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