Root pruning in smart pots?

SchweeDubz

SchweeDubz

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I recently repotted from 3g buckets into 7g smart pots, about 10 days ago. I am starting to see the roots coming through the bottom and sides. Am I supposed to prune these or just let them roll? Thanks.
 
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Buyfrommycity

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Really!? I personally have never expierenced roots growing through smart pots and have only seen it in pictures in hydro grows. Would love to see a pic.
Guy at my hydro store says he just puts a cloth bag inside another cloth bag.
I vegged a plant for an entire year almost in a 5 gal smart pot and roots never grew through.
 
ANC

ANC

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If the sides are dry the roots will air prune themselves. As always, it is better to have something that lifts your pot off the ground a bit so air can get in there to do its work.
 
SchweeDubz

SchweeDubz

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Buyfrommycity said:
Really!? I personally have never expierenced roots growing through smart pots and have only seen it in pictures in hydro grows. Would love to see a pic.
Guy at my hydro store says he just puts a cloth bag inside another cloth bag.
I vegged a plant for an entire year almost in a 5 gal smart pot and roots never grew through.
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Now I feel like I'm bragging here. :P

And yeah, they sit on a little X shaped thing I made out of pvc so they arent sitting directly on the floor.
 

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Buyfrommycity

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ANC said:
If the sides are dry the roots will air prune themselves. As always, it is better to have something that lifts your pot off the ground a bit so air can get in there to do its work.
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That's probably exactly what it is. As the other guy I had seen with it was using a flood drain table. Probably was keeping the bags constantly wet. Makes sense now.
 
chemphlegm

chemphlegm

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SchweeDubz said:
I recently repotted from 3g buckets into 7g smart pots, about 10 days ago. I am starting to see the roots coming through the bottom and sides. Am I supposed to prune these or just let them roll? Thanks.
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Congratulations!
leave your roots alone for best results.
 
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