I see the Anderson band pots would have that effect. I guess you could put a wad of sphagnum moss in the narrow ones or landscape cloth in the wider ones. For all-fabric pots you would probably need to form the soil into a well on top to insure watering and it might help with those having a solid band at the top too unless you had some method to periodically flood them. On Sat, Nov 4, 2023 at 9:25 PM Joseph Gorman via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Tim, > > Bulbs are pretty much the only plants I don't grow in (Anderson) air > pruning pots - with the 50% perlite mixes I use for bulbs, and the trays I > set the pots in, I can't get the mix not to fall out the bottom of the > pots. > > For me, the porosity of the growing medium makes a bigger difference than > the pots - I've had more plants that need good drainage die with too > moisture-retentive a mix in an air-pruning pot than a high porosity mix in > a full-bottom pot. > > There's other pots that might work for this, like orchid pots? But I also > worry about ending up creating a suspended water table when trying to > improve drainage. > > -joe > > > On Sat, Nov 4, 2023, 8:35 PM Tim Eck via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > I was recently visiting a friend who is into breeding and growing trees > for > > various agroforestry purposes and was impressed by the large array of > > air-pruning pots he had on hand. > > And it suggested the possibility of using air-pruning pots to keep bulbs > > from rotting by increasing air porosity in the growing medium and I began > > wondering if any bulb growers had experience with these. > > With trees and herbs the main advantage is to eliminate 'spin' and make > an > > easily transplantable compact root mass but with rot prone bulbs and > > succulents it could reduce or eliminate rot altogether. > > Anyone? > > Tim > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…