Air Pruning Plant Roots! Superoots Air-Pot vs Ultra Oxy Air Pruning Pots: Review & Tutorial + Hack!

This special pot design has super-charged my plants! It's a great way to encourage healthy vigorous root growth, especially with fruit trees. Even garden vegetables can benefit from root air pruning!

0:00 - Basics: What are Air-Pots (plastic air pruning pots)?
0:58 - How do Air-Pots and air pruning pots work?
2:19 - When should you use air pruning pots?
2:55 - How to select a good air pruning pot
3:33 - How to assemble Air-Pots & air pruning pots
4:02 - Superoots Air-Pot: Review
4:16 - Buying larger, cheaper air pruning pots
4:52 - Ultra Oxy Air Pruning Pots: Review
5:54 - Air pruning pot HACK: 26 Gallon Pot!
6:15 - How to remove plants from Air-Pots
6:40 - What type of potting mix for Air-Pots?
7:15 - How to fill up & plant into an air pruning pot
7:55 - Air pruning pots vs Sub-irrigated, self-watering beds
8:18 - Final words

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What Is Air Pruning?
➝ Root air pruning is a simple concept. When the tips of the plant roots come in contact with dry air, they are killed off. This forces the plant to generate new root growth, resulting in a dense, fibrous root system. This prevents root circling. If left unchecked, root circling eventually leads to girdled roots which can choke out large woody plants, like trees.

Does Air Pruning Really Improve Container Gardening?
➝ Yes! Air-Pot containers have revolutionized the garden & horticulture industry. Many nurseries have found that perennial plants grown in Air-Pots suffer from less transplant shock. They also have much better odds of survival. Home gardeners have seen similar improvements with some of their vegetable crops. Small air pruning containers can be selected for vigorous pepper or tomato seedlings. Once planted outdoors you can expect a more healthier root system as the plants develop.

Why Do Air Pruning Pots Grow Plants Faster?
➝ Air pruning pots can supply oxygen to plant roots, helping them to remain healthy. However, a big reason that these pots are so effective is because they cause plant to develop more natural and efficient root systems. Plants can remain in an Air-Pot for a longer time, without becoming badly root bound. As long as you keep them watered, the plants will keep growing larger & stronger.

The Best Pots to Use for Bare Root Trees:
➝ If you're potting up a bare root tree, I suggest starting with a 10 or 12 gallon air pruning container. To avoid unhealthy root circling, plant the tree directly into the air pruning pot. After the 1st growing season, you might consider increasing the pot size to 20 to 30 gallons. This will allow you grow a fairly large, vigorous, semi-dwarf fruit tree.

My 26 Gallon DIY Air Pruning Hack!
➝ I was not able to find 20 gallon Air-Pots. So I bought an Ultra Oxy Air Pruning Pot instead. But the sidewalls are too short for a fruit tree. That's what led me to my hack, which resulted in a massive 26 gallon air pruning pot!

Should Every Gardener Use Air Pruning Pots?
➝ I've seen some really creative marketing that Superoots has used to push their Air-Pots into the gardening consumer market. To be honest, I think some of it is a gimmick. Sometimes these things are over-hyped. You can find promo photos showing things like onions or carrots growing in Air-Pots. I think that's a joke! You shouldn't expect to get the same benefit for all of your annual vegetables as you would woody perennials.

Air-pots can help fast growing annual veggies that develop extensive root systems. Primarily, a small air pruning pot can be very useful for growing pepper or tomato seedlings. They might also help with cauliflower or broccoli, plants that are prone to becoming root bound. But onions? Or carrots??? LOL Don't waste your money.

Air Pruning Pots vs Self-Watering, Wicking Containers

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[sotapoptv]

I just went and bought that 12gallon because of you. I will grab your book next. I appreciate your existence.

[MikeKincaid]

Your channel is under-rated. Love your videos!

[Jacksk]

What a great overview of this type of pot that I have never heard of. You have such an enjoyable and thorough style of presentation. The end was very funny too!

