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Hey OB nice thread I've been debating on the airpots well I'm sold!! Plants look great and root zones are incredible reps.to ya nice job!!!
I am harvesting my 1st grow - 4 x white widows in Smart Pots. Looks like maybe 3oz per plant. Who knew hands and fingers could get so fatigued, cutting little leaves??
I also recently transferred WW clones to a few Smart Pots and a few Air-Pots. The Air-Pot clones look AMAZING!! After this 2nd grow, I'll only use Air-Pots.
TOTALLY SOLD!! I look like a pro!
THANKS OB.
OB.. Thanks for the great thread.. You've inspired me to order a batch and try them out. Question.. When you move your ladies outdoors do you keep them in the air pot or transplant them into a raised bed/trench?
Thanks again for the detail in your thread..
R
Hey OB
Chopped a Lemon Skunk today. Wet was 442 grams. Unrolled the AirPot and there was plenty more room for allot more growth. I used the 3.7 gallon pots and they would have supported a much bigger plant!
With a 5.2 gallon pot you should have some big ass monsters.
That's awesome OMM!
We found another plus from using the air pots. On a few plants we only vegged them in air pots and then transplanted them into regular nursery pots for flower. The air pot veg plants still had the explosive growth rate as if they were still in air pots over their sisters that were grown in regular pots from day one.
This could be very beneficial in the Summer where the air pots may dry out too fast. Using a regular pot or bucket would prevent the rapid drying but the roots would still be spread out thru the pot from the air pot vegging.
So basically a grower can still get outstanding results even if they only use the Air Pots for vegging
That's very logical orangeblood My info plus yours makes it offical fact. The roots would still be dispersed when transplanted and that accounts for the great growth spurt. These things keep getting better and better. It would be really interesting to see the roots after the plants are chopped. I wonder what the final root pattern would look like in the regular pot?
I'm expecting my air pots any day now.. I'm curious why you think they would dry out too much during the summer.. (I'm expecting mine any day).. I realize your experience with them shows they need more water than traditional yet do you think this would become an issue in the summer outside? They are for nursery growers and they would have an issue I would think if they used too much water.. I was thinking of getting some of the 27" for an above ground grow but if water is an issue I might rethink.. Also how much bigger of a nursery pot did transplant to? From a 1 gal air pot to 5 gallon traditional? Do you think they will flower better in the traditional? Loving your thread..
R
Awesome OB.. Thanks for the info.. I love the hydro in soil manually.. lol...
So you thinking about a hybrid system.. veg in air pots/flower in traditional? Do you think transplanting to a 2 gallon air pot then placing the air pot in a 3-5 gallon traditional container (no soil in the traditional) would slow the evaporation/water use? So we would still get the benefit of the air pot in flower for continuing root development or do the roots really not grow enough in flower to make much of a difference..
Speaking of roots OB Here's my 3.7 gallon AirPots roots.
As you can see there is no real root ball. There was a whole lot of room left in the AirPot, so you can grow some big girls in even this size.
Hi OB Great new Avatar
The thing about those roots in the picture are that all those roots go outward to the sides and out the holes to be air pruned. Right under the soil at the top were six large roots that went to the sides also, they seemed to be the main roots. The tap root was small also and there were thousands of micro roots every where. The pot used only about 1/3 of the actual soil the rest wasn't even used. Hey, I'm learning about these pots too! I see possibilities for all sorts of grows.
I looked into buying the next size smaller a 2.6 gallon pot which would have been better for this grow. 3 of them are $29 dollars. So they are not expensive.
Great thread you have going here....getting out the word on the next generation of pots