Morning dew on bottom of fabric pots
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calvin.m16
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Very unlikely it will hurt the plants at all..
Fabric pots typically breathe a lot, there being water at the base of the pot isn't going to hurt anything. Risers are a good move though to ensure they aren't being overly saturated. I actually had 3 extra plants this year that were 10 gal, didn't wanna dig big ass holes for them so I just used fabric pots and cut out the bottoms so the roots grow right into the ground as insurance. I still top feed them every few days, they're planted in Promix HP-CC.
Fabric pots typically breathe a lot, there being water at the base of the pot isn't going to hurt anything. Risers are a good move though to ensure they aren't being overly saturated. I actually had 3 extra plants this year that were 10 gal, didn't wanna dig big ass holes for them so I just used fabric pots and cut out the bottoms so the roots grow right into the ground as insurance. I still top feed them every few days, they're planted in Promix HP-CC.
Ok cool appreciate it bro, now I can ease my mind a lil bit lol
calvin.m16
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Won't hurt a thing, if anything if they're not needing to be moved around you could allow the bottoms to stay on the ground and I bet your roots tap straight into the ground if it's moist enough.
DMChiz
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That’s exactly what I did
I’ve also got 10G fabrics and placed them up on milk crates. Glad to know I wasn’t alone in my thought process. Serving multiple purposes this year; more circulation, keeps them up off the patio stones, high enough my pooch can’t get his snout in there and raises them up so I don’t have to bend my sciatic back too much when doing LST/maintenance. We just got a four day soaking rain so these pots are gonna be fine for watering for a while
7CardBud
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I keep my 15G bags on milkcrates mostly for pest control. I spray around and on the bottoms of milkcrates with very strong home barrier type pesticides. Something I wouldn't dare spray directly on my plants, media, or containers. Spider mites are vicious in New England, so controling a major access point is key.
