mighty fine in the DIY ~4 liter cloth pot.
62 days from seed, 12/12 from seed, 2x55W fluoro tubes
Texas Kid
Member
Of course we are in all Coco and not soil but the function is the same...
They work great on flood drain tables, work badass in Ebb&Grow bucket setups as put liners to keep everything clean and pumps from cloggin up.
The 2's and 3's work great on the tables
You can also wash them and reuse and they are pretty durable.
Tex
They work great on flood drain tables, work badass in Ebb&Grow bucket setups as put liners to keep everything clean and pumps from cloggin up.
The 2's and 3's work great on the tables
You can also wash them and reuse and they are pretty durable.
Tex
LETS BE CRYSTAL CLEAR!!!
I am talking about AIR POTS, the extruded platic with the pins type.
The Smart Pots seem like an excellent buy and widely available.
Big UPS to jrw for your DIY idea going strong.
Welcome to TK amd the guineapig to our forums, it has been awhile since we have had the pleasure
I'm all over this container full of holes with the netting thing, tommorpw fur shure ...
S
I am talking about AIR POTS, the extruded platic with the pins type.
The Smart Pots seem like an excellent buy and widely available.
Big UPS to jrw for your DIY idea going strong.
Welcome to TK amd the guineapig to our forums, it has been awhile since we have had the pleasure
I'm all over this container full of holes with the netting thing, tommorpw fur shure ...
S
