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First time I'm using air pots. I always empty...
Jezbongstarted grow question 3y ago
First time I'm using air pots. I always empty the trays with runoff water (if there is any) and I noticed the roots on the bottom side.
They seem rather long? I was under the assumption they would be 'air pruned'?
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GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 3y ago
I don’t grow in airpots myself but I understand how they work. If the long roots are only on the underside of the pot, that's fine... they just haven't been exposed to the air and therefore haven't been "pruned" ... none of them, however, should be seen growing wider than the diameter of the pot ... in other words, I'm sure you're not seeing them creep out from under the pot when it's sitting on the tray. They're actually getting pruned when they TRY to grow wider than the pot - you just don't notice it!
(And btw DutchDoobie, when your profile says you’ve got 4 diaries and one is mushrooms, one is a building project, one is a one-week harvest “report” and the other one show plants growing in ordinary plastic pots, you really shouldn’t be lying to this grower… just tell them you know how the airpots work and explain it!)
Good luck with the grow Jezbong,… looks great so far!
DutchDoobieanswered grow question 3y ago
Yes m0use so the airpot manufactory did work a lot of years to create the perfect growing pot for soil... But a grower on growdiaries has the solution to make this pot better with some foil... Just believe what you want but I hope that you understand that they created everything about this pot with a reason. Your roots look great and your plant will become big and strong. Don't overthink growing, a plant only needs oxygen, moist and some nutrients and she will do the rest of the work 😋
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DutchDoobieanswered grow question 3y ago
Grannie is stuck in her menopause... anyways after that she copied my answer so as long as Jezbong get the answer that this is totally normal we did what we had to do. And Granny to answer you I do only use airpots when I use soil for coco or hydro I use other pots and mediums.
Happy Growing everyone 😋
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DutchDoobieanswered grow question 3y ago
High Jezbong,
I always use airpots and the bottom will always have roots sticking out of the bottom tray. The bottom is (direct) light free, wind free and moist. For that reason the roots can grow under the pot. You will not see that on the holes in the sides because there is light, wind and not enough moist. The airpots are a beautiful invention and I will never use other pots again!
Happy Growing! 😋
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