New Grower Tall airpots
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Interesting concept...hmmm....I have considered a tall thin pot before...but not yet followed through with the experiment...I also considered a tri-pot....coir medium with 3 hempy pots at the bottom so the roots are in 3 base pots from a single upper pot, with each basepot fed with a distinct N-P-K fert....theory being the plant will take what it needs from each basepot....
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KindredSpirit
AFN New Growers Mod
Hey Mustard :smokebuds:
You can stack / layer two 0.8 gallon Air-Pots one on top of another and use just one 0.8 gallon bottom. Take one Air-Pot and lay it out flat - that will be your bottom section. Then take your other Air-Pot (this will be the upper section) and overlap the bottom two rows of holes on top of the top two rows of holes of the first Air-Pot you laid out. The bottom row of holes of your upper Air-Pot should be lined up with the uppermost row of open holes of your bottom Air-Pot. (Visualize that when it's upright, your upper pot should sit inside your bottom pot.) Then take some hemp twine or bailing wire and tie the pots together in a three spots - one in the middle and two close to either edge, but you need to leave the outermost holes open for your blue screws. Once your two pots are lashed together, take your 0.8 gallon bottom and wrap the combo around it like your normally would. The blue screws are long enough to go through all 4 layers of Air-Pot if you reach inside and help to guide it - take one blue screw and install it where you normally would on your bottom pot (through all 4 layers). Then take your second blue screw and install it where your normally would on your top pot. Voila. :smokebuds:
You can overlap more rows of holes if you need the total height to be shorter.
Hope I described that somewhat coherently - uber medicated and running on a few hours sleep these past few days. If that didn't make any sense (which it very well might not have), I can snap some pics tomorrow.
You can stack / layer two 0.8 gallon Air-Pots one on top of another and use just one 0.8 gallon bottom. Take one Air-Pot and lay it out flat - that will be your bottom section. Then take your other Air-Pot (this will be the upper section) and overlap the bottom two rows of holes on top of the top two rows of holes of the first Air-Pot you laid out. The bottom row of holes of your upper Air-Pot should be lined up with the uppermost row of open holes of your bottom Air-Pot. (Visualize that when it's upright, your upper pot should sit inside your bottom pot.) Then take some hemp twine or bailing wire and tie the pots together in a three spots - one in the middle and two close to either edge, but you need to leave the outermost holes open for your blue screws. Once your two pots are lashed together, take your 0.8 gallon bottom and wrap the combo around it like your normally would. The blue screws are long enough to go through all 4 layers of Air-Pot if you reach inside and help to guide it - take one blue screw and install it where you normally would on your bottom pot (through all 4 layers). Then take your second blue screw and install it where your normally would on your top pot. Voila. :smokebuds:
You can overlap more rows of holes if you need the total height to be shorter.
Hope I described that somewhat coherently - uber medicated and running on a few hours sleep these past few days. If that didn't make any sense (which it very well might not have), I can snap some pics tomorrow.
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Hey Kindred, good shit, you talk funny when we are both stoned.
I seen those blue knob jobs but my boot leg airpots come with zip ties.
Sounds like you tried this , is it worth the 5 minutes to make a tall airpot?
I seen those blue knob jobs but my boot leg airpots come with zip ties.
Sounds like you tried this , is it worth the 5 minutes to make a tall airpot?
That makes sense KS, but why not use the blew screw piece in the middle of the two pots where the bottom of the top pot connects to the top of the bottom pot (read that twice, lol).. then put one in the top of the top pot as you would a normal air-pot, is it not as sturdy?
My question with a pot like this is watering.. how would you be sure your plant is consistently evenly watered with such depth? Is it because air-pots tend to dry out evenly because of the aeration? (I'm only running 3 air pots right now, but they seem to dry out rather even).
This has a lot of potential, I could fit 14-18 of these 0.8 gallon pots in my 600W closet.. it's a pipe dream for me on my budget right now, as 28-36 airpots would be quite costly @ 3.50 each...
A little more than a year ago, I took two 2L soda bottles and cut the bottom 3 inches off of one and then stacked it inside another and taped it to give me a pot that was about 18 inches tall from the base up.. I had issues with consistently keeping an evenly watered plant and wound up just yanking it because I stunted it.. but the idea is still there, longer tap root + taller container = larger initial growth?
My question with a pot like this is watering.. how would you be sure your plant is consistently evenly watered with such depth? Is it because air-pots tend to dry out evenly because of the aeration? (I'm only running 3 air pots right now, but they seem to dry out rather even).
This has a lot of potential, I could fit 14-18 of these 0.8 gallon pots in my 600W closet.. it's a pipe dream for me on my budget right now, as 28-36 airpots would be quite costly @ 3.50 each...
A little more than a year ago, I took two 2L soda bottles and cut the bottom 3 inches off of one and then stacked it inside another and taped it to give me a pot that was about 18 inches tall from the base up.. I had issues with consistently keeping an evenly watered plant and wound up just yanking it because I stunted it.. but the idea is still there, longer tap root + taller container = larger initial growth?
KindredSpirit
AFN New Growers Mod
Hey Kindred, good shit, you talk funny when we are both stoned.
I seen those blue knob jobs but my boot leg airpots come with zip ties.
Sounds like you tried this , is it worth the 5 minutes to make a tall airpot?
We're speaking the same language then. Definitely worth the time with the 0.8 gallons. I did it with the 0.3 gallons thinking that it would be great to have the extra depth for my starts and that I could cram a lot more starts in a tight space with more soil volume, but the height / diameter ratio made it tough for me to keep the moisture level ideal for seedlings in my veg chamber. That could have been more due to environmental conditions, though, than the stacked pots. I didn't have time to experiment with it any more at the time, but I'm going to try starting seedlings again with the 0.3 gallons again over the summer. I'm also going to try them for transplanting rooted tomato clones this spring.
I think the 0.8 gallons would work really well and be a lot more forgiving. Zip ties should work just fine in place of the screws.
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KindredSpirit
AFN New Growers Mod
Hehehe that's what you do. I typed bottom the second time when I meant top - just edited it.
The first screw you install goes where you would normally put it on the bottom pot - the first open hole below the row of closed holes at the top - which as you said is where the bottom of the top pot connects to the top of the bottom pot. If you've overlapped correctly, that will go through 4 layers of Air-Pot. Then you install the second screw on top where you normally would. I decided to lash them together in addition to the screws to keep the joined section nice and tight all the way around. I found without the lashing, the overlapped rows didn't all seat the same amount.
I think with the 0.8 gallon size and up, you would water the stacked pair just like you would a single pot. It will take some experimentation for sure, but as long as you don't overwater and keep the roots expanding and searching for water, the water uptake should be fairly even I would think. You can always take bamboo skewers and carefully poke some deep aeration / watering holes.
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I was thinking of this not a week ago cause I prolly saw a post here sometime ago.I was looking at these 24" tall 10" wide planters I thought About trying one cause I think too the theory is sound...I may put a freebie Auto in there and see what happens this season.good reading fellas.Thanks!!
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