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Great thread as always OB , thanks for stoping into my little visitors page and for the kind words. I would +rep ya but I can't again for probably a month lol but I'll keep trying!
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Roger beep !! I'll be watching with interest !!Today's conditions outside are 70 degrees and 20% humidity. Conditions in the vegging chamber is 78 degrees and 38% humidity.
The average conditions in the vegging chamber is 80 degrees and 48% humidity. I have the air system dialed in with the entrie grow room having a constant fresh air exchange and temps maintained at 70-87 degrees and 30-60% humidity.
Stay tuned because this test will run thru the Summer!
Have any of you run a side by side from start to finish with these against regular pots?
I am going to buy 6 of the 2 gallon ones for my next grow and compare them side by side with my square 3 gallon pots! Thanks for telling me about these, I love a good experiment.
I completely agree that Air-Pots are the way to go.
My first grow, White Widow from seed, is finishing and although impressive, does not compare to what I'm seeing thus far in my second grow, White Rhino from seed and clones of the White Widow mother, to complete my legal room.
The first grow is in Smart Pots and organic soil that I mixed myself.
Since reading more, I realized that Fox Farm's Ocean Forest is the stuff. I am using that with the second grow. I have one White Rhino in a Smart Pot and another in an Air-Pot. I put Hydroton in the bottoms of the pots and filled with FF and perlite. A third surviving White Rhino is a mother.
The Air-Pot WR is absolutely amazing. It fights the Low Stress Training every step of the way. I feel like I'm wrestling a bear. The growth from the Air-Pot is probably 25% faster then in the Smart Pot. If I had a complaint from the Air-Pot, which I really don't, I'd say that LST is a bit more difficult with less soil surface on which to work. But the plant is so large now, it's easy to tie the growth tips to the sides of a milk crate, that I'm using as a Air-Pot holding chamber.
I wish I could find a local Air-Pot dealer, although the online site I bought mine from had awesome prices. Soon, Air-Pots will be the only container that I grow cannabis in. Definitely worth the investment.
I'll use the Smart Pots for over wintering tender oregano.
Thanks again OB for waking me up to these -
Have any of you run a side by side from start to finish with these against regular pots?
I am going to buy 6 of the 2 gallon ones for my next grow and compare them side by side with my square 3 gallon pots! Thanks for telling me about these, I love a good experiment.
those pics look crazy. the soil looks like a pineapple.lol. have you flowered any girls under these air pots? do u think they yield allot more then regular pots?
High Irishboy!,
The first three airpot plants are in flower now and have been in there for only three weeks. It's hard to tell what the end results will be compared to past harvests but i think the improvement will come in a more robust harvest on all levels. The plants look very healthy with uniform development from head to toe.
Honestly I'm anticipating the harvest from the big mama plant just as much I'm looking forward to rinsing off her rootball to see how it grew over these several months!
Hi OB Yep, good old Local Motion Cool!
Thanks for doing the Hydroton experiment. I almost did it myself. That's proof positive that AirPots do not need them. The soil really doesn't come out the bottom as one might think, it stays in just fine.
I usually put Hydroton in my regular pots for more oxygen. I fill the top of the pot. I started to do it with the AirPots. Then it hit me, AirPots don't need any extra oxygen . That's why they have that name. A sure dumb moment for me.
Keep up the good work OB!
Damn near forgot, I gave you a much deserved +rep!
Hi Orangeblood you have your hands full with all the threads you are working. I love the Air Pots and am looking into buying some. Thanks for all the work you put into the site members here make 420Mag the best on the Web.
The root growth is insane! I was shocked to see how those roots on the two Yumbolts were so prolific. They grow like they are on a mission. The buds on the WW are swelling daily at fast rate and they're already frosting up. Every night when I open the tent door is like Christmas morning and I'm 8 yrs old.Just last night, I transferred White Widow clones from three Air-Pots and four Smart Pots, into their vegging containers (16L Air-Pots and 5 gallon Smart Pots).
I noticed that the clones in the 3L Air-Pots had MUCH better root development then those in the 1 gallon Smart Pots. In fact, all of the Smart Pot clones had their surrounding dirt mass disintegrate during transfer, even though I was trying to be very careful, like root development had not yet progressed to the top layer of soil. The Air-Pot clones all had roots growing out the bottom. Not sure it matters, but it seems like it should.
I even had a clone in a Smart Pot that had only slight hairs for roots. The three Air-Pots clones had root development like in OBs photo.
Each time I see the growth in these Air-Pots, I am simply amazed.
Peace