Airpots Club
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mantiszn
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short answer is NO
your root system would simply stay in the 3L pot
but the airpots can easily be opened for transplanting
see this vid for assembly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pafzxbfb30g
disassembly would be simply removing the screws fixtures
quick and simple
Airwave
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Of course you could but why would you want to?
allywado
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Vento
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Hi
Sorry but i have to disagree , I do that exact process and the roots FLY out of the holes in 3ltr pot and take up and spread thru the next pot .
It was a tip from one of the guys here that just seemed to make sense as it cut down on any transplant shock , I decided to look into it and found that it worked really well.
I'm not sure how doing it affected the end result ... But i pulled 8.4 Oz off a plant thats expected yield was 5 oz .
I root my clones then drop them in the 3ltr Airpots to veg for 6-8 weeks .... then i repot into big 15 ltr buckets when i put them into flower .
By the time i come to crop about 8 weeks later ... The 15 ltr bucket is full of roots ... But they are not struggling for room , Seems to work perfect
I guess if you are doing massive plants it might be worth the trouble, but in that case one should have planted into largest container before you had to worry about removing the pot for transplanting. Obviously the roots will be restricted if they first have to grow through the holes out the sides and deeper and then out. It would be way better to completely remove the pot while transplanting or transplant before it gets so bigHi
Sorry but i have to disagree , I do that exact process and the roots FLY out of the holes in 3ltr pot and take up and spread thru the next pot .
It was a tip from one of the guys here that just seemed to make sense as it cut down on any transplant shock , I decided to look into it and found that it worked really well.
I'm not sure how doing it affected the end result ... But i pulled 8.4 Oz off a plant thats expected yield was 5 oz .
I root my clones then drop them in the 3ltr Airpots to veg for 6-8 weeks .... then i repot into big 15 ltr buckets when i put them into flower .
By the time i come to crop about 8 weeks later ... The 15 ltr bucket is full of roots ... But they are not struggling for room , Seems to work perfect
mantiszn
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How do roots that have been pruned by air fly out of the holes?Hi
Sorry but i have to disagree , I do that exact process and the roots FLY out of the holes in 3ltr pot and take up and spread thru the next pot .
It was a tip from one of the guys here that just seemed to make sense as it cut down on any transplant shock , I decided to look into it and found that it worked really well.
I'm not sure how doing it affected the end result ... But i pulled 8.4 Oz off a plant thats expected yield was 5 oz .
I root my clones then drop them in the 3ltr Airpots to veg for 6-8 weeks .... then i repot into big 15 ltr buckets when i put them into flower .
By the time i come to crop about 8 weeks later ... The 15 ltr bucket is full of roots ... But they are not struggling for room , Seems to work perfect
mantiszn
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Vento
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It's not rocket science ... the plants veg in the air pot and get air pruned , This allows me to go from clone to ready to flower in the 3ltr air pot..Then when im ready to flower it i just drop it into a half filled bucket and then backfill .
The roots don't get trapped or struggle to get out of the pot into the bucket .
Remember , I did this in my first ever grow , My aim was to cut down on any transplant shock , It made sence to me at the time to just drop the air pot into the bucket ... And it worked , It was clean easy and no fuss ... And it produced MASSIVE plants with almost 50% more yield than the strain was estimated to produce .
Now that this subject has been raised i will try my next crop thats due to go into flower ...I will remove the whole pot and give it a go
Vento
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No one said pruned roots fly out ... More roots grow, And they grow out of all of the holes and the bottom , I will take some shots of the contents of the buckets when i next harvest to give others an insight into how it might look .
As cool as your pic is ... it looks nothing like that
mantiszn
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so the roots only come out of the bottom holes after planting in the bigger pots? not the side holes then?Hi
Sorry but i have to disagree , I do that exact process and the roots FLY out of the holes in 3ltr pot and take up and spread thru the next pot .
i really dont see any other way for the roots to come out of the side holes other than the pic its a cone with a hole in the end
would love to see some pics would be great to see how it works cos if it does work would probably give it a try at some point...
