Air pots for seedlings?
Travis in PHX (9b)
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Comments (2)You can transplant twice (once to 2 inch than once to 4 inch) with no problem. Do NOT use a mixture of garden soil and humus! In most cases this mix will be too dense and retain too much moisture. Use the potting mix or purchase a good soiless mix like Pro-mix. Jon...See MorePotting soil and air pruning for Cedar (Cedrus) seedlings
Comments (1)Your conifers should be fine when planted in air-pruning pots. I have grown 2 Arizona Cypress seedlings that way and it seems to work ok. One side benefit is less likelihood of damping off fungus. While the tap root is the normal genetic rooting tendency of many conifers, they will readjust and go to the more dense many root system if the tap root is cut or when air pruned. I am watering with coffee once a week to slow down damping off in my other pots. Think it helps. Have seen several Atlas and Deodar scattered around central Tx. Tried one but it would not grow, believe my soil was too alkaline - blackland clay. Good luck with yours....See MoreAir-Layering with Air-Pots
Comments (13)Murky, My figs are towering giants right now. I bet they are 12 or more feet tall. If you had asked me that same question in 2003 I would have jumped at it, as these root cups look like they cannot be improved upon. But I am just not airlayering anything these days. Back in 2003 I was using yogurt cups that I had first melted a hole in the center bottom, then cut with scissors down the side to that hole. Next I would fit it around the fig stem, and then duct tape the whole thing solid. After that I would fill the cup with some potting soil and keep it moist for a month or two. They rooted very nicely, best done in early June. The reason I even went to this extreme is because a friend from California had given me some potted figs that had severe nematode infestations, so this method was incorporated to give the clones disease free roots. Then junk the mother plants. Any more, my figs are so branch-prolific that I just take the more limber of the lower branches and weight them down with rocks of bricks to the ground, making superb fig-babies for whoever wants them. Right now I have plenty of Desert King and Negronne, if you know anyone that needs that sort....See MoreBaby Red Dragon Acer's - Air Pot size
Comments (2)No reason at all that young maple seedlings/saplings cannot be planted out........lord knows that's how they start when seeds germinate naturally from the mother tree! If you do choose to pot up for a season or two before planting out, you don't want to get too carried away with increasing pot size - just the next size up. Can't see exactly how large the pots are now, but if equivalent to a 1G, then up-sizing to a 2G is fine. Make sure you use a really good quality and very durable potting soil if you choose to pot up. No cheap stuff and no very fine, excessively moisture retentive mix like Miracle Gro. Are these babies grafted?...See MoreTravis in PHX (9b)
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