[DearHenryA]

Waiting patiently for that two hour documentary. Your videos are always great. Thanks.

[pear]

I love your videos because you often talk about products/methods that I’ve never heard of before because the other main gardening channels don’t mention them. These pots look really interesting!

[Ugrowgirl]

I immediately hit like while smiling as soon as you spoke about the sponsors of this video LOL. You have a new subscriber. I can't wait to check out your channel.

[NN-sicl]

Hah that end blooper was a nice final touch. Might have even been worth keeping as a segment to show what happens when you don't have those fully rooted out pots

[teenaneuner]

Really like your video. I've heard of 'air pots ' but never knew much about them. This is very interesting. I like your ' bigger pot' hack. It looked like it was a decent price for what you got. They seem to have a lot of benefits over those nursery pots my husband uses. Thank you for explaining these for those of us who are not familiar with them. I love that you're not trying to sell someone elses sponser. That's definitely refreshing. I also noticed your book. I read it and it's pretty good. I like that you geared it toward a younger group but you also put extra information that can be used as the kids get older. The graphics were great too. Thanx again.

[outdoorfreedom]

To grow anything from a tree to a plant in my area they must be placed inside a gopher screen. These look like a very good idea for in-ground planting. I'm in a very hot area and in the summer months these black pots would become too hot for my plants, I use the tan cloth pots. They get hot too but you can touch them.

[nwmxrider]

Been using airpots for years and I still learned a few things from your video! Thank you!!

[POOL_NEWBIE]

This video was very helpful and informative. I tried your hack with the two seven-gallon Ultra Oxy pots and it turned out really good. I planted my Parfianka Pomegranate in it. I then ended up ordering ten of the twenty-gallon pots for some palms I needed to re-pot. I decided to experiment by placing one on top of the other and joined them around the circumference and length by using some of the included plastic screws. This worked out really good as well, and there was no need to use duct tape or zip ties. There ended up being 18" of potting space inside the pot and I plan on potting my Beauty Plum tree in this one. Thank you so much for guiding me to think outside of the box when it comes to these air pruning pots. I wish I could say I was the first to think about doing this, but after reading some of the comments, there is at least one other person who commented on here who thought of it before me, LOL!

HINT TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TRY THIS: If your panel ends are slightly offset after setting one on top of the other, turn the ends of one of the panels around and the two panels should then fit together perfectly. After your panels are even at each end, connect the two panels (around the middle) with a few of the plastic screws. THEN, assemble the pot as you normally would by wrapping the (now connected) panels around the round base and connecting them lengthwise with more of the plastic screws.

Since the pot will be very heavy after filling with potting soil, consider placing the empty pot on a plant dolly with wheels, then filling it with the potting soil and potting your plant / tree. Doing this will save your back. :)

[rightpassage]

I have been using the 7 gal for years. I love how easy they are to clean! If I want a 5 gal, it's no problem to just raise the bottom up a bit.

[drgreenthumb]

Awesome video. I have been questioning these pots over cloth pots for a long time. Thank you. I feel since giving some of my plants cloth pots I see much different growth. Anyways thanks for helping again.

[AK-mszk]

That ending was the best thing on you tube

[MattGarver]

Another great video from you, as usual. Looking forward to more. I've also have had better results with self-watering pots and using 60% perlite and 40% miracle grow moisture soil. I have not tried that in a self-pruning pot, but think it will have great possibilities.

[ginadilorenzo]

Your idea was so helpful! I assembled two 20 gallon pots on top of each other to increase the height. No soil in the pot yet but it assembled well. Thank you!

[richardr]

Nice vid. New sub.
I’m going to mod your hack and order the 20 gal pots and stack. I’ve got a nice food forest going in containers. This is my next step up for me.
I use Rain Science grow bags for my citrus, but 7-10 gallon bags will work for me for years.

[deakemarschall]

Thanks for the great tutorial. I may just have to give this option a try on a bare root fruit tree soon.

[jimd]

i havent used these, but ive used rootmaker pots and the plants always have better branching than the ones i grew side by side in nursery pots.