Vento
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Hey
Yeah the roots come from the bottom And from the holes , The way you have to think about it is .. as soon as them holes are covered with coco /soil they become ripe for growing from, The hole is not plugged up , Roots are powerful little fuckers ...They can move rocks and stone ..so that hole is a zero effort job for a zillion roots all waiting to run riot
I know it might sound a bit strange and it cant be nice to be told that your wrong about something ( i was polite about it
) , But i'm all about giving info on things i can see and touch , So don't take it the wrong way ..ok , I speak from experience .The guy asked if it can be done , And the answer is yes , I can understand it's difficult to see how it might work coz when i first did it i had no idea if it would work , But i was a pioneer with the airpots and was willing to give it a go ...Not only did it work ...it worked really well
I will have some pics in a couple of weeks i will be glad to do a blow by blow account of how it looks and try and get some good pic's
As i said above ... I did it at a time i was freaking out about doing damage to my roots ...So it just made sense to me to try it , I have done it since coz i get good results ...if it aint broke don't fix it kind of thing
, But i will try and remove the pots on my next crop just to see if it changes anything 
las fingerez
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well said bro
this should be a learning thread, not "who's got the biggest cahona's" type thing that you see everywhere else on the boards
please keep ur advice frindly guys, we're all in the same boat learning together
Las
my opionion would be that if you was carefull enough to remove the airpot without major damage then she'd go mental if u put it in a larger pot, the root mass in the middle would be intense not sure how it would work with the pot on but like u said " as soon as them holes are covered with coco /soil they become ripe for growing from" roots love humidity and dark so why wouldnt it work
i just think it would be better without the pot constraining the roots, just my opinion though lol
this should be a learning thread, not "who's got the biggest cahona's" type thing that you see everywhere else on the boards
please keep ur advice frindly guys, we're all in the same boat learning together
Las
my opionion would be that if you was carefull enough to remove the airpot without major damage then she'd go mental if u put it in a larger pot, the root mass in the middle would be intense
not sure how it would work with the pot on but like u said " as soon as them holes are covered with coco /soil they become ripe for growing from" roots love humidity and dark so why wouldnt it work i just think it would be better without the pot constraining the roots, just my opinion though lol
Vento
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For sure Laswell said bro
this should be a learning thread, not "who's got the biggest cahona's" type thing that you see everywhere else on the boards
please keep ur advice frindly guys, we're all in the same boat learning together
Las
my opionion would be that if you was carefull enough to remove the airpot without major damage then she'd go mental if u put it in a larger pot, the root mass in the middle would be intense
i just think it would be better without the pot constraining the roots, just my opinion though lol
It was just something i did to avoid root stress on re-potting ..And i just kind of stuck with it for ease of use , Getting good results i just kept doing the same ...I'm well open to getting dirty and try removing the pot now though lol ....if i get massive crops with them on ....Who knows what might happen ? lol
Matchbox
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I brought some of these a while back had a couple of plants in them for a while, they're a bloody good idea XD
I had to chop down some 10l airpots to make some littler ones for my smaller space about 3-5l haven't measured them out (just waiting to put some stuff in em now),
they're really easy to edit did it with a pair of scissors, and you can mash em together to make some wider ones for your greenhouse tomatoes when your done!
you can get em off of "greens horticulture" as well.
And I think it was Don's grow that made me want them too from the UK thread XD
I had to chop down some 10l airpots to make some littler ones for my smaller space about 3-5l haven't measured them out (just waiting to put some stuff in em now),
they're really easy to edit did it with a pair of scissors, and you can mash em together to make some wider ones for your greenhouse tomatoes when your done!
you can get em off of "greens horticulture" as well.
And I think it was Don's grow that made me want them too from the UK thread XD
stlmatt
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Just thought I would post some pics of my air pots and my AK-48's. This is the first time I have used the air pots, but so far they seem to be loving them. My AK's are in thier first week of flowering and were vegged for 4 weeks. After harvest I cant wait to remove the air pots and see the root stucture, just to see if they do what they say they do. I am useing the 4 gallon pots.
Thanks for looking: Stlmatt
Dropastone
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Here's some NL#5 Grown in 2.4 gallon Superoot Air Pots 31 day in flower.
Matchbox
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Found another >>> Airpot Club
las fingerez
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nice didnt know that existed, someone mentioned it before but couldnt find it when i searched for it