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I just tossed a few mothers I've had going in Solo cups for at least two years, without root pruning, and they never had any problems; in fact, it would seem the benefits of root pruning, whether manual or via pot material/design, are easily explained by transport time and efficiency; that is, ten 1ft roots will be faster and more efficient than one 10ft root.
The only real difference I saw was in girth at the base of the stem, but the more lines a transportation hub serves, the larger it needs to be, and using larger non-pruning pots did not appear to ameliorate this distinction; in fact, the root girth achieved in those Solo cups was on par with that achieved in larger pots, and even beds.
There are, of course, any number of other reasons to choose one pot over another, things I did not control for, things like how often they need watering, how strong your solution needs to be relative to evaporative desiccation, and even simple stability; but, I've come to believe that root-binding is probably no different from everything being a "calmag deficiency" on the Interbutt.
NOTE: This is not a scientific study, just an anecdote, albeit one with a bit of weight, IMO.
The only real difference I saw was in girth at the base of the stem, but the more lines a transportation hub serves, the larger it needs to be, and using larger non-pruning pots did not appear to ameliorate this distinction; in fact, the root girth achieved in those Solo cups was on par with that achieved in larger pots, and even beds.
There are, of course, any number of other reasons to choose one pot over another, things I did not control for, things like how often they need watering, how strong your solution needs to be relative to evaporative desiccation, and even simple stability; but, I've come to believe that root-binding is probably no different from everything being a "calmag deficiency" on the Interbutt.
NOTE: This is not a scientific study, just an anecdote, albeit one with a bit of weight, IMO.