Indoor air pots

[namvet]

I purchased one of those air pots and i'm going to compare it to my regular pots on my next grow .The guy at the store said he had good comments on them saying people who tryed them had stonger plants and better yields.Anyone that have used them I would appreciate your feedback.

 

[Dopey Jim]

not tried them yet but several on here have, general consensus seems to be to watch the watering because the holes means the water might leak out before thoroughly wetting the root ball.
How about starting a grow diary specifically using these pots and lets us know how you get on?

 

[KindredSpirit]

Hey hey bro. You made the right choice!!!! The airpots are effing amazing. I'm currently growing some plants out in some 0.3 gal and 1.5 gal Superoots Air-Pots that I got from Rogue Hydro. The difference between these and every other pot I've used is night and day. I'll be starting up a new grow log this week with the 0.3 gal ones. I have a handful of auto strains that I'm going to grow from start to finish in them to see how they do. :smokebuds:

 

[MrN]

Hey hey bro. You made the right choice!!!! The airpots are effing amazing. I'm currently growing some plants out in some 0.3 gal and 1.5 gal Superoots Air-Pots that I got from Rogue Hydro. The difference between these and every other pot I've used is night and day. I'll be starting up a new grow log this week with the 0.3 gal ones. I have a handful of auto strains that I'm going to grow from start to finish in them to see how they do. :smokebuds:

that's the same place i got mine...i bought 10 4.6gal ones...thinking bout gettin 5 more...they have the best prices i think and 3 day shipping was like 12 bucks.:thumbs:....:smokebuds:

 

[KindredSpirit]

Also like Jim said, some patience is needed when watering so as not wash the soil out of the holes, or have the water run out without penetrating the soil and rootball. When I'm watering mine, I set them all out and move from pot to pot in some type of pattern, giving each one just a couple of seconds of water and letting that soak down before going around again. I've found it also seems to help if you start your watering in the center of the pot and slowly move outward towards the edges with each pass of the watering jug. But it's really no biggy at all as long as you settle your soil properly in them. Which size pots did you get, btw?

 

[KindredSpirit]

Awesome Mr. NS, Rogue Hydro is great and they do indeed have the best prices that I've found online. They're on their A-game, for sure. Plus, their staff has been awesome in helping to answer any questions I've had with these and other products.

 

[Noods]

Air Pots are cool namvet. Takes just a few waterings to get your system down to how it works best for you.

How Kindred does it sounds pretty effective and logical. I start with just getting the top layer of soil wet, letting that sink in and then repeating a few times. Then I keep going, making star paterns and whirly-whirls and things with my patented 750ml Plastic Ketchup Bottle / 1/8 inch Hose High Tech Weed Watering Contraption till it's empty then let that settle and go again.
Some will inevitably run out of the holes, so that's why I have the pot in a bucket, collecting what runs out and added back to the top. (Thanks Red for that idea!)
I do it just like that and after adding the "rest" from the bucket once, I'm done and there's no more run-off.

This works good if you only have one or a few plants, but would probably be a pain in the butt if you have more.

:smokebuds:

 

[ripster]

KS, do the superroots air pots have a solid bottom? If not, what you do for checking run off water? I suppose you could put a catch tray underneath it huh?

I've been thinking about getting some of these myself....Would a 3 gallon pot grow a photo plant without having to transplant? What I'm wanting to do is run large plants in those pots. With the hopes that the air pruning will allow me to grow large plants in smaller pots...Saves me room in the garden...

 

[Cave Dirt Cody]

I have been using them for a while. I'm done with them. To much time to water and two much mess. I guess it would be ok if you only used a half dozen or so. no way would I want to water 30 air pots. I can't check ph run off. So much fountain water my ph is always the same out the bottle and in the catch. I bought a hundred 3 gallon grow bags for 15.00.

 

[KindredSpirit]

Hey ripster. Here's a pic of the 3.4 gallon pot.

The bottom is hard plastic. I have a handful of rubbermaid bins and lunch trays laying around that I place under the pots when watering. I pour runoff into a cup to check pH.

I would think using that size Air-pot would probably be about the equivalent of growing in a 5 gallon bucket. Your line of thinking is the same as mine with the 0.3 gallons. I would think that the 3.4 gallon would allow for some pretty decent size photo plants. The two plants I currently have growing in the 1.5 gallon Air-pots are almost twice size as the ones I grew in 3 gallon pots, and they each have about a month and a half to go. I'm blown away by them. Can't wait to do a bunch of starts for the veggie garden in them!