DIY DIY Airpot Tutorial

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nice! great minds think alike... u suggest I do the whole way up the bucket I got?

I would do holes all the way to the top, stopping around 4 inches from the rim. you'll get less side hole run off leaving a few inches for the water to sink into the medium.

 

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I would do holes all the way to the top, stopping around 4 inches from the rim. you'll get less side hole run off leaving a few inches for the water to sink into the medium.

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guess ill have to punch some more holes

 

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To me it looks like a regular bucket aerated with some holes, nothing looking or functioning like a real Air-Pot[emoji2400]. The purpose of airpots is to guide the roots to air exposure, with inward-curving surfaces (the most important part) focusing/directing roots to the adjacent outer protruding holes. But you're bucket surface area is like 90+% flat, doing nothing to direct roots to the holes. If simple outward-protruding holes worked like an Air-pot, we'd all know that and be using them rather than paying for expensive real Air-pots.

What you might do, to get the functionality of an Air-Pot, is have holes like you have alternating with an inward protrusion you probably form by heating up the plastic and pushing it inward while hot and pliable. Just take a look at a real airpot.

Otherwise, Air-pots work well, are very cost-effective (cheap in context of many other growing expenses) and would likely more than pay for themselves the first time used.

Have you tried them side by side? Air pruning is nothing new or mysterious. In horticulture classes back in the 80s we used to cut off the bottom of seedling trays to air prune the tap root, or drill out pots to air prune the side roots. Worked great.

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Have you tried them side by side? Air pruning is nothing new or mysterious. In horticulture classes back in the 80s we used to cut off the bottom of seedling trays to air prune the tap root, or drill out pots to air prune the side roots. Worked great.

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No, I have never compared Air-Pot vs. containers with drilled holes, but I use both. I normally have going Air-Pots plus a rectangle plastic waste basket or 2 with holes drilled jammed to a side or in a corner (all in 3 gallon range). For me, plants grow much the same no matter the container.

There surely must be good reasons why Air-Pots, which cost more, are so popular. If you look, you should be able to find lots of Air-Pot reviews and side-by-side grows.