Thanks for the tip. I wasn't really wanting any extra coddling from new pots. If the growth is far superior to nursery pots, then I guess it's an even trade off. I used to line the bottom 1" of my pots with rocks, but after 3 runs it got old trying to dig out all the rocks from the root ball. I have some small mesh Chicken wire I can line the drip tray with, but imo might be difficult to vac the overflow of liquid.
I layer with hydroton at bottom, or used to. Small cloth pots beat large ones, beat plastic by light years, beat the plastic rolled ones with holes all over sides (they dont breathe, and bugs go straight to holes into soil).
Grey ones beat black or white ones, too. White ones have thick outer layer that restricts breathing. The best ones are charcoal colored, uniform material, and 1 gallon seriously outgrows all others.
With coco you cannot overwater them, just dont let em sit in puddles long. Any cheap small plastic thing so they don't sit in water long. These pots are fantastic for bottom feeding though, so small ponding beneath not a problem IME.
Just my observations. These crush everything Ive tried. Had a 5' Ewok in corner with least light or air in garden, started smaller, blew the fck UP.
Im convinced. And you can do shit tons of quick multi feeds daily with a short cycle timer easy... forces way stronger flower growth. Try one side by side... dude on Instagram has 4 pounders in tiny cloth pots like these, dtw onto his bare floor. Its crazy.
