Airpots - anyone used them?

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doricdragons

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Posted 1471335597	Reply with quote #1

I have been thinking of getting some airpots, then I thought about making some, using weed control fabric. I could sew them up on the sewing machine. Is it worth the effort? __________________ NE Scotland Young plants: Nero del Portogallo, Babits, Della Signora, Ice (Crystal?), Brown Italian, Sultane, Fingered Giant, Flat (Pogacsa) In propagation: Brown Turkey, Sphikas Unk., Ladywood Unk. Wanted: Gentile, Goutte d'Or, White Marseille, Longue d'Aout, Bourjasotte Gris , Blanche d'argenteuil, Ronde de Bordeaux, anything else suitable for short season area.

snaglpus

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Posted 1471377012	Reply with quote #2

Search for Airpots or Superoot pots here __________________ Dennis Charlotte, North Carolina/Zone 8a

doricdragons

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Posted 1471444736	Reply with quote #3

Thank you Dennis, most helpful! Off to search just now. __________________ NE Scotland Young plants: Nero del Portogallo, Babits, Della Signora, Ice (Crystal?), Brown Italian, Sultane, Fingered Giant, Flat (Pogacsa) In propagation: Brown Turkey, Sphikas Unk., Ladywood Unk. Wanted: Gentile, Goutte d'Or, White Marseille, Longue d'Aout, Bourjasotte Gris , Blanche d'argenteuil, Ronde de Bordeaux, anything else suitable for short season area.

arachyd

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Posted 1471471555	Reply with quote #4

Interesting concept. __________________ Wish list: Dalmatie, LSU Gold, Ponte Tresa, 豐產黃 (Bountiful Harvest) Zone 7b

CliffH

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Posted 1471484838	Reply with quote #5

If you make your own pots out of the fiber material alone, get the best toughest landscape fabric that you can find. Also look on eBay for cheap reusable fiber grocery bags to use as pots. For me, with being new to figs and fruit trees, I am also experimenting with several air-pot designs too. Mostly using some kind of mesh container that I line with landscape fabric. I will try to post pics later. But it will take several months to evaluate and decide if my experiments yielded any benefits. CliffH __________________ Texas (N. Houston area) - zone 8b Wish List: Figo Preto, Col de Dame Blanca-Negra, Deanna, Strawberry Verte, Violette de Sollies, LSU Red (new)

seattlepurple

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Posted 1471489714 · Edited	Reply with quote #6

I've seen commercial fig orchards in Japan that grow all their trees in milk crates. Each milk crate with a tree pruned to be tall and within the confines of it's milk crate all the way to the top. They would probably be the cheapest/most easily available "airpot". __________________ Zone 8b Wish list: Brooklyn White, Breva de Galicia, Matta, Byadi, Lebanese White, Brown Turkey, Desert King and Naples White.

doricdragons

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Posted 1471495640 · Edited	Reply with quote #7

Looking forward to seeing your designs Cliff. I like the milk crate idea. Mind you the ones here aren't very big. I wondered about the bags that farmers get fertiser in. The one tonne bags would be too big but they do smaller sizes, they have lifting loops at the corners. http://www.bulk-pack.ltd.uk/Vented%20Bags.htm __________________ NE Scotland Young plants: Nero del Portogallo, Babits, Della Signora, Ice (Crystal?), Brown Italian, Sultane, Fingered Giant, Flat (Pogacsa) In propagation: Brown Turkey, Sphikas Unk., Ladywood Unk. Wanted: Gentile, Goutte d'Or, White Marseille, Longue d'Aout, Bourjasotte Gris , Blanche d'argenteuil, Ronde de Bordeaux, anything else suitable for short season area.

Smyfigs

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Posted 1471548808	Reply with quote #8

Quote: Originally Posted by CliffH If you make your own pots out of the fiber material alone, get the best toughest landscape fabric that you can find. Also look on eBay for cheap reusable fiber grocery bags to use as pots. For me, with being new to figs and fruit trees, I am also experimenting with several air-pot designs too. Mostly using some kind of mesh container that I line with landscape fabric. I will try to post pics later. But it will take several months to evaluate and decide if my experiments yielded any benefits. CliffH Cliff, yes, please post pictures of what you are trying out now. I am always interested in ways to save money on pots and how they best benefit my trees. I have made air pots out of buckets (my hubby drilled all of them XD) They are inexpensive and easy enough. They also have a handle. The white buckets from Lowes or Home depot are only $5. I will post a picture or video soon. I think they are working very well for me. Come fall, I will pull them all out and refresh the soil, etc. __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

CliffH

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Posted 1471657192 · Edited	Reply with quote #9

Sorry for the delayed posting of pics. We've been trying to help some family in Denham Springs, that got flooded out, as much as we can. We bought a pickup truck's load worth of used furniture and beds to temporarily get them started. So, here are my pics. Please remember these are experiments to see the benefits of air pruning. I have never tried anything like these pots (or grow-bags) before. I have no results to post. All are recent re-pots and up-pots. The first pic is of my one suggestion for using the reusable grocery bags. The ones like you could buy at Wal-Mart. But I bought mine off eBay for less than a buck a bag. There are several videos on-line for using these in gardening. For fig trees this would definitely be only for a season or two. The rest are items that I found at .99 cent stores, dollar stores, etc (my wife loves these places). Basically anything that is the size I want. Then I line them, if the holes are large enough to need it, with landscapers fabric. Items cost from .20 cent to a buck a piece. I also get square 5 gallon bucket from a local donut franchise for .50 each. I have several design trials of these going too, including a SWP/SIP design. I will say that all the trees put into the bags, and then kept in a shallow water tray, have exploded in growth. Attached Images Alt_Fig_Bags_1.jpg (264.49 KB, 19 views) Alt_Fig_Pot_5.jpg (243.33 KB, 19 views) Alt_Fig_Pot_6.jpg (142.75 KB, 18 views) Alt_Fig_Pot_1.jpg (250.91 KB, 19 views) Alt_Fig_Pot_2.jpg (275.68 KB, 19 views) Alt_Fig_Pot_3.jpg (284.73 KB, 21 views) Alt_Fig_Pot_4.jpg (218.64 KB, 19 views) __________________ Texas (N. Houston area) - zone 8b Wish List: Figo Preto, Col de Dame Blanca-Negra, Deanna, Strawberry Verte, Violette de Sollies, LSU Red (new)

CliffH

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Posted 1471657704	Reply with quote #10

BTW - That third, rear, strange looking fig in the little green pots is actually a small papaya tree. My young daughter and I are experimenting/playing with growing papayas, mangoes, and various citrus from seeds. -chh __________________ Texas (N. Houston area) - zone 8b Wish List: Figo Preto, Col de Dame Blanca-Negra, Deanna, Strawberry Verte, Violette de Sollies, LSU Red (new)

Smyfigs

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Posted 1471891089	Reply with quote #11

These make great air pots. I bought some at the dollar store. I haven't planted in them yet but they will be used! __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

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