Bro you should try sitting them in stays and bubbling some feed in it. He'll it may work.... Imagine getting an absolute beast from it.
And you know whats funny about this...? I already had that idea going round in my head before this happened !! I've got a couple ideas that I will try. Will open a thread soon.
And btw what's does stocking do? Catch all the shit?
Well, I copied it because it helps in watering. Coco is actually better than soil in airpot when watering, because you have to water slower. But in soil, you need to flood a bit for it to drench down evenly. The problems of doing that in airpots is that all too often the water find a nice clear path to a hole and just squirts out making a bloody mess of things. And soils shoots out as well, making the clear path even clearer with each watering. The stocking prevent the soil from shooting out and build a barrier. Water will also not squirt out, but trickle. Very neat trick.
ALSO, I've always had whitflies... thank goodness they've never been gnats! The holes in the pots are perfect nesting/reproductive sites. It creates a barrier, so no fly can fly out, nor flies can fly in. But air certainly does.. woo-hoo!
Looks like the stocking has given the roots something to grow on to instead of air pruning them.
Actually, no! that is whats so cool about it. They're coming out the bottom, not the sides. The stockings/tights/panties whatever... are not cotton, so do NOT absorb water (capillary action upwards). The tights go over the entire airpot, so not in contact with the bottom mesh of the airpot, they sit are below the level of run-off water. If you see the other pictures, you'll notice the roots come out from the entire bottom mesh of the airpots, not the exterior holes at all. It seems to me the tights are creating a super cool humidity dome promoting DWC style root growth.
But if it continues, I'm scared of root rot! Lets see how it plays out... Damn, I also have to start monitoring run-off :joint: Substitute run-off with proper feed...
