Jah,
how do you deal with da holes up top when watering? Seems like they could be caulked over.
Suunny,
why you liking da airpots more? Confused on dat post it says it's your first run wit
Smart Pots but that ya ran em last grow?
Rootball pics please!
What I meant was that I used a
smart pot last time. Just didnt feel "sturdy" if you know what I mean. Not sure if it was just me, but everytime I picked it up the soil move around.....seemed like it created cavities and spaces in the soil. I'm not sure how good that was for the soil. What I do know is that if I ever run em again I would try to use as little perlite as possible. With the air pots you can just toss em around like a regular pot...kinda since you'll lose a little soil on the bottom every time you move em. Not a lot mind you, but you'll want to sweep up every now and again.
As for the watering, I had to water both pots slowly, especially since I like the idea of letting my containers get pretty dry between waterings. The first couple ounces of water will run out the sides of both pots from my experience if you don't.
You probably will have to water the airport more often since the air actually hits the soil in the air pots much more than the
smart pots. I would think this to be an advantage...more air and oxygen to the roots.
As for how good the plants respond...I love the air pots. The roots growth is ridiculous. The ones in my photos are 3.4 gallons. I was thinking that I might get away with half of that, but the torts kept coming. And oh...that's another thing I like about the air pots. Your able to monitor the root growth by seeing how much or if any roots are poking out the bottom.
