Originally Posted by herbalizor
But from my experience and others I know. The Airpots are a once only event
That's actually kinda what I've heard too.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, I'm just the messenger here, but that's just not right. Airpots are reusable. Even w/o knowing anything about them one could reasonably assume that there would be no market for them if they were a one shot deal- not at their price. Are you sure we're talking about the same product?
100?!
Not to be a dick dude, I mean in a certain absolute sense that plant certainly looks nice - but a plain hydrobucket will put out a plant that size in 30 or 40 days easy-peasy.
No prob and I don't feel put down by the comment but I do feel you skirted around the point of my post-> With hundreds of available holes to anchor wire hooks into, LSTing is a quick, easy and very precise process. Of course, that isn't why we use airpots but it's an extra little perk that I thought worth mentioning.
I don't know if I could achieve the same structure in 30-40 days or how easy-peasy it would be, but if speed and size were a primary concern I'd grow in an oxygen rich, H20 substrate, juice my plants w/ synthetics and hit em' up w/ some PGR's, but that's not my thing.
Do you grow organically or work w/ soil web principles?
Have the plants you're talking about been topped, lollipopped, LSTd and judiciously pruned @30-40 das?
How many total cuts have you taken from yours @ 30 or 40 days? How many from the growth tips up top?
The 12 gal is an experiment. I'm interested in seeing what the rhizosphere looks like w/ an older plant that, in this case, was a mother that came out of a 5 gal square. The airpot is probably more useful in our endeavor in the smaller sizes and w/ 3-4 graduated transplants depending upon strain and program.