Air Pruning

Robert Parks via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Sat, 04 Nov 2023 19:38:12 PDT
Ahh, look to struewe and sons...they carry a variety of air pruning pots,
which can be similar to aquatic net pots.

On Sat, Nov 4, 2023, 7:29 PM Jan Jeddeloh via pbs <
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:

> By Anderson air pruning pots do you mean the Anderson bands?  The pots
> with the mostly open bottoms? I didn’t see anything on their website
> labeled as air pruning.
>
> Jan
>
> > On Nov 4, 2023, at 6:25 PM, Joseph Gorman via pbs <
> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
> >
> > Tim,
> >
> > Bulbs are pretty much the only plants I don't grow in (Anderson) air
> > pruning pots - with the 50% perlite mixes I use for bulbs, and the trays
> I
> > set the pots in, I can't get the mix not to fall out the bottom of the
> pots.
> >
> > For me, the porosity of the growing medium makes a bigger difference than
> > the pots - I've had more plants that need good drainage die with too
> > moisture-retentive a mix in an air-pruning pot than a high porosity mix
> in
> > a full-bottom pot.
> >
> > There's other pots that might work for this, like orchid pots? But I also
> > worry about ending up creating a suspended water table when trying to
> > improve drainage.
> >
> > -joe
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 4, 2023, 8:35 PM Tim Eck via pbs <
> > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I was recently visiting a friend who is into breeding and growing trees
> for
> >> various agroforestry purposes and was impressed by the large array of
> >> air-pruning pots he had on hand.
> >> And it suggested the possibility of using air-pruning pots to keep bulbs
> >> from rotting by increasing air porosity in the growing medium and I
> began
> >> wondering if any bulb growers had experience with these.
> >> With trees and herbs the main advantage is to eliminate 'spin' and make
> an
> >> easily transplantable compact root mass but with rot prone bulbs and
> >> succulents it could reduce or eliminate rot altogether.
> >> Anyone?
> >> Tim
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