Pond Pots

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binbin9

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Posted 1433451525 · Edited	Reply with quote #1

I was walking through my local Mclendon HW store and saw these pond pots. They actually work great as air pruning pots. I stuck my kadota and a negronne in that i had extra of. So starts the experiment on how well it will do here in the Seattle area. __________________ Renton, WA My Seattle Garden Blog \| Fig Addiction WISH LIST: Genovese Nero Rafeds \| UCR 187-25 \| Black Tuscan \| Black Triana \| Jack Lilly \| Barbillone \| St Rita \| Tauro \| Jin Ao Fen \| Lampeira Preto \| Any fig over 100grams =)

COGardener

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Posted 1433452503	Reply with quote #2

Interesting idea. I will be fun to watch for sure.

binbin9

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Posted 1433452930	Reply with quote #3

om a side note, I gave some peppers and tomatoes the same treatment. They are already showing signs of perking up faster than the in ground plants.. __________________ Renton, WA My Seattle Garden Blog \| Fig Addiction WISH LIST: Genovese Nero Rafeds \| UCR 187-25 \| Black Tuscan \| Black Triana \| Jack Lilly \| Barbillone \| St Rita \| Tauro \| Jin Ao Fen \| Lampeira Preto \| Any fig over 100grams =)

DesertDance

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Posted 1433456891	Reply with quote #4

Huge fan of air pruning pots. Since our move, everything goes in ground, but we used similar pots at our other house, and it was amazing the amount of roots in the containers with NO rootbound circling. Suzi __________________ Zone 9b, Southern California. "First year they sleep, Second year they creep, Third year they leap!" Wish List: I wish all of you happy fig collecting! My wishes have been fulfilled!

binbin9

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Posted 1436330944 · Edited	Reply with quote #5

Update on air pruning pots. One month in and you can see some major growth differences. http://seattlegardenfruit.blogspot.com/2015/07/air-pruning-pots-for-figs-update.html __________________ Renton, WA My Seattle Garden Blog \| Fig Addiction WISH LIST: Genovese Nero Rafeds \| UCR 187-25 \| Black Tuscan \| Black Triana \| Jack Lilly \| Barbillone \| St Rita \| Tauro \| Jin Ao Fen \| Lampeira Preto \| Any fig over 100grams =)

jdsfrance

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Posted 1436344979	Reply with quote #6

Hi binbin9, IMO, your pot is too shallow. You should use some higher ones - the results would be even better . __________________ ------------------------ Climate from -25°C to + 35°C Only cold hardy figtrees can make it here

binbin9

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Posted 1436372261	Reply with quote #7

I think they are working great for 1st year cuttings but what would be the ideal height? __________________ Renton, WA My Seattle Garden Blog \| Fig Addiction WISH LIST: Genovese Nero Rafeds \| UCR 187-25 \| Black Tuscan \| Black Triana \| Jack Lilly \| Barbillone \| St Rita \| Tauro \| Jin Ao Fen \| Lampeira Preto \| Any fig over 100grams =)

cis4elk

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Posted 1436377324	Reply with quote #8

Hi Ben, congrats on your pots working for you. Just to be fair, your not really comparing apples to apples here. The pot volume of your "air" pot is much larger, so the growth should be greater on that ascpect alone. __________________ Calvin Littleton,CO z5/6 Wants List: For everyone to clean-up after themselves and co-exist peacefully. Let's think more about the future of our planet and less about ourselves. :)

binbin9

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Posted 1438023784	Reply with quote #9

Almost 2 months later check out the difference in plant growth. __________________ Renton, WA My Seattle Garden Blog \| Fig Addiction WISH LIST: Genovese Nero Rafeds \| UCR 187-25 \| Black Tuscan \| Black Triana \| Jack Lilly \| Barbillone \| St Rita \| Tauro \| Jin Ao Fen \| Lampeira Preto \| Any fig over 100grams =)

don_sanders

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Posted 1438024661	Reply with quote #10

Is the smaller 1 gallon pot also growing in a saucer of water? __________________ Don - Columbus, OH. Zone 5b/6a Wish list: Rafed/Adriano's Genovese Nero, Your favorite fig.

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