roots out of bottom 5 gallon smart pots??

im freaking out cause i went to water and noticed they have roots coming out of the bottom of the smart pots.... 5 gallon and i really dont want to have to transplant as im already on 12/12..... is this a really bad thing?? or will they be ok??

Nothing to freak about. It happens. You must have a healthy root system going on. I've used them a couple of times now and have yet to have that happen.

Roots coming out of the bottom does not mean it needs a transplant.
I always see this on the forums.
3 gallon containers can grow pound plants.
Try and get the smart pots out of standing water and no roots shouldn't pop out.

furnz said:

Roots coming out of the bottom does not mean it needs a transplant.
I always see this on the forums.
3 gallon containers can grow pound plants.
Try and get the smart pots out of standing water and no roots shouldn't pop out.

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they havnt sat in standing water atall.... i always pull them out to water and wait for them to drain before putting them back in....

Weird. Never seen then come out of my smart pots.
Nothing to worry about though, they'll prune themselves.

so it wont hurt or rot the rest of the roots??

No. You're fine.

heres one.....maybe i could fill 7 gallon smart pots half way and place these on top just to be safe??

No need for a 7 gallon indoors.
Especially a plant that size.
I have plants 2 -3 times that big in 3 gallons right now.

I usually grow in 3gal smartpots in my experiment/breeding room.
I get roots out the bottom every time. Probably from sitting on the trays.
When i first pot up to the 3gal's, they are slammed together pretty good. Roots want to grow out the sides.
Anyways, no biggie. Those roots really can't do much, as they are obviously restricted growing through the fabric, and will most likely air prune themselves.

In 200 gallon smartpots, outdoors, we cut a big X in the bottom, so that some roots can grow As deep as they want.

200 gallon smart pot.... mind blowing haha

I've had roots grow out of the side of smart pots as well as the bottom. Anywhere that is moist enough will save the roots from being airpruned. Was usually cuz I had my pots so close together that the air between wasn't cycling out and the roots would poke out

Myles117 said:

200 gallon smart pot.... mind blowing haha

I've had roots grow out of the side of smart pots as well as the bottom. Anywhere that is moist enough will save the roots from being airpruned. Was usually cuz I had my pots so close together that the air between wasn't cycling out and the roots would poke out

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I know these two brothers who use 400gal's. Thats fricken 2 yrds of soil per plant. THAT is mind blowing! Lol

filled via backhoe??? lmao and bring in the crane if you should ever have to move it

Myles117 said:

filled via backhoe??? lmao and bring in the crane if you should ever have to move it

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A big front end loader is what they use. We borrow my buddies neighbors bobcat.

Check out these plants grown in 3 gallon pots.
This was the guy I used to get my smoke from before he moved .
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=290150

theyll self prune in the air so long as there not touching water.

jimmy slim big said:

im freaking out cause i went to water and noticed they have roots coming out of the bottom of the smart pots.... 5 gallon and i really dont want to have to transplant as im already on 12/12..... is this a really bad thing?? or will they be ok??

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I have the same thing happening but in my 3 gal pots im wondering if i should just throw the whole pot into a larger size or dont know if theyll be fine because yea i just switched 12 12 and the roots are a couple inches or so out the bottom they still have a couple months to go!

bradburry said:

theyll self prune in the air so long as there not touching water.

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I have 20g smart pots that are in wetlands. The roots went through the pot and into the ground under them. It’s not necessarily standing water but they will be ok right? The roots don’t need to prune?

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they havnt sat in standing water atall.... i always pull them out to water and wait for them to drain before putting them back in....

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The bottom of the bag stays moist
So roots pass through. No biggy.