o, post: 13312060, member: 378146"]Bottom line....."Smart Pots" are not! I hate all fiber/cloth pots!
You create a real tight root ball in the core of the pot. You water and a good portion of that flows right over the root ball and out the sides and bottom of the "smart" pot.....You now have to pour that back into the pot or let it sit in it's own "pee" and soak it back up. Not good idea's....Ok then, I'll just make more feed solution and let it have more till that tight as hell root ball is soaked....Now your spending more money on wasting nutrient.....I'll tell you right now that core of the root ball ain't getting damp! That is called the "Umbrella effect".....Cut root balls in half to see if they got wet. mostly but, those cores, not so much.
This also applies to normal pots if you let plants go too long in them the answer is to simply water slower
I just don't like them. Oh, and BTW.....If the roots are stuck in a smart pot, the root ball grows back in on it's self creating a different but still "root bound" situation.....
No the root tip gets stuck in the fabric and dies forcing the roots behind it to split into two just like topping....as above so below!
It's simply stupid hard to get the "smart pot" one properly watered to the core! I feel that's limiting nutritional availability to the plant in a way!
Its not hard at all but patience is a virtue i spose and a virtues a gift! But seriously though if you let any medium dry out too much and water it .... it will just flo out the sides thats why the lift test is the best.....water it and if shes still light wait and water again ...repeat untill heavy.... then ensure all excess is removed!!!
But, if they work for you.......Yadda, yadda, yadda...
^^^couldnt have said it better myself
There's 4 cents of knowledge for my 2 cents.
So is this 6 for 2 now? Lol