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 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pbs mailing list > >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > >> https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > >> PBS Forum latest: > >> https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…