Well 420 nation here we are at the end of the test grow!
The big Widow that kicked off this journal has been chopped and dried and is now in a 1 gallon curing jar.
She had some issues towards the end with her roots drying out way to fast by not holding any water in the container.
Even though she grew as big as she did in the 5.2 Air Pot I think maybe she would have done better being transplanted to a 7-10 gallon pot for a more insulated root zone.
In the end she yielded just over 2oz of solid cola bud and close to a 1/4lb of trim and small nugs that went to the freezer for hash later on.
So far the smoke report is ruthless nose burning pungency on the inhale and rocketing euphoria on the exhale. It tastes like a skunk on fire.
As for the Air Pot's I will indeed keep using the 1 liter pots for veg and transplant to solid ribbed 5 and 7 gallon nursery pots for bloom during the warm season. This combo is proving to be an outstading choice!
I'll revisit using the 3.4 Air Pots for bloom during the cool months.
Once a rootball completly fills out any size pot it is very hard to keep moist. ****** once mentioned submerging the pots to water the plant and I'm thinking that may be the way to go but it could be a very tedious job.
The old school wick method of watering could possibly be used as well.
Here's some pics of the big widow. Alot of my shots came out real blurry but I managed to sift out a couple decent ones.
Colas from the big widow
This ofcourse is her massive rootball. It was formed in a solid block when it was in the pot. It took several rinses to get most of the dirt out of there but we can see that some crazy growth went down here! The pic is cropped heavy but the whole mass is about 30 inches long.
Several of the roots are super fat. I'm guessing those roots designated themselves as tap roots.
I'm drying out the trunk to widdle it down and drill it into a pipe and a bowl for my bong. Talk about getting some bang for your buck! To be able to smoke her buds thru a pipe made from her stem imo will be very special. Kinda Native American like or something.
Whenever I harvest a plant like this that I've grown attached to it's always sad to not see her in my garden any longer. But those emotions are quickly subsided because of cloning.
This is her daughter! Like mama she wants to be a monster too! She was vegged in the air pots and then transplanted to a 7 gallon pot to grow outdoors under the Sun.
In this pic she is only 4 weeks removed from the R2D2 clone machine. She really likes hangin' out next to the pool.
This about does it for my test grow and review of The Superoots Air Pots. I rocked multiple sizes and saw extrordinary results from each of them. Even though it's hard to keep them moist when a plant is fully mature and the enviroment is warm I will continue to use them and recomend them. Especially for veg in any climate at any time of year.
If any grower wants to add their experience with these pots here I highly encourage it. Negative or positive the more opinions posted will help other growers decide if the product is right for them. Pics are always welcomed!
Happy Growing 420!
-OB
Bob!
Nice Widow harvest.....looks tasty
